New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21
Conductor. Sig. Mancinelli.
"cAvALLERIA RUsTICANA.
SATURDAY. afternoon. .eTannhauser'' On Germany.
Conductor. Mr.. Emil Paur.
saturdav evening. ..Faust., Nn Frenchl.

Conductor. Sig. Bevignani.
Mr. Victor Herbert promises an interesting en-
tertainment next Tuesday evening, at Carnegie
Hall when the Pittsburg Orchestra, of which he is
conductor. will give its first concert in newborn
Nine. Marie Brema win be the solo attraction and
will be heard with all the greater pleasure because
of the unconventionality of her numbers, of
which is a complete novelty, namely, a set of
dances OF the old type by Alfred Bruneau, set to
words written by Catulle Mendes. BruneaI, COM
poser OF the opera lie Reve," "L'Attaque du
Moulin and 'Messidor,' is the musical critic of
the Paris Figaro" The songs were written with
pianoforte accompaniment about ten years ago, and
their present form is due to the suggestion of Nine
Brema, who viii give the songs their first public
hearing on this occasion. The programme in full
IS as follows:
Air from Castor ct P9ux .Rameau
symphony No. s. minor. .Tschaikowsky
Mephisto waltz List
0lenuet gavOte bOurTee sarabande, passepied
Prelude. Mestersnger Wagner
Mines Gadski and De Lussan and Messrs saleza
Campanari and Van Rooy Will sing at to-nights
concert at popular prices in the Metropolitan Opera
House. This is the programme:
ss fst oenus. from Elijah Mend M ssIs1
''vedrai car1no'' from Don Giovanni Mozart
uono,os,,. +ror, ME Fs.; aeIts De Lussan. -,
signor Campanar
Ara IRON sisuro -Reyer
WE Nahte Mir der schummer." from Der Fret
Nine Gadsli. "e0eF
There Green HiIl Far Away Go1nod
Nile zelie De Lussan.
..kntTort auf die Frage zines Madchen''. Haydn
az. ols .ss, sehupert
Herr Van Rooy ''''O 's'
'.Du Dist die Rub" Schubert
i1'iA0H's Mime 'GadsKi
Aria from 'LAfrfcaine' .Meyerbeer
Prelude die Meistersinger Wagner
"At the Lower Harbour GA Basso Porto'0 a
grand opera in three acts, by Nicola spinei will
be presented in conjunction with THE Magic Mel
ody; or, Fortunio's Song" an operetta by Often
bach, at the American Theatre tomorrow evening.
when the Castle Square Opera Company will cee-
brate its 650th performance of opera in English in
this city "At the Lower Harbour" belongs to the
modern Italian school. TO which we owe 'CavaI-
leria Rusticana," IT Pagliacci" and ia b.
heme-" The scenes of the opera are laid in Ma
pies; the period is that of the early sixties The
first act shows open market place near the
quays the second, the interior Of inn frequent
ed by sailors aborers and fishermen and other
members of the Cammorristi, a society formed by
the lowest classes of Neapolitans to plot against
the government. The third act, which is only eight
minutes in duration, displays the market place on
the evening OF the same day. The action of the
opera IS supposed to transpire in six hours Eigh-
teen years prior 10 the opening Of the opera Maria
woman Of the people. has been betrayed and
aoanoonei by Cico. member Of the Cammorristi.
Maria falsely accuses her rival CarrneIa. and en-
compasses her death and Cicillo's Imprisonment
Meanwhile she marries and when the opera be-
gins is a widow and the mother of two children.
son. Luigino, and daughter, Sesea., CicilIo has
become government spy. but masquerades as one
Of the CammorTisti, whom he intends TO deliver I'M
70 justice Luigino is also a member OF this So
ciety' and through Cicilio's influence has degen-
Grated into dissolute gambler CicilIo when re-
preached by Maria, declares that it is his inten-
ton 10 bring about the further Of Iuigtno and
70 make of Seselia, who is in love with him a
wanton- The arrest Of a member of the Cannon
risu and the discovery that there is a spy among
them serves as the climax OF the first act Here
cicillo. by movement of alarm. betrays himself
70 Maria. The curtain rises the second act to
disclose a scene of hilarious merrymaking in
which Luigino figures conspicuously Cicillo an
pears orders him 10 depart then denounces him
as the spy. The cammorristi rush out In search
OF him, and cicilio IS left with sesella, who has
come there 10 meet him. He urges her to go away
with him, and tells 5esella that her mothers oh
~s><N~ 70 their union is caused by jealousy. Their