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NEW ROLES FOR SINGERS
OPERAS PLANNED ron rHr nyrBo.
POLITAN IHIs SEASON

| OpeTas-New eu%Artefs Tor MsIba ana
Ternina Three Operas Not Yet Heard
| Here Promised Plans for th. Non
Som. ~ the artists already familiar a, H..
Metropolitan Opera House viii bc honrd ~ a,
| year In parts new to them hore althou,h ,.v
| OF these will be undertaken In new or,rs.
| One rarely expects them At the Mctrorol,,s,
| whore novelties Gro dismissed with scErc,ly
| n hearing. Mr. Maurice Grau alwavs cop,,,
successful those novelties that succeed l,
drawing one large audience Two sool.
sired gatherings aervs To- make novelty
| uncommonly successful and almost 20 ,.
| expected 70 break the usual record and rpvs
| run Of two or three more performance,
| II might be said that this latter experience.
happens rarely. MIR Grau knows fairly vol
when he mounts rev work that II may
| create very favorable comment among N,
! subscribers and succeed in drawing one iar
| audience He has also learned thnt the tas's
Of New York audiences In in opeTntic matter,
| only for what is well known and familiar
| Therefore although the new opera nav
| grouse critical approval. he knows tfr,
"Lohcngrin.- Faust" and Carmen" vii
| alone attract the great public that Is necc,.
| sary 70 the support Of an institution like tic
Metropolitan.
So he clings TO these well established favor.
tho popular artists into different roles lie
| shnkes up his operstio KALEIDOSCOPE. as Il
were. and produces new combinations q
singers for these well-liked operas Ard
that satisfies public taste quite as much 10
new operas would. IL n OF very much more
Mr. Grau hns frequently been blamed Tor
introducing hls newer works late IN the sea-
son when public interest In tho opera was no
longer so keen es II had been. He had ar-
ranged this year to avoid this accusa alton hy
performing Puccni's la Boheme" on no
opening night Of the season Nine Melha
Objected 70 the arrnngement. as she wanted
10 he the original MINT at the Metropolitan
hut did not care to make her srpearancers
after an absence Of three years In n role that
gave her so little opportunity to reveal her
self to advantage. so Romeo ct lulletts'
was substituted and la Boheme- went over
to the second week
Only three operas absolutely new To the
city are contemplated for production at tho
Metropolitan this season They are Ia
Toscs' and La BohSme" by Cincomo PGc-
clint and Masscnets "Herodiade- Puccinrs
La BohAme" has been suns here In both
Italian and English. but the performances
were not Of kind TO be noted In any con-
s!deration of the works history here Mas
senet's "Heroda de" was announced for last
winter and the entire production was ready,
hut Mile Calves illness interfcred and tho
costumes and scenery were stored away 10
await the arrival of another prlma donna
familiar with the role Mile. Breval will IN
all probability sing In the opera this winter.
All of the singers to appear In Ia ToscG'
have already sung at The Metropolitan In
"Herodiade' Mile. Brevsl will be the only orc
Of this years now singers who will take pa-t
n hn In Oh k.,Nn" -
important roles are all 70 be taken by mem
bers Of the company familiar already 70 New
York audiences Enough Of the singers ia
the organization are familiar with the work
TO make a double cast
Borsia." TN Bsilo in MascheraA 1 and aoteilo-'
hnt these Gre rather vague promises to he
fulfilled only when cvGry circvm;'sncc ia
son will come once. more. not from the new
or rarely heard works, but from the presence
IN Is TX tSs ss sen %eSb to b. tn. h.ro.
Of la Tosca. Just as Nine Meloa Is to sing
The leading role in the other Ppccini work.
-Loh-nerin. one of the roles she sang at tho
Years ago under Walter Damro.ch's man.
arement She will also be new to local aud
isnces .s a, Valentine IN Lea lea HHnguen9ts. IN
vii sing in N .Un Bale in Msschora and ND IN. f
u
tore" for the flr.t time Miss Suzanne Adams
to shs aGsd music Of hi
susqnnq n -Ie Nozze di Figaro and Mimi
Nine Nordca may. be heard A. JuH.he.
q part which she has been 40 anxious to sing
Tor several years that she returned last winter
WIZ B M 1s Sc. Ss
conceived ideas on the subject Of Juiieis and
Nine Nordica has so far been oom pelled TO
among her new roles. Mme. .Gad.N win
and % the msl French rtpertore. and in the the latter
Iipsaenots she YIN NiIl alS9o siaS 4iia; boaTs
-Cavalleris Rusticann- In the original tongue.
She may be heard as Brunnhiide in 'Die Wal.
Sa Ps sns n s sung
He!nk will sing here for tho hrst
,ime in Italian the role OF Aruesno In III
Among the men singers the most important
gill not enlarge his repertoire in the least
audiences will be delighted enough TO hear
him i he sings his familiar rolcs as well as
eady large and varied repertoire, which L
enough to make him nat!'r-
will first be heard as Rtdoipho in -Herodiades
ater he vii sing HsrTi,d Tag,nG in ~ ihuto Mag;
rrovatore- and ii Guca in -Iugoietto. An
orio Scott is 20 be heard here as PolsfoH
nj IdGo. IL Verdi q two Shnk kaspearean operas
re revived. and he will also sing Scavp,a 10
Ia Tosca- and Herod in -Eerodiade Gut.
eppe C1mpanari will sing Marosl in IA
3ohefne- and Edouard de Ros2ke may sing
fans Sachs in German. although tn AZ pleas.
re has been no long promised thst persons
aniliar with tho great basso's difficulty will
carcoiy expect him to be ready in the part
heodorC Bertram will sing W otan, In VII CD
e was not heard here last winter and VIII n
70 will sing al Bayreuth at the next festival
10th NJ plancon and Signor Campauari will
nDear in Ia GioCon6a.- II the somewhat
ague intention 10 perform Ponchelli'e work
adhered to. Sghor Geinonni will AnG
a ia Boh2mc-
The season at the Metropolitan will once
lOre continue for seventeen weeks and there
-iN tie no supplementary season. Four rub.
nTipuon performances and one popular.
need performance will De- given weekly dur.
lg the season and there Will be an extra Cycle
the klheuneen Ring in it, entirety
nCular Philadelphia season will also be
iven. There Will he two performances q
eek there. The regular Sunday night con.
erts Will be given al the Metropolitan Opera
Iouse. The full list of singers Is as follove!
sopranos -Mcsdames suzanne Adams
uciennc Ere>a. Mnthlde Bauermeister.
an Cautcrcn. JohnrDa Gadsl.i. Margaret
.ncIntyre. Marguerite Marylli. Nellie Alelba.
lillian Nordca. Susan itrorg, FRITZ Schen'
Contraltos Mesdsmes Carlo BridcweL