The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-11-16
FORECASTS OF TE OPERA
S~EASON-CMlNG BILLS.

Maurice Grau's opera cupany will come
10 the Music Hall for a engagement of
three nights. on December - and L.
matinee performance will siven on the
afternoon Of December u. the organiza-
ton are Madam Calve, Emn Fames-Storv
SybiI Sanderson. Madam Sebrich. Homer
Seatti and De Reszke. Thseasor oneus
with Carmen" Madam C~aIvappearirp in
the title role. The matinee Ld,ctior nil,
he "Tannhauser." Faust" IN no ne~t
heard, and a representation oi.Aida" III
day evening. December 10, will7ncIudA The
programme.
h Prices for the season Of ,ur oneras
will be so and 81. For singl seafS he
charges will vary from $50 to3 ~ The
sale of seats will begin N~ovembt29.
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Henry W. Savage announces hat the
Castle Square opera season wilLee;n az
the Century the latter part of Lcemhsr
The organization will remain sew weeks
'Florodora" and "Dodo" will be Lrd ho-
fore the arrival OF the Savage fore NAL
ing an opera season of nine weeks. q cas-
tie square company will present twCner,s
a week. grand and comic. Adelaid Tor-
wood. Josephine Ludwig. Rennyson1uin-
Ian, Delamotta and Boyle will appt. at
each performance.
ROT ire opening OF the tnlTQ OpeIa SEl,r
at Music Hall, Manager SouthweIl -
nounces the following alternating casts,r
P~onchinslIfs grand opera. la GIaconds
La Giaconda, a ballad singer...-....Anna Licf-
Frida r,
La Cieca. her blind other.......Franc Crab
Mary Lin
AIyise Badoero. one Of the heads Of the
Inquisition. William H. CLARK
William Schuste
Laura. his Eugene Barke
r.. .-g,,or N Ea,1z1x ~
Aved
Harold Gordo
Barnaba. a spy Of the Inquisition.. AchiIIe Albert
Harry Luckston
Zusne. a c. Roger
IsepO. a public letter writer...-F. W. Shackelfor
A H Brow
Monks, Senators. sailors. shipwrights. ladies.
gentlemen, populace. maskers, etc.
~Ttme-Ventce, in the Seventeenth Century.
The student of classical history will b
Interested in the representation of the In
terror of the Roman gallery TO be seen i
Ben Hur' at the Olympic next week Thi
is the first time such 4 scene has been at
| tempted on the stage. Almost every on
has seen pictures of sea fights betwee
these galieys, but aside from the fact tina
their motive power was slave oarsmen. lit
tie more was known. In the play Be
Hur VIII be shown in the galieys after tn
accidental killing of "Gratus." The hol
of the ship takes up the entire width Of tn
stage. The Hortatur, who is a sort G
slave overseer, beats time for their sloN
stroke. and Is the harshest of taskmasterS
After the signal Of battle the slaves ar
chained to the stanchions at their oar
locks. But the tribune pities Ben Hu
and orders hat he be u~nshackled. As tn
ships crash together the slaves struggle i
vain in their efforts to break the chains
Then the waters close over them III
! next scene shows Ben Hur's rescue of II
| rius. and heroic though it be. 1t hardly at
| tracts attention, so strong is the sympath
for the poor wretches who have gone t
| their deaths like rats caught in a trap.
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James O'Neill in Monte Cristo' will sue
| coed the Four Cohens at the Century. TIL
Four Cohens will appear next week.
Mrs. F1sk's company at the Manhattan
Theater, New York. has been augmente'
! for the production of THE Unwelcome Mrs
Hatch" now in rehearsal. The new mem
beers are Eleanor Moretti, Annie Ward Tit
fanny. Rose Stuart and Edith Talbot. MI
'Dodson. Mr.. Haines, Mr.. Figman and Mis-
Annie Irish of the company now appearin
I'm Miranda of the Balcony" are to b
prominently cast in the new play.
Charles Garvey's novel, "On Loves Al
tar has been ofdmatlZed ana VIII De pu
on the stage in dramatic form under IN
title of Gypsy ia" 1t will be produce
Al the Third Avenue Theater, New Yorl
bv Martin ]. Dixon Thanksgiving weel
with Frank Rolliston and Miss Eth,
Brooke Ferguson in the leading roles.
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In selecting her fourth husband, MN,
! Carr.no has turned her back upon the rank
I OF musicians. This younger brother of he
/ first husband Is. therefore, considerably h.
Junior. Signor Tagliapietra is of a mechan
cal turn of mind.
The first concert of the Philharmonic o.
ehestra for this season Will take place
New York this evening. Josef Hoffman
will be the %soloist, and will play the Rutdl
stein D-minor concerto. A novelty Is