The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-10

Y YELL. there is nothing to say this
week but that We have almost
NM everything musical in sight at
Wv our doors for the remainder Of
the month and more. The noun
tain has come TO Mahomet. and instead Of
its being imperative on the opera wor-
shipper 10 take a ticket TO New York TO
hear his Tristan and Isolde" Tristan
and Isolde have come to San Francisco
and will sing their wondrous story Of love
70 us here. Il seems almost too good 10
be true, yet tomorrow night the Grau
grand opera season is announced TO begin
with ''Lohengrin-" Mr.. Grau rates US as
an opera-loving population only next to
New York, and certainly he gives US here
the longest season outside of Gotham.
The irapresario is saying good deal Just
at present about the dangers and difficult
ties Of the long trip across the continent
but. from all appearances, the tangible
appreciation Of his efforts this season IS
likely TO outweigh far more serious con-
sideratiOns Of that kind than the trials OF
q journey from New York 10 San Fran
cisco I should not like 10 wager much
that Mr. Grau does not come out next
year with Jean de ResZke as a special
drawing card. As he SAYS though. he
can hardly offer US more than the pres
ent programme contains either in the way
Of novelty Of opera, or singer. We shall
simply have heard almost all the best
operas and world-famous artists at the
end Of the present season.
'Lohengrin'' viii be the opening per-
Torrance, and the role OF Elsa will he
sung by Emma Esmes. who has never an
peareo in this city, although her fame has
already preceded her. The full cast for
the opera will be as follows:
Elsa Won Brsbant. Nine Emma Earaes: Or
trud. Nine Schumsnn- Heink; Lohengrfn Mr.
Van Dyck; FREDERICK Won Telramund Bra
Santischer Graf, Er- Bisphan: Der Heerrufer
oes Keenigs. NJ Muhlmann Heinrich der Vog-
Der. Deutscher Koenig. Ed de Rezke; conduc-
Tor. Walter Dsrsrosch
Les Huguenots'' will be made attrac-
tive on Tuesday evening by a star cast.
The opportunity TO hear Mines. Gadski
Louise Homer and Sembrich and Messrs
de March. Gourmet, Scott and Edouard de
Reszke in one opera is not often vouch-
safcd. The distribution Of the roles IS as
follows:
Valentine, Nine. Gadski: Urban. Mime
Louise Homer: Dame d HOnneur, Miss Bauer
naeister; III Dame d Honneur. Nine Van eau
teren: Marguerite de NalOis. Nine Sembrich:
Raoul de Nangis. n. de march,: lie cornte dc
Saint Bris, NJ Gourmet. lie cornte de Never.
N Scott: Soldat Huguenot NJ jacques Pars.
De Tavannes NJ Reiss; De Retz II yfviani:
Ksurevert, n. Dznriche; DE Cosse. NJ Yanni:
Marcel. Ed de Reszke; the Incidental diver
basement by the corps de ballet; conductor.
NJ. Fion.
On Wednesday evening la Traviata"
will be sung, and Marcella Sembrich will
return TO us in one Of her best roles She
VIII have as one Of her associates Emilio
de March,, the famous italian tenor. Yer
DIS opera will be interpreted by the fol-
lowing list Of distinguished artists:
violetts. Mme. senbrich; Flora Bervo,se
Nine. Van Cauteren; Annina. Miss BauermeI-
gter; Giorgio Germont. NJ Campanarf: Gas
tone. N. Nanni; Barone DuphoI. Jacques Bars:
Marchese dObigny, NJ. Dufriche: Dottore
Grenyu. n Gilbert; Alfredo, NJ de march,;
conductor. NJ. seppiIli
''Tannhauser, on Thursday evening
. will introduce a new artist in the person
OF Louise Reuss-Belce. She is well known
In Germany, where she has appeared sue
cessfully at several OF the Rayreuth fes-
rivals. The cast selected for the opera
may be said TO be an ideal one. It follows:
Elisabeth. Nine. Emma Eames: Elm HIrt.
Miss Carrie BridewelI; Venus, Nine. Louis.
Reuss- BEIGE; Tannhauser, NJ Van Dyck: Her
man ], N. Blsss; Walther, jacques Bars :.
Heinrich M. Reiss; Biterolf, n. Muhlmann:
Reinmar. NJ Viviani; Wolfram, Mr.. BIspham;
conductor. Walter Damrosch.
Emma Calve VIII make her debut here
in Carmen" on Friday evening. Bizet's
heroine has become more or less identified
with the famous French prima donna and
the expectation aroused by her first ap-
pearance here is not likely to be disap-
pointed. The opera will be sung with the
following cast;
Carmen, Mime. calye; FrasquIta, Miss Bauer
meister; Mercedes, Mime. Van Cauteren;
Micaela, Mime. Suzanne Acams; Don Jose M
salignac; Zuniga. n. Gourmet; Morales
Jacques Bars: Dancairo. NJ. Dufriche; Rem
endado. NJ. Reiss; Escamilo. N. Scott; con-
ductor. NJ Flon.
Emma Calye will demonstrate that she
is not an artist with only one role by
appearing I'm Faust" on Saturday after
noon. 1t was in the role OF Marguerite
that she made her first appearance on the
operate stage. Faust" will be sung with
the following cast:
Marguerite. Mime. CaIve; Marta Miss
Esaermeister; SiAbAL Nina. Louise Homer;