Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-07
MAURICE GRAU'S PLANS
Impresario Tells of Singers En-
gagged For Coming Season.
MANU-" Is TO BE PRODUCED.

The New York Herald's European
| edition publishes the following under
the date of Sept. is:
One of the busiest men in the French
capital is Mr.. Maurice Grau, who, after
close upon four months hard star
hunting in the European capitals, has
just completed arrangements for his
great annual operate tour in the Unit
ed States.
Ais settled" he said to the CORE
spondent, land have now only TO pack
up my trunks and git / am of to
Cherbourg and with my family shall
sail for New York on the Kronprinz
Wilhelm.
Despite the great loss which the
United States has sustained by the as
sassination of its president, which not
only l. but every member. l can truly
say. of my company deeply deplores.
think that we are going to have grand
season.
Il am naturally going TO repeat the
standard repertoire and produce some
novelties. Among the novelties will be
Paderewski's new opera 'Manru,' Mes
salina' and perhaps That's The re-
vivals will consist principally of Clio
conda,' IL Ballo In Maschera,' 'Otello,'
'Ernani.' 'Elisire d'Amore.' La Navar-
raise 'Manon' and Fro Leandro. \
great feature will be that Miss Sibyl
Sanderson will sing for the first time
in Romeo ct Juliette' and perhaps in
That's She has not been to America
for seven or eight years and is going
to he heard in California, her home.
where as yet she has never sung in
public.
LAS have already said. have been
doing the principal capitals. l had an
interesting week in Dresden, where l
heard Paderewski's 'Manru' for the
first time. The work pleased me great
ly. l had practically made all the ar
rangements for its production in Amer
lea when the author made several eX-
acting conditions, such as the engage
ment of his tenor. who had created the
title role and sung it in most Of the
great cities on this side of the Atlantic.
"At the finish 1 agreed to take him
on. but as to who is TO play the leading
lady 1 shall only settle that on my ar
rival on the other side. Miss Sibyl
Sanderson was to have left by the
Champagne on Saturday, but as she
was suffering from a swollen face her
passage has been transferred TO the
Savoie."
AS to the artists engaged. following
is the list: Sopranos, Mime. Suzanne
Adams, Mile. Bauermeister. Mile. Bre-
val. Nine. Calve. Nine. Eames, Nine.
Gadski, Nine. AIarylli, Nine. Reuss,
Nine. Belize, Miss Slbyl Sanderson.
Mime. Sembrich, Fraulein Fritzi-Scheff.
Mime. Ternina and Mile. Van Cauteren.
Contraltos - Miss Carrie Bridewell,
Mime. Louise Homer and Mime. Schu-
mann Heink.
Tenors-M. Alvarez. NJ. Bandrowski.
NJ. Bars, NJ. Van Dyck, Herr DIPPED,
VI. Gilbert, NJ. de March,. NJ. Reiss, NJ.
Salignac and NJ. Vanni.
Baritones-AIr. Bispham, Signor Cam
panari, NJ. de Clery, NJ. Dufriche, NJ.
Gilbert, Herr MuhImann. Herr Van
Rooy. Signor Scott and Signor Niviani.
Bassos-M Blass, NJ. Plancon, NJ. Pc
relic, NJ. de SeGurola and NJ. Edouard
de Reszke.
The dates of sailing of the various
singers and some of the operas in
which they may take part are as fol-
lows: Mile. Breval leaves about Jan.
90 to sing in 'Tosca" and Brunnhilde
in ''Die walkure;" Nine. Calve by the
Champagne Sept. 81 for "Messaline"
and Valentine in LES Huguenots;"
Nine. Eames-Story by the Philadelphia
Sept. 81 for "Trovatore;v Nine. Gadski
by the Kronprinz Wilhelm Oct. 10 to
sing Valentine; Miss Sibyl SandersOn
by the Savoie Sept. % for 'Manon,"
Romeo ct Juliette" and perhaps |
"Thais;" Nine. Sembrich by the Au- |
guste Victoria Sept. % for "Ernani."
''Elisire d'Amore" and Elsa in ''Lohen- |
grim" and Fraulein Fritzi-Scheff by the !
Maria Theresa Sept. 81 TO sing Micae-
la in Carmen" and Mime. Ternina by |
the Columbia Oct. 3 for 'Gioconda" |
and I'll Ballo In Maschera."
M.Alvarez will sail by the Savoie Dec. !
IA to sing in 1.-The Cid" "Salammbo," /
''Otello" and "L'Africaine;" NJ. Van |
Dyck by the iceland. from Antwerp, /
Oct. ii, for Siegfried in "Gotterdam- |
and NJ. de March, by the !
Champagne Sept. 81 for the entire Ital- |
ian repertory-on his first visit; Nj. Sa- !
ignac by the Champagne Sept. 21 for
'Manon," ''Elisire d'Amore" and La
NJ. Bispham by the Lucania !
Oct for several new roles; Signor ,
who is now I'm America, 1
FOR III Ballo In Maschera;" Signor |
Scott by the st. Paul Oct. 10 for lago, |
'Gioconda' and "Ernani;" Herr Van
Rooy by the Wilhelm de- Crosse Oct.
( for Telramunde in "Lohengrin;" Nj.
Plancon by the Wilhelm der Crosse
Oct. for "Thais" and "Gioconda;" NJ.
Edouard de Reszke by the st. Paul Oct.
10 for Wotan in die Walkure" and
'Ernani.''
81 hope" said Mr.. Grau. continuing,
to give a Verdi cycle consisting OF
Traviata.' 'Rigoletto,' 'Trovatore,' Err
iani,' III Ballo In Maschera.' Aida and
Otello.' My conductors will be Mr..
Walter Damrosch, NJ. Flon and Signor
sepilli.
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