The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-12
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

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Como Of tho Forthcoming performances
at the Metropolitan are certain TO be In.
teresting. Piano rehearSals Of "Manru'
have already begun and with the arrival
OF Alexander Pandrowsh next week all
the singers will be here. II cast is TO
include NM. B~androwski, Bispham, Muhl-
mann and Reiss and Mines Sembrich,
Schumann-He ink and Schef. II will b
seen from this distribution that the per-
Torrance will in all likelihood be most
attractive on the distafr side. Walter
Damrosch will conduct and the stage
management will In oil probability b
under the direction Of Theodore Habel-
mann. II is difficult TO see how he can
70 wrong in this instance, as the exsd
copies Of all the directions Of Stage Dr.
rector Morris OF the Dresden Opera House
lave been sent here. But in the matter
Of stage management at the Metropolitan
all things are possible.
-Messaline- viii come before the Pade-
rewsh opera. This work is already ia
miBar to the principal singers. Nile
Calve rehearsed the title role last spring
in Italy for a performance at La Scala,
but was taken Ill after the dress rehearsal
and did not sing in the opera until Ernesto
Tamagno went last July TO Covent Garden.
The work Of de Lara's was given there
twice. II had been sung the year before
with Marianne Heglon In the title role.
VI. Alvarez sang the Part of Hctor the
gladiator last winter at Monte Carlo. when
Nine. Heglon was again the heroine.
The first Of the works evive for the
Verdi cycle, IL that ever takes place. will
be "Ballo in Maschera." There is 70 be
one series OF extra matinees Of the Nibe-
lungen Ring and il is safe TO count on one
extra hearing OF Carmen" for the sake Of
the suburbs.
Nine. Lucienne Breval, the last OF the
singers to join the opera company, will
arrive here on Jan. 81. II has been decided
to postpone the production Of Les Hufue-
nots" until her arrival. The part of RaouI
will then be sung by NJ. de Marohi. He will
also appear in the next of the r~evivals, which
will be l. Bohene." with line Scmbrich
as Mimi. She Is to sing the roe for the first
time. -LElisire d'Amore.' in which she
will sing Adind, is TO be sung before he per-
formance Of "Manru." II is proposed to
make a doubleb bill ~ l. Bohome' and LA
Navarraise' when hat opera Is revived for
Mile. Calve. II has been decided TO post
pone Massenet's "Herodiade" until next
season. The opera has just been given by
the French singers in New Orleans.
Neither Mines. Sembrich. Calve, lanes
nor Ternina Il to bc heard not spring at
Convent Garden. The only o,ed pr!ma
donna so far engaged is Maze. Sordica.
Nine. Gadski has cancelled her contract,
which had another season 90 run. and her
place In the spring performance will 10
taken by Ida Hiedler Of the Berlin Op'fa
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