The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-18
BRILLIANT OPERA NEXT YEAR.
JEAN DE RESzKE, SEMBRICH AND
TERNINA LIKELY TO BE IN 1T.

Nine. sembrteh Already Engaged-Dsppel
Coming-Conductor Hertz 10 Remain
and New singers Premised-New stage,
New Lighting and Decorations. Too.
The Metropolitan Open and Real Estate
Company agreed to spend upward OF $4,000
on the alterations to the stage OF Its prop
erty. the Metropolitan Open House. This
sum Is In addition TO the amount to be
expended on the decoration Of the audi
forum. It Ia estimated that this will cost
moro than $4,000, making tho amount
to be spent In all moro than 100000.
The changes have been put under tho
direction OF Heinrich Conried. the new
director OF the opera house. He has In
turn handed them over TO Herr Brand the
famous German stage machinist associated
Wieebaden. Herr Brand Is to sail next week
for New York. Mr.. Conried has post
poued his departure for Europe until Herr
Brand arrives here, 30 that they may confer
as to the best way In which to arrange for
the now productions contemplated TOT
Workmen will begin to tear out the pres
ent stage on Nav l. In addition to an en-
tirely new stage, the electric lighting. now
,wretchedly inefficient. will be made the
snces will be used and Mr.. Conried expects
to have the most perfect theatre In the
world 20 far as stage facilities are concerned.
He has not yet made known his plans IN
full, but enough has been settled TO make it
brilliant. That Jean de Reszke. win again
be the leading tenor 10 all but settled. Edou-
ard de Reezke n authority for tho state
ment that his brother will accept MI. Con
reds offer and return here ne1t winter.
Enrioo Car,iso, tho Italian tenor. who for
tho laaf yaar haa hQan undAr contract to
Maurice Grau, will ne. rs THE SuN announced
a month ago a member OF the company.
Mr.. Conried having taken up the Grau con-
tract with certain changes;
has also BEEN engaged for next season by
Maurice Grsu. conditional on MI Grau
keeping the management OF the theatre.
Mr.. Conried has not yet decided whether or
NOT he will take advantage OF this contract contract;
that abe win certainly comes II her health
permits. She expected TO sing at Covent
Garden In the spring and 1t eeens certain
that she will b member OF next years
olive Fremstadt. the American con-
tralto. will be in the company. a. THs Suh
has said. M. Gilbert said yesterday that
he did not expect TO sing here next winter,
Many. patrons Of the opera house. will be
bi Slit once NOR. sing With the company.
Thus the tenor choir will include NM; Jean
de Resske, Ernesto Caruso, Andreas DIPPED
and q French tenor now singing In Paris,
whom Mr.. Conried expects TO hear while he
is there. He will also engage another
Mime. Sembrich was the hrvt member OF
the present company to be approached by
the new director and she. too. will return
One q Mr. GCnea. plan" M Z perfcT%Ss9ISSS
and Jean de Resxke In the leading roles.
But he viii present NJ. De Reszke chiefly
in the Wagner operas. Nine. Homer and
Miss Bridewell are to remain. Edouard de
Reszke, Of course. will sing IN the company
that Signor Scott will be q member Of tho
Who the new singers will be has not been
decided. Mr.. Conried has in mind a number
Of German dramatic sopranos no have
Of these are Nine. Burckhardt OF Wies-
baden. who has been much talked OF for
several years and is to sing for the hrst
time In London In May. Two othere are
Emmy Destinn and ThilA Plaichinger Of the
Royal Open Housc IN Berlin. Ar. Conried
sin gers In the company for short seasons.
They will SIM here for i've or dx weeks, az
they are still under engagements In Europe,
and are now able TO leave there only Tor
short periods.
Ohicial announcement was made by
Mr.. Conried yesterday that he has eii-
"a ged for next season Mime. Sembrich.
Mime. Fremstsdt, Mr.. Caruso. Mr. Scotu,
Mr.. Mlhlmann. and Mr.. Alfred Hertz.
conductor He also keeps Ernst G8rltx.
Max Hirsch and Charles Henry Meltxer
OF the present Metropolitan Opera HOUSE
administration. He has engaged the en-
tire Metropolitan orchestra with Nahan
Frankie as concert master. and q great
part of the Metropolitan chorus.
Negotiations, the announcement said.
are also under way with Nine, Schumann-.
Heink and other prominent members Of
the MetroDolitAn oompany