New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-08
MUSIC.
THE OPERA PROSPECTUS

NJ. Conr1ed has issued the prcrpec,,,s So 81
season ~ srSno opera al the Metropolitan Opera
Eouse for lsS-@ Though IL does not add rr,,,ch 20
the ccpious information al-padv s,r,-l,.s a. a.
form o. news articles and Interviews n h-t,vs .,
TITO compact shape. The season win h.ags7 o.
November . and last fifteen weeks A. q, So,
seasons. the subscription nights win no Nonasy
wednesday and Friday. the srbscrsn,,c-, g.
roon Saturday There R-u also he S..---s.,-
night periorrnssaoes al reduced prices and a series
Ct Sunday evening concerts. English viii be a6se5
the languages n which the oT.aras wall be sung
but VIII be employed IA only one work and -ba, a.
ncvelty-sTnetana' Is BATTERED Bride Mafla-r,s
opera oouoeOe- Les Dragons de VilIars' On
French Is promised a novelty and .'C;ioconas-
(Which has bee.l absent from the Metropolitan for
twenty years. also promised rscseldieq,,s I \
Dane Blanche" VIII o. produced. should ci---urn-
stances permit The costumes ana scenery used
n waEners dramas. ''sioconda" Les Fr,gue-
rots" and Faust VIII be entirely new The stase
having been reconstruc7ed on modern nrincioies Is
pronounced as capable % bearing corrlar1son with
he finest in tho world The CHIEF stage manager
WI be Anton Fuchs. who comes from Munich
but ali productions sln D. under the personal
t--ne--7sioa q M Heinrich Corrf.a- The ballet
VII be a conspicuous feature OF the and one
o. more 'coupleo classical ballers' will be pro-
suces Orchestra and chorus have been augment ed
-he orchestra VIII consist OF nnety-one rnusicians
tie chorus q 80 singers. Felix Motif VIII ha
general music director; Alfred Hertz Arturo Esgna
and Gustav HiF-ichs Condacturs For the con
seuence Of opera Goers the management has osened
~
r-rets Al which refreshments viii be obtssnabla
between The acts. Following is a roster OF the
operate forces The names being arranged insalpha
hetical order
soPra-aa---yAl.n O Aek.e; AIa,h5nd,- Eauern,este-
Pcpp. Won Poss1rt Paula Ralph MarcelLa sem
t-ict. Camille ,Seygand. Milka rernina, Marion
Nezzo soprani and oonJralti-IsabeIle Esoutou
olive Fren'stad. LOUIS Homer Pullman. Fs9n-
cF1- Thompson Edith Walker
1s6 Eaae D6B R A2 k kg5ssap N ErSo
Franz Naval Albert Reiss.
Eugene Duf1cale. Otto Goratz. Francesca GUarda-
hsssi Adoiph MGhinann. Antonio ScOtr- Anton
Bssst-R,be-- Blass. Marcel Gourmet. POP Flancon
s.aTs-Alfrsd I5ertz Ggssav IIiPriehs Felix
NO. Sez5S5z H ANS Norre1+n ste-
srd conductor 81 hsllets-Nah Frankie
ze.nes. ca. d,rector-eaEl is4uf t5
,.-rs FYsa Harms. Liiisa-i F4eiielhsch Toseni7i-e
sacoby Helen Napleson. Josephine Scha1ec Mar
BaIief rTaeter-Augusto Frarsciala.
Frerie-es dsnseuses-Blaaoa F7oehIch. Enrich-,
5ho-Gs naaste--F4etro Nepoti
Il5rz-is--LAoseI Ala5leson.
TIE reperto-y viii be selected from thtrty-sgven
operas Seventeen are Italian. ten French. nine
German eight OF then by Wagner and one is b.
heuizn TO be sung in Englishl. The list is as
follows:
Beetaoven. FfaeIio'. Benini. La sonnannBula'':
Do-ize-t, Don Pasquale.' ''L'F1lisir d'Amorc -
q Julsrre'7; Lsoacavallo. .'Pae.iaccs'' Maillart
Rlsuoana-. Massenet .Manon,o -.Sapho"; Never
Don C7i7vz-lnI' II FIauto Marioo', lie More
al Figaro Ponchielh "Gioconda": FouccnL La
Boheme-; Rossni. n Barbiere d svglia": Sine
tsua- The Ba-tered PRIDE Verdi. Ala la
Z Msseas MSsneT sJEi ss iRgol9 e
-1-ss .Toheng-sn' .-siegfried,' ''TaTnhG1seT.
Tristan und Isolde
The performances o. -ParsifsI" which are prom
isec are wholly outside the subscription. though
subscribers al the sixty performances Will have
the night their seats for the first rep
RESERVATION, on December p Subscribers 10 the
regular Monday performances viii be entitled TO
reserve seats Tor the second. those 70 Wednesday
fo- the third those Friday FOR the fourth and
those the Saturday for the afth. Special
prices VII o. charged. but particulars area.not,
given They VIII be announced later