The sun., 1904-08-31
CONRIED'S NEW OPERA PLANS.
HAS HIRED A GERMAN TENOR
AND AN ITALIAN SOPRANO.

Manager VIII Not Tell Their Names. but
They're Believed 20 BE Aranyi and De
Macchi-staEe Force to he Hired for
Year-Other Novelties for the Season.
Heinrich Conried returned yesterday to
New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm H..
after two months spent In Europe Seeking
singers for the Metropolitan. and, above all
n tenor who should sing the Wagnerian roles
in accordance with the requirements OF the
Now York public.
He thinks that he has already found this
singer but as there are still formalitiee to be
completed before the final signing OF his
contract, MIR. Conred declined yesterday
10 mention his name. 1t was said that this
singer Is q tenor from Prague, Desidir
Aranyi
Mr.. Conried has also engaged a new
Italian dramatic soprano, whose name he
will make public next week. She is said to
lie Clementina de Macchi, who has often
sung under the direction OF Signor Vigna
In Europe, and 1t Is said that she was en-
gagged on his recommendation. Mr.. Conried,
of course, heard her himself in Italy.
For the first time In the history OF any
American theatre Mr.. Conried said, the
entire stage force has been engaged, not for
five months, but for the entire year. !
realized that I could get proper attention
only in that way and have hired the stage
hands, electricians, carpenters and the
entire staff for the year.
~The orchestra has been reengaged on
practically the old terms and with an under
standing perfectly satisfactory to me and
the men The fifteen weeks season will be-
gin on Nov. 81 That will be the length
of all future seasons under my manage
ment.'
More than $54 900 has been spent on the
opera house during the summer. New safety
appliances have been put in all thest airways.
In front Of every seat In the house is hand
pointing to the first exit 80 that spectators
in case of danger may find the quickest way
out Then there is the new ceiling put in
by Carrare Il Hastings. which is done in red
and gold and follows the general style
OF the other decorations.
Il must postpone until next week the full
announcement Of my artists" Mr. Conried
said. .as some Of the contracts are not
yet signed. have, however, seven prima
sopranos are Mines. Sembrich, Melba,
Eames, Nordica, .Ackte, Frenlstad and an
Italian singer, while the tenors are MN.
Caruso. saleza. Burgstaller, Dippel. Nuido,
name has not been made public. 4 nong
Van Rooy and Goritz, and among t
bassos Pol Plancon and Robert Blass The
principal contraltos are Mines. Homer and
Walker.
Prof. Loeffier, in Vienna, has designed
for me entirely new costumes for Aida
Faust and Carmen. 1t was he who
made the 'Parsifar costumes last winter.
Ada ~ 10
Two novelties next year will be the first
performance of Strauss's operetta, Die
Fledermaus' and special revival Of Die
Meistersinger.'
maus,' and Caruso has promised me to
sing in the concert scene Of the second act.
II Nine. Sembrich, who has not yet decided
which OF the roles she will sing, takes the
part Of Rosdlind, the wife, don't know
hope she will decide on the part Of Adele.
Then Nine. Ackte will sing Rosdlind and
Nine: Fremstad the part Of Prince Orlon.
1t will be given with an all star cast and
will be the most ambitious performance
that Strauss's operetta has ever had.
Nine. Eames will sing Arlolid in 'Ballo
in Maschera' for the first time; Nine. Nor
dica will sing in 'Parsifal' and La Gioconda,
and Nine. Fremstad will sing Carmen and
n uNuTV. MIDe. aChUe lS 10 appear III u
number Of Wagnerian roles. Vine Sem
brich is to sing La Somnambula' for the
first time here, and Iucrezia Boreia' and
Norma will be revived. Don Pasquale'
will be revived and will be given with the
ballet, Die Puppenfee, which has not been
heard here In some years.
After the regular season here tour will
be made with the Italian part Of the COM
pany. headed by Nine Sembrich and Signor
Caruso, and the -Parsifal" company, which
will ri, s,,
Boston, Chicago and two in San Francisco.
Mr.. Conried did not 60 to Bayreuth.
Of .Parsifal."
MY wife was nervous after her long Ill:
ness he said, -and thought all sorts Of
things might happen to me if dared to 60
there. So in Difference to her wishes stayed
away I found that the consensus Of
opinion seemed to be that Parsifal had
proved to be such success that 1t was not
after all a heinous crime to produce it here.
Many Americans who had heard the opera
here and at Bayreuth told me how much
finer the New York production was. I
heard this often from strangers who came
to me at different places
There will again be ten performances Of
Parsifa' on Thursdays this season.
AT THE IRVING PLACE THEATRE.
The Irving Place Theatre has been re.
decorated during the summer and the
season there will begin on Oct. with pro-
uuc1lon OF Scnlller Maria stuart.
i shall devote more time to the Irving
Place this season." Mr.. Conried said last
night, "for / was compelled by my duties
at the Metropolitan last winter to neglect it
somewhat. shall devote especial atten-
tion to the Schiller plays. As the hu ndredth
anniversary of the poets death is to be
observed this winter, l shall make an elabor-
ate revival Of Die Jungfrau Won Orleans
with new scenery and costumes. have
IN all forty-three new plays from which I
shall select the modern repertoire of the
theatre. will certainly give new plays by
S,udermann and Hauptmann and will pro-
duce Maxim Gorki's 'Nachtasyl,' which
has created such a sensation In Germany.
will also make an elaborate revival Of
Julius Caesar with Rudolf Christians as
More Antony. One of my interesting
modern plays is Der toedte Loewe,' in
which Bismarck and the present German
Emperor appear"
Most OF the old members OF the company
have been reengaged. Some Of the new
comers are Agnes Duren from Hanover
and Margarethe Russ from Berlin, Adolf
Ruehnik orff, Max Freyburg, Paul Hage-
mann, Bruno Schoenfeld and Fritz Kleincha.
NEW PLAY BY G.. b. SHAW
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