The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-16
OPERA PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR.
MANY CHANGES CONTEMPLATED
BY MIR. CONRIED.
European Idea Of Extra Performances 10
BE introduced at the Metropolitan
Troubles With TenOrs and Conductors
How q German Ran Up His Prices.

How q German Han Up HIS Prices'
Since Heinrich Conried returned to New
York, he has all but completed the arrange
ments for the next opera season at the
Metropolitan A few artists still remain to
be engaged and there are some details Of
the repertoire to De adjusted. Otherwise,
In the main, he has in the past ten days
settled what the season Ia 10 be.
The most interesting among the new
singers 10 to be Bertha Moreno Of Munich,
who is regarded as the most beautiful
woman on the operate stage In Germany.
She has spent nearly all her career at the
Royal Opera House in the BavaTian capital
and has there acquired her fame She is
tail and stately In appearance and Of great
brunette beauty. Her roles are the lighter
Wagnerian lyric parts, although she has
occasionally sung with less success and
against the advice Of Ernst Possart the
BraHAAildes.
Mile Moreno is scarcely knoWn outside
Of Germany, but her reputation as a beauty
extends throughout that country. AZ the
Metropolitan she Is TO take the place Of
Mime. SengeT-Bettaque, who came here last
season.
Whether or not Herr Knote will return
here is one Of the unsettled questions He
left here quite willing to come back on the
terms suggested TO him by Mr.. Conried,
but as soon as he got TO Munich his wifes
relatives denied that he expected ever to
slng here again. The reason for this Is Mr..
Conrieds refusal TO pay the fee Of $500
which Herr Knote demanded when he
reached home.
he Is said 70 have named this figure on the
ground that Signor Caruso receives this
amount As a matter Of fact Carlso gets
very much less, although, as a drawing
card, he Is much more potent than the Ger
man singer.
Herr Knote came here for $500 marks a
performance. Mr.. Conried was willing to
pay him one thousand more for next year
and another thousand marks for the follow
ing season, making his fee 4 500 marks, or
81 100 which must certainly be nearly ak
times as much a. he receives in Munich.
At last accounts he was standing out for
q, 500, having diminished his call by $500
Nobody doubts that he and Mr. Conried
will ultimately come 10 terms, as Herr Knote
made a great success here and the public
will want to hear the only tenor who has
satisfied II in the German roles since the
retirement Of Jean de Reszke.
Mr.. Conr1ed need not Worry over the
italian tenor question since Il is settled
for him for the next -four years as SiEnor
Caruso IL to return.
With his French tenor he has had DIM
culties. He would have engaged NJ, sal6za
without thought had not certain stock
holders Of the COnriod Metropolitan Opera
Company who are strongly Francophle
believed that an artist from the Grand
Opera In Paris should be engaged.
A IL was not possible 10 bring back the
conventional and semaphoio Breval again,
the stOokhOldersV referred 10 insisted on
Albert Alvarez. who certainly did not
make much impression on his previous
visits here. NJ AlvareE demanded hfty
GpPeai anoes at u 800, the same terms that