New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-08
CONRIED'S OPERA PLANS.
Production Of "Queen Of Sheba'' To
Be Finest Erer Made.

Heinrich Conried director of the Metropolitan
Opera House. announced yesterday that he would
open the season November 20. with GodmaIk $
queen OF Sheba." sung in German.
The season in Manhattan will be seventeen weeks
long. The company will be out OF Town four weeks
and viii give fourteen performances in Philadel-
phia. Ten novelties will be produced.
Nj. Conr!ed hopes to make The Queer Of
Sheba'' the most magnificent operate production
in the worlG. One thousand Two hundred anG fifty
four costumes designed by a famous artist OF the
Royal Academy in Germany. being made in
Vienna. The cast win include Nine Nordica Miss
Walker or Miss Frems;a al. knots- Van Rooy and
Miss Alien.
The nine productions that will follow The
Queen OF sheba'' will probably be in this order:
La Fsvorita' in Italian; "Hansel ind Gretel,
in German: "Sonambua." in German: Tine Fly
ing Dutchman." in German; Marta" Don Clio
Italian and The Gypsy Baron" by Strauss. in
German.
For the benefit OF the schools and shoppers, Wag-
ner's Nbelung Ring of four operas will be pro
duced Christmas week This is a departure
The plan Will be tried next winter, with the add
ton of the opera 'Rienzi."
Two performances OF Wagner's ''Parsfal' will be
given in the These will probably be at
matinees. There will also be several perform
ances of Strauss Die Fledcrmaus. which was
ii success last year.
Mr.. COnried will sage several operas himself
These will include The Queen Of Sheba. which
opens the season. and The Gypsy Baron. Sch
closes it In the last opera all the singers OF the
company will take part Humperdinck' the com
poser Of 'Hansel Und Gretel." and Puccini, the
composer of 'Manon Lescaut' will bly, be
present some of the performances Of their
works
Among the singers who have been engaged
four notable ones. These Nine Moreno, a
dramatic soprano, of Munich: Nine. LetrazznL an
Italian soprano OF the ford" ''coloratura
style; Bel Reszls. of Milan and Tony Francke. Of
Austria, both barytones
Among the singers Of last season who return are
Nine. Nordca. Nine. Games. Nine. Sembrich. Miss
Fren1stad and Miss Walker. Caruso knote and
BurgstaIer tenors and Plancon. the basso. Last
years conductors who will also lead this season
are Alfred Hertz, a German; Arthur Nigna an
Italian. and Nahan Frankie. American.
Mr.. Conried said yesterday
l shall begin the rehearsals of the NbelHng
Ring October l and will stage th@ four operas
duction II can get the Company TO study il. The
one have in mind is composition by PROFESSOR
For several years l have been trying to get Won
to Munich 10 made 10 him another oer He said that
he would act again. He was willing 10 lecture
PROPOSITION He is now in an unpleasant position
believe. Two commissioners have been appoitntea
1t is impossible to get first class conductor
eept my condltions or cannot ACCEPT theirs ss o
and would require five rehearsals for each per
formance / can't get my company to submit 10
such thing. / offered Richie $4,000 and he
wouldn't come These sums are twice as large as
the amounts they getting. Abroad they require
from twenty to thirty orchestra rehearsas for each
opera. Here satisfied with eight or ten
We had twenty-six for ''Parsfal." The orchestras
abroad are doubt better than ours but every
thing else-the staging, the scenery. the costumes
etc-is finest in this country. o.-,
/ expect TO have the stage finished by OCTOBER D.
II will be the finest in the world nave spen.
on +. ast mas ~
press buttons on q machine which looks ike a
Typewriter and the machinery will do the rest.
don't expect to have trouble with the union
Our men are satisfied. They are getting PAID al
the year and have long vacations Inc
orchestra will be somewhat hidden Thousn some
people dislike hidden orchestra, think that II
adds TO the illusion. Besides some leaders are
not nice look at 49,,
The chorus Of a hundred and thirty persons Will
begin rehea rsals October /. The principals VIII
hnye two and a half weeks of reheaTsals. Inc
Sunday concerts will be unchanged.
The opera school will be enlarged by six rooms
We will teach in italian and French. We Will not
accept for training free Of charge. any person
without talent waTranting us in doing so Inc
only musical instrument taught is the piano. We
can tell actual value Of the school in two years
We made Of some scholars last year. and | am
satisfied that the pupils will take foremost place
when their training Is complete.