The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-19
NEXT WEEK AT THE OPERAS.
,ONFiFD ND HtNNERSTEIN
NNOT NCE PROGRAMMES.
m, metropolitan To Give "I.akn'e" n ITS
No,s!p -HosrnthsI TO play SUNDAY
Night Wagner operas at the Wan
haitian NpNI Season as al BalTeuth.

>ignt --Hagncr operas at the Wan
haitian NpNI season as AZ HalTeuth'
WAC r,lTth week Of the season Of the
us,roruLilu uucra House is to have a nov
,r, ,acok from Friday Deltes's -Iakme'
,u Ir sing here for the first time since
,,,ol 'I,.c Sc.nbrch, who will sing LGkmc,
has never been heard in the part here,
,I,b,pu1 -ho has sung il Gin German in
perTD ard IN Italian in st. Petersburg.
Tho opcla willie given on Friday in French.
Otbers In the cast will he Miss Jacoby and
M p4aa.elia re ard Gourmet. The per-
,o-n1uo. willalso mark the debut of NJ
pop.selr-e in the role of Gerald. Other
,nsro, for Christmas week are: Monday,
-Feiora. -" with Mines. Cavalieri and Alien
aud NM. CarIso, Scott and Begue; We'd
ps-.v. "I4 DamnatiOn de Faust" with
Mis-. Farrs. and NM, Rousseliere, Plancon
and Siuari. Saturday matinee, -Siegfried. "
with Nine. Tlei-cher- Edel, Rappold and
kirkbv Iuuu and Saturday night, la
Roheus with Mines. Abott and Alien
and NM. Dppol Scotti, Journet and Simard.
Voriz Rosenthal Is 10 lie heard at the
,opcert on sunday night at the opera house.
and there have already been many protests
at the Intention of the management to
rsi.e the prices in the orchestra seats on
that mrh-. The opera stars do not require
20 have the prices raised when they sing,
and the patrons of these concerts are ask
ing why they should be called on to pay
morp 70 hear a pianist.
Salnt-Saens is TO make his farewell APP
rearanCe ia this country at the Metropolitan
on Christmas night at an orchestral concert.
. number Of the singers at the Metropolitan
will assist at the concert.
THE MAINTAINS L
Oscar Hammerstein promises to give this
evening the finest spectacle, in the per-
formance Of Ada at the Manhattan Opera
House. that New York has ever seen. For
Christmas week the manager announces
the following repertoire at the Manhattan;
Monday, Lucia di Bammermoor,' with
Mines. Plnkert and Severina and NM.
Bonci. Minolf and MugnoZ; Tuesday-extrd
Christmas performance---Aida." with the
same cast that j to appear tonight; Wednes-
day. Carmen with NM. Dalmores, Re-
maud and Gilbert and Mines. Bressler- Gia-
nol, Donalda and Trentini; Friday, III
Trovatore, with Mines. Russ, De Cisneros
md Zaccaria and NM. Dalmores, Ancona
and Venturini; Saturday matinee, "Rigo-
letto.7 with Mines. Pinkert and Giaconia
and NM. Bonci, Renaud and Arimondi;
saturday evening, Aida, v with h same
cast that appears on Tuesday. Signor CAM
ranari will conduct on Monday and Friday.
The other performances will be under the
direction OF Signor Campanini.
Mr.. Hanmerstein has already begun to
make certain plans for e. season. This
wear be will produce none of the Wagner
operas except "Lohengrin' in French.
When he decided to do this Mr.. Hammer
stein assured Nine. Cosima Wagner of his
desire to pay her the usual royalties on the
work. Mr.. Hammerstein had no idea how
popular this proposal was to make hin at
RayreUth. Since ths opening Of his season
he has heard directly and through Nine.
Lii Lehman of Nine. Cosima Wagner's
desire to be of any possible assistance to him
n his new opera house.
Mr.. Hanmerstein has about concluded
20 take advantage of this assistance next
season. when he cQntemplates extending
The repertoire of his opera house. He will
pass over all the other Wagner operas and
give LeXt year four model Bayreuth perform
ances Of the N~ibelungen hing. Only the
opera of the trilogy will be sung. Mr..
llammerstein expects to reproduce eX-
actly the Bayreuth representations and will
ain 10 have a Bayreuth festival here. He
will engage a number OF the personnel of
the Bayreuth opera house and will have
the assistance OF Nine. Wagner in getting
al the German artists he may need. He
has already begun negotiations looking 70
the engagement Of Martha Loefler- Burck-
hardt, Lien Gulbranson and Ernst Krauss.
He hopes TO persuade Hans Richter to take
The direction Of the performances. Four
representations OF the Ring will be given.
Bayreuth hours will be followed and the
performances will begin at ( O'Clock in the
afternoon and end af IN