New-York tribune., 1906-12-16
lHe- arst Appearances.

vs,s stars ere announced TO take part in the
-.,rrsmune selected for to-nignts popular con-
- st the Metropolitan Opera House Nine.
,q.,s,her-E6eI, the wagnerian soprano, Will sing
.-.s from Rubirste!n's "Ferarnors'' and the
ao "Abscheulicher'' from -Fidelio." Nine.
ps,noId promises an aria from the 'BTeischuetz'
s,5 the ever popular Jewel song from Faust"
v Plancon viii sing the "Air des Roses"
srs the 'Serenade" from THE Damnaton
- ~ vsnst and Will also interpret schumann's
srro Iyrenadiers." Charles Rousseliere VIII con-
,ribute 70 the programme the ToTnanzR IToln
.hs second act Of "Tosca7" Wears Prlntehps
vouveau" and Massenet's Noel Paien'" NJ
cs-scaiar1 viii be heard in g favorite romance
sra1 Massenet's lie Roi de Lahore and IN the
rrologzIe 10 u PagliaccL" In the latter nnInper,
g5sth the express approval Of the composer
-s0ncsvaIlo NJ Stracciar1 departs fl one pas
ssre nom the published score. The orchestra4
contributons 10 the concert INCLUDE the overture
- Martha" the ''Marche Hongroise, the over
tr-e ~ la Fora del Destino," and the faran-
Sre from Btzet's 'TArlesienne.~ Arturo Nigna
VII conduct
Owing 10 the public interest aroused by The
rsU5reu's Crusade" Of Gabriel Pierne. the Ora
,,-4o Society VIII repeat this new work at a
snscial Christmas matinee on next Saturday,
reosrnber % at Carnegie Hall Requests are
teoueutly made for the repetition OF choral
rrograrrues but it is not often that conductor,
chorus solois-s, orchestra and the han can De
his occasion, however, Frank Derlarosen mas
beer able 70 obtain all who took part IN the sue
csssfuI performance OF The Chldrers Cru
ssde" Of December /. The chorus OF three nun
s-ss me New York Symphony Orchestra of
srhty players, and the soloists-Mrs; Lillian
sauvelt Mrs. Edith Chapman-Goulos MISS marie
s,oddart Prank OrInsby and Ericsson BushneH
will he n their former places on December &-'
s. will the specially trained chorus OF TWO nun
srsd public school chiloren-oae hundred girls
and ors hundred boys-Whose accurate and eA-
sin III 8
enthusiastic comment These young chor1sterS
1rt much pleased at the chance TO repeat their
important share Of Pierne's score "A memorial
~ fhe recent performance wes given 70 each
chl6 IL the shape OF a specially designed mccall
showing the Crusaders ships. Besides tiais extra
matinee. The Orator1o Society VIII give us usual
ch-,strasstide presentations OF The Messiah.
TIE public rehearsal on "Wednesday afternoon
December oB and the concert on Thursday even
irg December Y.
The Olive Mead Quartet begins the fourth sea-
son Of Aendelssohn Hall concerts next Thursday
evening The personnel remains the same. olive
Mead Elizabeth Houghton, Gladys North ana
lillian Littebales. The prograTaIa- Is HaQya :
cuerte; IN = major, Mozart's trio foF NSjiin
viola and yioloncello IN Z fat, and SchumanHs
quartet IN major.
W Henderson VIII give a special lecture on
Richard srrsuss's "Salorae' IN Mendelssohn Hal
OF Wednesday afternoon. January 9. He VIII
have the assistance Of Alfred Hertz conducIor
q the Metropolitan Opera House. at tne piano
There Will be vocal excerpts from Nle oPeia
sing by well known artists.
Herbert IT.therepoon will give his only song
recital for the season 81 Mendelssohn Hall on
the afternoon Of January 10. His programmes
vii contain a number OF novelues.
Cesar Franolss moroccan symphouique. RE
dsnpti1n," receives its first performance In New
York and America al this weeks concerts OF
direction Of Walter Damrosoh. Although recog-
nidon came 10 Francls very late in life. IN Paris.
the city OF Ills adoption and Of his principal
activities f. Is interesting 10 note th6t Ut. Leo
pold Darnrosch Hans Won B1lov and Cossnlala
ihe 'oellist performed trio or cesar FrahcNs
u Berlin nearly hfty years ago. The young
Flemish composer had already attracted the a.
tenton O. IAszt and through him trancKs
music began 10 find fits way among the young
musicians who. under the inspiration OF Lszt
and Wagner formed the new German schoo4
Despite the traditions against the production
c Grand opera in English Henry ". Savage an
American manager. has produced Pucctnis
"Msaarn Butterfly IN the English language at
an American theatre IN an American city ana
broken grand opera records. When the run Of
Madam Butterfly" IS completed with the last
Performance next Saturday night Mr. savase's
Production win have registered fifty consecutive
PERFORMANCES.
~ Mr Savage viii present at the Garden
Theatre Christmas night Reginald De no
,,shs new romantic operetta, Ahe STUDENT
Alhe Lima Abarbanel, who was formerly d
member of tie cast OF the Metropolitan opera
company and the Royal Berlin Opera company
,olo3tng the examples of Nine. Schumann-
s.shk ana Fritz Scheff, has deserted the grand
sgess stage 20 appear in light opera She wiI4
plsy the leading part IN ''The Student King.
Al Merde.ssohn Hail. on Tuesday afternoon
u O'clock there win be recital Of pianoforte
music by Germaine scllnitzer. The programme:
cssss ara Figus kash- Lsz5
ss3eeon oe Dieu dams Ia soiitas. .I1szt
wo Etuaee
fs 6e Rosazaonss Schubert Flsch hof
@iatsry Nsteh - " - " . .scilubert-rsussig
Besides presenting the Russian composer and
ssnisi Alexander Scriebine. the Russian Sym
s-'lg Orchestra at its concert on thursday
ming. az Carnegie Hall. WI have the aid OF
e-1 esionon conductor Of one number by
Sosssg Of the Philharmonic Society
fbe64aoine who arrived last week as guest OF
bs suaslan symphony Society, brought with him
nS s.e" concerto for the pianoforte, which had
lotsss sss'eHleT a. Odessa, with the composer as So
oerthl4o al4o Ar. SafOnoff conductor On De-
M ~ Scrlabine VIII play the concerto ana
,oaionGn. who was director OF the Moscow
rtnss fRatory when Scrlabine, LheVinne Petsch-
n1Tr Aachmanlnon and Modest Altschuler,
. ebas,ss' ,ss''a1tcior q the Russian symphony Or
ofnbsa., were classmates, VIII preside over the
las, 80 u was al "A concert or this series
H. svIlng that Mr. Safonod was conductor for,
panis, %Dut OF JOSEF LheFiiilie' inc
Al tbs r.o- ~ e-.,.,,
bsno So ~ play three OF his own pieces for the
Fibns -iyhe, the left hand nocturne which Lhe-
etuds ,niaseo last season. a nazurka, and an
kes,SD 49, sharp minor
TD. c.