Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

| cleared for the first opera production
each local manager must have the or
chestra pit enlarged to accommodate
| fifty-four musicians, and it is expected
to make the following musical provt-
sions: For THE Queen of Sheba." -four
cornets and one trombone; Carmen,
two cornets and one small drum: "Bo-
heme," four horns; "Tosca," one small
drum, and Faust" five cornets, two
altos, two trombones, one baritone and
two tubas.
There must be as well special dress
ing rooms for the stars, six dressing
rooms for the principal artists, four for
the chorus and two for the ballet. Each
local manager must have twenty-five
porters awaiting the company at the
railroad station, plenty of trucks and
carriages for the singers and stage
hands.
During the tour the following fifteen
operas and music dramas will be per-
formed. with scenery, costumes and
properties identical with those seen in
New York: THE Queen of Sheba,'''
Carmen" THE Marriage of Figaro"
"Lohengrin," La Boheme," ''Die
Walkure," "Hansel and Gretel," don
Pasquale,' Faust" Marta" Tam
hauser," "Tosca," "Siegfried," "Pagli-
scci'' and Lucia" All the singers
that New York has heard in these
operas Joined the tour Messrs. Hertz,
Vigna and Franko do the conducting.
The ballet also goes along.
To provide against the possibility of
having to change a performance at
short notice, M. Goerlitz has outlined
the total number of roles that each of
the stars and principal singers can
sing. This Is an essential provision, as
opera enthusiasts in the eight cities to
be visited have been subscribing for the
last few weeks for certain perform
anCeS.
When Singers Are Ill
In spite of the care exercised in trans
PORTING the troupe, the singers do be-
come incapacitated. 1t was during
tour under the direction of Mr.. Grau
that a series of adverse circumstances
brought about performance of "Lo-
hengrin" in San Antonio. Tex, which
would have opened wide the eyes of the
New York critics. jacques Bars was
called upon to assume the role OF the
knight of the grail, and Mime. Sembrich
sang Elsa. Several of the leading sing
ers are not booked to sing once west OF
Washington, but, nevertheless, all are
taken along to hold themselves IN
readiness for such an emergency as that
at San Antonio.
The necessity of giving costly per-
formances in small theaters has forced
some out-of- town patrons to pay high
er prices for their opera than New
Workers. have ever had to face. In
Baltimore the company sung in the
Lyric theater, which has a seating ca
pacity of only 1900, but this can be
done profitably by charging prices
ranging from $50 for boxes and So for
orchestra seats and 81 for balcony
seats. Washington had to pay more
The New National theater, with seat
ing capacity of but 1900, was used, and
this brings the price of an orchestra
seat up to Sc. Pittsburgers will fare
the same, as orchestra seats in the
Nixon theater are selling for Sc.
In Chicago
In Chicago the company will sing in
the Auditorium, which has seating
capacity trif1e larger than that of
the Metropolitan opera house. The
best seats in the Auditorium are SELL
ing for $5, and the less desirable on
the main floor for $4 while seats in
the gallery are bringing only $1.5O. The
Olympic theater in st. Louis is not as
small as the New National In Washing
ton, and subscribers i'll Missouri will