The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-25

Inc new OpeTAJIC enJeTpTlSc VI WI nam
merstein will byno means have the monopoly
Of new singers this season. Heinrich
Conried will bring more unfamiliar artists
thai he has ever before introduced. There
II scarcely q department among the singers
which will not boast a number who are
strange to local audiences, although they
have already earned their laurels else
where. = ..,.
Mr.. Conried has followed the example
of his predecessor i'm the dangerous field
of French opera. Mr.. Grau tried to make
New Workers. accept some very famous
French singers at the Same. high valuation
placed on them in Paris and failed. NJ
Alvarez was one OF these. He n the fret
heroic tenor OF Paris, hat here he made q
small impression on Inc public.
The fate of his successor will therefore
be interesting TO observe. II would be
impossible for any singer 10 rave higher
recommendations than Charles Kotsselkere
brings. For ten years he has been q noted
tenor in his own country, having appeared
In Paris both at the Graad Opera and the
Opera Comique, and be has for the last
five years been engaged by Kaoul Guns
bourg to take the leading roles in The French
4 performances at MONTE Carlo, where the
: opera is International. like our own, and
( similar to il also In that the finest artists
: of the world are engaged there.
M. Rousseliere is still young as opera ages
I, no, having not yet reachcd 10. He began
life as a mason, discovered his voice and
{ cultivated il ut the C0nservstOire in Paris.
His repertoire comprises all that New
York expects Of a French tenor. That
4 means that he will sing Romeo, FaEst in
fBerlioz's l. Damnation de Faust the
Yhero Of Il akne," Don Jose and Rdoul.
&He may share with Signor Caruso the
Tpleasure Of singing Yasco di Cana in @LAfri-
y caine." The first appearance made by
NJ. Rousseliere was a severe test for any
tenor. Jean de Reszke had sung the part
Of Cdnio in Il Pagliaoci' as often as he
wanted, and the director in looking about
for a successor to him selected M Rous-
! seliere. One Of the roles recently created
by him was in the first production of the
opera -L'Ancetre," by Camille Saint-Sasns.
NJ. Rousseliere will be heard here first as
Romeo, which is a part dear to the heart
OF every French tenor.
Another French tenor selected by Mr..
Conried is Fernand Soubeyran. who is a
pupil Of Jean de Reszke. although he is not
as young as that suggests. He had sung
for several years in the French provincial
bOWhb VIZ ANNiN "ANA w wv sIo6hC
heard him and was convinced that he had
in him the possibilities of a great artist.
NJ. S%oubeyran took a course of instruction
under him and for the time gave up his
active work. Now he is beginning again
and his teacher prophesies that he will
attain a high place. M. Soubeyran will
sing the same repertoire as N. Rousseliere.
MOI all the new tenors are French. Carl
Burrian is a Bohemian and his musical
training was acquired in Germany, which
= was rood for him SO long IA he dedicated
his talents to the Wagnerian repertoire.
He studied in Berlin, made his first APP
pcarances in Hamburg and then went to
( Budapest. When Maurice GTau persuaded
Georg Antilles TO break his contract and
come to New York. Herr Bufrian was called
20 Dresden to take his place. He comes
here this season to take the parts Of knote.
Herr Burrian has gained a high reputation
: in Germany as a fresh voiced declaimer Of
the Wagner music dramas and ia especially
praised as Tristan. He sings the whole
Wagner tenor repertoire and lacks now
only the baptism OF Bayreuth. In the
Dresden performances of Richard Strauss's
.Salome" he was the mole eyed Herod.
and he will. OF course, have that part here.
Herr Burrian has also sung in Germany
such essentially French roles as Des 0rieNr
In @Manon Lescaut." but it is not likely that
he will have to confront any such task
here.
Among the new barytones the foremost
is Ricardo Stracciari, who has been making
for himself a reputation in Rome, Milan
and other Italian cities, while Antonio
SCOTT and some of his older colleagues
are at work here. Signor Stracciari dis
covered that he had a voice while still In the
army and set to work to make the best Of
it. Signor Stracciari was first heard in
Rome, went then 70 Milan and has since
sung in those cities and the other large
towns OF Italy, with occasional excursions
into Spain, Russia and South America.
Franz Stiner is a young viennese who
has not yet made a'public appearance, but
CAM first to this country to try his luck
before a New York audience. He is TO sue
coed Tony Franck. last years German
' barytone in the company.
Charles Ricard Is a barytone engaged
especially for the French repertoire, who
will first be heard ON Monday night as
Mercutio. He has won his spurs at the
Opera Comique and at the principal theatres.
which is in France a severe test. Artists
who have met with the most favorable
receptions in Paris nave altogether failed
to please in such exacting cities as Lyons
and Marseilles. NJ. Ricard has o ap-
prevail in those towns, however, and so has
his ~compatriot, Victor Chalmin, who is
especially engaged on the recommendation
OF Raou Gunsbourg of Monte Carlo for
a part in the operate performance OF Ber-
lioz's oratorio, La Damnation de Faust
On the distaf side there are as many
new faces in the company Mr.. Conried
has collected. First among these is Geral-
dine Farrar, the American soprano, who
has q repertoire which includes the French
md Italian operas as well as some Of the
wagnerian roles. Miss Farrar is to appear
for the first time in three operas that are
new to her. They are NINE. Butterfly"
and 1Manon Lescaut.' by Puccini. and
la Damnation de Faust"
Lena Cavalier, Celestina Boninsegna
and Katharine Fleischer-Edel are three
more Of the new sopranos. Signora Caya-
lieri has been known for more than decade
as a beauty. h used to be a rival OF
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