The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-31
THE METROPOLITAN SEASON
CONRIED PLANS I'D PRODICE
MANI OPERAS NEW HERE.


NH'N''s NNo |tbFN eN'F
turn-A Russian Hasso The Aerial
Ballet TO he n Feature No ''SaIOme."
The plans Of Heinrich Conrie1 for the
coming season at the Metropolitan Opera
House were made public yesterday. Mr..
Cornried is now at Heiden, Switzerland,
on his health seeking tour, and he Is greatly
improved. He sends word from abroad
that il will be some time before he re-
covers full strength Of his legs and that
he will he forced TO get around with the
aid Of a cane after his arrival here.
MIR. Conried will sail for this city on
October 2 on the Kronprinzessin Cecilie.
The season at the opera house opens on
Monday evening. November IL. and will be
the longest ever given at the Metropolitan.
There will be twenty weeks Of opera. Thurs
day evenings have been included in the
series of regular subscription performances.
That this new arrangement will meet with
popular approval is already shown by the
subscriptions received for this extra night.
The popular price performance on Satur-
day nights and the Sunday concerts will
again he regular features Mr.. Conriei
hopes to add interest to the Sunday night
concerts by producing several oratorios
that have never been given before in this
country.
A remarkable array Of artists has been
engaged by Director Conriei. Among the
sopranos are Bessie Abbott. Lima Cavalieri,
Emma Eames. Geraldine Farrar. Marcella
Sembrich. Rita le Fornia, Olive Fremstad,
Johanna Ga1ski, Anne Girard, Martha
LETTER Burckard. Lucille Lawrence. Lucy
Lee Cali, Marie Msttfeld, Berta Moreaa.
Marie Rappold and Marion Weed.
The mezzo-soprano and contralto parts
will he sung by Louise Homer. Josephine
Jacoby. Frida Langendorf and Nine.
Rirkby-Lunn.
The list of tenors includes julius Bayer.
Alessandro Bonci, Alois Burgstaller, Carl
Burrian. Enrico Caruso. Andreas DIPPED,
Heinrich Knote. George Lucas. Ricardo
Martin. Giovanni Paroli. Albert Reiss.
Charles Rousselierc and Giuseppe Tecchi.
For the harytone parts Bernard Bdgu6,
Giuseppe Campanari, Eugene Dufriche.
Otto Goritz, Adolph Muchlmann, Antonio
Scott. Franz Stiner. Ricardo Stracciari
and Anton Van Rooy have been engaged.
In basso roles will appear Raffacle Bar
occhi. Robert Blass, Theodore Chlliapine.
Marcel Journc', Nittorio Navarini and Pol
Plancon.
Alfred Hertz. s. Bovy. Rodolfo Ferrari
and Gustav Mailer will he the conductors.
The principal newcomer among the
sopranos will be Bcrta Morena. the dra-
matte soprano from Munich, who has been
prevented from coming here previously
through illness. She has entirely recovered
her health and has been singing with great
success recently AT The Wagner festival in
Munich. Miss Moreno has all the Wagner
operas in her repertoire. as well as "Fidelio-
and'several operas in Italian.
A-Nh, IAlp,r nnrlrarI IpaaN,,
soprano from the Berlin Opera Hous', will
not be heard until the latter part OF the soa-
ron She has been able TO secure only a short
leave of absence. Rita lie Fornia, who has
been studying for two years with Jean de
Reszke. will he heard in light soprano roles,
and Anne Girard will practically take the
place of Miss Baucrmeister.
The array of tenors is the strongest that
has ever been assembled at the Metropolitan.
For the German operas. Heinrich Knotc will
return for the first two months Of the season
and will then he followed by Carl BuTrian,
While Alois Burgstaller will join tho COM
pany at the cnd OF December and will re-
main until the en- | Of the season. Enrico
Caruso will return for the entire season, as
will Alessandro Bonci George Lucas. who
has boon singing fiji 81 tenor rtles at the
Paris Optra and at Nice, will take the ri les
formerly entrusted to jacques Bars. in ad-
dition to appearing in the French and Italian
operas in his repertoire Mr.. Conreii has
also engaged Rocardo Martin. a young
American tenor.
With the addition of Giuseppe Cam
panari the list Of bacytones will he fhe Same
as last year. Mr.. Campanari will he heard.
after an absence OF several years, in his
favoritc parts.
Among the bass the interest will centre
In Theodore c. dln lnc, the Russian. who
hai created a srnsatIDn ~ Paris All Monte
Carlo. He will make his debut in mis- ex-
traor1i1ary perforlnllcs of yNe6s'ofCie in
Boito' s opera " the same title Poi Plancon
has again been prevailed ur-Dn 70 come 70
hmer!,a for the last three months OF the
season. Raffacle larocchi will take the
place of the late Archangclo Rossi
The Italian repertoire will be in the hands
of ttodoifo ferrari OF Rome. ono OF the best
known Italian conductors, Gustav Mailer
has been the director OF the Vienna Opera
House.
81 ecial attention has ieel cid to the
selection Cf the chorus, which laR, soaE)n
Wss IN entirely rev organization. Only
tic Cs. n emil Crs have | cen retained, and
all the vacancies have Len filed from tho
est SIM eis a aila' lie. Nj tonried feels
confident that the chores Of one hundred
NOit cs which he will have this season will
conf are favorally with the I est existing
ORGANIZATIONS. The chorus will begin re-
hearsals a out tho middle Of Sc temi or.
In addition 70 the usual lallet an Ccrial
allet. Tx the one that contributed -
largely 10 the success of La Dannation de
Faust" last season, mas tee1 ENGAGE for !
the entire season and will take art in
several o" cras.
The School of o era will enter uron its
fourth season under Practically the siue
tutors. Two of the former TN ia. Miss
Lucy Lee Call AMI Miss Lucille Lawrencc.
Lave Teen added TO the list of the artists.
Among the new productions for next sen
son will be Iris, by Mascagni. in which the
trincir al roles will Re sung by Nine. Emma
Eames and Signor Caruso. Signor Caruso
will also sing in the revival Of Nerdi's
'Otello," in "Adrienne Lecouvreur, - by
Cilea, and Tcrhar q in Andrea Chcnier."
Besides Iris" Nine, E.ames will add the r3l,
Of Donna anna in Don Giovanni" 10 her
r6J ertoire.
-Mefistofcle" with ChaliaDine in the title
role and Nine. Cavalieri or Miss Farr0r
will be produced on an elaborate scale.
Mr.. Chaliar inc will aiso aur ear as Bdtlio in
Rossini's Barter Of Seville az .Nephisfo
in Gounod's Faust" aud POSSIBLY as
Leporelto in Don Giovanni"
Miss Farrar will add 10 he} r,t ertoire the