The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-10

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Fret stree After . short stay there he
want 20 hts ufhce~ m The Metropolitan
Opers House and conferred With his ssso-
cares Ne received The newspaper men a.
b.. once.
said Mr. Conried. Il nave little TO add 20
The announcements which have already
teen made hy nav Representatives. Despite
oil TImor- 60 the contrary, J shall c%ontinre
g. direct the AFFAIRS NJ the Met ropohtan
Oper, House this season.
am especially pleased 20 announce
that Gustav Mahlpr. the celebrated COM
poser and the director Of the Imperial
Opera House IN Vienna. will he here a
month earlier than ! hal expected. He
Uill arrive in New York about the middle
81 December. He will direct a nrmber az
the German operas. as well as MozartIs
Don Giovanni and lie None di Figaro
shall make a special production 81 Fidelio
for his benefit. and IL will he modelled ex-
actly after the one that was given M the
Vienna Opera House under his direction.
Mailer will a.so conduct a cycle Of the Ring
Of the Nibelung.
Il spent one day in Munich on my way
20 Bremen" added Mr.. Conried. -and that
San evening Berta Morena appeared in
'Fidelio.' Anton Fuchs. the stage director
of the Prince Re gent Theatre, sent me word
that she had never been in better voice.
She seems to have completely recovered
from the nervous trouble that has pre-
vented her from coming 10 New York the
last two seasons She will he here AT the
end Of January. and ! hope sle Will not
dlsa ppoint us this year.
AS you know, the season will begin on
Monday. November IS. and II will DO the
occasio OF the frs performance Of Adriana
Lecouvreur' in this country. with Caruso,
Scott AMI Nine. Cavalieri in the cast.
The Conried Metropolitan Opera Com
pany still owns the American rights Of
'Salome.' hut ] have not decided what we
shall do about the work this season. Strauss
Is naturally incensei at the treatment that
his opera has received in this country |
have decided. however. that no perform
ance Of 'Salome' will he gwen at any out
side theatre.
-Ihsve engaged Emmy Destinn and Selma
Kurz for the season of i8Os-0t. Nine.
Destinn il the leading dramatic soprano Of
the Berlin Opera House; Nine. kurz is now
under engagement to the Vienna Opera
House. Her repertoire Ia a large and varied
one. and includes such varied roles as
Elizabeth in 'Tannhauser,' Galdd in 'Rigo-
letto' and Oscar in The Masked Ball Nine.
Kurz has been the sensation Of the last two
seasons at Covent Garden In London
Il have also enga ged a young tenor for
this season in whose future | have the
greatest faith. His name is Riccardo Mar
tin and he is an American. He is now in
Vienna studying Wdther in Die Meister-
singer and Lohengrin' with Mailer. and l
have glowing reports of his work. Mailer.
by the way. will make his debut here in the
conductors chair at the first performance
of Tristan und Isolde At the end of the
season | have planned to give a Beethoven
festival under Mahler's direction.
Mr. Goerlitz. my general manager. has
justinformed me that with the large company
have engaged for this season n with the
programme l have mapped out hat II will
be impossible for the Conried Opera Com
pany 10 make a penny. | am happy &c say
that my directors uphold me in this. When
our season begins we shall be ready with
Adriana Lecouvreur,' Iris Mefstofele.'
Der Fliegende Hollander, Die Meister-
singer 'Otello. II T%rovatore. and 'Fidelio,'
in addition to the operas in the regular