New-York tribune., 1907-08-31
MIR. CONRIED'S PLANS.
CarusO and BOnci and His Brother
To Be at Metropolitan.

! at Heiden, Switzerland under the direction of
Professor FrankeI. announces that he has practi-
cally completed his plans for the coming season of
grand opera at the Metropolitan Opera House. He
suffered from attack of neurits last
winter, but he says he is much improved in health.
and will again be in full charge OF operate affairs
at the Metropolitan. despite all rumors and reports
to the contrary. 1t will require some time before
ne regains the full strength of his legs but he is
able to walk about with the aid of a cane. Mr.
Conred will for New York October 2 on
the Kronprnzessfn Cecie.
The opera season will begin on Monday evening,
November IS. and will last twenty weeks. This
Will be the longest season ever attempted at the
Metropolitan Opera House. Thursday evenings
have been included in the series of regular sub
scription performances. The performances at pop
ular prices Saturday nights and the Sunday
concerts will again features of the regular sea-
SON The director says he hopes to add interest
TO the Sunday night concerts by producing several
oratorios which have never been given in America
Mr.. Conried asserts that he has succeeded in en-
gaging extraordinary company. The artists
are:
Sopranos-Mss Bessie Abott Nine Lima Cava-
lieri Nine Emma Eames, Miss Geraldine Farrar.
Miss Rita lie Fornia. Miss Olive Fremstad, Mime
Johanna Gadski. Nine. Anne Grard, Nine. Martha
Letter Burckard, Miss Lucille Lawrence. Miss Lucy
Lee Cali. Miss Marie Mattfeld Miss Berta Morena.
Miss Marie Rappold, Mime. Marcela Sembrich and
Miss Marion Weed.
Mezzo-Sopranos and Contraltos-Mme- Louise
1toiler, NINE Josephine JaCODA NHl' Il iud Ian
gendorf and Nine. Kirkby-I.unn.
Tenors-Julius Bayer. Alessandro BonCi Alois
Burgstaller. Carl Burrian Enrfco Caruso. Andreas
Dippel Heinrich knote. George Lucas. Fdccardo
Martin Giovanni Paroli Albert Reiss, Charles Rous-
Seere and Giuseppe TeCchi.
Barytones-Bernard Begue. Giuseppe Campanari
Eugene Dufriche. Otto Goritz. Adolf Muehlmann
Antonio Scott. Franz Stiner. Riccardo Stracciar
and Anton Van Rooy.
Bassos-Raffaele Barocchi, Robert Bass. Theo-
al NIttOrfo NaVarni
and Pol Plancon-
Conductors-S- Bovy. Rodofo Ferrari. Alfred
Hertz and Gustav Mahier. Assistant conductors
Paul Eisler. Hans Morgenstern. Kurt SCHNEIDER and
Tullio Voghera- Technical director-Eugene Cas-
tel-Bert Stage directors-Eugene Dufriche and An
ton Schertel. Stage manager-Frank Rigo.
4 singer added the list of favorites of last
season is Miss Bertha Morena. dramatic soprano
from Munich who prevented from coming TO
America by illness the last seasons She has
recovered her health and has been singing with sue
the Wagner festival at Munich Miss
Morena has all the Wagner operas In her roper
tory. as well as 'Fidelio' and several operas In
Italian. Mime. Martha Letter Burckard. the dra-
matte soprano from the Berlin Opera House. VIII
be heard during the latter part of the season, as
she has been able to obtain only short leave OF
absence.
Mime Frida Isngendcrrf of the Prague Opera
House has been added the list of contraltos
Miss Rita lie Fornia, who has been studying for
two years with Jean de Reszke will he heard in
practically take the place OF Miss Bauermeister
For the German operas Heinrich knote VIII re-
turn for the first two months of the season and
VIII then be followed by Carl Burran, while AIois
Rrrgstailer will Join the company AT the eho oi
December and will remain until the end oi the
season Enrico Caruso will return for the entire
season. and Alessandro Bonci has also been en-
gagged George Lucas. who has been singing hrSt
to1or roIas at the Paris Opera and at Nice. will
assume the roles formerly intrusted TO jacques
T2ars in addition to appearing in the French and
I,a1,a, oneras in his repertory. Mr.. Carried has
also engaged Riccardo Martin. young and tai
autad American tenor. with a beautitui voice. ana
for whom he predicts great future
WIN the exception of Giuseppe Campanari, the
1,e+ n, bary+ones will be the as last year MT
Canonanari will heard, after an absence OF sew
eral years in his favorite parts
-, tho bassos. Theodore Chaliapine, the Rus
sian artist will make his first appearance IN MS
nerforrnance Of NeAstofee. in Boitos opera Of tho
o ,I+la Pol Plancon has again been prevailed
non TO come TO America for the last three months
.of tbe season RafTaele Barocchi Will take the
n,ace Of the late Archangelo Rossi.
After overcoming difficulties. MI Conried has
rucceeded in obtaining the services or Gustav
Mailer the well known conductor and composer
who has also been the director Of the Vienna opera
House ~
Tho chorus will begin rehearsals about the middle
of September. In addition to the usual ballet an
aerial ballet like the one that contributed SO
,or,1,. +o the success of La Damnation de Faust
last season has been engaged for the entire sea-
son and will take part in several operas.
Tho school of opera will enter upon its fourth
season under practically the same tutors TWO OF
the former pupils Miss Lucy Lee Call and Miss
Juc{Ue Lawrence have been added to the list OF
the artists.