New-York tribune., 1907-03-24

manfestly impossible. they will probably couh.
themselves luckiest who heard him oftenest ana
Mr. conried TO It that he shoulu %
heard oftener by all classes OF his s1psCiloeiS
than any other OF his stars Miss Farrar anu
Nine. Fleischer-Ede were the only prira ooiiiis0
soprano who with the company from inc D
ginning OF the local season to the END -Aiiie' -I
brich, who came at the beginning enoeu ho' -
neetion with the season week ago, ana Is ~"
the South a concert tour; Nine Eames VIM
mains for the company's itinerancy, did not Desii
her engagement until January ,; Nine O@''e
in at the beginning. departed some weeks aeo' w w
Nine. Gadski. who will accompany the troupe va"
late in beginning that her record II the Ioeo'
season, like that Of the prima donna contralto,
Nine Schumann-H -Heink. scarcely caiis TOT ue'"iN
mention. Miss Farrar sang seventeen times III l'ie
subscription season. four times IN toIleo eI ~
uette," four times in La Damnation de 4us'
twice I'm C,o,.aod'a Faust" once in "TannhauseT
four times IN "Adadama Butterfly once IN L.
Boheme" and once in "Pagliacci.' Ihe Ho,u~s, ,
Wednesday and Saturday matinee SUBSCRIBERS ~
her four times each. the Friday five uii'es' "e
Sembrich sang thirteen times for the suOSO'
three times in La Boheme," three times Il. -
cia" twice in ''Traviata," "I4akms'' and hiso-
letto" and once in Marta" Monday : "eu ~
days and Saturdays subscribers heard mex 4o1l
times Fridays only once. Nine hanes sa.e -, =,
times I'm ''Tosca twice IN "Lohensrin once Ia
''TannhRuser' three times in Aida" ana once IA
Faust" Tie Saturday subscribers were lS'o-Iu 49,.
with four performances. Mondays ana "eul'oouy S%
with three ard Fridays with two. MNS' C"N"'tol'
was expected to sing I'm three operas new 10 'ho
Italian list-Giordano's Fedora Clleas Aui 1e-
Iecouvrier'' and Puccini's 'ManOn LescauL AIe
second of these not performed. out oppo' 'u1.
ties were found for her to sing once IN Aos."
and once in LA Boheme' though there We're 0'io'
popular representatives OF the heroines oi '"eS0
eras IN the company. In consequence she apPea'e~
nine times in the subscription season-four uIeS
in Fedora" three times IN "Manon Lescaut ana
once each in 'Tosca" and ia Boheme. MohdeS
and Friday audiences heard her three uines e4'
Saturday afternoons audience twice and w eohes-
days once The stepmctherly attitude SNOW"
toward German opera in the subscription see-
and the fact that she had rNalS III
IN an the parts she was permttea 10
in. Mmee Eames. Farrdr and TadsA oioueN -
TO pass that Nine Fleischer-Edel had but hNe
hearings in the sXty-eight subscription PEI.
ances-tvo IN H'Tannhauser.' two in SlegIF'e1
and one IN ''LohengIin" She did her snare OF ''Ao
work IN the performances Of German operas o4'
the popular Saturday nights IN when sHe was a.
ISOLATED with the other German singers who' IKE
her were permitted 10 spend most OK their
time in idIeness because OF the eNTaoIuI
nary doTninancy given 70 the Italian hs'' la'sOS
because OF the presence during part OF tHo
season Of S,gnor Pucc!ni. who had been brought
from Europe b. Mr.. ConTied to give eciat 10 the
production Of his operas. Mondays subscribers ala
not hear her at ALL Fridays only once ana Nedhes-
days and Saturdays twice. or the tehoIs' "i'.
Dppel like Nine. FleischerEdel, did me most OF
singing q
eeatations. though he twice called IN as
substitute (once for Signor Caruso ana once ioE
Herr Burrian and sang twice on Mondays anu
once at n Wednesday. Friday and Saturday mat
inee. For Herr Burrisn he completed perform
ance of "Lohongrin" His other operas IN the
subscription list were ''Boheme,' "Tosca' ana
Lucia Signor Caruso sang thirty-four times
i've times in Aida four times in La Boheme.
four times in Fedora" four times TN 'Iosca.
four times in "Madama Butterfly once In 'Pag-
liacci,'' once in ''Trayiata. twice In Marta,
twice in ''IfAfricana." twice IN "Rigoletto three
times IN ''AIanon Lescaut." once IN Lucia
and once IN 'Cavallerie Rusticana." Mondays
audiences heard him ten times. Wednesdays
ten tines, Fridays and Saturdays seven
times each Herr Burrians record is made up of
ten perforuances: four OF ''Tannhauser.' three or
.'Iohengrfn inconpetep. two of Tristan and
one Of "Siegfried.'' Curiosity IS likely to be
extended TO the appearances Of the other artists
excellent as they are. and even this record ought
IN Ia marked Ike commercial bills Errors and
omissions excepted
Students Of the progress Of operatio affairs Will
ind food for reflection IN the following comparative
showing OF the changes in the character ot the lists
the Metropolitan Opera House since Mr.. Conried
entered upon his administration oe It's affairs;