The Washington times., 1907-02-17

Ihis ship VIII also carry the complete
scenic pardphernaIia.
The repertoire for the first three weeks
Of the London engagement. as an
nounced yesterday. win include presen-
tatio1s OF The Sunken Bell" Jeanne
D'Arc.' Twelfth Night" when
knighthood Was In Flower" THE
Daughter OF Jorio." LAS You Like It."
Romeo and Juliet" ..Guenever," and
Hamlet 1t is announced that for
the opening Ct the London engagement,
The Sunken Bel" will be used. and
that the occasion viii be signalized by.
the presence OF Gerard Hauptmann, au-
thor Of the piece.
The new theater Booths" which is
20 be built chiefly for the Sothcrn- Mar
lowe combination, il TO be on Forty
sixth street east of Broadway. on a lot
IN by 100 feet The new theater is 20
DE Of Goodly size. with a seating ca
p1city of l,4o". The house is To employ
several new devices FOR the comfort of
The audience. Il is TO be ready for their
occupancy on their return from this
London engagement and will be opened
by them in tie autumn of 1907 with an
entirely new production. probably by a
new author
Really The event of the week was
musical rather than dramatic. II was
'onTicu production OF Madame But
leTily. with Geraldine Farrar singing
Cho-Cho-San. and with Puc.inf himself
present 10 acknowledge the applause Of
crowded house The production was
made under most brilliantly favorable
circumstances. There was an enormous
audience. with all the glitter and
sumptuousness Of the Monday night ira
ditlon, there were favorite and much
admired singers IN the cast, and the
composer who had himself superiu-
tended the production. appeared upon
the stage and was acclaimed with every
demonstration of enthusiasm and re
called time and again. Through every
measure OF Le performance. both Ga
the orchestra and i'm the action upon
the stage. was To- be perceived the fine
Italian sand OF Mr. Pucclni himself. who
had nodded il according to his own
ideas and Lad refined and beautIHed il
into one of The most finished perform
anccs seen nj the Metropolitan for many
"a Ions day. AIr. Savage's perform
auocs iu English gave an excellent
showing of the opera. yet it was i'm
cFltabie chat u representation $50 care
gully prepared under the eye of the COM
poser as this one. presented with AN
orchestra OF the size and efficiency of
that belonging To tho Metropolitan
Opera House. and with singers of thy
sort that are cast for it there. should
bring our certain order OF excellence
that was NOT 10 be expected OF the Eng
hsh Performance. The use or the orig
iuaI italian lIbretto, TOO. smooths.I over
many of the bald and crude places that
fro the Drosa English version struck "a
disturbing false note. on the other
hand. u is vu0uesti0nabIa that some
thing vas ost OF the deIicacy OF the pic
ure I'm tar Nastuess Of the NTatropol- /
itan OF r. House
Upon tie representative Of Nine Bm
terly depends much. She carries the
weight Of the whole dramatic fabric
after Tho first act, and I'm large part
ai that Miss For-ar puts a notable inn
rcrsonatiou to her credit Pm il. She iz
charming in appearance. as scarcely
need Doe said, a1d her bearing. trans
formed iuto the japanese character. is
FUN Of grace and slnuous subtlsties. ~
eagrruess and submission. Of tender
ness and gentle loving as well as of
tense and self-contained anguish az the
end She has an Indnity of plastic poses
and pastures that she knows how t.
make count at every point
New York is now getting fourteen
operas week. thanks 10 "the only
Oscar" Mr.. Hammersteln has small
respect for prccedents. In fact their }
chief attraction with him seems the .
opportunity 90 break them. Il is against /
ala tradition 10 present grand operas .
every night fin the week bur that is (
what Dee has done this week. The con /
cert sunday and tine Saturday matinee 4
bringing the number Of performances up /
10 eight. This was the week program
for IN" Metropolitan Opera House.
Sunday, Nine DouaIds. Miss Lejeune
and Messrs. Sammerco. Gilbert. and /.
Delmores. I'm concert, Monday. "Cava- /
leria Rusticana" followed by 7 Par-
lacei. Tuesday. la SonnarlbuIa."
Wednesday. The HuEuenots." Thurs
day, "Rigoletto;' Friday Aide sat