New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
Song; X, Growth Of Oratorio and Opera; III
Later Phases OF Oratorio and Opera"

Song; X, Growth Of Oratorio and Opera; NJ.
Later Phases OF Oratorio and Opera"
Mr. Savage will omen the Garden Theatre this
evening with a performance of Puccnfs opera
Madam Butterfly" in English. There are four
representatives of the heroine in Mr. Savages 5
troupe. and three Of them viii be heard IN the
course of the first week. On Monday Miss Phoebe
Strakosch will be heard; Rena Vivenne, who Will
he remembered from last years performances, on
Tuesday. and Elizabeth Wolff, German singer on
Wednesday, press agent who is i'll Informed or
too jealous has announced Phoebe Strakosch as
'the gifted niece of Adena Patti" She is the
daughter Of Ferdinand Strakosch, who was
brother of Maurice Strakosch, the husband or
Adelina's sister Amalia. Ferdinand was the Eu-
ropean representative Of the Strakosch brothers
and his daughter sang here in the company Jol'r'y
managed by Mr.. Savage and Maurice Grau at inc
METROPOLITAN Opera House some years ago. She seems
to have grown into blood relationship with AdelIha
Patti since 4 cast completely new to New YORK
is announced for the performance OF Madam hut-
terfy'' on Monday, including Ethel Houston IN the
oontralto role Suzuki: Vernon stiles, as Plnker
ton; Otuey Cranston, as Sharpless tho United
States Consul: Ralph Koch. as Goro. the marriage
broker. Carl CIantvoort the japanese priest and
George a Natanson, Prince NamadoH. Mr..
Rothwel will conduct. The engagement OF
Madam Butterfly" is limited 70 twenty-four per
formances.
opera Mr. Savage has adopted tho changes made
by the composer and Tito Ricordi for the recent
production at the Paris Opera Comque Ihese IN
clude certain deviauOns from the original stage
settings as well important changes in some OF
Tho dramatic episodes Of the pretty japanese opera
Music lovers viii find the first and last acts ma
terially different from what they observed "hth
AIr Savage introduced Madam Butterfly 70 Ne"
York last year The picturesque wedding scene
that took place amid much chanting and unkllns
Of bells in front Of Cho-Cho-Sau's little house IS
now made a more faithful representation or the
true Japanese ceremony. In the last act nate
Pinkerton, the American wife OF the naval heuteh-
ant no longer crosses the threshold OF poor Htue
ButterAy's home, but remains in the garden with
out obtruding the tragic finale. Whatever al
terations that undertaken in Paris were con-
fined to the dramatic and scenic features of the
opera without moesting the composers exquisite
music and this same policy has been strictly ad-
hered to in Mr. Savge's new American presenta-
ton.
The public subscription sale for the New York
concerts Of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Will
open at the bex office Of Carnegie Hall tomorrow
morning at O'Clock. Attention is called 10y the
nanagement the fact that the subscription price
of the seats hitherto for 81 50 has been raised
TO 50; otherwise the prices remain the same as in
mast years The usual quota Of live evening and
five afternoon concerts Will be given The evening
concerts will be Thursdays. November I, De
ceInber D January g. February 20 and March %.
Saturday afternoons, November 8. December :,
January H. February % and March p. the place
being, as usual. Carnegie Hall The orchestra Will
return to New York slightly larger than it was
last year, its total membership now being ninety
eight instead of ninety-six. the additional mem
bers completing the quartets- Of horns Hith-
erto the orchestra has mad only six. But one
sixth Of its membership is new this season and
various shifts have been made among other mem
bers. There will be five first violins, three
C1HH oil ne
two new double basses. n bass clarinet. "A
new bassoon. two new horns new tuba ana some
new men in the percussion section. Some OF these
changes have been made necessary by the death
or resignation Of old members. The others have
been made because of the necessity OF keeping the
orchestra up to its high standard ar the pen
sion fund of the orchestra is making retire
ments of older members possible with minimum
OF hardship to them
Following last years plan. there will be solo
performer at, the first and fifth pairs OF concerts
In November and March. In December the sOoists
will be Anton Van Rooy in the evening and Pade-
rewski in the afternoon. This will be Paderewskis 3
only appearance with orchestra in New York. At
the January concerts the evening soloist Will be
Teresa Carreho and the afternoon soloist Carl
Vending. the concert master Of the orches-
ira Kresler will be the sooist for the evening
concert in February, the solost for the after
noon concert will be announced later. The novel
ties to be presented will be chosen from the fol-
lowing list: New symphonies by Henry X. Had
ley and Bischoff; d'Indys 'Wallensten" sym
phony; Rogers Variations; BOssi's Intermezzo
Godoniani; a work for pianoforte and Orches-
ira by Loenier; a symphonic poem by Ertel;
other "Taormina' by Boehe; orchestral piece
by Schjelderup suites by Reznicei and Hugo
Kaun; a serenade by SzeEles; Humperdinck's
overture to "Heirat wider Wien"; Cesar Franck's
Redemption" and Pritzners overture "Christel-
fein."
August spanuth. for many years musical critic
Of the "Staats-Zeitung,' of ths city. who went to
Berlin a year ago to take a position as
teacher in the Scharwenka music school, has
bought a half interest in the 'Signale fur die
Musicalische Welt" OF which he is henceforth TO
be the editor The paper will be published by
Lenckart, in Leipsic, but Mr.. Spanuth will MAIN
tain his editorial room in Berlin.
The Adele Margulies Trio Odiss Adele Margulies,
pianoforte; Leopold Lichtenberg, vion Leo
Schulz, violoncello) will give three concerts of
chamber music in Mendelssohn Hall this season on
the evenings OF November 10, January II and Feb
ruary II.
Ernest Urcns, concert manager for the house of
Steinway. returned from Europe this week and an
nounceS- as a result OF his interviews In France