Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-23
Her Triumphs of Voice and Beauty Are
Repeated at Matinee.
CARUsO DELIGHTS CROWD IN EVENING
Famous Tenor Heard in the Beautiful
Fucoini Music
MANY FROM OUT OF TOWN HEAR OPERA
Omaha People Reinforced by visitors
from Adjacent Territory, but the
Auditorium t. BIE Enough
to Hold All.

Omaha and that portion of the west
within wide radius Of the city enjoyed a
surfeit of music Of the high class by that
organization Of all in America capable OF
interpreting the music OF the great mas
ters, the Metropolitan opera company Of
New York, at the Auditorium Monday aft
ernoon and evening. For the second time
in two years Heinrich Conreid included
Omaha in western musical sortie with
his great troupe of great singers and his
great orchestra, from the Metropolitan
opera house in Gotham. and for the second
time an omaha audience had an opport-
tunity Of hearing the much-discussed I'm.
rico Caruso
The company. with NJ Caruso and Mines.
Alien and Farrar, in whom Omahans were
most interested arrived in the city Sum
day night and the first performance was
given at o'clock Monday afternoon, the
second at o'clock in the evening, which
composed the entire Omaha engagement
Late Corners Disturb Many.
The greater attendance was at the even
ing program, when La Boheme' was the
opera, OF course, and although the in
formation that the curtain would rise at
8 o'clock had been thoroughly distributed,
a most distressing tardiness on the part
of thousands rendered the first act almost
unintelligible to those who arrived on time.
When the curtains were drawn aside for
! the opening, not more than one-third the
audience was present and seated, the rest
trooping in within the next half hour,
causing the greatest annoyance to both
singers and listeners and calling forth un-
complimentary remarks from persons at
! tsched to the troupe, who said the doors
should have been closed until the close Of
I .a.,1
| to take the interruptions in good spirit
and settled down TO the full enjoyment
of the music when all had become quiet
In the way of popular attraction. the en-
gagement Of the opera company was ac-
corded a trihe less attention than two
years ago. when "Parsifal' was produced.
II was estimated Monday evening that
about 1900 people were present, and not
| more than 4,2O0, while during the after
| noon when a double bill was offered, the
attendance was $500. The balcony was
given the greatest preference, but the lower
| floor and boxes were sufficiently we'll filled
to make the cash receipts satisfactory.
Many Come from Afar.
The audience was a representative one
OF the middle west. People came from long
distances especially to be present or ar
| ranged their business affairs so that they
might be able to be here during the en-
gagement. People from all parts OF the
! state, the Dakotas, Iowa. Kansas, Min
| nesota and even farther away, came to
/ hear the singers. The event was not one Of
society people in particular but one Of all
the people. In fact, the absence Of even
! ing clothes was a notable feature OF the
second performance. The matinee attracted
more OF the society women than did the
! night performance the lower floor and
boxes being we'll sprinkled with members
OF the city's first families and their guests.
ConHed's grand opera will leave Omaha
on the two special trains which carry the
entire outfit TO Minneapolis and st. Paul,
this forenoon. to play an engagement there.
! The matinee opened with the production
in Italian OF the two-act opera Of Pagliacci
by Leoncavallo, with Miss Farrar as Media.
! Mr. Bars as Sanio, Mr.. Scott as Tona,
MT Reiss as Beppe and Mr.. Simard as
| Silvio. The singers were greeted with
every manifestation of the heartiest ap-
probation and were repeatedly called be-
fore the curtain
The matinee closed with the fairy opera
of 'HanseI and Gretel." an extremely pretty
production of three scenes, by Englebert
| Humperdinck. The rendition was given in
| German, with Nine. Mattfeld as Hansel,
Nine. Tlten as Gretel, Nine. Weed as Ger
trude. Nine. Jacoby as The Witch and Mr..
Goritz as Peter. In the evening Puccinis'
la Bohme" was the bill with Csrusa and
Nine. Ciapareill in the leading roles.