New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
Timely Musfcaz Comment.
Manhattan Opera House-Las Week
but One at the Metropolitan.

Nr fIsmmerstejn VIII end his second season at
ehe Manlat-an Opera House on next Saturday
nisht with special programme OF acts from Va
sious operas. enstinS "aTIy ali his singers Much
rlora characteristic however; is announced pro
Guc,ion fer next Friday evening OF what VIII be a
novelty 10 most hearers. Giordano's Andrea
sl.cn,1.' To bring large and as difficult an
opera Andrea CheaieT'' the night before his
season ends and after having already made re-
ma rks bic number Of productions IS just the
sort of managerial exploit that Nh Hamnlersleln
s. noted Ter Il VIII help faSton popular attention
rr,en tic Manhattan zap to the final minute of the
-cr7a Of tvrerf.-ono weeks. and GiorIano's work
SHAH the good Impression it made here IN
Novenber. 1895. Mir. HamTcrStcin viii find j use
ful in his repeTtory for next season The revival
OF next Friday viii be made the more conspicuous
by tho return for Ihat occasion TO the operate
sage Nine. Eva TtslrazziT anE'anni. who was
q well known soprano when she married Cleofonte
Csmpanini and who is said TO have done much TO
e5evelop the voice and of her younger sister.
Nine. I.JIisa Tetrazzinj. Nine Campanini appears
the special desire OF her husband. who viii, Of
course. conduct Tie performance She will sing
the roie OF Na0dalena di Coigny. in which she was
particularly liked abroad
Tho VIII also include M Bassi as Andrea
Chener. tie poet and victim Of the French revolu-
ton. Mr.. SanInarCo VIII be Gerard. whose abilities
quickly raise him from the position Of q servant 20
revolutionary leader: Miss Geryille-Reache, Nine
Cisneros Miss Zeppil and NM Crahbe, Giano-
Galletti, Arimondi Daddi and Mugnoz viii also take
part
The drama which Luigi IIlfca bulls around the
picturesque figure Of Andre Chenier that
spurred Gierdaro. con1TCser. his best efforts
The opera. under its Italian tide. produced at
Ia Sc8ia IN The spring Of 1885, and Colonel Maple
N son made il The close II his projected American
yItour which opened October - of that year, at
tie Academy o. Music Andrea CIenier'' came
hearing November Is. 1885. with DUrot in the
ritular role, Uehctro Gerard. Nine Bonaplata-
BaB. Msddalera. Nine. Parsi As the Countess d
Coicny. Mime. SeaIehj in the small but capitally
7aa1e of he 1erg Of
recruit fer TIE army; DaGo Roucher and
-fr. Tango its fiery conductor The opera
1cated on No.eru}er Is and IS, and might have been
heard oftener. bat that Colonel Mapleson's season
ended on November - Gordano's name was new
here then and she impression made by Andrea
Chcuier'' MAS OF considerable promise
STORT or THE OPERA
The first act Of Andrea Chenief' is laid in the
Countess de Coigny's chateau, where great f6te
s. being given. To This comes Andrea Chener. the
pot. and hc is urged TO give improvisation He
refuses a first, but being Dautered by the coun-
tess's daughter. MaddaIeua. he bursts forth with
revolutionary ode which irr1aIes the company and
closes with personal appeal to Maddalena. The
re1e is Interrupted by the entrance Of crowd of
Starving fnk vi.o beg for bread When it is found
thai they have been admitted by Gerard, whose
Family las been in the service Of the de Coignys
generations. dismissed and driven
wstb Jhe rioters
II Eve years later. IN lie4. and the revolution
has becorl- 2 fact, when the curtain rises on the
second act. showing an open square near The Ter
rasse des Ecillants Paris Ckenjer's life is threat
ened by the revolutionary authorities, which
snclDde Gerard. \ friend has secured a passport
with assumed Eame for Chenier urges him
- ~. Jle refuses because lie has fallen in love
5or first time his lle-with unknown
respondent who has SLED him with admiration by
the delicate ard exalted sentiments expressed in
her letters
Yielding % repeated urGin-s Chenier finally de-
oi6es 10 ieare Paris, wher messenger from the
woman brings him word tnat she viii meet him
thai very eirg. 4 SPY CT Gerard, who IS himself
tn love with Aa6daIena and who has been seeking
TO discover her overhears the conversation and re-
ports Il 10 MS CHEF. Then Maddalena enters,
veas herself te AndTea. tells hi: az her suffering
since the revolution broke forth and how has
been relentlessly pursued by some hidden enemy
Sic beseecses his protection, while he declares his
love. She responds by confessing that she has
loved him since she first saw him. They are in
te=ruDted 3y Gerard. whe tries TO carry Mad1alena
of Swords drawn and Gerard is wounded
Thinking re is dying. Gerard tells Che.er to take
Maddaera for his own ard then falls insensible.
The chamber OF the revolutionary tribunal is the
scene of the third act. Gerard, who has recovered
sIcEys IFS spy announce falsely Chener's arrest
81 the nope that Maddalera. Of whom he has agar,
lost sight, may reaPpear The works. She
comes TO Gerard To plead tor her lovers life
Gerard makes q passionate appeal 10 her She re-
COTS. but recovering her se!fcont-o, consents
give herself 20 tim IL fe VIII Chenier He
agrees. but Il is too late The order Of Chener's
arrest has gone forth. When the prisoner is ar
raigned Gerard declares that his charges against
the poet false and inspired by personal
hatred. Byt th~ tribunal will believe him and
chenieg IS forthwith condemned to death.
The closing act takes place in the prison Mad
oalena cannot save Andrea. she determines 10
die with him. Gerard, VINO IS no. repentant, es-
the prison, where By bTbing the jailer
she is allowed 20 take the place OF a condemned
woman. The opera closes $ Madcsieua and An
drea are led Of 10 the g-iiilotne.
apur- y-Te-sY
Besides TIE production Andrea 'Chenier'' next
Friday. rs get forth aboVe, sIr- Eamnerstein viii
offer bills Of proven popularity for his tNenty first
md last week os the season az the Iauk3:a:. Opera
House. Nine Tetraazini siil sing in La Trayia;a'
tperasps lsr bsst 16lsl pa Monday and il Lucia