New-York tribune., 1908-03-22

United States the recent refusal which he sent
to South America rd Wth ~, ire ca nm FOR The
inauguration.
The interview as follows:
And now YOU are soon departing for New York.
but surely not without some regret t!ink t4aI 19
you viii be sorry to abandon a theatre to Walch
YOU have given the full maturity OF EoYr senlu1 t
but have left you some pleasant reIlem-
Many. nnany remembranccs" Gatti Casazza in
terrupted; but not all happy. Yet the progress
oI f n,- ' bqt terness We have always proceeded
with complete unity Of thought and action, 50
that we have overcome every obstacle As soon
as to the Scala-which at that time.
ourselves to form first class orfneStaa str f ana
eh-scene which IN italy had ai"a[S pern ] ,isi,
ton of the principal foreign theatres many OF
which l visited. Our first season. though an
cial point Of view because Of the expenses Of the
compete reorganlzat%on % OF me tiIefe ear nved nr ~
and We were able TO balance our budget th.hs f
which had seemed impossible in view OF me
limited financial resources of the theatre itself.
COSMOPOLITAN ART.
What were the artistic views which inspired
you during your direction, and what operas were
The ideas which we followed We're absolutely
eclectic. We wished that all schools and aii
become known at the Scala. and we can say, not
without certain sense OF stts1@G{iion II 9h4I no
we gave a large place to Wagner. We staged fer
fried and ali The other works Of the genius OF
Bayreuth produced with splendid success;
ParsifaI Was 5erformcd at concerts OF the Rus
Isot Eugene onegin' and Pfque Dame Last year
6ara f9Fs the SEASON u togern rO French music has
occupied prominent place in the programme;
Melisande having been given So. You see We
have shown consideration for every taste"
grateful to you for the which YOU have de
voted to repertoire works, and particularly to
productions Of Aida OF the 'Ballo in Massehera
Don Pasquale' the 'EIisir dAmore-in which
Carus0 not only obtained the enthusiastic ap-
known for the first time to the whole world-and
finally 'MefstOfele, in which you presented Cha
But in the midst Of these Successes Ciattt
Casazza resumed You have forgotten a ciamor77
confess that ereeied M i+ angthnS S m but the bad
n9seStro That was indeed one of my worst dis
appointments. 1t has been a great satisfaction 10
me TO that the whole world has cancelled the
verdict 50 hastily given by the MiIanese public"
1t must. however. be placed to your crecit that
It was because it did not suit the taste of the
public not because Of any defect in the render
- Permit me also to say" the director of the
Scala added, that the results all the more
notable when YOU consider the by no means flour
iShng state of the eEcheGuer at theatre. In
vincible foreign con1ipetition. we must nave re-
course to elements wilich do not strut proudly in
those who to-day found in the big opera
houses owe their career TO our initiative"
As Gatu C&sazZa was preparing to leave | put
with What programme" I asked, ARE You
we intend" he replied. TO maintain at the
Metropolitan such high artistic endeavors az will
correspond with those which Toscanini and l
have displayed in the management of the Scala
my first journey to. America. and shall consider
on tie SPOT what is best to be done, For the
English language"