New-York tribune., 1908-11-22
AT THE METROPOLITAN.


play that mas met with great favor in spanish
speaking countries and Is known 10 New York
through two productions in English-one With FER
Mazda Eliscu in the principal role and the other,
known as Marta Of the Lowlands, with Berta
Kalich as Marta-is the work of native OF Gas
Cow though he has lived OF his life in Ger
many. His Is Eugen dAlbert 1t Is not MS
latest opera and. although his most successful II
made but pccr impression when it was first pro
duced at Prague in 1903. Small success attended
the production Of G. 'Albets ''Flauto Solo in 1905
and --Tragaldabas'' in 1907. but the composer had
time TO revise 'Tiehand." with the result that
u hen il Was produced Hamburg last year 1T won
= great success. In Berlin, where If has been
rlsved for almost hundred times with Mile Labia
in the role of Marta, it has been hailed with great
popular faver.
Rudolph Le1har, who IS responsible for the lib
ratto Tor 6.Aberts score has followed closely the
play Of Angel Guinera, written in Catalonian and
,a1ci Terra 13aixa." IN that language II so i'm
pressed JOSS Echesaray that he made a Spanish
.eTSion. with the title "Tierra Baja- Both these
rsvs and ci'Albert's opera take the name from the
1ouIands al the foot Of the Pyrenees Mountains
'.TielianG'' Is divided into a prologue and two
sc:s-
As Il happens, the Marta OF the Eeri!n produc-
Mile Iabia, is in New York, but the role
VIII be enacted here by Nine Emmy Destinn, who
las never sung I before. Nile. La9la IS 4 member
Of the Manhattan Opera omplny. hut for the opera
with wlica her Berlin fame has heel chiefly iden-
titled the Metropolitan Opera House has the eXciu-
siye rights q production in this country The
complete cast viii be as follows:
Mine nesti9n
s836ria si5ne 5's MattfaId 59ii5Ii
2s55a F9fi..M3& Mn. ss5@s5ss s59di,5ss
srbastiano Fenfals
ncT@asio. nl5siso,,Mml lli5s5sz cdTitz
Conductor. lir. Alfred Hertz.
Nj schnedes created The role Of Pedro at the
in NJ ale has
sung the part Of Sebastiano in Munich. At the
request Of the composer. Mr.. Goritz has consented
sing the small role Of Moruccio at the first per
formance MIR. Hertz, who will conduct. studied
TIE work with D'Alhert last summer The scenery
was painted by Anton Briosch the scenic painter
Of the Imperial Opera House in Vienna, and the
entire production has had the personal supervision
of Mr. Dippel
--Tiehand" viii be repeated on Friday evening
with practically the same cast Monday even
ing save that Setastiano viii be sung by Mr.. Cor
itz and Morucco by Mr- Muhlmann-
'sParsifal' viii be revived at the Metropolitan
after two seasons, at special matinee on Thanks
giving Day. The performance Will begin at
O'Clock viii end 60 There will be in
PERMISSION Of thirty minutes between Act / and
Act IT and an interrnission Of forty-fve minutes
between Act II and Act III Mr.. Feinhals VIII
sing the role Of Arnfortas for the first time, and
81 will also be the first appearance here of Mr..
HinckIey as Gurnernanz and Mr. witherspoon
Titurel. Both Americans The entire orches
ira Of 10 viii be employed and Mr. Hertz
will conduct. Nine Fremstad VIII be the Kundry
and Alos Burgstaller viii have the title role Otto
Gortz will be Klingsor, and the others in the
viii be Mines. Fornia, Wakefield and Randa and
Messrs. Reiss. Harden. Bayer and Muhlmann.
The repertory for the rest Of the week at the
Metropolitan viii consist Of repetitions of familiar
operas 'eTosca' viii be sung Wednesday
ing but Air- Borci. who be heard Mario
for the first time in New York IS afflicted with
bronchitis and Caruso Will sing the part Nine
Eannes VIII be Floria Tosca. NJ Scott Baron Scar
pie. and the others in the cast Will be Messrs
knanian. Paterna. Bada, Begue and Missiano. NJ
Spetrino will oo7duct-
In the FIRST repetition of La Bohene" on
Thursday evening. Mime. Sembrich viii sing Mimi
Mr.. Caruso Rodolfo and Miss Sparkes Musetta
MI spetrino will be the conductor Aida" viii De
the opera at the Saturday matinee with Nine
Esrnes IN the chief role. Mr.. AInato will sing
Amonasro for the first time here and the cast will
also include Miss Sparkes and NM. Caruso. Didur
Rossd and Bada- MI TOscanin will conduct. In
Die wslkure." Saturday evening. at popular
prices Nine. Felicie KAsohowska viii be heard for
the first time Brdnnhiide She iH q Pole and
she ssssn her career at the Metropolitan Opera
Eeass Il iss& At the Amsterdam performance OF
"Parstzst" TIVE years ego Nina. KAsohowEka was
invited &c sing Kundry, but prevented by ths
Grasd Duke IF Hesse-D -Dar1nstadt. n the instiga-
ton OF Nine. Cosrna Wagner. The balance Of the
cast OF die Walktre" VIII consist OF Mines.
Frensted. as segiinde; Randa. Forn.a, sparkes.
Van Dyck Niessen-stone. Wakefield. Mattfeld.
wohning. and Nm. Burgstaller, Feinhals and
Hineklcy. Mr. Hertz will conduct.
The programme for the popular concert at the
Metropolitan tonight will consist excerpts from
the works Of Richard Wagner. The soloists will
De Mines. KaschoWska and Sparkes and MN
Burgstaller. Martin, Goritz and Witherspoon.
feature Of this concert will be the lakt scene from
+Die AeistersingeF," which will be given with the
entire chorus Of two hundred and fifty voices. Mr.
HertH will conduct and the entire Metropolitan
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