New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-06
MUSICAL NOTES
AND COMMENT
G6TTERDXMMERUNG At
THE METROPOLITAN.
Tetrazzirai to Sing Tsriee on Sacces-
sire Evenings at the
Manhattan

The Fourth week OF .he season at the Aetropon-
tsn Opera House discloses nothing new in the way
q. rene-tory but II may be worth remarking tnst
sn a season that has far produced plenty OF
~.<antat,ons OF Italian opera with which the pub
i.c has long been familiar and notably rev OF INC
rc-ezch--and especially OF the Gerrnan-repeftofy,
q nroductior OF the third German and the second
ussnerlsu opera will be made The newer custom
NJ the Older OF the cpers houses VIII be oosefveo
,r tia, neither Mr. Mailer nor Mr. Hertz VIII De
ts.- guiding hand IN the performances CT GoStef-
6s-nrner-,nr'' next Thursday night That TASK van
<au 70 Nj Toscanini. with whom the Wsgnenan
ocera IS sad TO be special favortte and IN wnicn
r. s. SID 20 have made considerable impression
during his regime al La Scala in Milan IL VIII DO
,.rz-e occasion, and an interesting one for the
American operagoer TO observe the Italian conouo
tors Interpretation CT Wasner's score
Another element Of interest VIII be the appear
srce <n- the first time OF Nine Olive Fremstao a
I3-5innhnde For Adolph Muhinlann. also one OF
on Metropolitan stand-bys. the night wiki De TINS
occasion Of debut He VIII be sumner N,r'
s,b-n.des Will be heard Siegfried; Alien Hnck-
lev viii he heard for the first time on this SIDE OF
The Atlantic as Hagen; Mr. Goritz will be AIoercn
and Miss Fornia G1trune Mines Randi w ohhlHk
and Raschovska will be the NoTns anu MINES
snsrlxes Nattfeld and Homer the Rhine daughters
To morrow night Miss Frances Aida, one. OF the
new lyric sopranos OF the company, VIII make ner
debut as Gilda IN "RiGoletto." She Is nauVe OF
New zealand obtained her musical education IN
Paris and IS q recruit from the forces OF La Scala
zhe,e he created the role Of Louise IN Chsrpen-
tiers opera Of that name Cleofonte Canpanine
was the conductcr OF the operate FESTIVAL AT
Parma Italy. IN .he autumn Of 1901, when MISS
Aha made her debut in the role in which she Is TO
se heard tomorrow night Mr. Bonci was the
Duke In that performance but the role VIII be
sunE tomorrow night by Mr. Caruso. MI AmAfo
viii be Rigoletto. Miss Gay Msddaiena and the
Others IN the cast OF the performance. which Mr..
spetrtno Will conduct will be Mines. Mapleson.
y6hnf-s Borniggia and Messrs. Rossi. Bozzano,
Ansnian. Tecchi and Tretti
wednesday evening there win be another repeti-
ton OF Aida with Mines. Earnes and Homer ana
Mess-s Caruso Scott and Didur. Mr.. Toscsnini
VIII conduct Friday evening Mime. Semerich viii
sxstn be Mimi IN la Bohene' and Mr.. Bonci
VIII be Rodolfo. Others in the cast will be MISS
sparkes and Messrs. Anato and Didur. Mr.. Spe-
trsno will be in charge. AT the Saturday matinee
Miss Gay VIII repeat her impersonation OF Carmen
with the same cast ana the same conductor as at
tbs first performance last Thursday evening.
Nine Esunes and Messrs. Msrtin and Scott VIII
have the chief roles IN repetition Of 'Tosca at
the Saturday night performance at popular prices
Mr.. Spetrino viii be the conductor
AT to-nights popular concert the soloists viii be
Mime sembrich. Miss Gay and Messrs Note and
Martin Of the opera company and Alexander