New-York tribune., 1909-02-21
LAST "PARsIFAL' AT METROPOLITAN.

The fifteenth week Of the season at the Metropol-
tan Opera House viii be ushered in tomorrow
morning with the last performance Of "Parsifal'
this season The curtain .vin rise pr mptly at
I1-Sc. and there Will be intermission of one
hour and forty-five mna-as between the first and
second acts- The perfornan e Viii end at 5;45- In
the cast will be Mines Frelnstad- Homer, Forrla.
Sparkcs Van DycE. L ETuillier. Mattfeid and Wake
fed and Mess-s. Burrian Amato, HincEley, Goritz,
Kgftherspoon MUalmann. Bayer, Reiss and Harden.
AIr. Hertz viii conduct
The Bartered Bride viii have its second per-
foruence tomorrow evening, with the original cast
and Mr. Mahier as oon5uctor. 'G6tterdammerung
~iu be given on Wednesday evening The artists
who VIII appear viii be Mines Fremstad Homer,
Fornia. Flahaut. Ranzenberg. haschowska,
Spaf.kes ard EVakeheld and Nessrs Burrian, Hinck-
ley Goritz and AIdhlmann. Mr.. Toscanni viii con-
duct. as al previous performances
Leon Rains. the American basso. who arrived
from Dresden last week, viii make his debut at
the METROPOLITAN Opera House Wednesday next
as Hagen. in Die G0tterdammerung, instead Of
as Mephistopheles, IN Gounods Faust in which
work he viii be heard March !, with Miss Far
rar and Signor Caruso, sailing for Germany the
following Cay. Important engagements in Germany
compel this speedy departure. and since illness Of
the other two singers compelled the postponenent
Of Faust Mr.. Rains waived his own preference
IN the matter out OF consideration for the man
agemeat. He has sung Hagen with marked sue
cess IN a number Of German cities. including Bay
reutk and his Interpretation is extremely inter
esting. bringing forcefully the gloomy, demo-
riacai side Of the character. and lending sombre
quality 10 his expressive voice also thoroughly in
keeping with this. Tall. slender, with piercing
dark eyes. he differs greatly in appearance from
any Hagen to whom we have been accustomed
Mr.. Rains IS New Yorker and for the past
eight years has been first basso the Royal Opera.
Dresden. where he is still under CONTRADICTION
his Press Representative
II TrovatOre" will be the opera Thursday
evening with Mines Bappold and Homer and
Messrs. Martin and Amato Mr. SpetrinO will
duct. ''Manon' win be repeated Friday even
ing. bIiss Aida viii be heard the first time in
the title part The other singers viii include Miss
SpaTkes and Messrs. Caruso and Scott Mr. Spe-
5rino viii be the conductor
Die Meistersinger" viii be heard on Saturday
afternoon with the familiar cast. except that Mr.
Sooner will replace Mr.. Feinhals. The perform
ance ggil begin at 30 and the conductor will be
Mr.. Hertz.
lie Nozze di Figaro which VIII be the second
opera in the series Of special performances. will
he sung on Saturday evening. Nine Gadski viii be
heard fer the first time this as the Countess
and the Susanna VIII be Nine. di PRsquali- Miss
Farrar viii again be Cherubno. Aiessrs Scotti and
Didur viii have their familiar parts. Mr.. Mailer
viii conduct
Al the concers this evening yerdrs Requiem Mass
viii be performed with Mines. Destinn and Homer
and Messrs. Martin and Hinckley as sa,loists. The
chorus Nin be doubled on this occasion and will
number hundred voices. II will be COM
posed q the Italian and French contingents,s as
well the members of the opera school The two
orchestras OF TIE Metropolitan Opera House con-
sssting Of 10 musicians viii also be employed for
this performance Mr.. Toscanini win direct