New-York tribune., 1909-03-28

given and the total q Perornances Of the dssn operas
given the afternoon or evening The operas thus
C,hreo tines. crtsR!no and Pasiia:ei once ca,s
.ca1alls-ia. (o1ceJ and 'Nava1raise' Pasliacci
Conoe).
It is customary in retrospect like the present
one TO associate a record Of the things which an
irnpresario has done with mention Of the things
which he promised to do when he asked the patron
ge Of the public and then failed to perform Vet
eran observers have learned to attach as little I'M
portance to the broken promises Of impresarios as
Jove IS proverbialIy said 10 have paid 10 lovers
perjuries. GPcrjuriG ridct GmGnfuHl JupterJ In
many cases the discrepancy between promises and
performances has nothing in II OF moral oohqul'y-
The easy method OF older day-we are barking
back 10 the period OF Mapleson and Aboey-was TO
print the entire standard operas preceded by
The blithe announcement: The repertory for the
season will be selected from the following oPerae
That gave pleasing scope 10 the fancy or the SUD
scrfber and left ample leeway for both the ousl-
ness acurnen and the conscience Of the manager
OF late different methods have prevailed. and one
os the astonishing features Of Mr. Hammersteln
administration Of the affairs ot the Manhattan OP-
ern House during the three seasons OF Us existence
"a. b.en that II he has failed little in literal
fulnlrnent OF some promises. he has done t'lnsS
which he had promised which more thah iIlaoe
atoneraent. This was more especiaty true oI rs
second season, which while It looked reihaT hApe
IN The light OF the season which preceded H. looAs
stu more remarkable in retrospect after the sea
son ended yesterday. Taken in connection win lhe
nrst and third. fairly radiates hght on 'He op
sr.,ic nrobem now working TO a solution IN Ne"
vo-l CIV Persons afflicted with fantastic habits
~ thought who are Just now talking about plant
ing opera houses as carelessly and T'dely as az
mus sowed the dragons teeth, wouIc 90 wei - -
stop and think II they spring up the pF"sets W.
but slay each other till natural ana norman e'
nant remains 49, .,.,-. ..,so,
As for the broken promises OF the thlro ~ Ss1'-''
they hnd an explanation (and an eXcuse-IoI ma
ming
and thus making It's continuance inlpossIDe) - "a
St., ~ the works which performed 9pec'''
| o.uv Mr Hammerstein promised, when ne aSNe'
tor subsrriptions last summer, 70 produce oai9Oi
| =. MALTA nv Saint-SaEns, "Salome,' by fichalu
| s,rauss lie Jongleur de Notre Dame ana ItlSe
| ,,dts bv Nassenet and Princesse dAuoerse' ~
Ian Blockr He did bring forward al Oh I'eso
onaraa except the 'Ciriselids. Nine letrazzlAA DC
| ing in his company and having Prov - .o2s,-a5
,+rongest prop on the Italian Side ne PROMISED
| A.. sb. sbouId add Meyerbreers L Etolie du
| Nord" Rossinis I'll Barbiere," Donizetus t iIo
| A., pA9iraent" and Bellinfs "Sonnamoula 70 mo
| -. IN which she had been heard He kept ms
| word as 10 I'll Barbiere" and Sohhah'Oul@. ~,
| ~. u.+ ~ operas which he was less speclhcallE
hound to perform were Massenets MarSoh' DE- -
| ..1 a. Pacheurs des Peres, Verdi r As'ali, p'e
| go. ..r,oiores" Giordano's Andrea Chener Pio
| du,e6 for Mr.. Campannis beneht at 'ne ere'
- ~ The season 1sc7-'Os and siberia, Puccll'i
| .,Na5ama Butterhy,' Donizettfs Linda u @ Cra
| r,orni ;. yerdts I'm Ballo in Maschera ana Ei
| nj all Of which feH oy tIle D"aIN IL
- .-os,,, have felt the deprivation TO have been
.rto,,s one 'Nanon." 'Madama Butterfly ana
| seuaI.tarr.. vsre in the list Of the Metropolitan
onsrs House and ''Oteo" outweiSheu III 4Hpoi
| go all the others dozen times over
1,rasan+1v an effort shall be made 10 clrec' atVe
a., -, coma Of the things which. IT is fair to sup
,ose ware responsible for the conPleAion u 'o
a.or.. renertory, and which have pointed the way
| 70 the radical change OF policy anu pi $50 -
.s ~, the announcements which MI Hammer
- h,. made touching his fourth season Betore
+bn bovever let some Of the incidents OF the sea
o which have furnished much food Tor the careieS
| sossios Cbut more to the serious ulihhel' oo P
. a,..r On his opening night IN the opera
| ~ ~ NJ EIanuerstefn introduced a new singer
o. IN. New YORK public in the persona MISS 0oA
an italian Of predominenuy GeiHia" ~
- ~ oncs established herself IN an a'ti'u"e W"
- ~ a., the manager and the public whlch Is
aIu ''le ,ao,o1 With her there reappeared two
- rbo had established themselves in the ad-
| rrirstion of the public before and VINO oiu Iaii -
| nId ,bair places long as Mr. f1ahlnlersteIH
| las call for their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Henatelio
P :, I,o,avd His second night devoted 10
! - o.,,aI of "ThaIs" with the people in the cast
.ho had made of Massenets opera one OF the sue
asssa of the second season-Miss Garden. iateo u
| - ort-oiIng spirit of the Manhattan Opera
| 1y.a vomiting the way TO its finest financial sue
aas ond leading it's manager. with a compelling
berd into a path the abrupt ending Of which ne
| doubtless has already foreseen, though he must
rl,,rt,lv follow II for another year 10 come. on
49, +hId night there came the first promised novelty
Samson e. Dalila'-which was not at all new so
| tar ss its one vital element. music. was concerned
| nasnuch as it had often been performed In New
work in concert form. and which had had an ingiorl
IS career OF one performance at the Metropolitan
Onera House many years before. If it failed with
Sipnor Taragno as its hero in 1Ss4-95. it was not
| lixeIv 10 succeed with NJ Dalmores. IN l99S-0J
Let this be said with all proper respect to Mr. Dali
| rnorAs who did all he could TO vtaize work whose
naucirv Of dramatic action units II for the stage.
| Nothing has bee- more remarkable during the
season than Mr.. Hammersteins campaign OF pub
| ncty After one week in New York he opened ms
new opera house Philadelphia. Then came the
news that he had secured the right of performance
| in America Of strauss "Elektra." Scarcely had