The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-09
GRAND OPERA TO HAVE A GREAT
WEEK IN GREAT EASTERN
METROPOLIS.
Nor Is Music TO BE Confined to the One
City Alone-Wiil Be Heard
the Country Over

NEW YORK. Nov. 9.-During the
coming week the music lovers OF the
land-at least. those who live in or
near the large cities and who have
the price-will be afoat in sea Of
melody 1t win be the greatest week
for grand opera in the history of the
United States. In New York the
Manhattan will have its regular sea-
son tonight. and the Metrop Titan
will open next Monday In addition.
there will be numerous concerts and
recitals by artists of note.
Jascha Bron. the young Russian
violinist. will make his debut at Men
delssohn Hall this evening ana will
he heard in Philadelphia "Wednesday
evening Later he viii mako IN eN-
tensive tour of the West.
The only opportunity New Workers
will have t hear Nine. Sembrich this
season viii De at a song recital for
Carnegie Hal tomorrow night. Her
American tour viii comprise seventy
concerts and Will take her to San
Francisco and other Pacific coast
cities.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra,
that famous musical organization. will
give ten concerts In New York, at
Carnegie Hall. during the winter. The
first will be on Thursday evening of
this week On Wednesday evening
the orchestra viii be heard in Balti-
more at the Lyric.
Oscar Hammerstein will open his
Philadelphia Opera House tomorrow
night with Nine. Mazarin, his new
soprano. in VerdTs Aida" while the
Metropolitan Opera Company will
produce Aida" at the Academy of
Music with Nine Gadski in the title
role. Nicola Zerola will be the Ham
merstein "Redames" while Enrico
Caruso is expected to sing that role
in the metropolitan production.
Friday of this week will witness
the opening of the regular opera sea-
son in Baltimore. for which purpose
Richard Wagners "Tanhauser" has
been selected. The management will
make a special effort to show the mu-
sic loving public in Baltimore it's ear
nest desire to give the same high
grade of opera that New York is en-
joying. An entirely new set of seen
cry has been specially constructed for
the opening performance, adapted to
the size of the Lyric theater, and the
east will be headed by Madame Cad
Venus, Mr.. John as Tannhauser, Mr.
GOritz as Wolfram and Mr. Hinckley
as the Landgrave.
An experiment in the presentation
OF grand opera which has attracted
national attention will have is cul-
animation tonight when the new mil
lien dollar Boston Opera house vii
inaugurate it's first season of fifteer
weeks. If the experiment is success
ful. it is likely that Chicago. St Louis
and Pittsburg, with possibly othe
cities, will, have opera houses, with al
agreement with the Boston compan,
whereby singers may be exchanged
The prices. charged at the Boston
Opera house are lower than thos
chlrgedrat the Metropolitan Oper;
house. The best orchestra seats ar
So. while the cheapest price is ST. TIL
orchestra is to consist of seventy mu
sjCjaas. and performances will be Civ
en- only in French and Italian Man.
o. The singers are also to be heard il
the season at the Metropolitan Thes
are Lidia LipOwska, who has been en-
g2Ged to take the place of Nine. Sem
irich; Alice Nelson and Frances AL
IL, who. by her new contract is t
divide her, appearances this season be
t'seea' New York and Boston.
Ia Gioconda" is the Inaugural
production at Boston this evening
Raklanoff. the leading baritone of tn
Imperial Opera house in Moscow. vii
appear as Barnada 1t was neces
sarF for the Boston management t
pay The Russian government a larg
sum to secure his release.
Aiassefets "Herodiade" is TIL
opening attraction of the regular sea
soa at the Manhattan Opera hous,
NJ. Remand will appear as Herod
Nine Cavalieri as Salome. NJ. Dial
moces as John, and Nine Greville
Reache as Herodias.
While this is the first production o
'HeTodiade" in America. the compos
er, Jules Massenet, is we'll known t,
New York audiences through his