New-York tribune., 1909-05-04
GATT[-CASAZZA TO SAIL
DippeI and Many Singers Also Go
to Europe To-day,

The two managers of the Metropolitan Opera
House, Guiio Gatti-Casazza, general manager, and
Andreas Dippe. administrative manager, sail for
Europe to-day the Kaiser Wilhelm IL, and with
them they carry away many Of their of the
past season and some of the season that is coming.
OF those who will return there will be Nine. Lillian
Nordica, who will sing again at the Metropolitan
for the first time since the Grau regime; Nine
Johanna Gadski. Miss Frances Aida, Nine. Mari
anne Flahaut, Otto Goritz, Adolph Muhlmann and
the two conductors, Alfred Hertz and Arturo Tos-
canin On the same ship will also be Georg Antilles.
the German tenor, who is not engaged for next
season; G. p Ccntanin general secretary to the
management Whiting Allen, who succeeds Ralph
Edmunds press representative, and Julius Dai-
bor. Mr.. DippePs secretary.
Mr.. Gatti-Casazza and Mr.. Dippel announced that
they would go first to Paris and then visit all the
principal European capitals in order to make a
complete survey of the Cperatic field for new operas
and new artists Mr.. Dippel said:
"The scope of operations at the Metropolitan has
been so broadened that company of extraordinary
size will be required. since in addition to the regu-
lar season of grand opera at the Metropolitan there
will be twenty performances on Monday evenings
in Brooklyn and forty performances of opera lyrique
at the New Theatre. For the opera lyrique. which
is neither grand opera comic opera, complete
company especially qualified for this class of work
will be engaged. We have options upon the
services of several artists in Europe and upon our
arrival Will complete arrangements"
with the support received from the public during
the last season and are encouraged by the promises
made for the future The managers said that the
existing contracts, which had lnterfered largely
with their plans last winter would no longer be OBJ
staces and that they hoped for better results in
consequence
Eighteen new members OF the Metropolitan op-
era company have already been engaged Two Of
these, Fernando Gianoli-Gallett and Andrea p de
segurola. bassos, were recruited from the Manhat-
-r1,. Anna
Case Alma GIuck Selma Kurz, Jane Noria, Jane
Osborne Hannah, Alice Nielsen and Vera Courte-
nay, sopranos; Elizabeth Clark. contralto; Edmond
Clermont Glenn Hall. Hermann Jadowker. John
ForseT and Dinh Gilly, tenors; Vincenzo Reschg-
Ian. barytone, and bassos, Georges Bourgeois and
Antonio Pini-Cors
The other singers whose contracts are continued
renewed follows:
Soprauos-Frances Aida, Emmy Destinn. Berenice
d Pasquali. Geraldine Farrar, Rita Fornia. Olive
Fremstad, Johann Gadsk Isabelle THuillier. Berta
Morena Lillian Nordca, Lenora Sparkes and
Rosna Van DyCk
Mezzo-sopranos and contraltos-Ciara Boohm
Marianne Flahaut, Louise Homer, Marie Mattfeld,
Malta Won Niessen-Stone Lillian Smelling. Hen
rietta Wakefield and Paula Woehning.
Tenor-Angelo Bada, Julius Bayer. Alessandro
Bonci Enrico Caruso Carl Burrian, Edmond Glenn
ent Carl J0rn, Walther Koch, Riccardo Martin
Albert Reiss and Giuseppe Tecchi.
Barytones-Pasquale Amato, Bernard Begue' otto
Goritz Edouardo Mssiano Adolf Muhlmann' An
tonic Scott and Walther Sooner
Rassos-PauI Ananian, Adamo Didur' Alien
HlnckIey, Marcel Reiner. Gulio Rossi and Herbert
Withcrspoon.