New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

day afternoons and once Saturday evening
Nine Destinn: Seven times on Mondays. three times
on Wednesdays. four times on Thursdays seven
times on Fridays six times on Saturday afternoons
and twice on Saturday evenings. Nine. Homer
Five times Mondays, four times on Wednesdays
three times on Thursdays twice on Fridays, three
times on Saturday afternoons and four times on
saturday nights. Miss Farrar: rive times on Mon
days five times on Wednesdays. seven times on
Thursdays once on a Friday night seven times on
Saturday afternoons and five times on Saturday
evenings Miss Fremstad: Once Monday, three
times each Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays,
once on Saturday afternoon and four times on
Saturday evenings. Nine. Gadski: Once Mon
day, three times Wednesdays. twice on Thurs
days and Fridays and once a Saturday night.
Signor Caruso, the most admired songblfd of them
ALL sang six times Mondays, three times on
Wednesdays, four times on Thursdays, five times
on Fridays, seven times Saturday afternoons
and three times Saturday evenings Signor
bonci. who was kept employed IN concert out Of
the city chiefly after the departure Of Nine Sem
brich, sang twice on Mondays four times on
Wednesdays, five times Thursdays, three times
on Fridays, four times Saturday afternoons and
twice on Saturday nights. Nine. Morena not
only late conner. but her repertory was confined
20 German operas; she sang once on a Wednesday,
twice on a Friday, twice Saturday afternoons
and three times Saturday evenings. There is
no large curiosity touching the lesser lights among
the ladies the who, like Messrs. Burrian
Schmedes, J0rn, Antilles, Sooner, FenhaIs, Scott
Amato and the rest. who made excellent perform
ances possible but whose names upon the pro-
gra1nme caused little if any uttering of the heart
among the patrons of the opera house.
The operas in which Nine. Sembrich sang were
'Traviata," La Boheme." "Rgoletto' Lucia di
Lammermoor," IL LElisir d'Amore' and lie Nozze
di Figaro" She made her farewell on February
at performance in which her fellow artists and
the public paid her tributes of admiration and af
fection such were probably never received by
a singer before. On February Is Nine. Eames took
her leave Of MetrOnOIitaO Sfa without
liminary notice, and therefore also without cere-
mony. though she made to feel how gratefully
she lives In popular appreciation Her operas IN
the season were "Tosca," Aida" III Trovatore"
and lie Nozze di Figaro To the successful re-
vival of the opera last mentioned Miss Farrar con-
tributed 4 large factor. She also appeared IN
'Madama Butterfly" Ia Boheme," Carmen"
CIicaelaD Faust" "Pagliacci' and 'Manon.'
Miss Destinns operas we1s AIDA" "Tiefand'
'rCavalIeria rusticaua,' La Wally, Die Meister-
singer" ''Madama Butterfly" The Bartered Bride
and "Falstaf"; Nine. Morenas, ''Tannhauser,
''Fideno." Die Walkure" (Sieglinde) and "Sieg-
fried" (Brunnhilde); Nine. Gadski's Die Walkure,'
''Tannhauser,'' "G0tterdammerung, ''Nozze ol
Figaro Cthe Countess after the departure OF Nine
Eames), "Cavallerta rusticanao" Tristan una
Isolde" and Die BIeistersinger': Nine. Frem-
stad's Die Walktire' (seglinde), 'Parstfal'
.'Cs0tterdammerung," Tristan dnd Isolde and
''Tannhauser" (Venus) Nine Homer's ADA
.Psrsifal' (the Voice. Die Walkure," "Rigoletto.
vatore.' Tristan und Isolde" and Die Melster-
singer"
i painful and pitifuI incident of the season was
the vocal shpwreck suffered by Signor Caruso Alter
the first week of March he was unable 10 sing De-
cause Of an affection of his vocal organs Al the
last matinee of the subscription season and again
last Wednesday evening he made il-adVlsed e2torls
10 resume his duties, but the consequences were
dfstressfuI to his connoisseurs and seemed so
threatening to his physicians that it was deelieu
advisable 10 relieve him of his obligation 10 go
West with the company. Whether the injury 10 ms
voice is temporary or permanent cannot De sald'
hr- the collapse which has come has been appre-
hended for two or three years by all who could ap-
7reciate how he was doing violence to his wonder
fuI voice by vicious use of it. His operas were
Aida" .,Madama Butterfly La TraViata' Ios-
ca Carmen" Faust" ''Rigoetto,' Paglacci'
-Cavalleria rusticana" and "Manon.' Signor
Bonci's operas were "Travata," 'Fligoletto' La
Hoharne " lie Will" Lucia di LamTnernloor'
.IF-Iisir d. 'Arlore' and I'll Barbiere dt Sivigha.
Following is a statistical recapituation OF all the
seasons at the Metropolitan Opera House SINCE II
yyas. opened In the fall Of 1888 The seasons from
1Ss4s5 to 1Sgo-'91 inclusive. devoted TO per
f1rnlances in German exclusively, though the roper
tories contained operas by French and ItaIan COM
o0sers well.