New-York tribune., 1909-11-14
THE METROPOLITAN
Season To Open Tomorrow
Night scith LA GiOcondd.

The season of oners a. the Metropolitan
opera House viii open tomorrow night
With q performance Of Ponchiellfs La
Gioconoa." Mr. Toscsnini viii conduct and
the cast viii he as follows:
Ia Csioconds ..............-.... Emmy pestinn
laura Aeorno ;s a. s,roI sl,
Aisise Rsdoero Anafss ss Sesu,.s s.,,,s
Eszo oirirnaldo. ....-.--....., ;, .Enrico csruso
Rarnaha .-......-- 80 fasgusie Amato
IN Csntor. ...-....-.. Ed0srdO Missiaco
lsepo. giuseppe recon-
Special scenery has heen built for the
performance. and one set is said to he
the largest ever constructed for the Met
ropoiian.
on "wednesday evening Nerdfs "otello'
win he given. with Leo Slezak. Antonio
Scott. Frances Aida and Florence Wick
ham as The principal members Of the cast
The performance will he notable i'm intro
ducing 10 Americs the czech tenor. Leo
slezak. whose portrayal of the role of
Otello Was said in London last June to
he the mos, extraordinary performance
that had been seen since the Otello Of
Tarnagno. M Slezak has been for nine
years first tenor AT the Imperial Opera
House al Vienna Another debut will be
that of Florence Nickhsm in the role Of
Fmila. Miss Nickham is a young Ameri-
can girl who has been singing i'm Europe
for the last seven years. principally in
Perlin and London. Pietro Audisio, an
Italian tenor. viii also be heard for the
first time. Mr.. Toscanini Will conduct.
on Thursday evening Nerdi's ''Traviata"
VIII he sung. with Lydia Lipkowska and
Nm Caruse and Amsto at the head of
the cast This will he Mile. Lipkowska' 5
debut in New York. Although only
twenty-three years old. she has already
leld the position OF leading soprano
az the Imperial opera, al St Petersburg,
for four yesrs. and she headed the COM
pany al the Chatelet Theatre. Paris, dur
ing the Russian season last spring. Mr..
Podesti will conduct.
'Nadama Butterfly" viii he sung on
Friday evening. with Mines. Destinn and
Fornia and NM Martin and Amato The
conductor win be Mr.. Toscanini.
"LOhengrin" will be sung at the Satur-
day matinee, when John Forsell, the
Swedish harytone. will make his debut In
New York as Friedrich Won Teramund. Carl
J0rn viii sing Lohengrin; Allen Hinck-
lev Heinrich; Nine. Fremstsd. Elsa. and
I Nine Homer, Ortrud. Clarence White
/ HIN will make his first appearance as the
/ Herald. Mr. Hertz viii conduct.
Puccinis La Boheme" will be sung on
/ saturday evening. with Miss Alice Nielsen
4 as Mimi. AlessaDdro Bonci as ROdolfO, Miss
Bella Alten as Musetta. Antonio Scott as
Msrcello. Andrea de Segurola as Colline.
/ and Adsmo Didur as Schaunard Mr.. Po-
6esti will con6uct
Massenet's "Nerther" has been chosen
4 for the opening OF. the lyric opera season at
. The New Theatre by the Metropolitan
/ Opera Company on next Tuesday evening.
This work is better known in other coun-
tries where opera Is given than II is here in
America. II was given in New York first
on April %. 1894. and had its first pro-
duction in America az the Auditorium in
/ Chicago by the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany when il was under .the control OF
, Abbey, SchOeffel a Grau. on March ..
I 1884 The cast was as follows:
Sophie. .................. Nine. -s~igTid AInoldsoU
! Nerther. Al. Jean de Reszke
i le Tlaiui .............-.........M NJ Carhone
Schmitt ............-..--.---... NJ. Guetary
johann .. ....- NJ de Naschett
Albert --...-...... NJ Marta pona