New-York tribune., 1909-09-01
NEW OPERAS COMING
PLANS or METROPOLTT4N.
There VIII Be Tacenty-one Natiue
Born Singers at Big" House.

The Metropolitan Opera Company announced yes
terday several Of the new operas that are to he
given during the coming season. which opens or
Monday night. November j.. as well as several
Of the stars who are to sing leading rarts in
works never heard here before
Andreas Dppel. administrative manager and
Giulio Gatti-Cssszza, general manager Of the
Metropolitan company, have been travelling about
Europe during the summer and. with the assist
ance of their staff. have engaged singers and
members Of the ballet. which will he finer than
ever in previous years. But Of a total OF se,,o,+
five artists twenty-one Americans There ara
two or three Russians. several Frenc-n,e, srs
even Algerian.
The new operas include Raoul Tsnarre-s S,a-
fsh opera, la Habafera." the theme Of which
IS The national dance OF Spain. known the world
over for its weird and tragic music Iaparre WIN
Is SpaniaTd with an American wife ,-ro.a 49,
hook and music. The principal part that Of Pillar
VINO IS IoNec bN Two brothers will be sung hv Nine
Jane Noria. one OF the new American singers
Inc opera Itself is Of melancholy strain tho
FtsbbInG OF Pedro the successful lover 1,,- r.
jealous brother. Ramon being followed hy The
appearances Of the dead mans srirft which
threatens dire things II Ramon rna-ries the for
NVA'i mar Inc ghost. in n graveyard scene
PROMISES 10 drag the young girl into Pedro's grave
uhiess Ramon gives her up. This he refuses - 40
'u mar aies on Pedros grave. The stage ric--
'ies are full OF weird spectacular effects
AhoIher new opera is Xavier reroux's ..ra che
ii"'e"u IN Tour acts. tho scene being laid in can
qua French-Canadian harvester seduces
9'u"E SFl III cHo5"c and then disappears becorn-
ing a wa1derc-. His child. a girl ,-ou-s -,
wants 70 narry. hut cannot on account al ,,s,---
no dot At tho right moment the harvester re
turns. buys back tho farm and sets everything
s'raighl only - disappear once more as the wan
derer.
Alfred Bruneaus 'L'Attaque du Moulin" after
the book hy Emile zola and poems ny Louis Geret.
viii bring before New Workers ono of tho most
talked OF among European sopranos Marie Delna
snd Bruncau himself may come to America to con
duct the performances Nine. DeIna has alteruates
Tor twelve years between the opera and tho Orera
'omque in Paris. and has sung as many as thirty
times IN mouth
She has persistently refused all offers to leave
Paris but Mr.. Dinpel succaeded only hv convincing
Nine. Dena that her artist. career would not Re
complete without a season On New York. The con-
tract Uas signed Osterd July % for forty per
formances
Rrunesu's opera is founded upon an incident -
the Franco Prlssisn War. II was first presented
nt the opera Ccmique November 2. ISa5. when
Edmund Ciemment, tenor, who has also heen on
gagged by the Metropolitan. Was a member o. the
cast. nlsc Nine. Delna.
''C5ermsria.' nv Baron Frankst'i. the book by
T1lioa. Pucciuis bretEt, VIII he given chiefly for
the tenor part FREDERICK. which has been of
Caruso's hest II is also announced hy the Metro
po'itsn tlst ,he operation uron Carsos throat has
resulted IN complete restoration Of his earlier
voice. with the barvtone quality of late perform
snces entirely gone
The American singers ~ the Metropolitan
will he Jane NoIia Mrs Jane Osborne hannah
who has been singing in Germany and Holland for
several wears. Alice Nielsen. Alma Gluck. Florence
NIckham who aiternated in Paris with krkby-
Innn. and Vera Courtney. all sopranos. Clarence
whitehiil bass from Berlin: Glenn Hall. tenor.
Anna Case, Elizabeth Clark and Lillian Smelling
sopranos. The other Americans Of the company
have been heard here before
Described q 'eoloratura bass" Dinh Gnlv.
who has been singing in Paris. is an Algerian OF
pronouncedly dark complexion. The Metropolitan
will bs unusually rich in tenors this wear, with
Caruso Bone. Clemment. Regis. Carl Jorn. Carl
Burrfsn Waiter Koch. Ricardo Martin and Glenn
Hall Leo Elezak. a czech. new fenor robusto.
has been called In London the greatest Otello since
Tsuagno. He sang for nine wears al the Imperial
Opera in Vienna. and is pupil of Jean de ReEzke.
John Forseu is harytone from the Stockholm
Royal Opera who viii he heard al the Metro
politar.
For opera lyroue az the New Theatre Leo De
~esrx. tenor bufIo. has been engaged and also
Lucetts Lieviz. soubrette.
Among the Russisns ere Nine Anna Neitschik. =
csntrsto: Ly-dis Idpkovska. who was prima
donna al seventeen. and is only twenty-three,
end Anna Psvlors. the famous Russian danseuse,
no has been premiere Of the imperial ballet in 81
s-stershurE for a number ~ years.
Mr.. Dippel and Mr.. Gstti-Casazzs are now ~
Madonna ii Conpiglio in the Austrian TyroI. and
Nin not return 70 aeW York tin the middle Of Sep
tember.