The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-06

fact that although most Of these ARTISTS
appeared In the opera hruf I'm diherent
countries, 60 gather In tho same o@St
finally In New York, that most VI them
Emmy Dcs;inn and Leo Sleaak are Boz
hemians. Adamo Didur q Pole and Nine.
Meitschik a Russian. while Mr.. Mailer N
Bohemian Also.
Before the cloas 10 the season Mr..
Dippel will also have tho production OF
Der Frsisch1ts." which has bssn i'm
pendlng at the Metropolitan Opsra HOuss
for some years. The wholly now acsnery
for this work was painted AZ the NIstro-
pOlitAn. while Edward SisCiis viii 10
responsible for the spectacular episodes
that are promised m a feature Ut Tie
opera. The work has not bse0 heard
here in years. II was last sung nc the
Metropolitan during the days Of tho
German regime. was given at the Academy
Of Music under the management Of Gustav
Amberg tn introduce a son of the famous
Machtsl and was alan given IN lNes by
Walter Damrosch when he selected the
old Academy as the field of hie operatic
performances. Later IL WAS sung la the
series ~ English representations AZ the
American Theatre. Heinrich ConTied for
several saaEOna promised a revival 81 the
work but for some reason never got ca
H. This will he the last prodllceion 20
he made under the direction of Mr.. Dippol.
In the cast will he leo SlezAk, who " 20
appear as Mar: Johanna 0adaki, who
win Of course sing AaatAs, and Bella
Alien. Robert Blaaa. Otto Gorttz ana q
few others who seem destined to have
their wings clipped IN the near future
~ far ~ their activities at the Meeropof-
tan Opera House are concerned.
II do~e not often happen that New
York imports q tenor from London. since
shis city's soepticism concerning London
artistic judgments is especially keen
when music il in question. Bat greas
things are expcc.ssi vi Walter Hyde. who
is Co appear at the Metropolitan Opera
House during the second half OF March.
Mr.. Hyde will alno travel with the COM
pany and make most % hts appearances
a. Lieutenant PfRkestOR in -AiadamA
Butterfly. which will he heard frequently
ON the road. The demand for Puccini's
opera with Geraldine farrar cannot
possibly he met for the reAH0n that the
young prima donna's strength COULD
never survive as many performances Of
the work a. the cities in whick the COM
pany 10 10 Appear aresdispOsed8eo demand.
In these days OI expansion IN lie many
phases and deficits in one form OF an
other il might he a good IDEA Tor the
Metropolitan Opera Company 20 organize
tour Of Miss FarraT and Madame
Butterfly and make good tes deiActt: 10
il doubtful. however. " the New YORK
public would consent to any such arrange
m~nt however profitable Il might be To
the opera company
One OF the most constant attendants at
the Metropolitan Opera House 10 tail.
handsome youth who observes the pro-
ce~ciinxs with something more than the in
t-re~t % atrasnal spectator. He isin fact
student OF siging and the pupil OF hin
father. Who was tor 80 many years the
popular barytons oi the Metropolitan
Opera House. Giuseppe Campanar. The
young man IL still under -. but 10 all
ready to make his debut on the operate
stacy Ne has been studying for the
last four ysars with his atheE. Who finds
time in the intervals Vi his concert WORK
~ take a few pupils. Young CampAnArt
will make his first appearance IN PAris az
the performances ~ tho Metropolitan
Opera Company 20 he given there during
the month OF May Then he will 20 70
Italy. take a place in one OF tho smaller
opera houses and acquire the sxperieOoe
which H. difficult tor young singer IN
such large and exacting opera ho.ises -
those OF New York. Then he viii. Ike
ali loyal Americans, turn his eyes toward
the Metropolitan and await the call IN
take his place there.
oscar Hammerstein has decided that
his company shall 10 no further this year
than Boston and now-thAt he b practically
ssured Of his guarantee in Philadelphia
there will be no opera N the future OUTSIDE
Of New York and Philadelphia for the
Nothing delights him more than the
thought that M lost only ZOO in Chicago.
When paid that money for an option
on the land and then let il 60 he said
Yesterday. i made the best Investment
Of - 400 that I ever did In my life.
realized that more and more every day Of
the week ! spent there. I found myself
wondering where the audiences were
coming from. There Was one block Of
houses then a sawmill. than some more
houses and a slaughter house with q few
more residences ia the distances. with the
stockyArds in the background Where
the public was that could anord TO sup
port an opera house ! could not tell.
Finally I asked somebody where the
people lived was told that in Evanston
or Englewood or some OF the other suburbs
they were 90 bp found And that h the
public for which opera N being Organized
in Chicago. They may come To lev NATL
nces after the oTening night. hut am not
sure even 81 that. There will to few
foreigners 20 come so the Saturday night
performances and after that they will
begin 20 await the arrival Of the stars.
That ~ the kind ~ opera that the cities
outside New York want. They want
short visit from the Carusos and tho
Gardens and after they have seen them
their thirst for opera IN quenched. What
they want least Of all 10 a stock company
"a give ensemble opera. lust wait until
the experiment - tried In Chicago.