New-York tribune., 1910-04-28

'sther IS more than S2o00.O00. A part
~ Il las been psid already. and the ball
snce viii he paid on taking title.
My father is out Of grand opera for
good. When ] cabled him that il wes
81 settled he cabled IA reply:
II an glad and I am sorry
Salaries Will Drop.
NV fathers abandonment Of opera is
entirely tho fault of the artists them
selves. They killed The goose that laid
he golden egg. Now watch salaries go
soU-n. Their demands have been ridicu-
Gus. Take. for instance. the case 81
Miss Mary Garden. when my father
asked her If slp would allow ~. Devries
70 sing her part in lie Jongleur de
Notre Dame. she consented. and even
taid she would take box. Yet when
she rcsd in The newspapers the next
morning that NJ. Devries had made hit
she ~ once wrote demanding an apology
Tor his having been allowed TO sing one
~ her parts. Yet this was but one OF
hundred similar cases
We would have continued opera II It
had not been for these exactions. but
now we sre done with IL. and. guess,
It's the artists who are the .osers."
It is understood that the artists OF the
Manhattan opera Company who will
ioin the new Chicago organization in
clude Miss Mary Garden, Nine. Tetraz-
,ins. Maurice Benaud. Charles Dalmoros,
Charles Gilbert. John MacCormack,
Maria Sammsrco and Giovanni Polesi.
William Guard, who for three wears
has been press representative or the
Manhattan Opera Company. has been Of
fered a similar place by the Metropoli-
ten.
II Is also probable that Mr.. Hammer
stems abandonment Of opera will allow
Charles Dalmoros 10 settle his suit with
the Metropolitan Whereby the latter got
teo.0oe damages for breach of contract
Mr. Dalmores recently slipped out Of
the country to escape process servers.
"Educstionsl" Season Bad.
Prior to the beginning Or his fourth
regular season of grand opera Mr Ham
u1erstein conducted z preliminary season
q educational" opera, which was dis
pstrous the public refusing TO attend
performances At popular prices even
when offered singers like Zerola. the
tenor: William Beck. the barytone, ana
Marguerite SILVA. in spite or obstacles,
a. is generally conceded that Mr.. Ham
Ucrs:ein carried his regular season
through With creditabIe energy and in
tho main kept faith with the public.
lie carre-.llear to keeping his definite
promises. lIe said that 'Hercdiade."
"Elektra" "Griselidis" and "Sapho"
would be among his novelties, and they
were SUNG. "Cendrillon," "Feuersnoth," 4"
The Violin Maker Of Cremona" and
Victor Herbcrt's "Natoma" were prom
ieed. hut were not given.
Tn the course OF the season there were
EO9 performances. double bills raising the
number Of actual opcratic representa-
lions 20 lls. OF the operas given eigh-
teen were the work Of French composers.
though a few OF these were sung I'm Ital-
isn. nine were Italian and three German.
fIve were entirely new 10 the local list.
The Operas and Artists.
or these "Elektra" led the list with
seven performances. 'Hcrodiade" fol-
lowed with six. "Griselidis" with four
''Sapho" with three. and Les Dragons
dos Nillsrs" with two. Lucia di Lam
uermoor" cquslied the record OF 'Ele!s
fra." and "PagliaocI" and Les Contes
d'HOamann" went the Strauss opera one
better. each being sung eight times. "Sa-
lome" was given four times.
OF his old artists Mr.. Hammerstein
q bav
being Maurice Renaud. Miss Mary Car
ocIi, Hector DUfranne. Mime. Tetrazzini
Charles Dalmores. Charles Gilbert and
Mario Sanmarco. Of the new singers
those who proved Of greatest merit were
Nine Marictte Mazarin and John Mac
Cormacl1
Metropoiitan's Season.
The tventy-ff;h regular season OF
opera a. the Metropolitan opera House
came 10 q close on April ? IN It's twenty
weeks there was much petty intriguing
md pickering among the management.
conductors, artists and other employees.
The total number OF performances was
1913. exclusive Of the operas sung a. The
New Theatre and in Brooklyn. Forty
oporas were presented. German and
Italian pTNdominating.
Emmy Dcstinn. Geraldine Farrar
olive Fremstad. Johanna GadsN. Bella
Ai'cn. Rfta Fornia. Lillian Nordica
Marie Dclna and Louise Homer were the
principal female. singers. Alessandro
Bonci. Eurico Csruso. Carl Burrian. Carl
Jora. Riccardo Martin. Leo Slezak Pas
cusie Aunato. Dinh Guy and Antonio
Ss,tu were the most prominent male
singers.
The directors ~ the metropolitan
0'era Company are Edmund l.. Baylies
= De Nlft Gus lcr. Rawlins L. COttenet
George J. could. Robert Goelet. Eliot
orogors-. Frank Gray Griswold. James