New-York tribune., 1910-01-30
THE METROPOLITAN
Trco ReUiUoIs Announced for
This Week.

Virtually two novelties, zltnouza thes
ere IN reality revivais viii mark the rep
ertory At the Metropolitan Opera House
the ensuing week One Is the oldurae
fs1-crfts FIotog's "AlssSsnd-o Stra6ella-
which viH be given on Friday evening
With Leo sIszsk n the titulsr role. E char
scte-tzstion which II Vienna is said 70 be
regarded ss peculiarly his Owl TIE two
bandits 1iil be sung by Otto Go-1tz and Al
bert Reiss. and the only feminine roI. in
tss cast s!il be II the hands Of Miss Alma
Cfuck
The other revival IS julius Bayers ballet
advertisement. Vienna waItzes.~ which
vfii be given the second part of double
bills OF Wednesday. Friday and Saturday
evenings The ballet Is presented n three
acts representing three distinctive PERIODS
ot tire development OF this most popular
- al forms ot the dance, approximately
st the beginning. the middle and the end
~ the last century. The dances have been
arranged by Ottokar Bartik, who viii aIso
appear rs solo dancer Others in the
cast zill be Mines. Ivy Crasks. Rita Sac
Ghetto and Gina Torr1azi. Giuseppe Bon
SgIio and the entire corps De ballet Max
Bendix viii conduct
Vienna waltzes'' Will have its premiere
OF Wednesday evening. preceded by Don
tE<-ZS-E. WIZ ScEElCe l- EdS4i-c@As <4ee-
fzndro Bonci. Antonio Scotu. Antonio
Pini-Corsi and Giuseppe Teochi Egisto
Taltzez~ vii also follow this opera.
Saturday evening. for the first time al
the Metropolitan Opera House. Au5er's
opera comique Fra Disro.o." with the
sane cast that has met With such favor
a. its production a. The New Theatre in
Guiding Bella Alte-. Jeanne AauboErg.
f-rE--err DSEezux e1rarr
Rsiss. Georges Bourgeois. Georges Regis
snd Paul Ananian, vii be sung. Vienna
TaItzes' will also follow this opera
Monday evening VIII bring the ever pop
'ula- double bill. '-Pagliacci.'' with Enrico
Caruso. Pssausle Amato. Dinh Giliy and
Jane Soria, and 'Cavalleria Rusricsna."
with Emmy Destinn. Florence wickham.
Marie Mattfeld, Ricca-do Martin and Dinh
GiIIy.
On Tuesday afternoon a. 10 O'Clock TIE
fourth and concluding part Of Richard
Wsgner's Ring" "Gottercamnerung.
with Mines Johanna Gadski as BrdnnhiIde.
Louise Homer as WaltraUte and Floss
hide. Clarence WhttehiII as Gu-the-. Alien
HinckIey as Hagen. Carl Burrian s2eg-
fred and Otto Goritz as Alberich. uiI De
sung under the direction OF Alfred Hertz
Wazner's naas-ervork his immortal Iris
tan und Isolde" will be sung on Thursday
evening under the direction % Arturo
Toscanini Mime. Fremstad will give her
well known impersonstion of the Irish
princess. Nine. Homer viii be Brangaene.
Carl Burrian Tristan, Pasqusle Amato
kurvenaI and Robert Blass King Marx
Al the Saturday matinee Pucclnrs
''Boheme" will be sung. with new Ro-
dolphe in the figure OF Hermann Jadlovker.
r-.-fFr ~ Ff--sz Nd
Musetts.
At the Thursday matinee in The Ne~
Theatre Massenet's -'Manon'' viii be given,
with Frances Aida as MaEou. and Edmond
Clement as Des GrieuK. The other roles
zil be sung by Christine Heliane. Marianne
Dubois. Jeanne Fiorot. Lucette de Levin,
Henry Dutiiloy. Andrea de segurois. Leo
Devcaux. Georges Regis. Edoardo Gissiano
and Vinoenzo Reschigiian.
On Friday evening Donizettis Il LEIisir
c-Amore' will b. the bill. with BeTuice De
PasquaI, Marie Mattfeld. Alessandro
Bonci. Antonio Scott and Fernando
Gianoii-Garetti
Perhaps n viii b ot interest 10 recount
the story e FIotows '-SrradeHa." Follow
tag IS the account sent out BY the Metro
politans press representative:
Alessandro Stradelia IS in love with the
beautiful Venetian. Leonora. The latter,
however. Is 5eslously watched by her old
uncle and guardian. Bassi. who wants 10
marry her. IN her despair she listens 70
suadells's proposal TO eIope with him.
The Venice carnival. with its merry life
and prenks. favors this undertaking. The
fight Is successful. When Bassi appears
IN pursuit of The lovers the merry dance
of their masked confederates keeps him
hack Until the couple is in safety. stra-
della and Leonora then find refuge in the
suburbs ot Rome.
They are Just preparing 10 celebrate their
wedding. when Malyoiio and Barbarino.
tao bandits vino have been bribed by
Bassi. appear IN orzer 70 kill stradella
They arrive just in time for the wedding
and are welcomed by the unsuspecting
Alessandro. who invites them 10 his table
He sings 10 them q song. which has such
an influence upon the niscreants that they
cannot make up their minds 70 execute
their commission. Even when Bassi ap-
pears and offers 70 pacify their awakened
consciences with a high sum Of money
trey At first refuse. But az last their
greediness wins, and they leave with naked
cagsers. led by the rogUish uncle They
are met by Leonora. Mortified and
ashamed Of their action. they ask for her
forgiveness. StradeIla only sees the conf
ca side Of the attempt 70 take his life
and forgiyes. and then the uncle repents
snd begs StradeIla for his friendship