New-York tribune., 1910-02-06
TIE METROPOLITAN
Bonci To Sing Faast-NoccttJ
at NeT Theatre.

Noreities III opera seem nov % oe tue
c~ee.. % the DAY. Three works entirely new
70 America have been sung here during t1e
last three vveeRs-A:assenet 'CrlseIdis,
Fsrarehtt,is $ ''Ge9-aania' md Richard
strauss ..lzlektra'' Tie coming week, not
20 be eei7ind hard. is 10 ado stiu another
Allied Bruneau's -'LAttaque du Moulin,
winch Is tc be sung on TUESDAY evening at
,he New Theatre The opera is founded on
Emile zols's stor.- OF 1lle same name, troIn
-ell.ca Laoe.is CO ilet crew his horettor- Per
fsrs 4 short sketch cf the story VIII he @:
Interest.
IN a COURTYARD OF the mill the betrothsl
az Flancoise. daughter Of Marlier. 20
Dominique. q Young Flemish peasant, is
celebrating The festivities are interrupted
~ 3 Village drummer. who brings news OF
4zr. There Is . Shout. from the Villagers
rs sssroeIline. an o.d ho0sekeepe-, tells how
Ter ovn two sons had given their ll*eS
ror their courtrv Dominique determines
20 esal.st and hght for the country 81 his
s4estheart-
II the second act the nail las been &C.
s,.,-5es Nv tie French troops in Defeat.
Me-uer and Dominique are praised by the
's,oc11nander for their br2ve. FRANCHISE
--h,eatens 70 die if any harm befaH hsF
Sst,er and her hover The Germans enter
srsl .ake possession Donli.ique's hands
are b1ackessd with powder. ard the Ger
man commander tells him lle vii be shot
= foreigner in Frame unless he Wiz
tefrzy the French position. fTancoiSe
xves Dozljria1e dasSsr aiiG h-1s hh'l
escape by killing the sentinel
- The sentinel Wins the favor pf Old Marce4-
f.;,s b7 telling her that silc reminds him
of his mother, while sI-e recognizes II niIa
q resemblance TO one Of her dead sons;
Dominique kills the sentinel anu eScafes;
Eerlser IS accused Of the murder f-etore the
e ixAt is discovered. Tnel the German c"''i-
-saznder says that A1eriier Si-3ll pay his HE
5<il BorsiEiques Steas = winch aleT4ief "S-
scents. declaring that he Is an old man and
ready &c die
The fourth act 4nds Dominique returning
~ ascertain the tate e Francoise anu
Me-lier. old sieriier tells the lovers that
AL is well" and sends the yo-ta to can
.he French to the rescue. The soldiers re-
t,;rr1' TOO rate TO save Nerlier, who has been
Killed bz- the Germans \ battle is fought
suto which >cIarcelfne plUESes regardless
OF Ter fate, and the curtain fails upon tlie
6gTting, tile while Marcelline is deelainins
her ia1precations 9f Mar.
{ curious fact aboG, the opera is that,
although zola's original story dealt with
TIE franco-Prussian War. il was set G8cE
IN its operate fora TO the y ct Of I's-
--for reasons Of state Such vas the pro-
elction sixteen years ago at The opera
t-o-aiof,e. At Corent Garden It was re-
stored . its original epoch Of $50 IS VIII
ESQ be dcre at The New Theatre.
4ttaoae Gu Moulin 1t Is said, vas
written bv Rru4leau, with Marie Delna IL
>-;ex for the principal role, that Of Mar
ce[Jine Nine Delna viii have the same
-.ola AZ its premiere here as she did at the
Initial oreductioI in Paris Nine. Nora
and Edmond CIemsnt viii have the roles
os - lovers Nj Clement is very familiar
with this cPera, having sung 1t at the frst
performance al the Opera ConliQuc III Paris
ii 1e9. ard many times elsewhere IN
France Andrea de SeGGTola, Christine
TTeIiane pinh Gills, Georges Regis, Psui
Auspiar,. Leo Deveaux and Bernard B@gue
u-iil he i1ltrusted With the remaining roles,
and Eg:sto Tango viii conduct
There viii be virtually three role" debuts
Of leading artists during the week, ,addi-
tio7sf TO those il <'I' Attaque du Moulin"
Alessandro Bonci Will sing Faust for the
FIRST time IL America on "Wednesday even
ire st the Metropolitan 70 the Marguerite
or, Geraldine Farra-. the Talentin OF Dinh
Csills- and The Nephistopheles Of Adamo
r,idur, the ether roles being sung by Jeanne
sfa1shaurg FIarie AfattfeId and Paul Ana
rian. Nittor,o Fo5esti VIII conduct.
Hermann Jadlovker the rev Russian
tenor, vin be heard for the first time IN
.his coun=ry n q German opera, as Lohe17-
grin On Friday evening. Nine. FreInstsd
-iIl De tbs Elsa Louise Homer She ortrud
snd Walter Sooner Teirenlurd-
still another first appearance in a role n
Ar.serioa for Nj. JadloVker will be his Tu-
rlddu n sfCavalleTia EuSticara, - which VIII
form the first part Of the double bill az the
saturday matinee Nme.. Emmy Destinn
all sing Saut1zzs, Florence Nickham
lola, Marie Natt+eld Lucia and Dinh
C-illy. Al5o. The second part Of the double
I'll VII te '-FegI!scci.' with Jane Noria.
Tpr1oo Caruso. PasaUale Ar2ato, Dinh Gilly
szd Albert Reiss- Egisto Tango viii con-
elet bo1h operas.
Monday evening -'Ge-rania" viii be re-
reated. with TIE same cast that has been
hears st previous presentations including
1l-1es- Desrinn. WickllaTn, Sparl1es and
5elisae and Nm Caruso, Ars1ato. Didur
and Antonto Pini-Corsi. Arturo Toscaninl
xiii. OF course. direct
Thursday evening vii bring second per
scrTosTlce OF '-Alessandrc Stradela,' with
leo slezsk. Otto Goritz. Albert Reiss.
Adolf Atohlnaann snd Alma GIUck IN the
only feminine role. The opera viii be sup
rlernented BY ballet advertisement by
Ivy CrSSEes E3Ld G6EcneIIos GINA Icrrlatls
sottoaar BaTtiis and the corps oe ballet
Max Bentix viii conduct both opera and
ballet
On SATURDAY evening 'oteTIo-' will ne
sa.g when Leo Slezak will repeat his
r,1asterfuI irnpersonstion Of the jealous
Moor Nine Aida will sing Desdemona,
~ith Florence WickhaIn as Emilia. Antonio
Scott as Iaso. Angelo Bada As Cassie and
Andrea dc Segurola as Looovico. Mr.. los
<sntni vill be in the conductors chair.
For the "Wednesday matinee at The New
Theatre the oera will be Iortzing's opera
ooniQue, Car Und Zimaermann,' with
Bella Alien Marie Natrtel6, John Forseli,
Albert Retss. Otto GoritE, Carr Jcrn, Rob
e-t Blass. Adolf Nuhlnann, Julius Bayer
and Ludwig Burgsta!ler. incidental to the
opera IN the eret act there will be danse
de sabot ana in the second act a Viennese
waltz danced by Rita Sacchetto, and
Russian dance by Ivy Craske and the corps
De baue. Alfred Hertz will conduct.