The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29
OPERA HERE and IN PARIS
PUBLIC DEHANDS EASY MUSIC,
SAYS GATTI-CASAZZA.
llnllaR hepeFtSire Nusa PrevaIl--NetrS-
pSlllan NiBhls Al the ChAtelet Carus0
1arTei; Mary Gardens PretenaloRs;
shochlnG tights - . Russian sThala.

poillan NiBhla az the Chatelel -Caruso
5aFFeS; Mary Gardens PretenalSRs;
shochlnG Tights - q Russian sThals.
Specisl Cahlc Dsspatch 20 TIM Sun.
PARHs, Nay - =. Gatti-Casas1a seems
determined 10 show that he IL in supreme
command Of tho Metropolitan Opera Com
} pAhy. nov playing at the ChAtslet Theatre
Although Henry Russell. the European
representative 81 the Metropolitan CONT
pany. and Andreas Dippel the former
Joint manager with Oatti-CasaEza. have
been hers for some time. no business has
been done.
II any new artists are n M engaged
I shall engage them aaid Gatti-C aaazza.
AS 10 the French and German operas. We
shall continue to give them ~ We have
done in the last season, A. the same time
there is no USE kicking against facts, II
Ne want b run the Metropolitan Opcru
HO,ias on business a. we'll a. artistic lines.
Ne must have an Italian repertoire. for
the backbone Of the public IL not composed
exclusively Of critics and highly musical
people. The audiences nowadays go 10
the opera 10 enjoy themselves. and there
IL undoubtedly q demand for easy music.
Italian music appeals 70 the masses, and
~ cannot ignore that fact
Meanwhile. the Metropolitan Opera
company b playing % crowded houses
ct the ChAtslet. The public is unanimous
In praising the management and the
artists. Puccini and Riooordi are ex-
pectsd at tho beginning Of next week.
whom the cast for Puccini's opeTatic
version Of The 0irl from the Golden
West will b. definitely chosen
Leoncavallo. the composer. who is in
Paris. has expressed his satisfaction a.
the way 4 PAgliAoci' has been given.
The four performances given thus far
by the company have yielded over ttO.OOO.
II this ratio Of receipts h maintained 10
the end the season will prove a financial
sucoasa
Oscar HAmmerutein Il still In Paris.
The fate Of the ManhAttAn Opera House
will BE- settled next week. when his son
Arthur returns from London. where he
has been oonforrinE with Herr Andreaa
Dippel. The adoption of the SLOUGH hat
has apparently given Oscar a taste for
the simple life. He has taken TO veEe-
tAriAnism His friends are chatting him
about this and saying that since his opera
experiences he cannot Afford 10 take part
in real dinners.
Carusos stretching and veutriloquism.
with which he WAs entertaining a supper
party a. a fashionable restaurant. came
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American newspapers were shown TO him
containing . story that he had been cited
- a correspondent in the complicated
GiArhetti divorce suit Il would take a
Philadelphia lawyer TO explain this case
GinO Botti. the first husband of woman
hringa the suit. Although hs Is still living
a. the home oi Nine Giachetti. he wants
CarImo 20 settle for his domestic troubles.
The respondent j. the woman with
whom Caruso lived for a long time and
who vent % New York . sOupls Of years
ago and made him pay over q large sum
of money Incidentally she lsf, CaFuso
and eloped with q chauffeur Botti al
leges shat shs was never legally married
90 CaHlzo. a. she had never obtained =
.
the story he muttsred something In
Neapolitan Italian which luckily nobody
understood He added
I arm surprised that such . story should
r. printed have nothing n do with
Nine. Giarhetti's Affairs nov Her hur-
hand can only claim legal separation.
~ divorce does not sIrit IN Italy. II
h. does I shall h called A. a witness.
not A. a correspondent
The case seems 81 IN one Of SANDER
brought by Botti Against hi wife Botti
recently refused 10 give Nine Gachstti.
who wGs a singer and a sister o. the more
famous singer Of the same name. author
iEation as hl- wife 10 rai-s money on
securities. without which she would be
unable ~ act under the Italian law. she
thsreupon spread a story that BOtti had
habitually accepted Caruso's money for
years past Carliso l. almost certain 70 b.
subp9naed a. a witness
Herr Dippels visit 20 Paris has not
resulted in tho writing Of contracts with
Renaud and Mary Garden. Renaud
demanded the same number Of appear
amos a. he had with Hammsrstein.
namely forty Mary GARDEN pretsntions
are reported 70 Ds 20 eKtTavagant that
Herr Dippel was unable even 10 discuss
them. she will probably remain In Paris
for a year
Nine. Rappold. the American soprano
and the court singer of Bulgaria. arrived
from Bucharest to-day She will replace
Emmy Desttnn in AIDA
The Opsratic sensation Of the week
has been Nile kOusnietzOf's tights. |
They 40 shocked a subscriber that he was
unable 70 sit ont performance % That's.
He wrote a letter Of protest 20 the Figaro
In which he said: Her Mile. KOusniet- /
EoG'sl legs were naked far above the
knse Her tiny tights were scarcely
perceptible beneath the tunic. which |
he'd q very long opening
Nile. Kouanietsod. who. Il IL reported. |
IL 20 sing in Chicago and Philadelphia I
next year. says she used the same costume |
that she wore in ~, Petersburg and Brus-
ssls without objections She y ready /
70 break her contract II ~ Mss~ager.
one Of the managers Of the Opera, insists
on a change In the costume. Mary Garden
called upon the Russian singer and en-
pressed hsr appreciation Of the formers
work She also encouraged her 70 con-
tinus it.