New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Puccini, HumDerdink and Oukas
to Rehearse Their Operas.
MANY REVEALS PROMISED
Metropolitan Promises Better
Casts and Finer Performances
Next Season.

The Metropolitan Opera Company issued
the prospectus yesterday of its third season
under the direction of Giulia Gatti-Casazza.
BY combining it's labors to the Metropol-
itan Opera House the management prom
ises a repertory more varied than hereto
fore. more careful preparation and casts
ar every subscription performance which
will include the best artists of the company
AS its chief novelties the management
announced THE Girl of the Golden West"
composed by Giacomo Puccini to the libret-
to of David Belasco, and "K0nigskinder. 4"
by EngeIbert Humperdink. to book by En-
nest Rosmer. Both will have their first
performance on any stage here. and the
composers will supervise the production in
person.
It is expected that Paul Dukas will visit
New York to assist at the American pre-
miere of his opera, "Ariane ct Barbe
Bleue." based on Maeterlinck's poetic
drama.
The season will begin on Monday even
ing, November IA and will last twenty
two weeks.
The regular subscription performances
will take place on Monday. Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday nights and Saturday
matinee. subscription at regular prices
has also been opened for the last ten Satur-
day nights beginning on February II.
During the season the Requiem Of
Verdi and the "Stabat Mater of Rossini
will be repeated at the Sunday night con-
certs. while La Denoiselle Elue," by De-
busy, will be among other novel and spe-
cial features.
Special performances will include two or
three holiday matinee performances Of
10
Iungen," and "Ar1nide,' - "Orfeo." Don Clio
vanni." ''Freischiitz' and "Guglielmo Tell
at matinees during the second part of the
season.
There will also be special matinees at
popular prices Of "Hansel und Gretel," with
baIIets.
The Chicago Grand Opera Company will
give ten performances on Tuesday nights
from January "a TO April 4, inclusive.
There will be a chorus of one hundred
and twenty voices, chosen for interna-
tional repertory, under Giulio Setti and
Hans Steiner, and seventy voices from the
chorus school, trained by Hans Morgen-
stern.
Pavlowa and Mordkine will dance at the
Metropolitan in December and January and
again in March Ludovico SoraCco will be
master Of the regular ballet OF forty, rein
forced when necessary by twenty dancers
from the ballet school OF the house As
premieres danseuses the management has
retained Signorina Gina Torriani and en-
gagged Signorina Lucia FornaroE.
OF the standard repertory of familiar
operas special stress may be laid on the
promised performances of Carmen" 'Otel-
To- ''FaIstaff'' and Der fiegende Hol-
lander
The novelties and revivals promised are.
in addition to those already named. Me
fistofele." Boito; Don Giovanni Mozart;
"Aruide." GIuck: "Manon Lescaut." Puc-
cini: The Cricket on the Hearth Cold
mark; Romeo ct Juliette,' Gounod;
"L'OracoIo.'' Leone; 'L'Amico Fritz" Mas
cagni: "GugIieImo Tell and III Signor
Bruschino," Rossini: lie Chemineau. Le-
roux; lie Dome Curiose," Wolf-Ferrarl;
''Versiegelt,' Blech. and Quo Vadis, Jean
Nougues.
The list of artists includes several. such
as MeIba. who are members Of the Chicago
company. and Constantine, of the Chicago
company
Those newly engaged for the Metropoh-
tan are Inga Oerner, Luisa Villain ana
Lucie weidt. sopranos; Constance Mile
stone and Assunta Luigi. contraltos; Leo
poIdo Jaricci. Robert Dasalle. Salvatore
sciaretti and Dimitr1 Smirnoff, tenors
George Baklanof, Carlo Galefn and Will
ian, Hinshav. barytones. and Leon Rothier
and d MiIlspaugh- Ruysdael. bassos.
Josef Posternock will of1ciate here as
conductor for the first time. and Willy
Tvroler will act as assistant conductor.
Hertz Toscannini and POdesti, as well
s= the MANY assistant conductors, heads or
technical departments and the majority
q. the singers. hold over from previous
sea zOnE