The sun., 1910-10-06
he LIKES OPERA IN ENGLISH
~ TGITTI-r IStIII INSISTS Nv
FILL PREPIRlTION.
u ksRIGskIasarF' In GermAn Saeceesls
Q, va, ne Translated foV N~Nt season
High Hopes Zoe The t.lrt sf the
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.luur Gatt- Ca~aEza. who - ~ be the
..a boss of IN" Metropolitan Opera
% ys- told the reporters yesterday
.rrne 10 his ideas about the coming sea &.
-rr He Said that the Success of the
p,rt~ season made Il plain that the Metro
Titan Opera Company could hold its
AN anywher"
am certain he said. that our sys-
'"m ot concentrating all the perform
a'r~- IN the Metropolitan Opera House
~. assure greater uniformity as o. casts
ari greater variety of repertoire Our
I,ncy will b. as eclectic "a ever and
-.tH give operas of all schools The
wat - the Chicago Opera Company
NlfA lts fine singrrs aud its interesting
r'u-rtn,re ~ sure to I've an interesting
f~tturr Of the saason.'
Nlr. Gatu-CasazZa was delighted to
l-,r that the subscription this year
r- arger than ever Tie had this answer
O. make 10 thosa who ar" constant "
-rging that opera should be sung IN
Inglsh.
! am IN no wise opposed tn the repeti-
ton Ot experiments nf opera IN the Ing
i-h language. believe strongly also
u the possibilities of the presentation
- IN" works ot American compu~~rs
Y - who made the contract fpr the
irpiuction ot MIR Converts. American
.yera. The Pipe of DESIRE last year. and
! also proposed two years ago a prize
competition for an opera hy an American
Composer This competition has resulted
tu the suhfnls-ion ui more than thirty
original American operas which a Jury
N a.. T.s8t
1t II "A serious matter To- present an
American grand opera or any other grand
upHra IA English on the metropolitan
stage II - therefore my wish that all
ouch experiments l-a IN. result of n"
most careful and serious preparation.
| gave most Ihuughtfrl consideration
g. an the criticisms of the public and the
press of the performances IA English of
The Pipe ~ DESIRE and nave come To- tn"
decision not to announce any further
performance of opera IN English until
| am absolutely convinced of IN" excel
lenc" IN every detail Of It's eV"iltual "NeCu-
uDu.
1T was projected last wear - produce
one Of this year novelties Prof Hum
perdinCk kunigsk lnd"r. IN English.
and an excellent translation ~ he German
text as far as received has already h..en
u the DELAY Of the publishers m furnish
ing the orchestral material u hrs proved
impossible To give the work an adequate
preparation for Performance IN IN" Eng-
lish language. as We are under contract
u produce the opera within certain
limit In order To retain the right IA The first
production on any stage For this reason
'konig gskInder' viii be done IA IL original
language. German
As far as the value of the two novelties
The CIR % the Golden N-st by PICCinI.
ha sd on BelasCo's play, and kouIgs-
kinder. ~ concerned of course ia" public
vii have To decide for itself. but " the
uplnion Of the director - asked he fees
that he can say IA al, sincerity that during
hs long career rarely has he felt 50 con
fi.nt Of the success of two new opeuttic
works.
] may add that Il as am qut" sure IL
will he. kuni oak inder IL retained IN the
Metropolitan repertoire because of it,
succs~a this -eaSon see no reason " hv ""
should not make tn" "Np"rim-n, IT giving
u IN English the follow ng season