New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
The Metropolitan
"Ariane' and "Quo VadiS "
on List for This Week.

"Ariane ct Barbe- Bleue," with Miss Ger
aldins Farrar and the same cast as al 'ie
prem,are last Wednesday evening, Will be
repeated tomorrow evening and saturoa!
matinee of this the last week but one OF
the Metropolitan opera season Inc oa''
will inclu6e Mines. Maubourg. Sparkes, Van
Dyck. Wakefield Fornaroli and Wickham
and Messrs Rother. Bourgeois, Ruysuae'
and BSsue with Mr.. Toscanini conouc'"'s'
"Ouo Vadis." the novelty OF the weeh'
will be presented by the Philadelpnia-Oh-
oago opera Company al the Metropo"'a"
onera House on Tuesday evening, while
the Metropolitan Opera Company Will pre-
sent "Gioconda" in Philadelphia.
"Otello." with Mr.. Slezak in the title roie'
will be Wednesdays bill. the cast incluu'
ing Mines Rappold and Maubourg and MI
Sco,ti. with Mr. Toscanini conductinS
Thursday afternoon has been set apart ior
the annual gala performance for the oeheht
of the Emergency Fund of the Metropolitan
Opera Company The programme VIII IN
clude the third act OF The Bartereo
Bride" the third act Of LA Boheme, the
first act OF "Armide' and the fourth act Oh
'.Trovstore." The artists taking part VIII
include Mines. Alien, Destinn. Fremstad'
Farrar and Gadski ard NM Amato. CITY,
Coritz. Jorn. Martin Reiss, Scott, Sesu-
rola and Witherspoon. Conductors, Hertz.
Podesti and TOsCanni.
"Haensel und Gretel' conducted by MT
Hertz. with the usual cast. excepting that
Mr Reiss will sing the part of the Wltch'
will be given on Thursday evening. fol-
lowed by 'Pagliacci." In the cast of the
bo l,lrck
Jorn AmatO and Gilly.
aida " with Mines Destinn, Homer and
snarkes and Messrs Martin. Amato and
Didur. with Mr.. Toscanin conducting. will
be Fridays bill.
"Tannhauser.' with Mines Gadski ana
Fremstad and Me.srs. Slezak. Gorz and
Hiuckjey. with Mr., Hertz conducting. VIII
be Saturday nights opera.
jean Nougues. ths author Of QUO Nadis.
was born in 1876. the son of rich wine
merchant. Early in life he showed decided
musical talent, and before he was sixteen
wears old he had written an opera, which
was called lie Ro du Pape Cal In
pressed by his evident genius for musical
composition, his parents consented to his
going 10 Paris TO study. When he became
Of age Nougues fell heir to a considerable
fortune. a good part Of which he had run
through before he was twenty-eight. IT
was then that he hegan composing seri-
ously for the lyric stage
In 1902. al the Grand Theatre, OF Bor-
deaux, his first opera. ''Thamyris." the
book Of which was written ny Nictorien
Sardou. was given with unqualified success.
being repeated twenty consecutive times
Meanwhile he had composed the opera La
Mort de Tintagiles." which was founded on
Maurice Maeterlinck'S work Of the same
name This was given in Paris. Brussels
and London. Following this the opera
Comique. i'm Paris. brought out his chi
quito" written in collaboration with Pierre
Lott and Henri Cain.
In 1905 he made a voyage with Albert
Carre the celebrated Partisan impfe-
sario. to get material for his opera La
Vendetta" which lie was writing with Il.
de Tlers and de Caillavet and also for
another work. The Pompeiian Dancer.
During this time Nougues had his heart
set on getting "Quo Vads." the novel Of
HENRIK Sienkiewicz. for an opera libretto.
Through his friendship with Maxim Gorky.
NouCues scored coup by obtaining the
novel He went to Capri and there wrote
most Of his score. finishing il in Rome.
Henri Cain. the librettst. wrote the drama
that Nougues used.