New-York tribune., 1911-04-23

day SEA dCwn for the performance. MI
Dippcl. utilizing Miss Garden az his most
valuable asset p:qucs curiosity by hinuns
n; a novelty for her without giving clue
{" is name Mr. liammerstein talked OF
"Monna Wanna when Miss Garden was
under his management. and the story
sounded reasonable for the best arguments
which Miss Garden has to offer. Mas
cagni's new opera need not detain us. since
!. developed that the ride Of Lady Godiva
has been put into the form OF an orchestral
irtermczzo. Under the circumstances there
remains only one guess-"A Aphrodite.
Signor Gatti-Casazza. i'm an interview
with a reporter 81 The Tribune. spoke with
i great seriousness on the need Of bet
to- class OF singers than are readily to he
found now, in order that catholicity may
! he maintained in the repertory. There l.
no DENYING that the New York opera pub
| lie are "A captious ana critical folk. foi
three generations they have heard the
bes, or the worlds singers. and wher
there comes a dearth Of such as measure
UP to the standard to which they have
| been educated they are intolerant of the
smaller talents offered instead Foreign
regulations do not serve to convince them
because they have too often learned thai
! their tastes and the tastes of the opera.
goers of foreign capitals are frequently nj
divergence. Heretofore there has been st
| little real stability in the local operate in
stitution that The development Of young
artists could not be undertaken. There
was much talk about II on the advent
/ Of Mr.. Conried. but little came Of the Of
/ fort which he put forth. and which prac'
/ tically came To an end with his retire
/ ment from the management Of the Metro
! politan Opera House. Sgnor Gatti-CasaZza
! placed himself on record as not favorabl,
| TO the establishment o, a conservatory IL
, connection with the opera house. but ht
! has taken step which shows that h,
/ favOrs the development of singers at hom,
rather than abroad He and Mr. Hertz
1 have joined the board of directors of th,
I Institute Il Musical Art in an advisory
! capacity. and an agreement has been en-
( tered into between the opera house and
! the institute whereby pupils OF the opera
class Of the latter institution are TO have
! The privilege OF attending dress rehear.
| sails at the former ana Of beginning theii
careers there when found capable With
so great an operate artist az Madame
Ternina and 50 capable and experienced q
dramatic teacher NJ Giraudet i'm charg
OF the opera class at the institute. it is
expected that there will soon he number
Il pupils ready for the invaluable practi-
cal experience which this working ar-
Tangement between the two establishments
means. There il no singer abroad now
foreign or American. whose eyes are not
set on New York. If our young artista
can acquire both instruction and routine
here they will save much besides money
! and time Long years ago Madame Mar
caeSi protested against the German sys-
TEN. which. She said. had no regard for
the individual qualities Of young artists, but
treated all alike as maids-of-all-work
Something better ought To he developed
here with the general manager and one
o. the conductors of the opera house
watching the development of ambitious and
gifted young artists. II. L: Is.