New-York tribune., 1911-03-12
The Metropolitan
First Rendition of The Secret
of Suzanne" Tuesday.

.-,.royatorc- and tho Russian dancers
pa>lova and Noydkin will open the eiSh-
,eontb week of the season tomorrow hisI'
,t the Metropolitan opera House. The cast
ror Tho on.ra will include Mines GadsN
and Homer and Messrs. Martin and Ama'o
..Tbe Secret of suzanne" I'll Segreto di
>.,,zspna,. 81 ouc-act opera by Won-ter-
rari will be presented for the first time III
>rncric, ON Tuesday evening by the Phiia-
Gclphia-C Chicago Opera company Tile cast
viii include Miss Carolina White and
Messrs. Ssmmarco and Daddi. IL Will be
rouovcd hv Massenct's "Jongleur dc Notre
Dame" with Miss Mary Garden in the title
role. Mr.. Renaud as Bonifacc and Messrs.
pufranno. Warncry. lIuberdeau. Nicolay
and Crahh6. Mr. Campanini will conduct
Die Mcistersinger." with Nine. Destinn
as Eva and Mr. J0rn as Walther. will be
SUM ON Wednesday evening. Others In the
cast will he Nine. Wickham and Messrs
S,on,er. Goritz Witherspoon. Hinshaw.
Hoiss and Hall Mr.. Toscanini will con-
duct.
"Janscl uud Grctcl." followed by the
first act Of "Coppelia," with Paylowa and
Mordkin. will be given at popular prices on
Thursday afternoon.
AUST VIII tf' b'dlN itHi Shh' ~ -S'
with Miss Farrar and Mines. Fornia and
Maubourg and Nessrs. Martin. Gilly and
Eothier After the opera Pavlowa and
Mordkin will appear in ballet divortisse-
ments.
"Tannhauser" will he Friday evenings
bill. with Nine GadsM as Elisabeth, Nine.
Frcmsiad as Venus and Mr. Slezak in the
title role. The cast will include Messrs
Io1i Mr
Hertz will conduct.
"K6nisskinder." with Miss Farrar and
Mr. Jorn in the title roles and Nine Homer
and Mr.. Goritz and the regular cast, Will
ne the Saturday matinee opera. Nh
Hertz will conduct That's" with Miss
Garden in the title role. will be given by
the Philadelphia-Chicaso company on Sat
urday night.
The METROPOLITAN Opera Company will
visit Brooklyn twice ON Tuesday evening
st will give "Otello' at the Academy OF
Music. with Mr.. Sczak in tho title role
and Mines. Rappold and Maubours and
Messrs Scott. Bada and De Sesurola. MI
Toscanini will conduct.
on Saturday evening "The Girl Of the
Golden West will be sung there for the
first time with Mr. Bassi as Johnson. The
rest OF the cast will be the same as here
tofore in New York, including Mines. Des-
linn and Maitfeld and Messrs Amato.
GiIly, Reiss ami De Segurola Mr.. Tos-
canni will conduct.
Mr.. Smirnoff. the Russian tenor. will
make his farewell appearance this sea-
son in to-nights concert. Other artists VINO
will sing will be Mines. Gluck and Wick
ham and Messrs. AmatO. Gily and Rotllicr'
Tho story of The Secret OF Suzanne
The one-act opera Of Ermanno NOlf-fef-
rsri which Mr.. Andrcas Dippel Will produce
for tho first time IN America at the Mctro-
,oli,an opera House IN New York Tuesday
night is taken from the French or Enrico
,;olisciani The opera was first produced IN
Munich on November !, 1909. The characters
ar, Count Gil Mario Sammarco), VINO is
about thirty years old, his wife, the Coun-
loss Gn carolina White. who Is about
twenty. and a dunno servant (FrancescO
Daddn who l. about tifty. The scene Is
The drawing room of the counts home.
The count enters greatly worried. for hc
has seeu e woman in the street who looked
very like tho countess, and lie knows that
his wife does not venture out alone. He
smells cigarette smoke and, not being
smoker himself his suspicious are aroused
Tho dumb servant Is questioned ana no
tolls tho count. by gestures, that he does
not smoke. The count knows that his wife
docs not smoke, and his suspicious verge
on convictions. The wife enters, and sho
and hcr husband havo a beautiful love
sceno together. But the smell Of tobacco
sends Cupid fleeing. The count questions
his wife and she admits that she has a
secret-that she has to have something TO
enliven the dull hours when he Is at the
Office and the club. Now the count knows
that another man has won the affections
q, his wife. and he goes into rage smash
ing the bric-a-brac, the mirrors and inc
furniture Wildly lie leaves the house. ana
the countess IS in despair. Then comes
beautiful orchestral interlude. during
which the smiling servant cleans UP The
wreckage.
Later the count returns, to find the door