New-York tribune., 1911-10-02
To Sing "Le Donne Curiose."

The management IS pleased also to an
nounce the American premiere Of lie
! Dome CuriOse. by Ermanno WOlt-FerraH
who has accepted its invitation 10 be pres
l ent on that occasion. Alr. W0t-Ferrau IS
already known and appreciated here as one
of the foremost OF modern composers.
/ The season al the Metropolitan opera
House Will begin on Monday evening. No
vember l3 ami will last twenty-five weeks
] The regular subscription performances VIII
/ take place on Monday, Wednesday, Ihufs-
1 cay and Friday evenings and Saturday
/ Matinees
! 4 SUBSCRIPTION will also he opened for
! certain number or performances, during me
| second half Of the season, on Saturday and
/ TUesday nights.
| The season will include some perform
| ances Of "Parsifal' and a complete cycle
| Of '"The Ring. Furthermore. there VIII ne
/ a series Of special matinee performances or
operas Of the classic repertory, as wei as
\ of the novelties and other operas in popu
\ lar demand.
| BY an agreement between the Metropoli-
/ tan Opera Company and the Chicago opera
Company the latter will give six per
| formances on Tuesday nights beginning
February l3. special announcement az
10 the operas tO be presented and the dis
tinguishcd artists who Will participate VIII
be issued iu due course
The MANAGEMENT viii endeavor 20 increase
Nhe variety and importance Of the SUNDAY
concerts. In addition 10 the members or
the company who VIII take part, the man
agemcnt has arranged for the appearance
Of a number Of noted Instrumental artists.
The management is happy 90 state that
10 viii continue 10 have the splendld ser
vices Of MdeetTi Arturo TOscanlnl ana A.
fred Hertz as conductors. in addition 10
whom IL has engaged Maestro Giuseppe
Sturani already favorably known in Amer
ica. also Josef Pasterndck and number or
assistant conductors
Russian Dancers Engaged.
The splendid successes obtained in the
last two seasons by the Russian dancers
have induced the management 10 engage
Tor some weeks during December ana
January the services of the Russian pallet
company of MaE RabiuOm The troupe
VIII comprise fOrty-tWO selected dancers,
among whom may be specially menuonea
the premiere danseuses etoiles OF the ms
perial Russian NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tIeltzer'
Of Moscow. julia SedOWa, Ct ~. fetels-
/ burg; Lydia LopOukoWa. or 81. IeLefsnuiS;
and Vera kOrall. u MOSCOW, ana 1ihall
Mordkin. who. besides being premier dah-
/ -eLIr. cIassiQue. viii also assume the Ilnc-
tions Of maitre he ballet or the Uo"pt'
and Alexander Nolinine Of Moscow, also
premier danseur classique.
Their repertory VIII CONTAIN sg,rti
novelties. and the ballets viii be staged
with characteristic and ron HlSes-eu-
scene Their appearances VIII he so ar
ranged as 10 take place on evenings when
oueras OF short duration are performed
the aim being that they snall suppiemenL
and be an additional feature 10 opera out
NOT on any subscription evening take ll5
n1ace as The management believes that
the urinary function Of the Metropolitan
Ouera Company, l. a., the production pL
opcra must not be suhordinatel 10 the
rresentation Of any other form Of art
The singers engaged are the following:
Soprani: Mines. Bella Alien, Anna case,
r7mmy Destinn Geraldine Farrar rita
Forria. olive Fremstad. Johanna Gadskl'
Alma Glucll Carmen Mells. Berta Morena
Alice Nelson InCa Orner, Bernlce dc tas-
ouaH Marie RaprOid. Lenora Sparkes'
Tuisa TetrazZini and Rosina Van DNch
NTeZzo- -sCpraui and conTalu. MINES. Ma
-fspa AIdrich Emma Bornisgia. Maria
CIaesseus. Louise Homer. Helen MapieSoh'
Jeanne Maubourg. Marie Majueil, 4iaI-
/ garete AlatZeuauer, Theodore CrrlaBe;
TUfia Smelling Henrietta WakenciI ana
Florence Wickham.
TENOR. Mcssrs pictrO Audisio, Angelo
pada Amadoo Bassi. julius Bayer, carl
f3rfrriar Furico CawsO. Charles Ialmores.
f1eirrich Hcnsel. Hermann Jadlowker. CaH
TSrr John Mccormack Ricardo MaIin'
/ T.arrbe~t NTuruhv Luigi Ramel.a, albert
Raise Leo SeZak. LimItri Smifnoh ana
Giovanni Zenate.lo.
Raritsni. Messrs Pasquale Amato. Ber-
uarT Rogue. Giuseppe Campanar, linh
CU1, otto GoritZ william HlnsnlW
Fdoor.lo MiseIano. Antonio Scott, Maurice
Remand. Vincenzo Reschglian, Clarence
V-hitebiU and Herman Well.
Bqegi. Messrs Paolo Ananlan Georges
Pobrgeois. AdamO Di7ur. Putnam Girls
u-oII F,dvard Iankow. Antonio Pini-Corsl.
Marcel Reiner. Giulio Rossi, Leon kothit''.
/ 8asH RuvsJacL Andrea de Segurola and
| Herter, Withnrspoon.