New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
At THE METROPOLITAN
Chicago Company to Give "The
Jewels of the Madonna"

-The Jewels Of tho Madonna" Tire new
opera by ErmanHo Wolf-Ferrari WI" oe
sung at the Metropolitan Opera House On
Tuesday evening by the Chicago Grand
opera COMPANY. Tic same cast that has
already given this new work in. chicago
PHILADELPHIA and ether cities vii interpret
the various roles.
The story Of the opera deals with the
love OF Gennaro, Neapolitan blacksmith
for Maliella. his foster sister, Who ip turn
has an ardent affection for Ra!aeia tae
leader OF the Camorrisu In a spirit ol
hravado tho latter boasts TO Naliaiia tha,
for her sake he would even steal the Jew
els from the statue OF the Madonna Mali
ella repeats the boast 10 GennaTo, VIII"
thinking that this sacrilesious act "ouI'
win him the love Of the girl, take, the
Jewels from the sacred image and gives
them TO her For a time Maliella's vanity
Is pleased. and shc is sufficiently ha'tertd
by his bravado to return his ahecuoI
which later takes on more violent phase.
Finally. overcome by the horror OF tho ST.
uation. she fees 20 the den Cf the Cam3r-
risu and makes known her plight 20 Ia
faeIe The sight Of the girl adorned wita
the Madonna's Jewels is sufficient 10 turn
even the hardened deni2ens of the Under
world against her. and she is being made
the subject Of curses AID denGnclalons
when Gennaro appears upor the seem"
Maliella casts tho Jewels at his ie'i. a"d
the accursed man is left alone. He places
the gems upon little shrine Of tho Ma
donna and, with a last appeal to heaven
for mercy, he plunges dagger into us
breast.
Nine Carolina White viii impersonate
MaHella and Amadeo Rassi Gonnaro. Mario
Sammarco will he Rafaele and Mime.
Louise Berat Carmela the mother Of Cen
naro C1eofonta Campaniri will direct the
performance. There are over thirty sing
ing roles in the opera, which are in IN"
hands OF Mines Dufau, RiCEelman, Wit
kowska, Giacania and Egener and NM.
Waruery. Daddi. FOssetta, Nenturni sam
pieri, Preisch, DefreIe, Mandelli and others.
Rosna CALI. the danseuse. will appear N
several DIVERT sements. The opera j. III
three acts, and the settings, which show,
respectively, q Nespolitan street, with
view Of the sea. the garden of Carmela S
house. and the den Of the CamoTisti, are
scenic triumphs. A notable feature Of the
production is a religious procession in the
first act, in which the statue Of the Ma
donna, surrounded by acolytes nuns,
priests, bishops and ecclesiastical digni-
taries, is carried across the stage.
In Die WalkIre' which will open the
week at the Metropolitan Opera House to-
morrow, Mr.. Burrian, as Siegfried. will
make his last appearance this season before
leaving for an engagement in Vienna, and
Nine Matzenauer will be heard for the first
time IN New York as RrGnnhildc. Nine.
Morena will be Seglnde; Nine Homer,
Fricka. Nr We'll, Wotan. and Mr. Ru! s.
dael. Hunding. Mr. Hertz will conduct.
"TosCa" will be Wednesday evenings
opera with Nine Fremstad and Messrs.
Caruso and Amato Mr. Toscanini will con-
duct
lie Donne Curiose" with Miss Geraldine !
Farrar and the regular cast, Mr. Toscanini (
conductng viii be Thursday evenings |
opera. !
''Eigolctto' will ne given Friday afternoon
as an extra matinee with Mr. Caruso as
the Duke and Mr.. Renaud in the title role,
Nine. De Pasqual as Gilda, Nine Homer !
Maddalena and Mr.. De Segurcls as Spara-
fucile. Mr Sturani will conduct
'Tannhayser," In which Nine, Destinn /
will sing Elizabeth for the first time in two |
seasons. Is announced for Friday evening. !
Others in the cast viii be Mines. Fremstad. |
Sparkes and Messrs. Glczak, We'll. Griswold /
and Hinshaw. Mr. Hertz VIII conduct
"Ariane ct Barbe- Bleue" Will be the Sat |
urday matinee opera, with Miss Geraldine ]
Farrar and Mr.. Rother in the title roles /
and the usual cast, Mr.. Toscanini conduct /,
ing.
'Lohengrin" will be the second popular
priced Saturday night performance, with |
Mr J6rn IN the title role, Nine. Morena |
as Elsa, Mmc. Homer as OrtrUd, Mr. Goritz |
as Tclramund. Mr. Withcrspoon as the !