The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-03-15
BY SYLVESTER RA WILING.
<<D ORIs GODUNOFF" Is an
n nounced for presentation
- nj tho Metronolitan Opera

<<D ORIs GODUNOFT" is an
r nounced for presentation
at the Metropolitan Opera
House next Wednesday night. The
season Of twenty-three weeks Is
within FIVE weeks Of its close. yet
this 10 only the second new opera
to be offered to the subscribers and
to the public. The Philadelphia
Chicago and the Boston Opera Com
panies have given several new things
a try-out, but Mr.. Gatti-Casazza be-
lieves that II is better to revive good
old works than to experiment with
doubtful new ones. As he said to
me recently, II 10 not so much the
question OF expense as the amount
Of time consumed In preparing a
new work that makes q manager
pause unless he has a reasonable
hope that II will win either artistic.
or financial success. or both.
Modest Petrovitch Moussorgsky. a
-, a., A..
'"' '
pose' vi "''''' A'' '""'
VIII De the shortehed name ny ""'e"
most people VIII call II. TO MAINTAIN
tho traditional policy Of the Metropoii-
tan Opera Company IL should BIO sung
In Russian. II won't be. italian Is the
text chosen. One might reasonably ask
/ AZ L. E,,xt totS
But, let that pass. Mr.. ToscantrA has
been preparing the work for . long
time and. of course, will conduct II.
The costumes and scenery are the ori-
ginals designed and painted by the
Russian artist 0olovine for the pro-
ductior at the Paris Grand Opera In
1909. No pains have been spared by Mr..
Gatt to make the production a success.
Much Of this will depend upon Gulio
Settrs training OF the chorus. Tor tho
people" are Of first Importance In this
drama and the characters. save Bora.
are episode. Skillful chorus master
that no 10. Mr.. Setu may BE- relied
upon to have done his part
A aR,ee svNooa,a or Tue ri or
Il W '"s S"~""'
} Boris Godunon 10 lyric drama IN
three acts. including seven scenes the
story taken from the historical novel OF
the same name by Poushkin' In the
} opsrauc version u 10 irasmentary ana
n'.v.,a -. 49,. ,.,., ., Tvsn tho
Terribles imbeciie son. upon the death
OF the latter. murders Dimitri. the heir
| Remorss drives him to convent from
which he Is persuaded by the populacs
to come out and DO crowned. Mean
while . young monk. Gregory. learnt
from the recording monk. Pimenn
/ o; Boris's crime and that the murdered
Dimitri and he were of the same age
, He runs away and starts q revolu
ton, pretending that Dimitri was MOI
, murdered and that he 10 Dimitri
a Boris, gloomy and depressed, 10 over.
I heard In q confssslnE soliioQuy b,
n Prince Schonisky. Declaring his son
!. Theodore, the rightfui heir to tn,
throne, he dies In his chair. That's Z
ri crude outline Of the material which
probably will give opportunity for
;. coronation scene that NAV rival that O
Msyerbeer's In lie Prophetic"
Adamo Didur VII be Boris, Leo,
Rothler pimenn. Paul Althoue Dlmt.ri
ana ,hs cast will include Louise Homer
a.. ca.a I.nora snarke.. Mari,
D,,.h.na J.o,ra Marhours NADIA. ID
o..,,rn,. p.,.. a,a po.J
L WHAT the BILLS ANg ron
I. YhE REsT OF NEXT WEEk
mi $3.50, it,. ..c,., ,,,u I,
Al repeated with Amato. Frances AID,
i Riceardo Martin and the original cas-