New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-27
NEW SINGERS FOR
THE METROPOLITAN
Three American and Two
German Singers Are
Engaged.
SANS GENE" TO HAVE
NEW YORK PREMIERE
Other Novelties To Be Offered
Fremstad. Alien, Murphy and
Pini-Corsi Released.

General Manager Giulio Gatti-C Casa zza
OF the Metropolitan opera Company, who
sails for Europe on Wednesday, last
night announced that these new artists
have been engaged
Nine. Melanie Kurt. soprano. of the
Royal Opera, Berlin: Nine. Elizabeth
Puritz- Schumann, OF the Staadt Theatre,
Hamburg; Miss Mabel Garrison. Amer
lean soprano; Alfred Piccavcr, American
lyric tenor, Of the Imperial Opera Vienna,
and Arthur Middleton. American bass
BARITONE.
The management states that 1t is also
negotiating with other important artists.
Next season Madame Sans-Gene" will
have its world premiere at the Metropoli-
tan early in the season. The libretto,
based on Sardou's play, IL by Renato
Simoni The music is by Umberto Gior-
dana. composer Of Andrea Chenier,"
Fedora" and siberia who will be pres
ent at the rehearsals and premiere.
Other novelties under consideration are
Francesca da Rimini." by Zandonai re
Gently produced in Turin; "Notre Dame, -
based on Victor Hugo's novel, by Franz
Schmitt, which was produced a few weeks
ago with great success in Vienna. and
Goetz's "The Tanning Of the Schrew'
("Der Widerspanstigen Zahmung.")
AS for the two short operas BY De-
busy. based on Poe's stories, The Fall
Of the House of Usher and "The Devil in
the Belfry.' for which the Metropolitan
holds the rights. It Is not known whether
they will be ready for next season.
Among revivals, in addition to Gar
men," Weber's "Euryanthe." Mozarts lie
Nozze di Figaro" Beethoven's "Ffdelio,'
Saint Saens's Samson ct Dalila," Verdi's
"Falstaff' and others are under consid
Grafton.
The artists who are re-engaged for the
coming season are these;
Sopranos-Mmes. Frances Aida. Lu-
crezia Bori Anna Case Louise Cox, Vera
Curtis, Emmy Destinn, Geraldine Farrar,
Rita Fornia, Johanna Gadsk. Frieda
Hempel. Alice Nielsen, Marie Rappold,
Leonora Sparkes and Rosina Van Dyck.
Mezzo-sopranos and Contraltos-Mmes.
Marsha Aldrich. Emma Borniggia,
Sophie Braslau. Maria Duchene, Louise
Homer, Helen Mapleson, Marie hatfield,
Margaret Matzenauer, Margaret Ober End
Lila Robson. Tenors-Paul Althouse,
Pietro Audso, Angelo Bada. Julius
Bayer, Rudolf Berger. Enrico Caruso.
Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana, Ricardo Mar
tin, Giovanni Martinelli. Albert Reiss and
Jacques Crlus. Baritones - Pasquale
Amato. Bernard Begue, Dinh Gilly, Otto
Goritz. Robert Leonhardt, Nincenzo
Reschigllan, Carl Schlegel. Antonio
Scott and Hermann We'll. Basscs-Paolo
Ananian, Carl Braun. Adamo Didur, Mar
eel Reiner, Giulio .Rossi. Leon Rothier
Basyl Ruysdael, Andrea De Segurola and
Herbert Witherspoon.
The conductors and assistant conductors
re-engaged include Alfred Hertz, Giorgio
Polacco. Arturo Toscanini, Richard Hage-
man, Hans Mergenstern, Giuseppe BAN
boschek, Frederick Jacob, Gennaro Papl,
Francesca Romei and Willy Tyroler. Cho-
rus Masters-Giulio Setu and Hans
Steiner; technical director, Edward
Siedle. and Stage Managers Jules Speack
and LOOMS Taylor are also re-employed.
The singers who have not been re-en-
gagged include Nine. Olive Fremstad,
Nine. Bella Alien. Miss Lillian Eubank,
Antonio Pini-Corsi and Lambert Murphy.