The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-03
BRILLIANT "TOSCA"
AT METROPOLITAN
Miss Farrar and Mr.. CarusO Join
Forces in Puccini
Opera.
SCOTT AT HIS BEST
Performance Received With En-
thusiasm by Audience
Of Great Size.

'Tosca" was sung at the Metropolitan |
Opera House last evening before one of /
those audiences which are always seen |
when Mr. Gatti-Casazza chooses to cause !
the chief stars TO sing together. With |
Miss Farrar and Mr.. Caruso in the cast
IL was foresone conclusion that the |
space allotted for standing room would
be crowded To the very last limit per-
nitted by very blind Justice.
Yet old and hardened observers, who
are carried quite away either by the ele-
mental physical charm of the ever young
prima donna or the unfiagging energy or
tone of the idollzed tenor, find themselves
convinced, as they have been for years
past that tho largest figure In Metropoli-
tan presentations OF "Tosca" Is the
Baron Scdrptd, created out OF the fund
theatrical art OF Antonio Scott
Comparison is not criticism, yet some
times 1t has its own special message.
Recently Mr.. Scott sang Scdrpid In Boston
and the Herald OF that city was moved
to declare "he was the first Scurpid and
he is stll the best" We in New York
have not known the Scurptd OF Nanni
Marcoux, but We are willing to accept the
verdict of the city where he liz continu-
ously engaged. We have made the ac-
uuaintanco Of some other Scdrpids, and We
accept the dictum of the Boston Herald.
Mr.. Scott is still the best. and he In
still the most important figure In the
Metropolitan performances OF 'Tosca.
What he does will not furnish material
| for talking machines" and his voice viii
not intrude in the nome performances or
| collections" Mr.. Caruso singing his solo
| In the third act or Miss Farrar bewailing
her fate In the second Will be ground out
| from Jehosaphat to the Golden Gate.
| but when Mr.. Scott retires from the stage
| mis- SCGrpid will be "A splendid memory
| against which younger singers VIII shatter
| themselves,
Let 1t BE- added that Miss Farrar and
Mi caruso We're at their best and con-
| tributed much To the delight OF the au-
dienre The orchestra and chorus dis
charged their duties capahy and Mr.. Tos-
canini conducted in his familiar manner.
The house WAS packed TO us utmost ca
| pdcity
Their. was a brilliant audience Count
and Countess Stanislas de Castelane and
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. oakley Rh.nelander
were with Mrs Vanderbilt. and with Mrs
Hamilton Mex Twombly were Gen. and
Mrs Lloyd :. Bryce.
Mrs Richard Ciamhrlll's guests were
Mr.. and M's. Thomas Hastings, Mrs, +
Gray Gr.swold and Major q. Creighton
Webb.
Mr.. and Mrs W Fi,zhugh Whitehouss
and Mr. and Mrs John q. \. Leishman
Jr we're with Mr., and Mrs. Pembroke
Jones
Mr.. and Mrs Walter +. Maynard. MIR
land Mrs William Greenough and Miss
Louise Sands were In Capt. Philip NJ
I.ydig's box. and with Mrs. T. Henry Har-
rlman were Mr.. and Mrs Francis X Pen
dle,on and Mrs Frederic bronson.
| H. Thornton Wilson's EUrsts We're Mr..
and Mr.. Suowd'n \ FaGu"s'ock, VI 81
. kathryne Stee.c AID Miss Eleanor lie Roy
. Lawrence.
Mr.. and Ms. \ Murray Nouue We're
with Mr.. and Ms. Charles steele and
Mrs William X. Vanderbilt Ir., was with
Miss Mabel Gerry
, Mr. and Mrs Dien Root. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert l.. Stevens and Miss Marjorie Cur
lis were in box -, and with Mrs. JOSEPH,
| Hartman in W. h. Vanderbilt box were
Miss Barbara Ruthe"furd, Miss Angelica
schuyler Brown, Harry Gushing Sd and
Philip Key Potter.
/ There were also in the audience Or.
! and Mrs Preston y. Satterwhite and Mr..
and Mrs Frederick Lloyd Richards, whu
were with Mr.. and Mrs, Jules Bache Mrs
| Lewis Thompson, Miss Morgan, Mr. and
/ Mrs. Charles h. Alexander, Mr.. and Mrs
Z Malcolm Whitman. Miss Adele kneeland
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Noyts, Mrs
ogden Goelet Mr.. and Mrs, Leonard NJ
$ Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Howard CUSHING
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Paul H. Cravath, Mr., and
1 Nrs. j. stuart BlacKton, Mr. and Mrs
Albert + Smith, James W Barney
=, Charles L, Sampson and Mr. and Mrs
\ Louis w. Noel.