The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-04
TWO NEW OPERAS
FOR THIS SEASON
Plans Are Announced for
Twenty Weeks Of Song at
the Metropolitan.
BEGINNING ON NOV. Is

The ippfOitUlTk SVhSoH VI OpVTa ~
,be Metropolitan Opera House will be
five eighth upder the direction OF Giuilo
G~,t,i-Casazza and an attractive pro-
,r,uuc has been arranged by that i'm
,rc.atIo Yesterday the details Of the
cor.n. season we're made public. There
vill be- twenty weeks Of opera, begin
ming on November Is. To this will ne
aided four weeks OF ballet by the dag
hileff Ballet Russo. The present Euro
mean conditions have again made the
work Of the general manager uncom-
mont, difficult. but he has assembled a
strong company, including some new
artists who are expected to please the
New York public.
Then there will he two operas alto
getner new to this city. One Is 60
yesca," a Spanish opera, which will be
sung in that language. The libretto lie
The work OF Fernando Periquet. while
the music is by Enrique Granados. who
will come to this country to conduct
the rehearsals and be present at the
hrsi performance Of the work.. Then
the success OF Mussorgsky's Boris CO.
ourofT' has suggested to khe NJ
ment the presenting OF another Russian
opera. prince Igor by Borodine. has
heen selected. 1t will be sung under
the direction " Giorgio Polacco. Bizet's
lies Pecheurs de Perles," which has
been heard at the Metropolitan Opera
Uo,so only in MARI. will also hs given.
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Among the operas to be heard are
ga Sonnambula.' with Nine. Bar
rentos as ANNA: Marta" with Mile.
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Hemnri III tne utle roie isn'os MEMS
'%ofe!e." Goetzs Der ~Widerspaensd-
gen Iahmung' wnicn mas not oeen
heard IN years AT tne Metropolitan
opera House. and saint-Saens's SAM
son et l'aiiia'
Beng sun optimistic' the company
also announces mat II owns the Amer'-
can rights 10 three operas oy Claude De-
busy, La Chute de la Maison Usher.
lie Diable dams lie Belfroi' and L. Le-
eende de tristan. Among the ballets
winch VIII he given ny the company OF
!hess 'toppelia, the ballet from Yer
cl,,., and "a, ver's 81, rosa d,Amor."
,rory Inc pew ainyers are Marie
parri.ntos a we'll known snanish col.
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Most important among the engage
rents of men singers are Giuseppe de
Iuca, 4 noted Italian barytone, who
has appeared with success In Russia :
Elicomo Damacco, a lyric tenor fom-
rllio Malttesta, a bass, and Henri scott,
the American bass who sans FIRST with
Oscar Hammerstein. Other Americans
among the men singers are Paul Alt
house, Riccirdo Martin. Clarence White
hi. Basil Ruysdael, Arthur Middleton
and Herbert Witherspoon.
To he heard again this year are En-
rcO tdruSo, Luca Botta, EdOa rdO Fer