The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-23
MORE FRENCH SONG
IN COMING OPERA
Gatti.C asazza Adds Two Gallo
Pieces to Seasons List
Seeks Tenor.
NEW ARTISTS ENGAGED

The annual statement Of the Metro.
politsn Opera Company, containing the
names Of the important artists engaged
for next season. new operas that viii,
b produced and a general resume Of
the coming year. was issued yesterday
By Giulio Gatti-Casasza previous 10 his
departure for italy on Saturday.
Four operas new to New York are
promised and -four REVEALS will be made.
Six new artists-three Of them American
by bir,h-hsve been engaged and several
more or less important s~ubstitutions have
Been made IN the list Of singers who are
holding over from past seasons. All the
chief singers Of last year have been
reengagcd.
The sea son Of 1851 are "1phisenia In
Taurls." by Gluck. to be sung in Ger
man Francesca Ia Rimini." book by
Gabrielle d'Annunzio, music by II. Fan
donsi, to be sung in Italian The Cam
terpury Pilgrims' (hrst time on any
s,sge). book by Percy Mackaye, music
By Reginald be Koven to be Jung In
English Les Pecheurs de Peries." by
Biset. TO be suns in French.
Casts Not Yet Selected.
Among the REVEALS which Mr.. Gatti-
casaz.a said would positively be seen
Ar. M~assenets That's" Delibes's
"Lskme." Moxart's lie Nozze di Figaro
and Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'Amore." AL
though all Of the singers In the casts
for both the REVEALS and novelties have
not yet been chosen 1t Is practically GER
tain that Geraldine Farrar will appear
In That's and Enrico Caruso In
FL Elisir d'Amore." Beyond that Mr..
0atti could not indicate what would
be done.
The new artists who have been en-
gagged are Alice Eversman, American
soprano, lately OF the Karlsruhe Opera
House. who has studied under Sabatini
In Milan and Emma Thursby in New
York Odette lie Fontenay. Franco
American soprano, who has studied
under Jean de Reszke and appeared at
Covent Garden and at the Paris Opera
Comiaue Marie Sundelius. Swedish
American Soprano. a concert singer
Kathleen Howard. formerly of the Cen.
fury Opera Company; Paul Bender.
bass-barytone Of the Royal Theatre,
Munich. and Paul Ffsler. who takes the
position OF one OF the assistant con.
doctors.
some OF the artists who were mem-
bers Of the company last season. but
whose contracts have either expired or
Who have not been reengaged. are Ida
Cajatti. Julia Heinrich. Helen Warrum.
Erma Zarska. Giacomo Damacco. Maria
puchene and Herbert Witherspoon
0aetano Bavagnoli r~elinauishes the post
Of second Italian conductor in favor Of
Gennaro Papi. Giorgio Polacco and Ar
tur Bodanzky retain their respective
positions as chief conductors Of the
haitian and nrr,u nip1a ~ tha rnp,-
pany.
Nine. Schu M n n.Heink to Sing.
OF interest also is the announcement
that Ernestlne Schumann-Heink has
been retained for several special per
formances. probably in the annual pres
e~n'ation % Wagner's Ring cycle Last
season she sang but once. In "Siegfr!ed.'
No effort is being made to persuade Ar
turo Toscanini to return, II being gen
orally conceded useless to approach him
on the matter until after the war Is
over.
The announcement Of the addition Of
two new French operas to the repertoire
besides "Manon." Samson ct Dalila'
and Carmen" which have already fount
4 place, was considered yesterday a,
somewhat strengthening the French
wing. and was done TO meet certain
CTltlClSfns on tnlS SCOTe WHICH nave peer
given utterance in past years. "Lakme'
was sung here many years z witt
Marcella Sembrich. and THE Pear
Fishers was scheduled for production
last season.
II is not unlikely that when Mr.. Gatti
Casazza sails for Italy on the Lafayette
or saturday he will concern himsel
primarily in the engagement Of a notet
French tenor. In Paul Bende the man
agement believes 1t has made a rea
And Mr.. Bender is said to be par
t~icularly brilliant in the portrayal o
Hons Sachs In Die Meistersinger VOL
Nuremberg
OF the principal singers who have bee
reengaged may be mentioned Geraldin,
Farrar, Emmy Destinn, Frances Aida
Maria Barrientos, Lucrezia Bori, Johann,
Gadski. Melanie Kurt. Edith Mason an
Frieda Hempel among the sopranos
Sophie Braslau. Louise Homer. Mari
hatfield. Marguerite Ober and Margaret
Matzcnauer OF the contraltos: F.nric
Albert Reiss, Johannes Sembach an
Jacques Crlus OF the tenors Pasqual
Anato. Giuseppe De Luca. Otto Gorit,
Antonio Scott, Herman We'll and Clar
ance Whitehill OF the barytones. an
Carl Braun, Adamo Didur.L Leon Rothiei
Basil Ruysdael and Henri Scot OF tn
bassos.
In giving out the announcement Nj
Gatti-CasazZa took occasion to than
the board OF directors OF the oper
company for its support and espresso
thanks 10 the public for its past patron