The sun., 1919-04-15
CARUSO IN CARMEN
AT METROPOLITAN
His Final Appearance for the
Season in Don Jose Role
Draws Big Audience.
SOCIETY FOLK IN BOXES
Miss Farrar, Mr.. Whitehill,
Nine. Sundelius and Mr..
R0thier in Cast.

Carmen" was given for the ANAL
time this season at the Metropolitan
Opera House last evening. The per-
Torrance had especial interest in the
temperance OF Mr.. Caruso ne Don Jose.
He had not SUNG the part for a long
time, and OF course there was an audi
ence which made the walls OF the house
bulge. The other principals were Miss
Farrar a. Carmen, Mr.. whitehill as Es-
comtllo. Nine. Sundelius as Mtcacla and
Mr. Rothier as Esnioo.
Mr.. Caruso's Don Jose Is we'll con-
ceived and IN many OF its details well
carried out, but In the department of
style 1t is defective. In the famous
flower song. for example. he sang with
srdor and with q fne display OF feeling,
but some phrases suffered greatly from
his imperfect treatment Of French and
from vicious vocal attack. caused prob
ably by the difficulty OF the language.
But In all tho more vigorous passages
tho robust method which has character
lied his singing In recent years wac
quito In place and had dramatic effec-
tiveness.
Miss Farrar's Carmen was neither
vocally brilliant nor histrionically dis
tinguished last evening. but the gypsy
was good to see. Mr.. whitehili's Es-
S"HtbsV "dS perSOn OF SERIOUS mlen
and much dignity. There was not much
evidence Of the dashing quality of the
celebrated bull fighter. Nine. Sundelius
was a good Mtcdelo. The performance
Is q whole was praiseworthy but not
as important as the cast promised. Mr..
Monteux conducted with due regard to
tho requirements Of the singers.
The nrst night OF the final srbscrip-
ton OF opera week brought out q repre-
sentative audience to the opera house.
Mrs vanderbilt's guests included Mr..
and Mrs. James Lowell Putnam, Mrs J.
Russell Solely. Benjamin s. weiles and
e. Shepherd.
Mrs. whitney Warren. Miss Louise
Sands. J. Coleman Drayton and Ed
ward j. Berwind were with Mrs. Rich
ard Gambrill.
Mrs. Frederick Pearson, Mrs. Charles
A. Childs. Alexander II. MADDEN and
Frederick II. Baldwin were with Mrs.
Hamilton NICK. Twombiy.
The guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Clews were Cora Countess Of STAFFORD,
Mrs. John r. Drexel, Stanley Mortimer
and w. Hude Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brown Potter
and Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt were
with Mrs. w. Seward Webb. Mrs Harry
Payne Whitney and Mrs. Payne Whitney
were In their accustomed box.
Mrs. ooelet's guests included Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Horace Gallatin, Mrs. Edward r
Stettinius, Major F. L. v. Hoppin and
Nelson O'Shaughne ssey.
Mr.. and Mrs F. Gray Griswold and
Mrs. William II. Croker were with Mrs.
Edmund L. Bayiies.
Mrs. Dominica Da Cana was with
Mr. and Mrs. Ebert H. Gary. The
Duchess de Chaulnes was with Mrs.
Edward N. BreitunS.
There were also In the audience the
Countess dc Jamilhac Mrs William Dis
ston. Mrs. John Wanamaker, Jr., Mr..
and Mrs. winthrop W. Aldrich, Miss
Martha McCook, Mr.. and Mrs. James c.
Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald y. Rives,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Mcneil Bacon. Miss
Isabel stettinius, Mrs. John Sanford,
Mrs. w. Bourke Cochran, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry NJ T1lford. Miss Annette Tilford.
Mr. and Mrs. f. Hayward Ferry. Mrs.
Adolf Ladenburg, Mr.. and Mrs. Eben
Stevens. Mrs j. Ellis Fisher, Mr.. and
Mrs J. LenoK Banks, Jr.. Andrew A.
Biboy. Shipley Jones. r. Thornton Will
son and MAJOR q. Creighton Webb.