The sun., 1919-04-20

house.
The story OF the failure Of all DELI
cate creations Is TO be told by the peo-
lie who have never been able really 10
become acquainted with them at such
distances. But let the figures have
their opportunity:
Operas In italian.
VERDI. DoNIzETTI.
Aida .................. SlII Elisir d'Amore. -.
Ia Irsviata........... 8 La Figlia del Reg
y Trovatore......... gimento ............
la Fora del Des,ino 6 Gicor ........... .. !
Total pt jii''' T 2hosdxv,x Alto: 10
la Bohenle. 6iPagliacci .............
Madame Butterfly. RoSsINI.
Toscs ................. 6 II Barbiere di ST.
Il 'T Tabai4 escaa'., S'Esit ossTEMEzzi.
,iianni srbicchi.. 49,. SIL Amors del ire Re. Z
Suor Anselea......J LEoNI.
Total ....,..........a 0r'f Fforow.
I.odoleit ia'. H,.......... N@' RioCi.
'.la'e'a "'''Fa"a oF' HoGsso a ssRir'
Total ............... sIBoris Godunoff ......
Operas In French.
GoUNoD sAINT.sAENs.
Mr r .....:. S'" SEYERbG a''
lie Pronhste
Total ................io LEROUX.
carmen DlzrT L hi SfG; v EseSssis'
RABAUD. OFF.
MAssENET.. So
Thais ..................
Operas In English.
CADMAN. HUGO
BREI1. WEBER.
The legend. tOberon ...............
Ballet.
sTRAyINsKY VERDI
pefroushka .,......... Requiem hass..... !
Thirty-seven different operas at the
Metropolitan Opera House ctwenty-
four In Italian. nine in French and
four II Englisi1). This includes nine
double bills. two triple bills and two
benefit performances consisting Of
three acts from different operas and a
ballet. The double bills were:
Cnvale-ia Rnsiiconn and Pasiiacri....... Z
y.or"oolo and Psgliaoc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
pagliacci and petroushks ............,:....... !
Crisrino Ia Comare and Petroushka..... !
Iodolettn and Petroushks ;;.....;o.....
Cav2lleria Rusticana and lie Goa Cor.
Ia Traviata and oushl.s................
J'Oracolo and Le Goa d'Or.
N'rellle and Petroushka. ......".............. !
Total Observation-Disclosures. n
The triple bills were:
Tn~ Legend. The Temple Dancer and
r Tabarrc. suor Angelica and Gianri
schicchi ...'......'...'.'....'..''.
Total .............................
Operas in Brooklyn (ten perform
ances)-Madame Butterfly. La Travi-
ala, Mar3uf Aida, Faust. That's. Girls
plno Ia Comare. Cavalleria Rusti-
cana and LIE Cog dor. Boris Godun-
~, La Fora del Destino.
Operas IN Philadelphia (sixteen per-
mances)-Marouf. L'Elisir d'Amore
Tosca. Cavallerla Rusticana and Pagli
acci, II Taoarro. Suor Angelica and
Ganni Schicchi. Aida, Samson ct Da-
lila, II Barbiere di Sivlglia, Madame
butterfly. II Trovatore, La Boheme
la Refine Fiammette, La Fora de-
Destino. Lahore del Tire Re, Rigo-
letto. Faust.
The leaders in the local list, as car
he noted are Aida" and MADAME
BUTTERFLY with eight performance!
each. This number was attained by
the inclusion OF extra performances
The vogue OF neither can be attributed
70 Mr.. Caruso, since he was not in tn,
cast OF Puccini's opera at any time thi!
season, and his RhadGmes has become
one of the rarities Of the time. or tn,
works in which the famous tenor sing
ia Fora del Destino," lie Prophetic
and the inevitable "PagliaccI'' leao
with six representations each. Othel
works having six presentations to thei
credit are "Boheme," the Prlccini triad
"Faust" and "Oberon."
Nine composers, seven French (class
Ing Meyerbeer az of the Gallo SCHOOL,
three Russians, three Americans, on
4 ...l 4.
the list. AS noted last Sunday tn
Teutonic writer's were In disguise
I'lotow in italian and Weber in Eng
lish. This fact suggested discussion
os the Wagner question. Should w
return to performances of the work
of this German master"
The writer expressed his opinion tina
such O return could be made whel
public feeling would permit It and tina
II would then be imperative 10 give III
dramas in English and with singer
selected from the ranks of the allie
nations. Al this point enters the i'm
portant consideration OF practicability
II is quite easy for the opera goer Z
say Let us have 'Parsifal In Englis
next season or Tristan and Isolde o
both" But the matter cannot be dis
posed OF by fiat,
The impressario must organize hi
company with a view to his repertory
In the present company at the Metro
politan there are several America
gngers who have earned distinctio
IN the Wagnerian drama. How man
of them know any Wagnerian role 4
English? That difficulty can be me
Lei them occupy some OF the summe
IN the study of the English text. Bu
when the English speaking member
of the company have been counte
where are the others?
Take "Parsifal' for instance. TIL
chief obstacle 10 be overcome in re
storing that work to the list Is tn
want OF a competent imperonator 9