The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-12
Carmen to Open
opera Season at
the Manhattan
Gan Carlo Company Also WIN
Give Iohengrin' In
Italian.

v0runs dAllo viii brIng his San Carlo
o,,nd opera Company TO oscar Ham
,a,r,t.Ins Manhattan Opera House
.,,E from tomorrow night and start n
..on ot four weeks OF operate reviy-
=, and some novelties with n perform
wv. ., Carmen" In French, Eugenio
c,,,uI Slll make hiA deput here as DOa
n,, Miss Alice Gentle will he the Car
Mas Madeleine Kettle the MieaeIa
M'a' Mario vale the Esoamulo,
H"o p, friday night OF his opening week
I,,' nslIo will offer n novelty In "Lohen-
Ml - M Italian, with Mlaa Anna Fit.W
Hwr r,,o The others In the cast will ",
a,ssope Agoatinl Lohsn0riHi Mario
v.iI" TfIrdmuHd; Pietro DE Biaal, the
y,ao l Miss Stella Do Mette Ortrid and
Manuel Perez the Herald,
other performances the opening week
iii be 'nlgostto," Tuesday, with dlu-
','ns corallo 40 the Dukei vlnoente
a,laster "A RIOoleitoi Misa Lydia Lip
t"wSka as Gllda and Pletro Do BiAsl a.
.,orotuclls, "Tosoa," Wednesday. with
wss psttIna Freeman In the title role,
vngsnlo Clbelll az Mario, Mario Vale as
s,a,ola and Natalie Cervi as the HdONs-
"n '"Alda" Thursday, with Mime, Mario
p,nbold In the title role Miss Stella DE
W,,ts AmueriSi Manuel Snlazar. Rad
sss, Mario Valle Ii AmOHdSro, Ma
ele CeryI 40 the King, and Piotro DE
p,asI as tho HIGH PrieSi, Saturday natl
',e madame Butterfly" with Mlas No
buko lfara, a Japanese soprano, making
S,J debut here 40 ono Cho San Miss
Nav Barron as surNki, Giuseppe Corallo
a. Piuksrion, and Mario Vale a. sharp
p,, and Saturday night III Travatore," "
wlth Manuel SalAHAr aS Mdnrteo ana
Miss Stella De Mette ~ AsuooNd.
on the ballet Miss Sylvia Toll will he
pfsmiere dRnsNuse Gaetano Msrolh ana
rllstnsIo Guerrlerl will share the con-
dnctora desk. The latter viii conduct
lhe revival Of "l,ohenGrin."
Glorglo Polscco. who used TO he n
oonductor at the Metropolitan Opera
House r. engaged on project 10 form
a grand opera company for San Fran
cisco, and In his behalf an announcement
haI been made that four-flfths OF the
money TO make the project possible has
been subsrlihed
Walter Damrosch. conductor OF the
New York Symphony Orchestra, VIII
sail from Europe September II on board
me Lafayette. Since the tour OF Eu-
rope Of the orchestra the conductor has
been spending his time at Etretat'
France.
Mr. Damrosch has obtained for first
performance IN New York the new Leo
sowerby concerto In r major for piano
with orchestra. II will be given by the
New York Symphony Orchestra early
in the season with u. Robert SchmitS aE
the sololst. The concerto In In three
parts, The first IL n movement IN fast
marching time The aecOnd In a fan
tasy, marked by the composer TO be
played whimsically and In medltative
mood. The last movement iE n martial
and rhythmic march. Leo SowerOy Ia
an American. born twenty-five years
ago In Grand Rapids, Mich. He has
accomplished all his musical studies In
the United States. Two years ago Mr..
Damrosoh presented In New York for
The first time the Sowerby overture en-
titled Comes Autumn Time" Mr.,
sowerby was then serving with the 3J-d
Field Artillery.
A former resident ot PetroRrad and
refugee from the reign Of terror In Rus
sla" has made n request to the SYM
phony Society that Albert Coates, the
British conductor, who will be the guest
of the New York Symphony Orchestra
next December include In ono OF his
programmes the TschAikowsly PA
thetiaus" symphony
Besldes the two British programmes
which Mr.. Coates will conduct at Car
negle an part OF the Damrosch historical
eycle tho guest conductor is also sched-
Med 10 direct n single concert at Aeolian
Hall
The last time heard the 'Pathetique'
VAS in Petrogrnd," writes this refugee
from Russia. ALBERT Coates was the
conductor, and the concert was given on
the same day that my country was be-
trayed at Brest -bltovsk Coates, al
though an Bngllshmen by birth. had
lied In RuFsia 80 long that none better
than he could feel the tragedy OF It all.
Such melancholy, such sadness was put
into the Tsohaikowshy music that the
audience wspt. Coates, It seemed, was
appointed TO interpret the terrible mo-
ment / swore never wanted to hear
the PAthetique' again, but like one who
is inpellSd to return 10 the scenes OF
sorrow l make this request"
In answer 10 letter from George
Engles Mr., Coates writes from Lago
Maggione: ~ remember the concert to
which you refer. There was shooting
In thn atrnata md ramamhar haa rims