New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

little commonplace home in St. Etienne
y central France; thsn visiting Du-
ffSSne's apartment in Paris to discover
whether OF not the report is true that
she has rival, only to have her heart
Almost broken and her cherished illu-
sions cr4elly dissipated when she learns
from Toto, the little daughter. that The
man she had hoped to claim as hers
alone and whose love was to rAdesm
her past legally belonged to another
this Zaza of the opera must suffer
even bitterer anguish when she bows
before Dufresne's rage on learning Of
h?r visit to his house, and finally sees
him depart, never to return. The
epsfa, unlike the play which sent her
back to her old life, leaves the prob
lem Of the heroine's future unsolved.
The preparation Of the opera has
been ent6fed into with interest and
enthusiAsm on the part Of tht artists
and AL Others involved in. the produe-
ton. from Miss Farar and Mr.. Gstti-
.Castzza down. to property men, stage
hands and call boys. Miss TArrat has
aviilAd herself Of the kind Offices 81
Mr.. Belasc6, who has put at her dis
posal all his experience a. the pro.
dpear Of the original play. The role
OF the lov6r--a very human on4-will
be- played by Giulio CriMi, while that
OF Cascsrt, q typical ThAspian Of the
old school professional but tender
hearted. the man who rescued Zaza
quired, but whom she ahAndons when
DuQuesne comes into her life, will be
played by Pasquale AmAto. In the
PelAscc play Charles A. Stevenson was
the sweetheart and Mark Smith the
vaudeville partner"
Another important role il that Of
Zaza's rnbicund, laehrymose, tippling
nother-herself in her day "bur-
lesque" actress-which will Be sung by
Miss Kathleen Howard. A Toto has
been provided in the little Italian child
from Boston, Ada Quintina, who one
Of the chorus recently adopted after
her father had been killed on the
the Piave and her delicate mother had
died Of pneumonia.
Others in the cast will be Miss Cecil
Arden as Nine. Dufresne; Miss Frances
Ingram as Floriana, 4 concert hall rival
Of Zaza; Miss Minnie Eg4ner as Ma
tali&, zazA's maid; ANGELO Bada ax
CAantant; Paolo Ananian as Lartigon,
q rncnolotuist; Milo Picco and Mario
laurent as Busy and Michelin, two
Newspaper men; Pompilio MalatestA as
Duclou, the stage manager; Giordano
Marco; Pietro Audisio as Auxuste, !.
waiter, and Vincenzo Reschiglian as
Courtois, q CATS hahituk.
Leoncavallo composed the opera
eight years after "Patliacci" 1t had
its premiere At Milan in 1900--not at
the Scala but at one Of the smaller
opera houses Of the Italian metropolis,
the Lirico. Toscanini rehearsed and
conducted the work, which means that
the orchestral score was trimmed and
touched up BY hs hs.d Ta: snss:..
chic "creatsd" the title r6le.
Other operas Of the week will be:
"Mart..' to.morrox evening; With
Caruso. de- Luca, MalatsAta. d'Anselo
and Reschislian. Mr.. Bodanzky will
conduct.
"L'Amore del tire Re-" Wednesday
evening, with Mines. Muzio, Mellish,
Tiffany, Berat and Marsh and Messrs.
Martinelli, AmAto, Mardones, Paltri-
nieri and Audisio. Mr.. Meranzoni will
conduct.
"Manon Lescaut," Thursday evening,
with Mines. Aida and Ingram and
Messrs. Caruso, Scotti, de Segurola,
laurent. Resehiglian. Audisio, FPaltri,
nieri and d'Antelo. Mr.. PApi will con-
duet.
"Ths Blue Bird" will be tho weeks
Saturday matinee opera, with the orig
inal east.
LA Bohams." on Saturday evening
at popular prices, With Mines. Aida and
Sundelius and Messrs. Harold, de
Luca, de Segurpla. MalatestA. Picco,
Resehixlian and Audisio. Mr.. PApi will
conduct