The New York herald., 1921-10-02
Manhattan Operas
This Week Include
TwOGernan Works
'Hansel and Gretel' to Be Sung
Wednesday for Children's
Country Fund.

Tho San Carlo Grand Opera Com
pany announces for its second week of
the Manhattan an entire change Of pro-
gramme. with the exception Of "Aida."
which will be repeated next Saturday
night with Nine. Rappold In the title
role.
Two German operas are included in
the repertoire for the week-"Hansel
and Gretel' on Wednesday afternoon,
and "Lohengrin' on Friday evening.
The "Hansel and Gretel" performance
will be for the benefit of the ChiIdren's
Country Fund and sung by a special
cast headed by Dora de Philippe and
Elinor Mario. Henry Hadley will con-
duct. In addition to the opera Sylvia
Tell, the prima ballerina. will head a
ballet composed Of 100 children.
For Monday evening there will be the
double bill, ''Cavalleria Rusticanna" and
"Pagliacci." The cast for the first will
include Blanca Saroya. Anita Klinova,
Gaetano Tommasini and I rigi Dale
Molle. In Pagliacci Miss Sofia Charlie
bois will make her debut as Nedda, with
Tommasini as Cdnto.
Tuesday bill. with Coralo, Roger. De
Biasi and Cervi with Papalardo on the
conductors stand.
Elizabeth Amsden will make her first
appearance with the San Carlo organi-
zation after two years absence In Italy
In La Gioconda" on Wednesday eve
ming. in which Frascani. Paggi, Tom
masini. Roger and De Blast will be
heard.
Josephine Lucchese will sing In la
Traviata" on Thursday evening. when
Salvatore Sciaretti will make his debut
with the San Carlo Company In the role
Of Alfredo. The remainder of the cast
includes Klinova, Viviano and Cervi.
For the performance Of "Lohengrin,"
which will be given for the first time
on Friday night Nine. Eleanora de Cis-
neros has been engaged to sing the role
of Orternd. Others In the cast will be
Anna Fitziu. Boscaccl. Mari and De
Biasi, with Henry Hadley as conductor.
The Saturday matinee offering will
be Tales Of Hoffman," with Lucchese.
Kettle. Paggi, Boscacci, Royer, De Biasi
and Cervi prominent In the cast and
Papalardo conducting
Josef Stransky. the Philharmonic con-
ductor. has returned from Europe for
the Philharmonic rehearsals preliminary
to the opening concert of the society's
New York season, which will take place
at Carnegie Hall on Thursday evening,
october 27. The rehearsals will begin
early In the month and two concerts IN
the regular subscription series will he
given In the opening week, one on Thury-
day e-sning and the second on Friday
-<.-rnoon. October 2s. The soloists who
viii appear at thes esPhilharmonic concerts
include favorites of previous seasons and
several who will play to Philharmonic
audiences for the first time. Those an
nounced are Fritz Kreisler, Rachmani-
non, Paul kochanslsi, Schmuller. Eri!sa
Morini. Bronislaw Huberman, ELY Ncy,
Harold Bauer. John Powell and Percy
Granger.
Stransky. Mengelberg. Bodanzly and
Hadley will direct the Philharmonic per-
fornances. Stransky giving his pro-
grammes at the Carnegie Hall and
Brooklyn concerts In the first par: of
the season. with Henry Hadley as the
society's associate conductor; Mengel-
berg will conduct at the same places for
the latter part of the season, and IN ad-
dition will divide the direction of twelve
concerts at the Metropolitan Opcra
House with Artur Bodanzky commencing
January 81. Seats for the Metropolitan
series may be procured now at the Phil
harmonic office at Carnegie Hail. Alto
gether the Philharmonic will give sky
eight subscription concerts In Creator
New York in the season.
Walter Damrosch, who will revive his
explanatory recitals at the piano on
Richard Wagner's Nibelungen Triog,-
In series of five Sunday afternoons 10
be given In Aeollan Hail. the fret OF
which Is announced for October ~, says