The Washington times., 1922-10-10
TEUT0N REVIVAL
To MARK GRAND
OPERA SEASON
German Motifs and Prussian
Singers Feature Metropolitan
Winter Program.
BY WILLENE TAYLOR,

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-The Prus.
with the opening Of the Metropolitan
Grand Opera season Of 1922.23.
This revival Of German influence is
the most distinctive feature Of this
first Metropolitan season sans the
gorgeous Geraldine Farrar. and the
second season without Enrico
Caruso.
The winter promises sensations.
With Marie Jeritza, the Viennese
beauty, returning to defend her
triumphs of last year, two new
Teutonic sopranos make their debut
In American opera. They are Bar
bara Kemp from Berlin and Della
Reinhard from Munich. both reputed
to possess unusually splendid oper.
attic talents. There is also a contralto
from Munich, Sigrid Onegin.
Out of two new operas for the sea.
son. one Is German, and out Of six
revivals. two are German. Mona
Liza" is the German opera. which
has never been given in America be-
fore. 1t is a poem by Beatrice Dow.
sky, music by Max Schillings, which
has acquired great popularity during
recent years in German and Austrian
theaters. The two German revivals,
which have not been heard here in
many years. are "Tannhauser," by
Richard Wagner, and "Rosenkava-
lier." by Richard Strauss. Then, OF
course, there are other German
operas in the regular repertoire for
the company.
"The German influence consti.
tutes the distinction in this years
novelties and revivals," said William
Guard. representative Of Giulio
Gatti .CasazZa, for fifteen years the
general manager Of the company.
las usual. Mr.. Gatti-CasaZZa has
spent the summer in Europe. select
ing the cream of the voices there.
Amy European singer will plead
to come to America. They, like the
other artists in Europe, are starving.
and are only waiting for the chance
to come to America for the dollars
here. Yes, opera stars, too, seek our
dollars. In a town in Germany. 1
heard a great singer perform fo-
300. 900 marks an evening. An or.
chestra performed for whole
month-month. thirty nights-for the
same amount, 100000 marks. which
at the rate of exchange would mean
practically nothing. America has
the best opera in the world. because
she can afford to patronize the
artists"
binoculars from the famous
Golden Horseshoe to the Family
Circle will be centered on the fol-
lowing novelties and revivals this
season beside those mentioned: Nov.
elty-"Anima Allegra." in Italian;
"Libretto," by Giuseppe Adami.
taken from the comedy by Franco
Nittadini, which has had a brilliant
success in European cities. Re.
vivals-"Romeo and Juliette." in
French. by Charles Gounod: "Thais."
In French. by Jules Massenet:
"Guglielmo Tell" in Italian, by
ioachino Rossini, which has
not been heard in more than
twenty years. at least, here; "L'Afri.
caine," in Italian, by Giacomo Myer-
berg.
Season Starts November 13.
The season will begin November
13 and last twenty-three weeks
There will be special matinee per.
formanCes Of novelties. Mcssrs Ar
tur BodanZlly. Roberta MoranZoni,
Gennaro Papi and Louis Hassel-
mans will conduct the orchestra
Miss Rosina Cali remains as pre-.
miere danseuse. A new stage di.
rector will be Wilhelm Won Wymetal.
eminent director of the Vienna state
opera.
From Russia two promising women
artists come, by the names of Thalia
Sabanieva and Ina Bourskaya But
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from the stage Of the Metropolitan
Opera House, our own hinterlan nds
will not be slighted. One Of the
most attractive new soprano is
Laura Robertson from Mexico, Mis-
souri,.
The San Carlo grand opera com.
pany, under the direction Of Fortune
Gallo. will remain here one more
week before 1t tours the country,
making all important cities from
Boston to Los Angeles. The operas
In their repertoire include Aida"
"Tosca," "Rigolette," Martha, :"
Carmen" Madame Butterfly
"Lohengrin." I'll Trovatore."
Tamaki Mura, the japanese prima
donna, is-with the latter company.
New Sopranos.
The Metropolitan Grand Opera
season, with it's revised list of artists
and operas. will offer these new so.
prano singers:
Barbara Kemp. Queena Mario,
Della Reinhard, Elizabeth Rethbers,
Laura Robertson. Thalia Sabanieva,
Selma Segall, Lucille Taylor and
Muriel Tindal.
New mezzo.sopranos and contraltos
are: Ina Bourskaya and Sigrid One.
gin.
New tenors are Edward Johnson,
Giacomo Lauri.Nolpi, Emile Rous.
seau, Curt Taucher and Armad
Tokatyan.
New bassos are Paul Bender,
and Gustav SchutZendorf