The New York herald., 1922-09-03
NewYorkSymphony
Promises Novelty
for New Season
Walter Damrosch to Present
Saint-Saens's Carnival Of
the Animals
w TALTER DAMRoSCH, conduc-
M tor Of the New York SYM

TT TALTER DAMRosCH, conduc-
M tor of the New York SYM
! phony Orchestra, will open the
new season Sunday afternoon, Octo-
ber 20, in Aeolian Hall, with the first
production in New York OF Saint
Saens's Carnival of the Animals"
The work will have Its American pre-
mier a week previously In Washington.
The late Camille Saint-Saens COM
posed the Carnival Of Animals in 1886
and It remained in manuscript until his
will provided for its public performance.
Mr.. Damrosch, who came to town
| few days ago from Bar Harbor. where
he has been completing his memoirs.
said concerning the Saint-Saens work
1.-The Carnival OF Animals is a
| highly amusing and original compost
tion which characterizes the various ami
mails such as hens and rosters. turtles,
the elephant, kangaroo. tho cuckoo. the
swan. &C. Throughout its fourteen parts
the composer perpetrates musical jokes
by introducing and developing themes
| from his own works and those of other
composers"
The New York symphony Orchestra
| for the coming season will be under the
direction of Mr.. Damrosch and guest
conductors, Albert Coates and Bruno
Walter. Mr.. Damrosch will conduct
eight pairs Of the Carnegie Hall series
of twelve Thursday afternoon and Fri
day evening concerts. Out of the six
teen Sunday afternoons in Aeoiian Hall
Mr.. Damrosch will direct ten. He will
i oil fn,, Cat,
day morning concerts In Aeolian Hall.
four out of the six of the Young Peo-
ple's concerts Saturday afternoons in
Carnegie Hall and five concerts in
Brooklyn.
Mr.. Coates has been assigned five
concerts in the Aeolian Hall Sunday
Afternoon series. three pairs of Carnegie
Hall concerts and one each In the Young
Peoples series and Brooklyn series
Mr.. Walter. who will make his first
appearance in New York. will have the
direction of one pair OF concerts in Car
negie Hall and one Sunday afternoon
In Aeolian Hall. Mr.. Walter was born
In Berlin in 1876 and first served as
conductor at Cologne. Hamburg. Bres.
lau, Presburg. Riga and Berlin. In 1901
he became conductor OF the court opera
In Vienna, at which post he remained
for twelve years.
The Ukrainian Chorus under AIex-
| ander Koshetz. conductor, which Max
Rabinoff has brought to America. will
| give Its opening concert at Carnegie
Hall on October s. The concerts will
be divided into two parts-with the
unique art and new music Of the
Ukrainian National Chorus In its music
| OF the Ukraine formerly Little Russia) !:
1 rat
| opera arias and songs OF Great
sla, given by two alternating artists OF
the opera In Russia, Mile. Oda Slo-
bodskaja and Nine. Nina Koshetz.
Mime. Marguerite sylvia will open the
EURO Opera Company's season on Mon
day evening. September IL. at the
Brooklyn Academy OF Music by singing
the title role in Bizet's Carmen" II
will be the three hundred and sixty
seventh time she has sung the part.
Mr.. EURO announces that the follow
ing artists will form the company:
Sopranos--Ducy Gates. Edith de Jys.
Malvina Passmore. Grace Bowman and
Miriam Lax.
Mezzo- sopranos and Contraltos--Mar-
gucrite sylvia, Arabelle Merafield. Doro-
try Pilzer and Elinor Mario.
Tenors--Leonardo del Credo, Rug
giero Baldrich, Ralph Errolle. Giovanni
Diaz and Amadeo Bald.
Barytones-Robert Ringing. Augusta
Ordognez, Giuseppe Interrante. Richard
Bonelli and Vito Moscato.
Bassos--Lorenzo Bozzano, Fred Pat
ton and Luigi Dale Molle.
Stage Manager--Alexander Puglia.
Ballet Misstress--Nina Piccolati.
Hugo Riesenfeld. conductor and direc-
tor of the Rialto. Rivoli and Criterion
theaters, win conduct several OF the per-
formances. the others being directed by
Mr.. EURO.
Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt. who Is
booked for n long tour this season un-
der the direction OF the Supreme Con-
cert Management. of which III. II. Nagler
is manager, is scheduled TO depart for
Europe next spring. where a series Of
concerts has been arranged This will
be Cantor Rosenblatt's first visit to his
homo since he came 70 this country, ten
years ago.