Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-19
WAGNER|AN OPERAS
AGAIN HEAD LIST
Metropolitan Season Marked
by Restoration of German
to High Place.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April 1S.-Richard
Wagner again is enthroned king in
the hearts of New York opera goera
For the first time since the war the
works of the German master dur
ing the season of 1924-25 led all others
in number of performances by the
Metropolitan Opera Company, sup
planting the Italians, who had reigned
since 1917.
The Metropolitan closed tonight
with III Trovatore," a record sea-
son in point of attendance A review
shows there were lie opera perform
ances in the Metropolitan Opera
House and AZ outside of New York, in
Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Atlanta,
Cleveland and Rochester.
Announcement came today from the
Office of Giulio Gatti-Casazza, i'm
presario of the Metropolitan, that
Nine. Marie Jeritza, the company's
brilliant Viennese soprano, had signed
contract to sing with the Metro
politan for "at least two more years"
Nine. Jeritza, one of the company's
stars since 1921, sailed today for
Europe with her husband, Baron
Leopold Won Poppei, without commit
ting herself on this point, but assert
ing that she would return to America
in September.
Nine Wagner Works Sung.
his operas, including a revival of the
Ring" presented a total of 80 times.
seven more times than the Italian of
Verdi was heard from the Metropoli-
tan stage. 'Lohengrin'' led in the
Wagnerian score with six perform
ances, followed by "Tannhauser" and
Die Meistersinger, with five each
Strauss, Janecke and Weber were the
only other composers of operas sung
in German, making total of A per-
formances of II operas in the German
list.
The combined number of Italian
performances continued to outnum-
Der those of the German, with 100
presentations of % different operas,
the ever-popular Verdi leading with
25 renditions. Nine operas were sung
in French a total of 80 times
Stravinsky's "Petrushka' was the
only ballet given.
Verdi Leads on Road.
On the road, the Verdi operas con-
tinued to dispute Wagner's ascend
ancy, being given nine times to eight
for the German masters works.
Aida" and "Pagliaccio'' shared
first place in the New York season
with eight presentations. Janeck's
"Janufa" with Nine. Marie Jeritza in
the title role. was added to the roper
toire, an experiment which critics re-
ceived coldly. Other additions were
Verdis "Falstaff" and de Bussys
"Pelleas at Melisande."
The company had more than it's
usual share of accident and Illness
Typhoid fever in January deprived it
of the services of it's tenor, Giovanni
Martinelli. The debut of Nine Nan
ME Larsen-Todsen, a newcomer from
Sweden, had to be postponed in Janu-
airy, when a horse stepped on her
foot during a Wagnerian rehearsal.
Curt Tauchere, the German tenor,
who suffered from the strenuousness
of Wagner, when he fell on the stage
one night in March, broke two fingers
and sprained both hands, but con-
tinued to fill the title role in "Sieg-
fried
A furry was caused in midseason
by rumors of artistic discord between
Nine. Jeritza and Benianimo Gigli,
the Italian tenor, with whom she ap-
peared in 'Tosca," it being reported
that the Viennese songbird had con-
cluded one of her performances in
tears. Official denials, however were
given to rumors that Nine. Jeritza
had refused to appear again.