The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-08

The opera, "LIncantesirno" (The
uled for the leading roles are Alext
itone; Vivian della Chiesa, soprano,
Montemezz's sixth opera, all Of
which have been presented in the
United States as well as In Italy.
The best known Is 'L'Amore del Ire
Re-" still frequently in the Metro
politan repertoire, which was first
given IN Milan In 1918.
The libretto Of the new opera Is
by Sem Benelli, Italian playwright,
who work provided tn plot for
"L'Amore del Ire Re-"
THE fall season Of the Ballet
Theater will open at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House on Oct. 10 and last
for four weeks, through Nov. Z, 1t
is announced by S. Hurok.
The season will introduce new
works by three photographers,
Leonide Massine, David Lichine
and Agnes de Mile, and will con-
tinue the policy Of appearances by
guest artists Vera Zorina, Argen-
tinita and Miss de Mile.
The new Massine ballet Is Made
moiselle Angot," set in Paris Of the
Offenbach period, with music ar
ranged by Efrem Kurtz from vari-
out operettas Of Alexander Lecocq.
Lifeline has devised q Russian spe-
tacle from Moussorgsky's opera
1.-THE Fair at Sorochinsk." A third
new work Is "Tally-HoI" o satiric
comedy choreographed by Agnes de
Mile UPON music by Gluck.
FORTUNE GALLO'S San Carlo
Opera Company will open an en-
gagement Of two weeks on Oct. Z
at the Broadway Theater in New
York, prior to its 33rd annual tour,
which will take 1t to most Of the
large cities In this country and
Canada, starting at the Boston
Opera. House in Boston.
The company will have 1875 sing
ers, musicians and dancers, whose
number will be augmented during
the Broadway engagement. The
repertoire, consisting Of u different
operas, includes nearly all the
standard favorites.
NEW recordings being scarce
these days pending settlement Of
the Petrillo beu. interest attaches
TO q Victor offe.1rg OF the SYM
phony," attributed to Beethoven.
The manuscript was discovered
In the University Of Jena archives
In 1909 by Prof. Fritz Stein. Its au-
thorship has not been fully anthem
ticated, although 1t Is generally ac-
cepted as a product Of the younger
Beethoven. Musicologists detect
strong similarities to the work Of
Haydn and Mozart, but all agree 1t
Is good music Of the late 18th cen
fury.
The recording by the Jansen
Symphony Of Los Angeles, con-
Quoted by Werner Jansen, is on
three 12-inch discs. It is intelligent
ly playedand acoustically excellent.
PUCCINTS "Girl Of the Golden
West" the operate melodrama Of
the California 49ers, Is being re-
vived by the San Francisco Opera
Company this month. It will be
heard in Sacramento on Oct. 8 and
in San Francisco on Oct. is, "a and
Nov. 3.
The principals will be Florence
Kirk, Frederick Jagel and Robert
Weede. When the opera was first
given at the Metropolitan in 1910,
Toscanini conducted and Caruso,
Emmy Destinn and Amato were in
the cast.
DIR. FRITZ REINER, who opens
his sixth season as conductor OF
the Pittsburgh Symphony on Nov
II, has just celebrated the 21st an
niversary Of his arrival in this coun-
try.
Long since an American citizen,
DR.. Reiner has been intimately con-
nected with the development Of
symphonic music and opera in this
country since his arrival in 1922 to
take over the Cincinnati Orchestra,
q post he held for nine years. He
has raised the Pittsburgh Symphony
to a high level since he became its
conductor, and his operate work
left q definite imprint in Philadel-
phia and San Francisco.
THE New York Philharmonic