BOSTON OPERA HOUSE 
‘he fifth season of the Boston 
Dpera Company will be ushered in at 
¢ Boston Opera House on Monday 
t, Nov. 24, the initial offering be- 
“The Jewels of the Madonna.” 
Wolf-Fennari opera achieved the 
yest success among the | many 
alties put forward last year, and 
seven performances were not 
gh to state the desire of Boston 
goers, for at its final hearing on 
last night of the season a capacity 
lence remined to applaud the 
ists long after the last curtain had 
ys the most important event of 
social year and the ultra-fashion- 
audience which never fails to fill 
try box and orchestra chair and 
flows into the balconies, demands 
at some of its own glory shall be 
lected behind the footlights. With 
spectacular scenes, its series of 
lant pictures of Neapolitan life, 
melodious score, and a cast which 
ts almost the entire strength of 
Italian section of the organiza- 
“The Jewels’ meets every re- 
ement, and therefore its choice 
‘the premiere seems a most happy 
A 
Ve 
ew interest will be lent the pro- 
ion this season by the appearance 
a cast virtually new. Aside 
1 Mme. Edvina, whose Maliella 
one of her most pronounced 
nphs, ia new voice will be heard 
ost every part. ‘Tihere wil be 
D’Alvarez, a contralto whose 
is one of the most glorious of 
time, as Carmela; Mme. Heliane, 
ing soprano who has sung every- 
ane in Europe, as Stella; Edoardo 
rari-Fontana, the new . principal 
tenor of the company, as Gen- 
; and Mario Ancona, one of the 
famous of Italian batitones, as. 
aele. For the first time, Ro- 
> Monanzoni, the Italian conduct- 
direct; the performance. 
tthe remainder of the week the 
Oire is sufficiently varied to ap- 
to all tastes, and the casts vie 
each other in brilliancy of en- 
ble. On Wednesday night “Faust”’ 
| be sung with Mme. Edvina as 
arguerite for the first time in Bos- 
n. In the title part, Lucien Mura- 
e, the foremost French tenor of 
y, will make this American 
ratic debut. ‘The Mephisto will be 
| Ludikar, a Russian. bass, also 
to Boston; and Mr. Ancona will 
ir again as Valentin. Siebel and 
tthe will be sung by’Mmes. Jeska 
fartz-Morse and Elvira ~Leveroni. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Edouard Tournon, a new conductor 
who comes from the Paris opera, will 
direct. ; 
Friday night’s performance will Le 
notable in that it will britig Miss 
Garden in “Tosca,” a role in which 
she fairly electrified her audiences 
last season. Associated with her wil! 
be Vanni Marcoux as Searpia, and 
Giovanni Martinelli, who as Cavara- 
dossi will be the third famous tenor 
to sing tthe first week. Mr. Moran- 
zoni will conduct, 
Earlier than in any previous season, 
the German repertoire will be drawn 
upon, as ‘Tristan und Isolde” is an- 
nounced for Saturday afternoon. 
Mr, Ferrari-Fontana and his wife 
Margarete Matzenauer will assume 
the principal roles. Mme. Matzenauer, 
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Mr. Tudikar will sing King Marke, 
and Andre-Caplet will conduct for 
the first time this season. Aa 
The Saturday evening series of 
.popular performances will begin with 
a presentation of “‘Lucia di Lammer- 
moor,” in which Mme. Evelyn Scot- 
ney and Vincenzo Tanlongo, a fourth 
new ‘tenor, will be the featured artists. 
Ralph Lyford will conduct. 
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