Abstract

Music

Three new operas have been submitted to the judgment of professionals and music lovers The Metropolitan Opera House purchased the right for the world-premiere of "Il Tabarro," "Suor Angelica," and "Gianni Schicchi," and, as each is in one act only, the three were performed there on the same evening, last Saturday, with casts including such well-known singers as Geraldine Farrar, Marie Sundelius, Claudia Muzio, Florence Easton, Giulio Crimi, Albert Reiss, Alice Gentle, Giuseppe De Luca, and Andrea de Segurola. "Il Tabarro," is a miniature tragedy of the blood-and-thunder order, such as the Italian school of "verists" favors. The second of the novelties, "Suor Angelica," presents in its beginning a pleasing contrast to its predecessor, yet it ends as a thriller all the same.