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Metropolitan Opera Co irm 1go615,,61V7 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Metropolitan Opera Co. in The Bartered Bride ti March 15, 1909 ' OFFICIAL PROGRAM 4- Remaining Operas March 24. Aida. , April 5. La Boheme i , 690 690 64 -7- -7- Arrangements have been made with the American Guild of Organists for a series of Recitals upon the great organ in the Academy of Music, on Sunday afternoons, the proceeds to be given to the hospitals of Brooklyn, to be designated by those who as- sume the responsibility for the neces- sary expense of the Recitals. Tickets, 50 cents, will be on sale at the box office of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. _ The fourth Recital will be held Sunday, March 21st, at 4 P. M., for the benefit of the German Hospital. Organist, H. Brooks Day, F. A. G. O. Z. &al) dy ae 7 Twelfth Night of the Subscription, Monday Evening, March 15th, 1909, at 8 o'clock The Bartered Bride (PRODANA NEVÉSTA) Bohemian Opera in Three Acts By K. Sabina German Text by Max Kalbeck MUSIC BY BEDRICH SMETANA (IN GERMAN) KRUSCHINA, a peasant ROBERT BLASS KATHINKA, his wife MARIE MATTFELD MARIE, their daughter EM MY DESTINN MICHA, landowner ADOLF MÜHLMANN AGNES, his wife HENRIETTA WAKEFIELD WENZEL, their son ALBERT REISS HANS, Micha's son by first marriage CARL JöRN KEZAL, marriage broker ADAMO DIDUR SPRINGER, director of a traveling circus JULIUS BAYER ESMERALDA, a dancer ISABELLE L. HUILLIER MUFF, a comedian LUDWIG BURGSTALLER Peasants and Circus People. CONDUCTOR GUSTAV MAHLER STAGE MANAGER ANTON SCHERTEL CHORUS MASTER HANS STEINER Incidental Dances arranged by M. OTTOKAR BARTIK Act. I. -Polka by M. Ottokar Bartik, Mlle. Gina Torriani and Corps of Bohemian Dancers. Act. II.- Furiant by M. Ottokar Bartik, Mlles. Gast and Pechfelder. Act. III. -Comedy: Mlles. Gina Torriani, Gast, Pechfelder, Bourgeau and Weidlich. The Overture will be played between Acts I. and II. ..SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY. Acts I. and III. -Main Street of a large Bohemian Vil- lage at kermesse time. Act II.- Interior of a Tavern. Costumes designed by Professor Heinrich Lefler, of the Im- perial Academy, Vienna, and made by Alexander Blaschke & Co., Vienna. Scenery by Brüder Kautsky & Rottonara, Vienna. There will be an intermission of twenty minutes after each act, which will bring the opera to a close at about eleven o'clock. On Grand Opera Nights the Banquet Hall will be open as a Foyer, and can be reached either by the stairways to the First Balcony, or by the Elevators in main En- trance Lobby. 8 ARGUMENT The scene is laid in a small village in Bohemia. A chorus is joyfully singing of love. Marie, a young girl, and her lover, Hans, are not so happy, for Marie's parents want to marry her off to a man she does not love. Hans, her lover, is sure that all will turn out well, and that if she only loves him, no one can compel her to marry the other man. At the sound of ap- proaching footsteps, Hans goes, and Marie hides as Kezal, a matrimonial agent, Kruschina, Marie's father, and Kathinka, her mother, come on the scene. Kezal has been negotiating for a marriage between Marie and Wenzel, the son of Micha, one of the men of the village, but they have not yet told Marie s of their choice. The father does not think it necessary to get her consent, but the mother has more sympathy for her daugh- ter, and asks them to wait and hear what Marie has to say. Kezal sings the praises of Wenzel and arouses their curiosity to such an extent, that they regret that he did not bring Wen- zel with him. Marie comes on the scene and refuses to hear of marrying Wenzel. She loves Hans and will marry no one else. Kruschina promises Micha in writing that he will give Marie to his son. Marie is still firm in her decision, so Kezal tells Kruschina to go and talk it over with Micha, while he goes to see what he can do with Hans. ' In the next scene, which ends the act, some country folk are gathered in front of the inn, drinking, while the young men and girls dance. ACT II. A room in the inn. Hans is seated at one end of the table, and Kezal at another. They drink. Hans is extolling the joy of loving and being loved, when Kezal comes up to him and tells him that love is nothing if one has no money, but Hans disagrees. Young men and girls are dancing. Wenzel comes in rather tipsy, when Marie approaches him, and begs him not to marry the girl he is promised to, because she loves another. She tells him that she knows a very pretty girl, who is madly in love with him. Wenzel promises to renounce the girl, and is very much touched by the interest Marie has taken in him. In the meantime, Kezal asks Hans to give up Marie and promises him 300 gulden if he does so. Hans agrees, on the condition that she marry no one but Micha's son (for he is Micha's son, but from his first wife). Kezal yields, and the contract is signed. Hans rejoices at his own cleverness and looks forward to a happy life with Marie. In the next scene, Kezal returns to the parents with Hans, and they all rejoice that Kezal has been able to straighten matters so cleverly. ACT III. A traveling company comes to the town and the manager announces all the celebrities. Wenzel is still very tipsy and is very much smitten by the pretty tight -rope dancer Esmeralda, who encourages his advances. Unfortunately, the man who was to play the bear has gotten drunk, and they cannot find another who would fit in the hide. The manager, seeing that Wenzel is so interested in Esmeralda, thinks it a good way to get him to do the bear- tricks, and finally persuades him to get into the hide and dance. (Continued on page ¡2) 9 DIAGRAMS OF EXITS IF tt' a 1 I V o a EXIT? -,.. 3 EXIT 5 = E= Q 6 EXIT6a W EXIT4 J W _ J W r U) J J a J N Q U) N Q, Q LADIES' RETIRING ROOM 1 EXITS OPERA HOUSE P Main Floor SMOKING ROOM up TO UP COAT'S HAT Ñ FLACKS 2-BALCOMYExi7 :Illlllfil In the next scene, Wenzel's mother comes to take him to Marie, but he refuses to go, saying that he does not want her, because he was told she would torture him to death, bcause she loves another. Kezal tells Marie and the rest that Hans had sold her for 30o gulden. Marie refuses to believe it, but when she sees the contract, she is convinced of her lover's faithlessness. She asks them to leave her alone. They go. Hans comes and talks to her of his love, tells her the whole trick in a very jolly and bantering way. but she does not see through it, and refuses to listen to him, when he tries to ex- plain the mystery. Kezal and the others come on the scene, and though they are happy to have gotten rid of Hans, they are rather disgusted with his mean treatment of Marie. Hans tries to convince Marie that she will marry Micha's son any- way, but she is still ignorant of the fact that Hans is Micha's long -lost son. When Agnes and Micha come in, they recog- nize Hans and see that Kezal has fallen into his own snare; and when Marie admits that she loves Hans they ridicule Kezal and he takes to his heels. Wenzel comes in dressed in the bear -hide and is dragged away by his mother. The happy lovers are then blessed by Micha and all rejoice in the wedding of the Bartered Bride. 12 Noc e __,1 III,. EXITS EXIT10 OPERA HOUSE Second Floor, W J Q EXIT 13 EXIT 11 7 EXIT 14 EXIT 12 W W ,Y w C -J rt t In Q o F F W z .; J o o 0 O `MN 2ND BALCONY STAIRCASE ELEVATORS _ I Saturday Afternoon, March 20th 2 o'clock "THE LITTLE PRINCESS Benefit for the Brooklyn Free Kindergarten Society Friday Evening, March 26th 8.15 o'clock AMHERST COLLEGE MUSICAL ASSOCIATION Wednesday Evening, March 31st 8.15 o'clock BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY Benefit of the Samaritan Hospital 13 l OPERA HOUSE Third Floor W r U ci 7 r pJ ó EXIT15 EXIT 17 z t Q W EXIT 16 EXIT 18 _ x Cr Q W J JW Q Q W J JW J EXIT 19 N Q 4 o f N r- II i ELEVATORS X w RETIRING A COAT ROOMS Cloak Rooms and Ladies' Rooms on Orchestra and Second Balcony Floors. Telephone Booths at East and West Ends of Main Lobby. Any one finding lost articles will please leave them at The Acad- emy office, entrance on St. Felix Street, which is open daily from 9.00 a. m. until io.00 p. m. All inquiries relating to lost articles should there be made. Water of the Great Bear Company used in the Academy. The Brooklyn Academy of Music is equipped with the ACOUSTICON to enable the patrons, whose hearing is defective, to enjoy the opera to the fullest extent. Seat and box holders may have an installation made by application to the General Acoustic Company, 1265 Broadway. The "Vite" Carriage Call system used in The Brooklyn Academy of Music, is leased from the General Acoustic Company of New York.
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