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Show opera nmm. Chicago to be Kegaled With the German Songs We Used to Sing, etc ANOTHER APEICAN EXPLORATION. Forepaugh's Show opens in Philadelphia this Afternoon Other Special News. Chicago, April St. Special. The German opera season which will bo inaugurated tonight at tho Auditorium will differ iu many respects from that of last spring. While then tho opera was exclusively Wagnerian, the repertoire reper-toire this time embraces tho greatest works of tho composers representing the German, Italian and French schools. As regards the organization itself, it is virtually the same as that which appeared ap-peared with so much success at the New York Metropolitan Opera house this winter. Tho exception is Herr Vogel who had been engaged solely for Wagner's Wag-ner's "Trilogy" aud "Tristan and Iso-loe," Iso-loe," which operas will not bo performed per-formed this season. It is true he appeared, ap-peared, in New York in "Tannhauser" and "Lohengrin" but proved a failure in These parts and another tenor was substituted for the following performances perform-ances of these operas. While many of the artists of last season are re-engaged, several celebrities will bo heard on this occasion, namely, Perrotto, who will challenge comparison with Tainngno; Reichman, who is considered the greatest great-est baritone in Germany, and also tho excellent basso, Behrcns. The operas to be given are fourteen in number. It is promised that tho operas will be placed on tho stage iu a stylo heretofore unknown to Chicago by reason of tho magnilieence of tho costumes, properties, proper-ties, and armor, a largo chorus aud a ballet with three solo dancers. |