Show METROPOliTAN PlANS DE BE KOVENS KOVEN'S AMERICAN GRANO RAN OPERA By 51 Ii Preys s lo to The Tho NEW YORK Oct 13 Reginald Reginald de deKoven's deKoven's deKoven's Kovens Koven's opera The Canterbury Pilgrims Pil grims is the most interesting novelty announced by the Metropolitan Opera company in its prospectus for tor the season season sea sea- son of ot twenty-three twenty weeks beginning Monday evening November 13 This work which will be given for the first time on any stage stag is the fifth opera by byan byan byan an American composer to be offered by bythe bythe bythe the present management in purs pursuance of the Metropolitans Metropolitan's policy polley of ot enCOuraging encouraging aging American operatic art The Canterbury Pilgrims was composed by byde byde byde de Koven to the libretto of Percy Mac Mac- kaye AmOng other novelties and revivals announced In addition to the tho standard repertoire is Francesca da Rimini a ZI tragedy by Gabriele DAnnunzio set to music by Riccarda favorably known in both Europe and America It I will be produced d in Italian in by ChristoPh Gluck which has never been given in America before will be produced i n. n German The French r repertoire willbe will willbe willbe be Increased by the addition of ot Bizet's s Les des Perles Perlas which m may maybe ry rybe be considered as a novelty Thais which is being revived for Geraldine Farrar and by Delibes which is said to be for tor Maria Man Barrientos The plans for tor the season also Include several other revivals as asyet asyet asyet yet not announced The new sopranos are Alice Ever Eversman Evers- Evers man Odette le Ie Fontenay and Marie Mane Kathleen Howard was heard at the Century opera house here herewith herewith herewith with the Aboms Fernando Carpi Is the only new tenor announced Among the new ballets willbe Coppella Cop pelia pella by Delibes Slave Sla by P. P Hertel Her t el Rosa dAmore by Bayer and the ballet of ot The Four Seasons from Verdis Verdi's opera I 1 Sicilian I. I The regular corps de da ballet consisting of forty dancers will again be under the the direction of Mme Ime Pauline Ver- Ver hoeven who also remains In charge of the Metropolitan ballet school Mile lIe Rosina Galli continues as premiere danseuse and Giuseppe Bonfiglio a aa an premier danseur The chorus of voices voices American American Italian and German will German will be under the direction of Setti An afternoon cycle of Richard Wagners Wagner's Wagners Wag Wag- ners ner's Der Ring des Nibelungen willbe will willbe willbe be given as In previous seasons and ana there will be several performances ot or |