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Show NEW YORK OPENS OPERA SEASON Metropolitan First Nighters Greet Caruso and Ponselle With Enthusiasm fTRW YORK, Nov If. Society, with thc capital "S." that attends every function mingled last night with the music loving residents of N. v. York's many foreign colonies at the1 opening of the Metropolitan Opera hOUSO season. Ilalevy's "La Julvc," was selected for the first night. Caruso appeared as Bleasar, the Jewish goldsmith and Mile, ponselle as Reoha, his daughter.1 Upon them, from the lifting to the1 lowering of the curtain w.-re turned eye and ear of New York's many ,' worlds. Occupants of the famous "Horseshoe" a glitter with jewels as ever, chatted only between acts, for: the ennui of the constant opera goer1 was lost in the enthulasm of the sea -son's opening. The pit. flecked with white shirt fronts, looked ever ahead,; while oxer the edge of the highest balcony hung large eyed folks, whose features proclaimed them natives of that sunny European country where tillers of the soij chant In thc fields, and gondoliers sing ns they pole. Hi; U B GREAT VPPL 1IJ$E For many of these a Metropolitan The cayatlna and chorus "When! opening was a spectacle but the opera ; Itself was an old. old story, beloved by very reason of age. Hate and Wneance Forever,"! hbrouKt the first prolonged applause J but even louder were the "Braves." shouted when Caruso had finished his j first aria Mile. Ponselle, however, shared the plaudits when In thc second act she rendered her romantic "How My Heart Beats." to be followed a few minutes later by her dust with Leo-j pold, her royal lover for whom she later turns a sentence 6f death into one of banishment il 1,1 (.1 I) H 11 II FLOU E2RS. The next big moment came in thei fourth act when Eleanor delibrating whether he Should sacrifice his! daughter for revenge, turns lo Heaven Heav-en for aid In the aria "God Directs I My Aacts." It was several seconds before the performance could he resumed, re-sumed, for the audience clapped itself it-self weary, not only in tribute to the singers, but lo M Hodansky, who conducted. con-ducted. intermission were in themselves cheery spots. At these times the stage' was eluged with flowers flowers of all kinds for all principals to be followed by time-honored curtain speeches and noodlngs from the boa i ds. It was a typical first night at the Metropolitan undimmed by the fact thai there In the noted seml-clrcle of the first balcony famlllur figures were absent Mrs. "gden Mills, Mrs. El-i.i El-i.i i.itfc t. Gerrj. William K Vender-bill Vender-bill and Henry Clay Prick. For audiences audi-ences come and paat but the opera continues. no |