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CHAPTER XXIV
Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time · Henry Edward Krehbiel
A BRILLIANT SEASON AT THE MANHATTAN
Hammerstein's Second Season
Amazing Promises but More Amazing Achievements
Mary Garden and Maurice Renaud
Massenet's "Thaïs," Charpentier's "Louise"
Giordano's "Siberia" and Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande" Performed for
the First Time in America
Revival of Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann," "Crispino e la Comare"
of the Ricci Brothers, and Giordano's "Andrea Chenier"
The Tetrazzini Craze
Repertory of the Season