The New York herald., 1849-06-12

italian OPERA THIS CoBNrRY.-One of the
most sensible articles which we have seen on this
subject has recently appeared in the Savannah
RspnIlicam Here itis:-
THE NEW YORK OrgKA.-Ansther attempt to sup
por, Opera in New York has failed signsy like all
the others that have preceded It, and Mr. Fry has
tired from bis managerial perpexities, miAus some
thousaDds. Some years since there was not New
ork population DEVOTED music large enough to sup
rort Opera That can hardly DO the case now how
ever for wealth population and musical taste have
Increased there prodigously.
Its. think uncomfortable fact, that New York
support opera but not like that Of last win
ter which the same scale with those Mt Berlin,
Naples, &c, without something in the way Of govern
msnt ada thing of course entirely Of the quss
ton An Opera can be supported hut not one that
boasts Of two first soJranos two enors and
bessos each receiving six or eight hundred dollars
weck-which maintains an orchestra Of ffty-dve or
sixty pieces. and as many chorus singers For such
conn any the New York people neither able nor
willing to paycertainly not under the miserable
which gave to the subscribers all the best seats In
the house for dollar for which they ought to have
paid more than twice that sum. People who have the
best orchestra stalls ought to pay for them than
in the parquet though they be original subscribe
a companyEGke that organized for the Astor
Place last wlnteT can only be supported by vastly In
creasing the price of subscription or what would per-
baps amount TO nearly the same thing. by throwing
open the whsle or the greater part OF the house, on
stated nights to the public competition, at the
time reducing the length of the opera In New
York by ending the same company (entre) to Boston
md Phadephia for such short seasons as those cities
afford 10 pay for. Something like this at
tempted last winter but Mr. Fry divided his company
leaving part in New York the New Workers being
dsconteped with less than they had been
to- while the Philadephians little fattered with
having any thing inferior to the New Workers.
From all that we have learnt orally and read. the
rangement in New ork nearly this: Some of tho
New lork fashionabes wanted opera. and they sub
scribed enough to support only very inferior compa
NY In other words the manager engaged artists
enough to form two respectable operate compa
nies while the subscription list not half
large enough to support OF therefore the
bic relied upon make up the deficit; but the
public found itself odated with inferior seats
worth all they gave for them, and more too but rea
lively not worth much rs subscribers seats.
The expenses incurred. compared with the re-
ceipts during the late operatic season In New York.
enable to form pretty correct opinion to what
the New York of this day support properly of itself
in the way Of operate company The basis Of such
u company would be four principal artists and four
cosds orchestra of than thirty five for
ty performers. and not than the number Of
chorus singers Performances to be three nights in
but bound by stringent rules to prevent their aring
deductions to be made for performance, which
would materially diminish the number and severity of
those fancy colds under which artists often
Themselves
Such is about the operatic arrangement which New
York bear at this time to leave (a the other
enormous expenres being pad) something to remunc-
responsibilities. If they want things royal SCALE
they mutt pay royal prices and not expect the public
to help them out when the choice seats taken by
the favored few at ono dollar.
This is an excellent, practical, common sense
view of the subject, entirely accordant with what
we have presented on more than one occasion.