The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-18
The Opera In New York.
PHILApnPHA, Oct. 4, Il

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
] am afraid you New Workers. are managing your IA
liam Opera affairs than ever, this season On my
recent visit found that Max Narezek had been drven
the Academy Of Music 10 unostentatous quar-
ters at the Assembly Rooms. On inquiriag of OF
the stockholders, largely Interested in the Academy
received the following statements which II true-and
conclude they must be-should be known:-
l. Mr. Naretzek has always been willing and ready TO
pay the Of s24 600 rent for the Academy of Music
O. Nor has there been any difficulty about stockholders
having their 200 seats at every performance.
8. The difficulty has consisted solely in the demand Of
the committee for the best seats The emresdrto did OBJ
ject TO this tor two reasons, one was that deprived
with the choicest seats, and another was that IL
took from him large portion Of legitimate
receipts on which : manager would rely:
accommodation even this obstacle could have
mounted snce Max snered 70 give them the 200 or $50
perormances and BY the pay men Of atty cents extra
each could have been made reserved seat or peen
msnently located.
very small at that. For instance Max would In
year give from my 10 seventy hve or more opera nights
If bty then $50 would the stockhoder Just the
seat he wanted. And 10 that proportion although the
manager would doubtless compromised the whole mat.
ter with any stakeholder for s25.
Now what bagaielle for each st0ckholder, and yet
how important item for Max And Yet, for this paltry
Individual sum, the people Of your great metropolis
deprived Of the luxury Of the regular Italian Opera
cum too which not ten OF the subscribers would
stick at an instant over piece Of goods or champagne
supper.
rscy Of the Empire City And yet will ros do to put
In this light This Ia work OF The goldfish aristocracy
prominent stockholders) work OF the Executive Com
mtee Of the company which the AGA eny Of Music
They have been disposed to ax such the lease
that responsible party could would take aud they
can have but motiy %. They wish "a common New
York trick) depreciate the shares vey low pon,
and then buy Them oil In and make regular stock job
biDg concern out OF It.
In The meantime your mus; loving people are robbed
Of their accustomed pleasure. Your shopkeepers con
plain that trade suffers by shutting the Opera House %
il does Where Max gets one dollar, the shoe
keepers and trsdespeople and artists get dfy. 1t 1.
ssays co. or wna. people wes, 10 n ERA ana pay To-
No wonder Helen c Traphager. $50 Broadway, sent :
her complaint her check Of 5000 to you as sub
scriphon 10 open the opera House. Ball, Black Co.
Tiffany & Co., Beck Stewart and hosts Of others VIII
stockboc ers, many Of them IN, the Academy OF Mn
.ic are hundred times deeper interested in THIS matte
Of other and pursuits all IN the category
But the reason Why !, Phiadelphian write In IN
way h because Guy does much to sustain your New
York anna .nts and particularly the Opera We a.
have Our better classes OF people ALWAYS iD
tiers of arrivals the first class hotels in New York
look around your opera boxes and tiers and the who
rory il told. We have, it is true, no house go vel
calculated for large operate display as tho New
But ii you allow small clique OF Wall street brokers 4,
shut up o, House win 1, THIS city
and tske the palm out ct your hands All that will ~
required 10 give will he spirit OF hberaity
towards .npseadrios. With them n best, the pera
Of chance. They seldom never get money on
of tbe business.
But thiDk you win manage this matter right your
selves shortly. From what | was tod. have donb
the ps esept executive committee OF the New York AGA
denny Of Musc constitute iDperuDl IN iapsio among
The stockhoIders Nobody believes that tue great m,
jorty ot the ockhocers in 81 institution sym pathlz
approve OF any such small. thinbie rigging, Pete,
Funk policy that bich has for The present. close
tie doors Of the Opera House. Let them
call meeting. express their opinions and look ate
their interests, or they will regret il. Msrezsk has
IN molete organization the beet operate company
America No other man in America could gel
another like IL Ia years. And yet New YORK
ike ~ 20 hear lem all through the coming winter, uues
some efficient eLt be at Get "
threw TIE nasty and contcmptbe conspiracy got mp b,
the oonnpee 10 rum tho stock and nsut aud disap
point tie pubic. PHlLA OELPliAS.