The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-10
The Opera ln the Great -Interesting
Statistics.


The principal operate cities in the world arc Paris Ion
DON New York, Milan Vienna aud Berlin and In relation
to these have coatcd the following statistics In Pa
ris there three regular opera houses The Grand
Opera rench gives 1872 to ls5 performances per annu
The annual receipts about $500 00o the twelve masked
balls bring about ooo The government contribution
about Sl4 600 The house holds about 500 II belongs
TO the and given 10 the enterprencu free of
rent The highest nightly receipts amount 10 about o. 800
The daily expenses about $50 The whole COMPANY
cudng artists officers and workmen, numbers 6oo There
20 male and female singers 60 chorus singers
times aided by 20 or 30 pupils so male and female agu
rantes and equal number Of pupils; orchestra Of
S. OF whom 70 assist at each performance Tho prices
range from ~ % down ~ cents. The opera Comque
prices about twenty per cent less the house. open
throughout the year During the past fifty years sum
Of 80 s11 10 francs, (abou eight millions of doars
was received from the public for admission and in add.
ton 10 this the pays annual towards s
support The largest receipt in 1866 when 6s7 ag 10
francs received During nine years that ~ Perrn
at ts head over million Of francs paid au.
thors. OF the artists engaged there, NJ Fauce re
ceivos 20 ooof Jourdan, Il ooof Maria Cabe 0oof
Caroline Dupre, 3o,ooof.; Lcfebvre, 25,oo0r, and
their services secured for series Of years
The Italian Opera Is open from October TIL May giving
four performances per week Its expenses are not less
than o. 900 per night. The manager receives SIS 900
each season from the government The house "a Of
about the capacity the Grand Opera, and uic
prices nearly the same box at the Itaions for the
season costs 81 800. Grsi, Abon, St Urban and De
wiborst the prime sonne this year, and Mario the
principal tenor The singers better at the Italian
than at the Grand Opera but the latter unsurpassed IN
the misc IN scene and the perfection Of the ballet.
In London the principal, indeed the only Italian Opera
a. md havin hcon lnia hail
is Her Msjcstys Theatre under the direction OF MIR Lum
ley the king OF ipresaJIi Mr. Lumley engages his
lists for long termsthrec ave ycsrsand gracously
gives those for whom be has use TO other directors
His season commences early spring and ends at mid
summer. He gives many extra performances concerts
&c making altogether about hundred, which costs
him nearly $500 oco 5000 for each. The sabscrp-
ton averages about $4,000 box on the grand Ter
costs 81 500 pit stall costs t5, and other prices
in proportion The orchestra has 20 performers,
chorus So ballet 40, principal artists about 20.
The highest receipts were with Hccolomin in the
1rrayiata" s5 900. With the same artist, without Guig
ini the new tenor the receipts averaged ~ 500 whh the
tenor, $4,000.
The Jersonnet Of The Academy Of Music, New York,
der the direction Of Mr UlIman includes People con
nected with orchestra So chorus, 40 carpenters and at
tendance on stage 20 office ticket delivery H. house
g. superuumerarcs average q 20 prma donnas and con
traos g. tenors barones, a. basscs, q second parts,
g. conductors, 2; chorus master, l. prompter stage
manager L. occasional artists, 8; extra orchestra band
20; ballet, 14-To,ai, 243.
The house holds 800 people. Tho largest attendance
this was for the dtbt of Herr Fcrmes in Robert
e Diable" when 81 27s taken. The next greatest
for the Thaberg festival, % 7l9. The surplus Of money
for the aberg festival caused by the fac, that moro
tickets the dearer soid than for the 'Ro
bert night The expenses s22 900 per month. and
the receipts vary from 600 TO 81 900 per week There
are Is4free stockholders sosis and the yearly rent IS
ga 600 which s reduced by letting the house for con
ccrts balls &C. ABOUT $4,000 There no regular sea
SON The present commenced in September and has
been temp.ary suspended after about 90 performance
will have been given, embracing musical entertainments
In alrnoet every known form, and in three languages.
New York s the only city tho Union where the Opera
ever pays In Philadelphia Maretzek once made few
thousands but returning, los, ALL and retreaed to Ha-
vana with heavy debt to work out In Boston i
paid the mSBager cut cnccthe Grsi and Naru campagn