The New York herald., 1864-09-22
THE ITALIAN OPERA CASE.
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sevsss nasasstsd NE result a tAis continues
upaessed The court crowded ssuAl, and great
earnestly vas nasHssssA sAscb glimpse Of shs psma
6onss and Who present 90 the oscA
| rop. AnDexed . report od The pssessdnss:--
Edward Casri examined for the plaintir: I'll shs
father Of TIE plantiu; agent; has always
lived with me- present when Mr. Grao had On inter
| view with my dsoRhtsr IN November lass M Grau
brought eighty AOars sAs sa1 shs expected
t. paid 10 Gols or its equivalent By asrssmsati M
Graz paid her The equivalent. and ny daughter gave
| him . receipt: lvs generally present when the pay
nsnss we're made, Mr.. srao always computed the
amount due her sy The price Of gold % Ne say o. pay
meE:, 70 revor objected g paying her IN that way
VA p.rtormnv @ Z c,ss,sss as: In ne .oaS :. March
last my daughter was then stadying two operas sbe
the note frsn Mr Graz sbs 'nen eusly engaged IN
studying went 70 Mr. 0rau and ezpossliaeo with nm
sooA. buspsss, ana INSISTED she should sing Mas
nay daughter had never rel 70 sing or study
for M Grau before; she sang about nfsye times
Co,lSsel for the defeuce-oeraiuy she obliged Sy
ner contract 10 sing four times week lhs attempt to
show thai the plaintiff forced 10 DO more than
expected OF Der e upOeooDpg Mr.. Grss bsd paid her
/ promptly for ell her servloes.
Counsel for The plaintif-Ttst ie question for tie
! iury 70 decide
Examination resumed-My daughter had studied
announced beforehand the newspapers after refusng
c sioa in Massaueio daughter sent letter 10 Mr. rau
on the subject the matter then dropped and they
intimate ever stopping at the hotel
together; present when Mr. Taylor brought NJ.
srsns letter requesting my daughter 10 sing 10 Aassa
niello daugh.er said il mposs bic for her 10
sudy new opera then, &c rhe bad 90 sng that nilhl
NJ Grau told snst he had engaged Madame Lorinl
Nbiiug before tbe trouble occurred with my
about nassauielo; the Huguerots given once
.ne ss Of June as my daughter bss always been 81 NJ
CrosseIamued--My dsogbter sang 10 ocncerye On two
occasions since the let OF June oer sing
% German opera hut ,hls war after tie sU
nepcec
Counsei for the plsO,in--l, made no difference now
often she sang after the suii was commenced.
Counsel Tor The deence--Ii s Important 70 show who
broke the contract
Examination resameo-Ry daughter had offer 10
yet, and besides, she did not Understand German;
my daughter myself objected il because il
wac not in COLO Mr Grsu said II In the
that the payments TO be made in gold equva.
lent he was willing to pay way always paid ne
IN that way we appeared 10 81 Louie come two or three
weeks before We GOT 10 Cincinnati T. Was u while
YOU 10 81 LOUIS sDat daughter sang I've nights
10 one wees lea Dad she gel any thing extra for
,agaS sras me ss mn timer Yes Mr SraS made her
snce 10 Cncnnatr A. could not say, but thnk IL
Martha tie second performance WAS sonnamoula:
Norma was given ON the ,hTd night, and Martha
vas gwen on tho fourth night which occurred Satur
day O. New, did your daughter sing in than
pa,g A. ] don't ,nink she did. Q. Did abe sing
than times the second week she
Did snF more than three nights during the third
week. A. don't tbiuk she did. O. Then how do you
for ner that she sang FIVE nights ii one
week st Cincinnati? From Wednesday another
she sang hve tmee, but not for any ending Ss
turday, 2. DID your daughter sing every time she
snnoabced1 A. She Cd o. What operas your csugh-
Ter studying when she refused 10 study Massanelo?
The Hueae and ninorah Q You stated that Mr.
6rau tod yoa he hed engaged Madame Lorpi Whiting
before the refusal OF your daughter 10 sing IN Massane
.c-are you he did say would engage her? A.
BE told noe he had engaged beT.
Pauline csstri recaed-i know the witnesses Tomar.
70, Taylor sud Hartman had conversation with them
~ reference 10 the opera oi Alassanelc. told them
could not Study y, IS had too mucn 10 do after
wrote 10 Mr. GTaG about the there
vas nothing sad about the affair did not tell
Ar oTau inat would no; study Massaniello because
my part not great hr. Grau did tell me
to drop the otter oreras and study Nassanelo re
quest from nun 30 tLat eect alter had written
m Uprn the sehjecl. heard nothing about the
affair after tia. Z. lid Mr.. Gran MORN you that
ne would Cam damages Tor your refusing 10 sing in
new rotes 70 siodyi A. Yes, the bier and Robert
& Are yoa ACQUAINTED with the customs and regulations
OF European opera houses2 A. l am What is the
customary time allowed artists TO study new rote'
A. Tor an opera tragic fifteen days, for ouro opera
egh, days some artists require month account OF
nervousness. Q. lid AIR. Grsa tell you
gagged Madame Lcrni Whiting before be wrote you the
cinc.pnati Al all q DID Lorlpi Whiting and you appear
10 lie same OPERA A. We did Don Giovanni and the
Huguenots
Jacob recalled for the deence-Before writing 10
Miss Castr about appearing IN kassaniello had
eueseu ner 70 sody tne aIt DO objection was made by
the plaintiff 10 spgng ia the because she had
time enough TO study when Miss Castr refused sing
10 AasssDieio s5a aid oaght give tte part 10 some
other woman during the three weeks al Gin
oipna Miss cassri only sang eight times Madame Lorin
Writings engagement commenced on tho 23d 0 March,
:here no posslby OF my engaging her before the
10th OF March the date Of letter demssing Miss
tr Madame Lorini Whiting was in Havana at tho time
bad the trouble with Mss CasiTi
The Court here took a recess for fifteen minutes.
The aiterncop spent by the IN summing up
the evdeee, aief which the court adjourned until
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