The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-10-17
$500 PER ANNUM in ADVANCE
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Pixies Opera Ho11se.

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Description o. the New Temple OF Mus.
on ElghIh Avenue-The largest Stag
ana the Finest Opera House la America
From the New York Herald
AT the corner of Eighth avenue anc
3 Twenty third street an opera house worthy
OF the metropolis is fast approaching com,
pletlon 1t stands i'll the mi Idle of the
block, and has three grand entrances, open
ing into long passages twenty-five feet in
width and sixty-eight in length, all three
meeting in splendid vestibuIe in front Of
the opera house. The entrances are hanked
on either side with immense fluted iron COL
umns, above which towers white marble
structure. Large varigated lamps will light
up the entrances, and paintings will adorn
the passages leading to the vestibue. This
is hall seventy weight feet in length, forty
| two in width, and fifty four in hight. A
marble floor reflects the glare of the rich
chandeliers, and statues point from their
inches on every side A grand black wal
nut staircase leads to the dress circle, to a
large ballroom, and to promenade balcony,
which looks down upon the floor of the yes
tibule, The ballroom is on the left as we
ascend the staircase, and is ninety-two feet
IN length, sixty in width and thirty-two
in height. 1t will be finished in the best
style, and will be adorned with statuarv
and painting. Az for the Opera House
proper, 1t is l85 feet in length and so in |
breadth. The height from the parquet to
the dome is 70 feet. 1t will seat 2, 700 per-
sons comfortably, and as for the standees
their name may be legion. The auditorium
conslsts'of six prescenium boxes, paraquet,
paraquet circle, dress circle and family circle.
The last mentioned is not placed near the
root, as Is the case with many of our thea
tres, but there is a considerable distance
between the seats and the frescoed ceiling.
The front row of the dress circle consists
OF twenty seven handsome boxes. The
prosceniurn arch of the stage is very hand 4,
somely finished aud the orchestra is large r !
than ordinary, being forty feet long and
ten wide. The stage is seventy feet in t
depth, eighty in width and fifty in S
height. In summer the doors can be thrown q
open i'll the rear, and in spectacle per- +
speotive of one hundred and ninety feet may /
be obtained The yard behind the stage ia t
walled and may be brought into requisition, t
# necessary,in fine weather. Regarding tho :
working OF the scenery on the stage, there /
are some interesting features in this estab t
lshment. The grooves extend across the u
tage, and the gas, with the accompanying =
electors can be raised Or lowered at pleas +
Ire. The flats are twenty-five feet high and a
md thirty feet wide. The stage made af- G
er the design of Benson Sherwood, is a Sec u
ion one, and can be taken apart in the e.
malest sections with the most perfect ease RI
The depth from the stage to the sub-cellar a
5 thirty three feet. The entire cost of this t;
magnificent opera house is probably in the 81 3,
of million dollars 1t will Il
e ready for opening about November, and Ell
hen we may have the pleasure of hearing L
he great La Grange and the silvery voiced II
'rignoIi in the finest opera house on the cll
american continent.