, 1873-02-27

No, not at Eli; not penny. Here is N,
agreement with Nine: lucca quilting out papo
fFora the breast pocket OF his coat). You sec
am to pay her expenses, and the expenses of he1
two servants, and Of her agent. So Mr.. Jnrret
is included in Nine. Lucca's expenses as he1
agent, and he has nothing to do with me except
what he assumes to himself, and then when q
person comes out AGAINST him he says, 'Oh,
1T home.' He wants to undermine me-that'e
What he wants."
:"Wbat part does he really have in tho man.
agement of the opera?"
s' None, none at all he is simply her agent.
am the boss. I engage everybody; pay every
BODY. Nobody is responsible hut me-"
"If that is SO, how is it that he is behind the
scenes every night and can give free passes and
has socess to the books ?"
"AL, Of course /; but all that Was as Nine. Luc-
cas- agent; he has no other right whatever. !
An the boss."
t"He charges you with buying up the press.
Did you ever do anything Of the kind?"
"Eever; Of course not; I tell you this
sometimes somebody Of the press does some
work for me: I go to him, say I want certain
papers drawn or something Of that kind; OF
course don't want his time for nothing; pay
him xs would pay lawyer or doctor for his
services; but to infuence his opinion, no, never,
uereE!"
swell, what was the particular cause Of the
trouble between you and hir. Jarrett Pr
:"His interference in my affairs. He WAS
simply Nine. Lucca's agent, and instead Of qui-
et1y being that, he wanted to be manager. Mr.
8tragosch had the same trouble with him last
year, and 1t vent so far with Nile. Nilsson that
it had to be stopped"
nEae Mr. jarrett got an engsgemsenr with
Mme- Lucca for two years or only one2"
HE has no engagement for any time, only to
sH as her AGENT
"Not in London or elsewhere ?"
"Not anywhere nor for any time.'
!" And her engagement with you ?"
HAr aYn rarT,or +, WA .Ae1
1t day OF October, 1871, and terminates On the
8lst day OF May, 1873, or as soon as 100 repre-
eentat1ons shal1 hare been given"
"she is not engaged after the LIST Of June7"
mo, not to my knowledge"
"She has had no quarrel Of any kind with 11r.
Jarrett, has she ?"
mo. she ssys she is simply bound to pay him
"Eight or 10 per cent. That will be over
e10000 for him. The fect is she makes the
money, and We are al abused by him.
"WLat are your terms with Mme Lucca ?"
"a thousand dollars night and one-half Of
the gross receipts over 81 900. Now, hare, vou
See, is the clause in the agreement by which be
claims access to the books: Mr. Maretzek will
gise to Nine. Lucca OF to her agent access to the
books OF other documents. and ample facilities
to ascertain the amount OF moneys received and
receipts taken OF any and every performance in
which Nine. IuccA shall be Interested"
"pid you make the arrangement with him Z"
No; with herself; only with him as I would
With brokor That should tell to buy me ], 900
ahares OF Erie or other stock"
"Do sou know of any combination in New
@ @Iork of newsqaper men rho we're adverse to
"No; none at ALL" ~~' =,
aNo,- uuI 111 tho slightest deg1ee; hs~7:,:,ts to
bring :]Luoca' into this business, but would
sdVise yon to keep her ont OF it, She has moth
.nDo you think that the last aeason would
hsye been more successful in New York if It had
not been for the interference OF Mr. Jarrett z"
why. yes, undoubtedly. aay he is mis-
The business Than all the other causes taken to-
gethsr."
"You mean to say that be not only interfared |
With the business inside, but outside, too?"
'fes; what mean to say is, that he tried to |
interfere with everything; with the orchestra, |
the management, and all e1se."
WAS it not his Intention; or hnT Tant you heard
hn @ s.y it vas bis intention to get possession OF
M the opera business here I"
Yes ; he meant to manage au the artists, and /
get percentage from them" : -
"Haye you seen M1. Jarrett's reply in the Chi /
cgo Post7
"Yes. It is lies. It leads the reader to infer
thas Nr. Mnretzek was the engaged instead Of /
eacs OF not, just as please. I am under no
contract to conduct for Jarrett or anybody else.n
did afr. jarrett ever Interfere to dictate
FEAT opera should be performed ?" H.
bit that Is another question. r don't want to
~ anything against the lady members Of my
company. We are friends. ! am only opposed
to this man, who is what we call . busybody.
de has said it is not me who runs the opera, it
= Vt. cohn. Now that is not 80; neither Mr.
Ieaa nor anybody else has anything to say about
management: OF the opera; it is only me; I
IN tho boss"
|
IT is rumored that Mr. jarrett Says that it is
{oa that runs tile opera, and that Mr. Maretzek
Ghut -FOUR agent ?"
THAT is q mistake, and ahal1 tell Mr.. Jar
fsst 80 when I see him III. Maretzek ia the
nsnager Of fhe opera and no ono else that I
noFof- I lave never interfered in any way; f.,
y y MWsser had any right to Interfere with any OF
". Aaretzek's. concern6-opera or anything
elsa. =.r.--~ - -.
JARRETT.
u reply to the question Of the reporter II he |
99esl;ed to make any reply to the statements Of
~ ~; Asretzek. which had already been published,
- ne =; not at present. hare given my. word :
WSat ~: vohn not to do go; and shall respectit
W. mnsa the proper time comes shall reply over
MY with whom are the contracts Of the Italian .
0pass e. artists made?"
~ ~: JaueH-With Ma1 Maretzek-~ - = :, !!
M sepozter-tz he, then, the sole manager Of !
h.J.-Certainly. -... -. It
~ 5@Aow is it, then, that in your rejoinder in
,,x s q the Chicago papers to Mr.. Maretzez you
;oat is necessary to bully him to make him
- ~ never said so; never said 80. The =
reporter made that out OF whole cloth !
~ sso ~ 1utihor questions touching the dispute
e e;as'emsn refused to giye answer, because. {
] e. he had pledged himself not to be +
ns|s sksa, peck and heels, into squabble which Z
d. Gnly result in injury to the interests Of the
e. ~ snose business he was bound to consider =
sss s,S following questions however, wero put to =
| w answered emphatica1ly:
h., ~ you draw any amount Of remuneration !.
T. Ie Other artists Of the troupe than Lucca2 -
I T. - 5nu engage any OF them? - .,
la; an;;IiNo; ~ Il advised the engagement OF -
h ,tave you been aware during the past sea- & q
sss. TINE during your professional labors =, =,
| H{n..c;:s OF the existence of combination I.
| Il. Inaats club-men, or other inimical to r
! Va; NO, never knew Of such combina~ !,