, 1873-11-17

HEMBE IL, lHf3.
Lucoa, Di Muroka. and Tamborltk Aro ligh-priood
aftista beoauso they tnko notonly largo sa1.ry
but percentage Of tho gross rocopts But,
Will, tho exception OF thcao throo, tho company
ID cheap ono, mud Mr. MoVokcr mado nn offer
which not only would havo paid h1r. Marct2o1t,
but would also llavo yielded himsclf something
over tho rontal Of tho tlioatso, oyon ut ratos Of
admission TO per cent lowor than those sel,od.
ulod by Mr. N1arctzek. Mr.. AfcViokor Is just rs
careful aud skillful manager a. hrr.
Maretzok, and II ho could ta1o tho
company and make money with 1t, Mr.
Marotzok could also. Tho THIRD mistako which
Mr.. Marotzok Inns made Is, TINT, In throwing up
tho present Reasop, lc has impori1ed hls pros
poets for tho future. Chicago ina uover failed
to respond most uborally to the demands OF opo-
ratio managers, especially Of h1r. Marotzek.
Last wintor, it saved him from loss by paying
him an average Of noarly $4,000 por night for
two woeks, and ho wont back to Now York with
his pockota full Of monoy,-a condition In which
ho had noyor found himself boforo. Notwith-
standing the stringency Of tho timos and tho
high price Of ttokots. Chicago would again havo
given him paying season, II ho had had tho
courage to como here. His rofusal to como,
even With Mr. MoVickor'a liberal guarantee, will
not tend to hs advantage In tho future.
Tho failure Of tho aeaaon suggests ono worry
pertinent question II he cannot como to Chi
cago, whore can he go? Hia season tl,us Tar
has boon melancholy everywhere. Tho Now
York mlsical correspondent Of tho Boston Ad-
ucrtiser writes:
The Maretrck Troupe made total failure In New
York; and .hoy have not bo.torcd their fortunes In
Boston, Your city il not likely to be my less fastd-
ioua or any less difficult to pleaao than ours And
now learn that Max Is to ressscuabo his ragged
hprts In Now York for few nights and then, having
abandoned his proposed demonstration ut Cincinnati
is to attack Chicago In FORCE May 10 prosper accord
ing to his mcr1tsi but II Chicago accepss what New
York aud Boston havc rejected, it will bo sonething
in tho history Of American musical enterprises.
What Maretzof's company Is, ycu DoBtonans know,
and are, see pretty much agreed tho only difference
OF opinion among you boing as to whehcr Dl Murskn
Is artist Of the frat second rank. Lueca is great
them and Dl NIureka fino, will say and janet,
celent; md Tamberlik-what? Wel1, magnificent,
architect still grandy shown, but that Of tho carpenter
just toterug to 1tH fal. And tho rest-n,ere leather
and prtnella Of tho neanest quality with Buc mel
ancholy specimen Of contrn1to auch feab}o tenors
such raucoua roaring baritoncs, such herd-though
aa enough to be sure-of unframed chorus singers,
and such heltor-skotor, undisc,pincd orchestra !
Mr. Maretzck has presumed TO do wofga than hs
record ot last year.
Tho result in Cincinnati is already known. In
Philadelphia, two pcrformancos wore given with
half tho company, and the third ono MAS aban-
doned for want Of patronage. Putting these
facts together and adding to them his failure to
come to Chicago, oven with guarantee offered
him, another fact suggests itself. It is possible
that tho whole enterprise is n failure, and loaded
down with its high prices and tie pressure Of tho
financial crisis, is unable to move any longer.
This at loaat is a charitable yiew to take Of the
situation, as It Offers tho only valid rcaaon wly
Mr. Marotzok should have refused to come here
with certainty offored him.
As It ig, the failure ia not without its COM
pensations. 1t leaves opera.goers free to 50 to
English opera. They will save one-haH Of ;what
they had expected to pay out, and probably en-
joy themselves just as much. The Kellogg
Troupe will DO here in December. Had tho
Maretzok season been givon, thoy would cortain-
ly have been crushed between Marotzok In No
yonbor and dstrakosoh in January. They nowhave
tho fold open to themselves, and it ia certain
TINT they will mcot with handsome encourages
ment and support. While it bsightens tho shy
for Miss Kellogg, it also has warning for k1r.
strakosch, who is duo here in January. Mile.
Nilsson Inns never appeared hero in
opera. and will be drawing card,
II Mr. Strakoach las wisdom enough
to profit by tho lessons of his cousins fail
ure, Ho has. strong troupe,-a stronger
ono, in fact, than Marotzek's, and he has abao-
luto control, There arc no prima-donna agents
in his troupe to add to existing difficulties by
their misunderstanding. He haa clear water
ahead, il ho las senao enough to avoid the rocks
upon which Marotzek has gone to pieces.