The New York herald., 1878-09-21

father OF the state OF aaiiss here ON his Arrival
intend TO take a general survey OF '".
ground which will save him good aea'
OF trouble after landing He leaves Qiecns-
town with the company Tuesday next ga
tho City of Chester. When we engaged passage ior
all those pooplo nearly all the beris had been 'aSon'
but the Inman Company wore considsrate enough "
1T up special accommodatioas for the chorus WHICH,
! suppose you know, is quite large Ara'''' ~,
leader of the orchestra at first intended 10 come y"
With me, but at the eleventh hour he changed n's
mind and preferred to come along with father hs
knsws that work. that of collecting good set OF
musicians being coreiuy looked after by his agent
here signor Francesca the chef du ballet came,
however, along with me-"
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.
"You must have heard OF the various stories anoat
about here about financial difficulties besettng your
fathers operate enterprise far New York II con.
cerned,' said the reporter.
Yes, have heard of them since my arrival here
and also by reports which reached mo while coming
up the harbor. You ought to know that my father's
friends were not ANXIOUS to see him leave Old
England He IS "an institution" over there, as you
call it, Ncver.neless he acted quite independently oi
their dss,ros as he had his mind Fixed this snter-
prise long ago. II there had been any financial ain.
cucs in the way he would have foreseen them there
aud then abandoned the undertaking. But, on the
contrary, he that everything looked quite
prom ising, and therefore went right ahead.
l tell you inst this-that before my departure
from Queenstown all the artists berths hai bceu
engaged and paid Tor, SO you may make your mind
easy as to any difficulties that score. wish the
people OF New York, who talking such matters
will please remember that father has had twenty-five
years. experience opsratc manager, and that
him the arrangements to 60 10 America, with the
single exception OF tho distance to bo travelled over
arc just the same as he were going from London 10
ireland to any other part OF Europe Ii utterly
absurd to think tnat shere was any difficulty Of
that nature his way. Let add, further, that my
father's resources manager are really Unlimited
He has a double company at his command and you
may safely announce the HERALD that he will he.
gin the london the Same day that hc opens
in New York. With the array Of talent un.
der his control he can give London and Now York
constant novelties and artists. changing them
ana tue repertoire whenever he pisases"
'What IL your Official con necton with the company
outside OF looking after your faher's interesisf"
asked the reporter.
"I have been acting manager OF the Mapleson
Opera Company daring tho st two years In London
aud in the provinces. l have boon mere before
namely during tho Centennial Exhibition, but Spcut
most OF my time thon III Philadelphia and at tho
watering places shall continue act business
manager during tho coming operate season In Nss
York;
AMERICAN vs. EUROPEAN AUDIENCES.
"You ought to have pretty good idea, then OF the
current European appreciation oi the artistic taste OF
ut Is reported In Europe that American audiences
are as u rule critical as European audiences.
My father, however, when he visited this country
during the Titiens opcrutic season, for himself
American audiences werc moro apprecativs than
European, applaudlng only tho tsnors and sopra.
nos hgh potcs. which always bring down the house.
but he discovered! also, that your audiences showed
s'ss.a0 s's@D ,nos ,ns tout tout e":e%S ss % stated
| cmphatically ut dinner given him az
the time ut tho Lotos Club Ny father entsrtains tho
Same opinion to-day Ho therefore feels perfectly
conhden in presenting TO the American public ono Of
the most complete operatc ensembles tnat has ever
| visited this continent"
THE PRIMA DONNA.
| "Did you see Gers'er, tho prima donns, aud Cam.
panini the tenor, before eavingf How do they feel
| about coming 10 u new country"
| you must remember that Gcrs.er is married 70
DR.. Gardini, eminent DOCTOR oil music und well
Asa ~
ocean at a, but Is exceedingly anxons about
his wife's success, and to sec whether she wiI
not please the Americans well rs NILSSON and
Lucca. Last season Christine Nilsson was not en-
| gagged IN London; nor place was taken by Gorster
She quite anxious to como nnd Is sa.snod that sha
will with the success she had In ST. Peters
blonde Marguerite type mas great mobility Of feature
and Is by all odds greater actress than Christine
ground He is quite IN usastc about his return 10
America, his arst visit mere having been quite sri-
|
| Il understand that tho orchestra Is beuR brought
together hero in manner qlite satisfactory 10 Ar-
| ditL" l.l.r.,s
..Yos: that IL the reason he was not IN hurry 10
como until tho sntiro company. leaves. My istner,
VINO ,s to take tno baton alter Ardss VIII .nsvsr occ
sion requires He may bring Two cho SO rs 10 assist
Arin AS much as possible You hayN no doubt also
clrd OF the infant prodigy have In tue shape ol
piansc, ouy seven years OF age. Sne has played be-
fore tho Qaeen the Prince and Princess Of Wales, and
also before tuch judges Costa, Benedict Halo and
| Kuhc. Thoy were all amnZed ~ her performances
A GRAND CHORUS.
1--WE have sixty.iour chorstcrs coming over all OF
| whom possess u large repertoire aud under the
management OF slgnor RiaIp They are nearly all
Italians. There was great commoton among insm
when they were told that thoy must make ready 10
| 60 to America Some OF them wondered where
cared out little about Americas geographical posi-
lion satisfied, as they had hoard hst there
wero clear, blue Italian skies. under which they
in their Sativc land. Tners are somo OK.
cellent bass voices among them. rner chief
| reliance rests upon named Sgnor Angelo,
who has VISITED this country with Rstori Titicns.
He all about Now YORK aud how tneir southern
knows exactly where TO obtain plenty Of maccaroni
garlic at POI ular prices IN your American CITY,"
| PREMfEREs DANsEusEs.
| 'Your ballet troupe, we have boon told, Ia quito
| feature In connection with the regular company"
me In ndvancs 10 Ii up the spaces You are probably
that father mas established mn academy ior
Src" from the ru.ors so to spe.t INTO position
whore they earn tar ineomo Tor themselves, aud
ut the same time receive toleraoly good education.
AS, however, they ure mostly Juveniles IRON six 10
twelve years Of age Il would look somewhat out of
paco prng oale, Of different szas over Francesca
Is going tc MI up with as much talent aud beauty
pretty girls, as you call them-as no can hnd Ia thia
city. / do not think he will have much ofncuhy 10
| securing what he wants. Our premiere danseuss ID
Mile Cavaiazzi, the most graceful dancer Of tie day.
| She is a very handsome woman OF the true Italian
| type A little American girl named Marie Muller,
| who holds q medal Of the London Academy OF
Dancing, ranks with Civaazzi as nm excellent dancer,
and IS oniy ten years Of age Her iathsr resides IN
| New York now, anc according to the views OF many
men In London, that child promises to be Taglioni
! ono Of those days-a place which has been kops
vacant quite too long. Iu the course Of the
| yeason hope TO give ballet the
short opera ngos between the acta 50 that the even.
ing's cntorta nncnt will not flag In the least Alto
gother Will srins eight principal danscuses and
| one lito 10Y, who belongs to the London Academy.
In little piece csliod "les Papillons' (hs buttcr-
| A co,n noscd by IN Lamar. ana whole atreuotb