The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-13
OPER.fTTC EXPERIMENTS.

The new experiment OF trying opera on
the country before rskng it in tho metropolis
has bccn made simultaneously by Mr.. Strakosch
and the Pappcnhcim combination. The expert
mont did not succeed with the combination.
| The whole scheme OF taking New York by parD
lels thrown out at Peoria proved Elusive and IN
efilcacious. The singing management. whose
/ c0urors constantly Informed us was marching
on to triumph over the historic fields of Kaa-
mnzoo and Oilvillc. went to pieces like any other
! and moro prcripitatc troupe against the bus
tions Of our Academy. There ran be no doubt
that New York has some reserved rights in this
matter to which she clings tcnaciously. and we
dare say II the truth were known. 1t would be
found that the right for which she will most sui
lrnly ana crrctually contend is the right to the
first cut at opera.
But he that as II may Manager Strakosch in
accordance with the now system. comes to us
now with what he calls the approval Of tho
country. II canno, he said Of Mile. Rozc. as was
eNultingly said Of Modjcska that "Chnt,anoo-
IA endorses the verdict Of New York. In the
matter OF opcrn Chattanooga fills out the check.
1t Is interesting to note the texture and color
of the provincial prestige which Mr. Strakosch's
thrcn prime donnc are now ready to exhibit to
tn" amazed eyes of the metropolis. Chattanooga
not having ready fund OF New York criticisms
10 select from. has plunged into something like
an opinion Of its own. and we are informed that
Miss Kellogg who is known throughout the
land as the prima donna " with mother" in
contrndistinction. we suppose to Mile. Ro2e
who in moments of piuuc Mr.. s;rakosch has
opprohrously styled the primn donna with
hushand'-that Miss KELLOGG has in this cam.
nnign carried the flag Of her country trium-
phaity over all obstacles. Miss Kellogg in this
peculiarly female troupe appears to have won
the distinction OF being the excessively Amer
lean prma donna She il variously called that
nn,Nc child of song" Americas best and
proudcst cantatricc." and " tho peerless flower
of Western ART" It must hnve been humliating
10 the other and less native prime dome to have
Miss k"llogg's national advantages thus con-
tinuously paradcd by her over Jealous country
mon. and one il not surprised to learn from the
columns Of the Western press that Mile. Roze
was not slow to avail herself Of certain natural
advantages peculiar to her physiognomy. She
succeeded. II seems. in convincing the wild
Western critics that she was at least the singer
Of the trio who was entitled to the distinction of
being excessively beautiful
That Mr.. Strakosch has kept his lyric MENACE
together so long is II bright augury for his fu-
turc.
There is no hint in the Western papers that
the mother OF one and the husband Of the
other met accidentally. One endeavors In vain
to determine from the acres Of interview
whether the native voice or the foreign faco
was most operative in the eventful season Of
gratutous advertising.
All that ran hc safely gathered Is that the mu-
steal critics " the West have passed an ordeal
which has tried ull their powers and the re-
markahlc feature is that in their strenuous on
doavors to Gdjudicate the personal claims Of the
prime dome they entirely failed to make any
reference to the merits Of the combination.
Mr.. S;rakosch. who arrived here yesterday TO
supcrlntend the hanging of his triple photo
graphs. says the experiment Of female opera
company Is grand success it quite beats the
den Of n female orchestra. which Mr.. huffman
a few years ago introduced 10 II. SO long ne the
dovclikc rivarics and jealousies OF the singers
take the shape Of interviews md advertising.
the manager can afford to laugh.