, 1879-01-12

eleven weeks OF opera, it is estimated a..
has taken in about S115.020 at the Acaaa,ns as d
has realized S10.0 900 from four perform,a.::ssa
Brooklyn, making grand total of a1oz oes Ii
receipts. His expenses were in the ,,e,s,s
hood OF $4,000 week, or not less than st,net.
for the eleven weeks: and to this must ha ~,
the 5000 which 1t took TO cross the at,-4sa
This total of Sll5, ,0C0 deducted from ,ha s1
receipts, the impresario has cleared s1{lun ~
perhaps s1.000 week for his care and crn,.. q
labor. Considering what task it il tn n-ost st''
the peace in company, aud the risk ~ .ss:
losing large amount Of money inycs,e51 1a o'
body will be disposed to grumble ~ i. a9-
Wage,,-for wages they are, and har,}-c,rnssaa sassa
Counting in the $4,000 paid for traTsI::.
with the same large firures to be pst1 toa
chestra and chorus, it Is difficult to sao w o.
Col. Mapleson can get rich oil OF bis oatsS,.
tour, eren on terms so liberal as those tfaa.e otf.e
by Mr.. Hayerly. Like the season hers. !. ;.Asfsed $
venture. The fnprcsario is always ~ y
vcnturer. II this tour is losing one ~, ~
Ataplcson will know better than to maka' W..
ond. and that will be tie end OF it. ST.
Taken BY its individual members. r..
Maiesty's Opera Company is Hes
NOT H1GiI-sALArIgD.
With the exception OF Mime. Gerster s:-
Campanini, and Signor Foil none OF fha s.saof ss!f
get what are now considered 1eatlinr saisrts'! ;sts'!
am told that Gerster is paid s60O Tor eacs =.
formnnce. .Campanini Is in receipt nf ~. W
*2,500 to 3000a month. Foil gets $500 raoa ssa
largely BY reason Of his past reputation. un'sa
when his voice was much more powerful ses asa
fresh than 1t is now, though it is stll saa
rich voice, and satisfactory in nil but thu nra!
register. HULK receives something lisr sSfns
month, and Marie Rnze probable; the sa,nc v ~,
ary. Galassi, one OF the finest baritones she ~,
has come to this country, and as complete ',s ~
actor as he Is singer, Is held to pny unwnrthv ~
him under the terms OF a Avc-rears' cont-1,., ~
This was made at time when Galassi waat -.
to London, with voice and action as ret nossp
ished and rough. Col. Mapleson took him au. ;n.s
his company, and Signor Gaassi set himsrH p,o "
study with the diligence that has brought btro
70 his present rank. Ills salary at first vas sS1
a week. The -sccond year he got 800, the th:n1
Slo5, and now has, perhaps, $3.50 OF SEQ q
has won IS many admirers rs any baritone M,
known to our operate stage, and, at the end ~
bis contract period, will bu able to nnate ~.
own terms. frapoli gets 5000 month. Ths s
rest, including such artists rs Lablachc, Parni
Sinico, and Lido, fall under that figure. Coi7
Mnpleson's figures might not tally with ths*n
exactly, hut these are derived from yery vsIi.
informed aud uisintercstcd source.
LoNDOS's GREATEST IMpnEsAR;o.
The death Of the clCer Gye in London 1aar,,
Col. MaUlcson. to rank as the chief ttnpresas,
OF Europe. While living, Mr.. Gre wns corrt].d
that position, and Col Mapiesou was second ia
him alone, 1t is not 1clieTed that the Grs
brothers can succeed in maintaining ther
fathers prestige. The elder GYe oved his srs.
cess partly to his Recognized social position, vhEh
Was that OF equality with the nobility. Chiefs
however, be owed it to his snrewdncss and i'm !.
management OF his ar:lsts. He was JUST ani
prompt, but rigid in his rule, and allowed M
pri,na donna to play tricks on him a se.oni
+;x,,o = .,rtfer OF fff1iyo1 h,.p o,,n
artist must 60, even at tue risk OF making
total -fai1ure OF 4 season. Col. Mapleson il mt
SO strict discipIinarian, mud suffers In coa.
sequence. -.
TUE sTEAKosCn SEASON. "
Max Stralsoscll has been in toxin a week, M.
pairing for Ills season at Booths, The kuosias
unes do not venture to predict what his e3t
come will be here. Thus far this season, VII.
not loser, he has not made anything. alaH
Miss Kellogg has no profits to divide, It mayb
imagined tnat she is in less pleasant MOOD lin
last gear about this tine, when she was en- fptI
for the SEQ, ,0c0 which fav at the end Of hcr u
son. AIR. Strakosch's failure to make moa.r
ting the score, scenery, and properties for sl:r-
men," which he was assured would tie failure
in Miss Kcliogg's hands. There is an amusing
story told Of little Lazzar1oi, who saw Can
paaini IN his highly dramatic assumption of Ii.
role OF Don Joss, and was asked how be would
get through that. Oh, you wait; shall 70
through tnat all right" ne replied. And be du
g go through !" the character 50 successful
In Philndc1Dhia that cren Max Was not bold
enough to put the play on the second time.
KEMEST1,
bv the waf, will start on q Western tour shori;
and you viii have the chance we hare had ID .
him tith Wiihclmi. that superlatiye
master Of the bow. TIC company being maae
ap wall include, besides Remenyi, alr. Carleton
Nine. Julia Riye-king, and soprano of rrnnta-
tiou not yet decided upou Mr. QUICKEN will
be accompantst, and such q combination ratnot
fail to give high satisfaction. &. G.
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1urp ,yrrt,s -rw.vopr rr,,rr
Mile I,tta 1nndc her Nav YnrE dahnt m
rncsilav cvcntng last III ,nc;a y and olsnn,a1s
1reat nnoi,iar snrccss a. was sh,,wn hv ~.
neatc1 cnlIs hrfnrc tie ,1,rtain. The crjttcs MI.
Fer in their estimates of her the World and H,r.
II heinv vcr1 cnthn.ias1ic. fhe Tri6uu1 mi
T;-,s. ioSe 81 ar;Jautiv shor;no t1a nn;n;on
..:1 -, fIsS.f t;u.r.a-:a 49, .n; ..s.,
winch nas frequently characseslzsa ther r. ntlel.
ances: tnas W W @uoo Eau co'ne out VI lAe "estetu
Nazareth. NE 1j'oHnc tNlaks she mas not "tae
;acreu flrc,' whatever that Is, a1d, While " hg
1Uice Is not remarkable one tn any sense, tth
lot cTea Of very sympathetic qualify;
+ has sufficient raupe ior any Init Tzrf
@ ,nrts - - asU;h,e ~ ~ s,d i h.,
,aai, trn5naT -, an avc.,,nnt echnoi Morao;yr.
.f' t1a.Aea ~ ~ eAeseus eIno s.;ne.ss;"9'
'!iss Aitta - Gotssa.n! lotAs' Sly - pa,us""a:
'ae mas dcc1dea 1nttl!l9ence. sac 1acks eaEaF
:nce or the Stage, Thleh WILL co!he "i.aA9.'
)ut While she never, perhaps, creates dAplm.
PRESTON. her work is always nicely, soneslats
exceedingly vcll-t1ouc.,, The Iims ugft1y
places her in comparison with Sontag aud
:ararer ond coTs H., ,,orforrnanca uos enioyx-
,1e ae ,rh,,i.. orr, e,,,,atirs uorthr nf rraSe