New-York tribune., 1884-12-18
4 cotrRT FULL OF MUSICIANS.
,,,v sc,tcHrs STIR AGAINST ABBEY
-, srr REFUSED 70 srso "tr rncrnrir"-
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miscellaneous concert occurred IN the pres
ssss 5. iutsc insrsharn yesterday y the superior
80. tAs ss,es,,ors were ri soics TIRE occasion wns
S.asa. r..s+ranee n honot q c5untrss SOFA ioil'
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t.nia, pagiagmaRee RA- as1isa1ei "
as ssslsli In aeE aEa beaaf Ia AZ eRdsaFpF 81
90 sss "a Whieb Ms. Abbey refused % par her
- an Aprl last, when Ames, Nilsson, bsnhFeh'
- Midi Lsbashe and Treheii wsre too III 10 slug
s..lebi refused 70 sing rides In "Le Prophete' at
.~s Metropolitan opera House. The eontrallo was
sored '-s 20 sing for Mr.. Abbey at $4,000 month
.,,sr her refusal 20 Stag la I" Le prophetic "
- sn.iinea 70 nay her tho balance OF her salary,
a.. amount now sought Her case was
sood before highly cultivated and critical jury by
s,orn 4 Thompson. Mr. Abbeys cause was cham
pioned by Olin a kve>'
.r the artists had duly arranged themselves and
- bad been opened for the sooists by counsel. Ed
80, 8 Kaufman set forth the fact that he
"a demanded the 1888 81 from Mr. Alb
nev who had nauy refused TO have go
.hsr, trick PLAYED on him. James Henry Mapeson,
carrying a ldheaied cane and derby hat, tod IN
t.slv recitaye that he had been an operate manager
fr thirty years lie had encountered Mr. Abbey once or
twice but hardly recognized him operate manager
o,laree experience Nine scalchi. he said was a prma
donna conrato lie prophetic was one OF the neaVlest
operas singer o%osres could HItb Carmen Sn
bounced for production by Mr AoDey; Wsa
deiermined on at the moment) For fdes the man
ager on, Nine scalchi had not been allowed sum
eieut time 10 prepare: without having eaten Tor eighteen
MT given fee bic performance OF inc
character Mr. Mspeson withdrew amid All Intense de-
Nine scaIch herself then her woes I'm pure Ital-
Ian. while an Interpreter "i% res. se' vas Sa
sGT' Ss5 srS hAs she eViaenty cared little for stage
Effect She related that she had not been PAID ior ne
ONLY once in her life refused TO sing IN opera IN aer
repertory and that when Mr. Abbey sought 70 IN.
cnce her to sing Fdes without due notice sac was mot
given notice until 1890 D. N the day when the opera
to sang at the hour when she was al breaH
iss S' tSe rS.t s1' Of ssS' ssr breaGSs s5S dared
not sttempt TO digest H. S 5ss 9nfres Sn es wa. 40
obdurse. She went 10 the Opera House at l;lo M
the opera Nine scalchi insisted that fide as operate
food was heavy and faguing and required great ara
matte and vocal effect TO be made desirable article OF
g1or kridd forgetting his baton for the
faithful Interpretation OF des as heavy ana iat uIns
lie had been manager, he proclaimed: " All my me-,
Mss Kellogg smiled al this, and he added forty years
Ie simply susl lslned Nine scachl re iSns INC P'9'
cal mental and vocal strain produced by fmeS
Miss Kellogg next appeared. hrf uIF17 was sii' 4''
elaborate and striking Of all seen during TINS
rerformance A fawn-colored silk wrap. emnrod,
~red with flowers. which had enNelopcd
her was laid on as she started for the stand mot music
efuudl and sclOsed silk underway lined Nil long
white fur and closely fitting around her neck piue
felt hat adorned her head the hat was encrcel py
white velvet band, and blue bird apparently tylnS
downward. was the crOwuing glory OF ALL MISS keokR
was lrst asked by the audacious counsel now
long she had been pima deana.
number ~ years" was her reply, after moment
Thought Then She sustained the statements prN"u ~
rresented as 10 proper Interpretation of itdes IN
Paris lie Prophete" required from iour 20 four ahl
half hours for representation: Ftdes was eNarfing
anl faiiguug role unusually high for conta'o voice.
without danger the voice. As for eating, thai wfs
matter Of habit with singers vel a. with ordinary
r-ortals Some nte inst before suziug; others
fr hours before She asked n one could sing Vl-
our having hnd any hing 10 eat am said II is Simply
intuss sblr" she declared that there we're few singers
who could take the role Of Fdes. She hi never sung IT,
but knew 10 perfectly. $500.
Max Alareflek sang the same aria ard Thought that
Niue scaichrs voice might have broken down entirely
bed She eseavei Fid,s Felix Brown. property wR1,
sare little song and thcre Inrien Abilities. uanor
a. voices rered that fifes role for intlfp so
Jran0 voice and death contralto LnWs fisees
VITA wundsrful cantale st fuih rruurs So Ter Wafi
fnhacro milk s0larrs Uf singers before singing
Then trnt LON told how he bad uaid slOO as passage
to ths land for his wife. himself ana maii.
Ia the Second uart Of the programme Mf iiF-s
prnnnnepsi that M Ahiey set W. counter claln ~
a. nn a. Aamaars aeansi Nine sealohi and thsfeHron
rpisi taftfan apparently sittv i've years nld came
pred the Mercury iu esttrHs faessesns tTeen
tit Ahipf ani Nine. snarhl lhriiHnfl Aefei Nllsile
thpn tae nun ihn curtain yhr tasi of the concert Wit
b. titph iudaf, breihhihe si 10 go sAaipi