New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-28
MUSiO Avn 7HE DRdMl,
OPERA IN LONDON AND INV yopE

OPERA IN LONDON AND NEWsYORK
Mr.. eyes season Of opera NJ Convent 0arlsn
London has Ia sad AMI W. are Jsi II doubt at
who will preside operate dssiihea tAs Mem,
poian next winter Unfortunately Tor rs. perhaps NJ,
uys seems this year (neiwithstasdns thai he mad ns
rivalry except that Of MI ilssa al DuT Lane ~ sa.
tend WITH TO have made something less than hnsssl
success NJ his venture lie has not lost 5000 COO A
did Mr. Abbey during his brief career IA npre ir ba,
he has fallen far short Of success IN mals
him view the Metropolitan undertaking with Of lhs
feelings that the Germans attribute 10 cat wslEaz
around n dish Of scading hot pOFr1dge. lhs Of gossp
been flashed the cable, but few Of then have
been of reassuring nature, and all have been told u ls
unhappiness OF an opera managers life. Last weeks
was supposed to be the exOrbitance Of Ame. Wilson's
demands that made Mr. eye pause now II Is said TO b
the difficulty in securing tenor OF the artistic
stature demanded by the hard-to-please AEer.
cans The situation Is certainly distreaius
and there is no other help for u
we might almost wish that a few Of the men nOw
struggling with secondary roles in the opera houses
Europe might be led by individual misery TO apply alcn
TO their rOats in the manner which IL sad TO have made
Masin q p,im0 tenOre instead OF, he had purpOsd
cold corpse. TenOrs, know are rare BIRDS sad We
have not heard really fine one since Campannfs voice
into decay, but the American willingness to throw
golden salt by the handful ought 10 help Mr.. eye 10
good capture.
IL seems likely, however, that considerable degree
OF Mr. eyes embarrassment is due TO the macinItlOm
OF that operate Ben Butler Mr. Mapeson. lie s said 70
have secured only Madame Patti, who alone Of al
the singers left to this degenerate day can be coun,edo
to bring enough money into the managerial eNcheqaern
pay her demand OF say a dollar note. bat seach,
Tremeh and Tsmagno also Now raInagnO one Of the
available" candidates much in demand by all sorts
of bankrupt concerns anxious to get ln'o snug plAc
though there is denying that his pubic record IN MS
| profession somewhat more extended tban
Afr Csveland's. But 10 accept az true all that MI
MdplcsOn says, requires the use o. gOVi
deal more salt than Mr.. eye will have 20 apply 20 catch
a tenor Hence yet unwilling TO believe ina. mo
straits OF the Metropolitan directors are such as VIII loes
! them to bill Fdlstad 10 come 10 a rescue.
The operate world Is clearly out OF joint bat nas
long been 50, and perhaps OF the present managers
| to have discovered policy Wnch can
! be pursued consistently with profit TO music overs
and himself The COvent Garden people tired poysiot
system the season just ended They gave the OLD bJ
! glrdy Italian repertOry, OF Wagnel'S ueFnAn
music dramas AND even brand English opera lone
into tferman-StanfOrd's "Sayan1rOla yet II would nor
co. Patti crowded the house, SemOrcb aud Albanl Drew
well but the failure. Mr.. eye must again IA
realized that The LORdOH &HAtdd observed recelt 81
the appropriate cry OF operate gadiator when they
enter the is Bdjkupturs rOs sdtHtd! certainly
gladiator went 90 his ruin Win more cneeru nel
than MI Abbey, whose name now SHINES III the gre
list reaching HSHdeps time TO our own, OF Opeatd
managers " unes that me dear p Ople
CAT be d. Lee il stand Xt to that OF Mr. Dda-
fed. sank 100000 N single season, aud no i'r
from tt at the pniosop zeal Mr. fay wno found tbs
whcI direct an operate season. The Singers coAdA1
Il tat