New-York tribune., 1886-03-07

Tb..e ar. approxlmlte yuras as given TO TIE TRi8
UNE by Mr. stanton They Indicate that tie tota attend
ance during tho opera allowing an average 0i
200 persons in the each evening, was l3SslOo
The box ofice receipts from GOdmarks "KOnigin Won
Saba Aggregated S60OOO but in view OF the great
pense of staging" the work and the Circumstance that
the composer received royalty on each representation
the opera perhaps more profitable tdan others In
the list. "Die Neistersnger" and "TannhauSer' for
instance. In a general Mr.. Stanton sets down tho
financial outcome OF the about the same rs tha
| of l-'sj. A shrewd guess based on Mr. stantons
| "Oueen OF Sheba" figures, would place the
! box Office receipts for the season at s2OOOOo
To tbi, sum mast be added the assessment
on the boxhoders ordered in October The expense OK
maintaining the property of the metropolitan Improve
meut COMPANY is said be in the ghbOrhoot ofS70OOJ
OF which nearly half chageable against the inter-
est account Had the company not gone toPAiadelpha
during holiday weeks, It Is probable that In spite OF
the increased costness OF this seasot the hnAncal re-
suits would have been materially better than those OK
last year. when popularity understood that thero
WAS deficit Oh the years work OF about $4,000 Inc
cost 10 the soc cknoders during Mr. Abbey's Italian sea
son was their full OF $4,000. aud this WIS
only "A fraction OF Mr Abbeys loss on the enterprise
But we do give this anything but speculation 20
far as one can from the evidence offered the in.
come OF the institution has been IN the vicinity of
Sl5 900 u week from the public
The season Of Iss4-lssJ contained httysevea repre-
seutaiiOns devoted TO twelve operas; ths yeaI htyw0
representations have been sven to nlnc operas. Inc
prospectus Of the hrst German season eon.hed t"eh1
two oucras; OF ths secoud thirteen. with possible
M MnS C rivc1 were Die G5tterdfmmerun: la
Juye" Aida" ana " La GIocoIdd ths
,.nt list was not touched 1t embraced Mehs-
totee lLasane.lO," " Les Huguenos and " tho Fly
ing Datchman" 1t is doubtful whether any other han
tbc boy-holers and season subscribers cited the
rs.to o more than TWO OF these operas TIE
admirers OF Wagner were natlrauy ahNIus ~ w!'ess
Ia. t;;;,terIpm@ru and the popular admiration
for Ada is great enough tohaye lnsurod lis te3ep0u
with hearty favor bur tne Wagneres can oso'u , NJ ~ ~
| ,,Tt, .ha Ppla
nfty-tw wo represeni aons were devoted 10 ts D reo
masters operas and that Die Me!sterslh-er E'heIvt
smnrrb and lasting honors. while the public Scehs 70
have derived 50 much pleasure rom ,'o IN r IN
opera as Aida" wOuld not nave ma'ofsHy au 10" ~
The Treparaons which have TINS Ear been made ioi
rcyt season. look to q continuation IN the i0Icl "hlcF
has Welded such tine lcSutS during tue L''t ~ o
IN tIr first place ere Soid has Deeh 70 en- Sta as o
musicll conductor, and tniS i Sunrahec oi nisn
degree OF artistic hnsb In tue re2reSehtaot' 80 , & -
tnat quality il az the command oi tho man az ~ ,Vs
thr department Oi tho Institution ni thc d'ss
who contributed to Lae pleasure OF ,ic p"o, t cS"r
Lehman, FIaulen Brandt Frau ktaaSS' lerr ''No Not
and Herr Robinson have also BEEN re'ehsh-el, ~
nuc o c,e could have been permitted 70 ePift HI'ot
disappointment 10 tue p',niv. - ", i,,,r.ys tns
rcturu in the rail- with Gctcrnlh Oh 10 luiptofO
| stage management which mas not oeeh on tnu sno Sa
hIen plane OF excellence ~ TUE muS'a "' ~ tJe
rnfnrs owing largely mechanical lnpcticclICs ~ ~
,rn1nrnns OF the stage at the Metropollta shoHo
not be the perfectly equipped staEe 20 ..V re
rrnnrel 10 make it 50. The cost wond NOT nave 80 s
great III the first instance, but NaSS sum vsrtbe.
I IA
less IL is Mr. santons purpose 10 GSns'lsi TrI IL
lin. uuprnvement. IIe Will start of iurOpo oI,
and bssdes looking after works FOR next yeai '' ss
"my,g,, artists will make au inspection o tho "F,
Gonsrs ri Vienna Dresden, LstSic, StittSft hlt
i,rrcnn cities with tho view OF Introducing hu
~ unp~oyrments here which aIe csaellt ~ II ofIge
rcnuiriuy particularly ingenious STAGE h"cHhlf' ~
Ishclnsofd" Tor instance, are 10 NC E'>V" ,Daija
Strrrnn', FIRST business IN Vienna VIII ne 10 '.,,e
,yrstn,t ar NOT Merlin" tho new opera OI Do1hbs bs
snnl h incogporatel next seasons list. iie ' tss
oHtinn until Juv / and Will 10 given rchAS, ~ y3r;,S
crnnoser nm Vienna carly IN May. Nhethei 'ivri,r
In .el ar not there l. no question that tle ia
sorks now on the Metropolitan repository W. NJ, 10
ircnseI next winter 10y others tnat nave IL ia a,
nrhi,ye an equal degree OF success MI Stan.p p,re
Jinrn task will CONSIST In capturing ono oi . an
song brIs a good d:aTatic tenor. II has @ ssrinent
nnnnceI I'm Berlin that Herr Nienahn. tho on, IND
Wnonet tenor has surrendered his Contrast o,nrs W.
mtera! opera 10 come to New York. Ont this ne has
mrnt Was premature. Ho Is not cugaGed eefsd
heen talked about. longing eyes nave nI thar 10
townrl Herr GuetZa and it is not imp 81 entire
should De engaged for portion II not r Io conIaps
season He is the preatest prize that Ger so nuief
n, tGe preSent time Herr Wnkelmahn is "'''
| consideration. We believe. ,.ss,ou OF praise
In concluding this review hearty eN III to establish
ia dne to Mr. Stanton. He has lahvfon. W v,tos ZEAL
German opera intelecntly aud WI" nd artists with
and hns horne himself toward public n that nave
dignity candor, h0uesty aLd geniiny ,ap with
deared him To those VINO cams in'o
him, and won the respect OF an-