Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-03
LETTER.
a Opera Being Nursed by
slth and influence, Now
"a in Preparation.
al Horoscope for Fifty Cents,
i IA Dollar Your Past or
Future.
A About n wizard and Tho
operandi OF His wonder
fui Representations.

jcorrespondence OF the Gazette.
YotsK, Dec 30.-One OF the most
..ant events of the winter--ari event
mAs, perhaps, lead to great and
ht results and hereafter be regarded
nei1tously historical--is the open
the American opera, which Is to
next Monday evening at the
tg of music. A few days ago
Z. On Fourteenth street a significant
i Which was going ON there in con
h WITH this opening. The old seem
a stage properties of Mapleson's
opera were being mournfully
ht out from the academy, deposited
atc of detection on the sidewalk and
! away In trucks, while numerous
s mere constantly arriving and
|he INTO the academy the gorgeous
itfer3ng furniture of the new en-
,e md boxes filed with the rich
I most superb costumes. The war
tween Italian opera, as represented
plcson, backed up by conservative
mijy" subscribers to the academy,
erIuan opera, as represented largely
newer elements In rich and fash
b society, which maintained the
D0litan opera-house, began over
lars ago. The first winter the strug-
med likely 20 terminate after the
r Of the "Kilkenny catsn combat,
hi sides were nearly used up at the
the season. However, the losses
Imade up by assessments, and the
lc was renewed last winter. Ger
peraat the Metropolitan came out
ahead that time; and this season
lian has prematurely come to final
NJ.
q great revolution from the old
81 ihings when Italian singing was
id enpreme in New York. Even
ears ago it was almost an impossi-
10 bhear one of Wagner's music
5 ia the metropolis. But next week
thefn will be given on the same
z; ssLohengrin," by the American
and "The Meistersinger" at the
|politaD The conflict Of the two
& and the collapse of the Italian
ny have at least been very useful
respect; they have opeued Just in
X OF time a field for American
Almore extraordinary enterprise
line of fine arts las never been
aiken in this city than the one which
on the threshold of its career. At
loo are a number of rich ladies
uilenen in various parts of the
N, so that it is by no means a
fair. Among them are Mrs. i. Is.
r., MIR. and Mrs. August Belmont,
Do X. Vanderbilt, Henry G. Mar
Henry =. Iliggmson, of Boston;
a Hinkle OF Cincinnati, A. Il. Trip
,FfAnclsco, aud Frank Thomson of
eiphia and the Pennsylvania rail-
But 1t is well known that Mrs. Il.
fber was the leading spirit in the
HkiDg. For several years past we
sard rumors, from time to time,
'ome mysterious person of vast
was about to endow an American
safory or college of music on y
scale, with Theodore Thomas at its
but it was only three or four
ago that these rumors were trans
Into reality aud took the more at
fprm of an operate scheme.
ben an incredible amount of work
Nm hone. Singers have been en-
an Enormous chorus of about 10
dwomen has been collected and
" drilled, and the scenery
ostnmes for ten or twelve
have been put in hand.
be academy a large brown stone
has been hired, he interior OF
Hooks like millinery, dressmakin2
VIoring establishment, which has
alto collision with dresS-goods
aid been "telescoped" by it. Here
Ia seyenty 1--we TO eighty women on
-erent floors, handling the most
cent fabrics, cutting out dresses,
embroidering, fltting; stitching
1.-THE leather jenkins covered with
OF stecl-plated brass, which are to
he Warriors of the stage; or fold
packing up the finished costumes.
ost expensive stuffs have been
rclyets, silks, materials woven Of
d Silver thread, some of them cost
X $40 yard. And the draperies
'a!let ? They look positively as If
q been spun from the substance of
1never saw more exquisite tints
products of the loom. A great
10 be made of the ballet in the
era; and while ballets are not in
iest sense artistic or in accord
emost poetic development of the
drama, they win doubtless add
the attractiveness OF the per
,cs. 1t is intended eventually to
E whole ballet composed of Ameri-
Ae, There are forty-eight Ameri-
X already.
ge fofts of several theaters scene
have been working madly for
to prepare the "drops," "wlngs''
ieSp for the American opera.
o, Hawley, the Voegtlins, Goatch-
yMefN in fact, all the best scenic
rhave been employed. Then, be-
erlain painters of easel pictures,
the highest training, who exhibit
eNdemy of design, William Lipin-
--slis Tiffany, Thulstrap, have sup
eiRns for the landscape and archi-
Due of the most curious
softhe opera is an old, abandoned
D Eieventh street, near Third ave-
..-Ich has been occupied by regi
carpenters and other artisans,
BnuiactIre on the spot every con-
article OF stage furniture. They
airs, tables, spears, chariots, bow
puies; the swan for T'Lohengrin; -
shifts OF turned wood, to be re-
Iy'A prank and represent running
Fqieimets of papler mache, and a
Wpr shields, each of different
teHttheT with superb golden wine
a epblets Of paper Churches in
ie have borrowed a good deal OF
X. ON the opera, and perhaps 1t is
THAT the opera should now APP
- Aa old church TO It's own uses.
lay rweli ask, SIIow much Is all
stff "a costsr There are $50 su-
II faTifs, Thomas orchestra and
sNt accomplished leading singers
sn,sfr pay. Wen, IL costs a good
nm assured that SI20, 900 has
81 Nksk already on the preparations.
8he projectors have got fenty
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