New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-01
CARL ROSA DEAD.
bx1xxs AND AoHIzvEMENTs OF THE WE'LL
=, KNOWN IMPRESSARIO.


KNOWN IMPREssARIo.
xondon April 30.--Carl Rosa, tho weitknosn
s,ssoal director, dead. His desaA took place IN
-. He went To thst city IN company Win
tA.sustus Harris manager Of tho DruJ Lane inosa0'
"a sttsnd tho Italian opera On The trip acfoes 1o
mammal Mr. Rosa was attached BY ehni' ou' NO
noutauued on the trip to Paris. Upon ms .1,
nero he went the Grand Hotel, where NO 'ooA ~
- bed. Psr4tonitis cot In and hAs oosln S"'' ava
lewed.
ca.i Apguss Nicons Rosa wss born In han0a h's
about forty-six years ago. beioN no :. ur,,,.
teens he had already played on his V'o''h III puon0
ana vss described In tho concert bills rs inc 'u'0
m. psr.niuks After . successful career III tho Coh-
.erv.torcs of Lepac and Paris he made his debut a.
ehe Crystal Palace IN March, 1856. enoruy ai'e'
wsrd he Joined Mr.. Bsteman's company as SOLO VIC
a,r,.f and during his first tour In the United states
~ msk sod married Madame Psrepa, who was the
.r,ma donna of the troupe. / first became man
seers said Mr. Rosa not long ago In The "orn'
Of London sowing 10 the inability OF our American
lmpresario 10 fllnl his engagement 1t was my own
and my vife's dream to establish an English opera
ssnpany In America, and during the hrst two years
our novel experiment singularly successful In
asso We ventured to take our singers to California
Dver tho Istkmus Of Panama, returning by coach
ncroes the continent. We cOntrived TO give sixteen
concerts during our tiresOme journey, reached Viz
gtniA CITY when the White Pine silver mine excite
ent at its height and spent four days with Brig
IAN Young al Salt Lake The seasons Of 1871
and 1872 very exciting In the States. Nils.
son was there with italian opera company; there
Mas also combination formed By
eantaey, Cummings Madame Patey and Miss
Rynne, and had organized a very strong company
for English Opera. Just the contest was on the
pont of commencing Wschtel the great German tenor.
unexpectedly arrived, and It became q matter OF
supreme Importance to secure his services. 1 per
adah Tim tn Sip mepf tyyO hnmf
landed and met Mr StrakOsch Missions agent coming
TO 80 him as left the room in triumph. As Wschtei
could neither sing in English or Italian, found him
company, which played at the Bowery Theatre, while
fsn at sa
An Italian opera season with immense success. 10
1872 offered tho post Of at the Imperial
Opera In St Petersburg but preferred 10 accompany
my wife TO Cairo On returning 10 England we hrst
tried fortunes with English opera in the provinces;
prepared to produce LohengrIn' at Drury Lane The
death Of my wife put an end to the p%,se ana w Was
result eSncudsa ioSSs BY w ,srs
= Ss at Rs snd at the
, 1ss Oh, nasa to Ms!
c ON vsS esnsvs Year hardly
Wagner sSx much operas cost xr% we're played
season engaged wsniyiour ir Ss1ss
Of forty dancers. orchestra Of seventy musicians
ana pa on
the stage at Drry Lane and the next year they were
followed by The Canterbury pilgrims have had
the rare satisfaction of seeing two OF my English operas
nroduced on the Continent, and the names OF such
English composers as Goring Thomas vlliers stan;
ford and Mackenzie are now known from one end OF
EUROPE to the other ] felt little proud when. on
tho first night OF 'Nadeshd Pasteloup, who hal
awarded me q prize at the Paris COnservatOire more
than twenty years ago, warmly shook me by the hand
SAYING Mon cher ami, vOus aveZ fat ben du chemin
depuis CO temps-la.'' 49,
Carl Rosa was far too modest to speak much OF his
(ndefatigable aborS. TO say anything OF certain
rood deeds h6 desired hide under bushel, such
the Pareps scholarship which he founded fifteen
Years since. as tribute TO his wfes memory, In the
Royal Academy Of Music. at a cost Of Is 600: and
the assistance he rendered the modern Royal
College. He never went through the ordeal OF .
benefit or received testimonial. Nine years ago he
married again, and the domestic happiness he had so
sadly missed returned once more to his home