The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-25
ERAND OPERA A SUCCESS.
1nSAsUHrn AND CRITIC zsnEr EH1s
sEtsoA, Z. 3 g.

$4,000
ah.sv ~ er.u's Receipts Nave Exseesed
ssSo.ooe Cs-u.-- ths Nest Frssuspt-
!, Repeated work s-s the Most Remu-
-er.t,ve4fhs orsat Atusts or the Geo.
pspy-Ths Salaries OF ths Principals.
II IL. a matter Of coneratulation that the
managers Of this seasons opera are enabled
10 announce that the performances have been
financially successful. The total receipts OF
the performances given In New York, Brook
Ign. and Philadelphia have amounted to some
thing more than $3.50 900. The stockholders
who under the present hrrangem emit give the
house to MessrE Abbey 4 Grau. reservlnR
their boxes, have not been called upon for any
assessments, nor can they be. There were
fity-two subscription performances. Eight
extra performances, outside OF the subscrip-
tion. were given In this city The company
tang twslvs times In Philsdelphis and six
times In Brooklyn, and on each OF the Sum
Gay nights during the season there was .
concert.
Carmen" heads the list OF operas with
record Of seventeen performances Faust
comes next with eleven. "Cavalleria" had
nine, "Lohengrin" seven. and - Romeo ct
Juliette' six. "Rigoletto" was given three
times "Orieo" twice. Lucia di Lammer-
moor" four times. and Philemon ct Baucis"
and "PPaRliacci" Ave times each. "LAmico
Fritz" was sung twice Hamlet once. Sem
iramide' and "Nozze di Figaro" each four
tn. mi. No,.tersinper,' was sunp tvice and
"T,r,bausor" tbree Tim e. which was M lsast
,vico TOO ATTAIN. Nine Arnoldson Who dsye,.
on.d upusual uss,ulnesa sanr thirty two
timc. r,mes and Calv6 each sang twenty
sight times. Melba and Scalcht each twenty
five times. and Nordca twenty-two times.
Among the men NJ Maueiere sang twenty.
nine times Ancona thirty. yienaa tventv.
.iobt De Lucia twenty.seyep. lean do Reszks
tventr.six. and Fdouard d. Re,zke thirty
,imss vbIIs plancon heads the It.t With ,birtv.
ons ne rformances.
The succesa of tbe season dnapciaI,v b..
hcsn Carmen" The e.norisnca for the ost
Two ysnrs has sbovn that The brunt n, tho
,.,sop,a nroots fails on ono omar, This q.
.xplained by the mnnarers nv IN. fact that
casual obAra poers 'attend the performanc.
which during IN. season has attracted most
sttsntion. Tbex want 70 sav that tbev b,ya
hard that and ssen tbs singsr, who ar. most
talked about Only "L'Imico Fritz and
"rpar,iaoci" vera nov.,tie, "Wertbern
which was announced for last Monday will be
given ON the openinp nirbt Of tbe snnp,s-
nentary season. The season tbroupbout va.
most conspicuous for tho sinoera n ssrv.d ,o
present. In addition to the mn .nomsn Al spcces.
Of i" Carmen " the average Attendance has bs.n
ursatsr than that Of the precedinp sssson.
The sinp.rs Mesars. Abbev q Grau b.x.
tntrod,csd 10 ua tbis vint., h.r. nrov.d ..x.
nm. or two among the suhordin.t. m.mh.rs
NJ tns comnany erc.ntionallv .n,cs.sf,,i
Among The nevcomers mo.t succ.ssfui w.r.
M.sdames C,lys and MeIba Tb. yorm.r h.s
practically been heard in only two parts. those
Of Carmen and Sdnt,izza. She is q singer OF
~ondarful dramatic now.r n 4. urfortnn.t.
monueliui ufanhai' po"sr AZ" unfortunate
that there were SO many prime donne In tho
" sn s.w ra,ss Oh. nas Ia rsn.r, ~ appv ns
a. -. =, h.r b., 80. ~ - 80
yet heard her. The few performances Of S,l,el
10 LAm,eo iiZ seaieeS counted. shes
that then We may hear her in a wider range Of
.hs,sots,s VI
AsTHE Sun has said before. New York heard
this year n group OF prime donna which has
probably never been equallsd in any other
opera COMPANY. and it must be accepted as
one q thS .aisaSysritasss Or sach Al .Stih:
lance .. Eoop 'h'aes mss Mmei .aiss was
h h only II, in the TWO parts which made the
iuI OF the season. Her performance Of San''tiia
found to her Carmen are not an fi,ej.nt to mar
the real imnrsssivansss n, b.r nar-
Torrance. The managers of the com
pany cannot be bIamkd for r.p,atedIx
.r,o,,oJT,-. .s,or. ,,s
Ahnopnc'ne performance Whieh meant
80 much profit to them. Two years ago the
performance of "Faust with what w n trowr
~ 49,. .:is.s, W." 81, -as "as A .I
~ tne iueal cast saved 'he season IMAM
cially.and Carmen" did tho same thing this
year n was iustly tho m nat nobnlar n.rform
snc, that Iha com1any aave nnJ it, tcast ha.
never beem exceiied' Al lie inmoms nerSorm
hnrs M fya Omar, cominna in psri.f ssvaraI
years ago. 10 raiss funds for the statue oi
liz.t Jean de i,aszI a was lion L'ss IaSealIa
was GSGsmNo. and Nine. Meiba was W,cGsia'
MINI. Cant MARI who craataJ tha nart -
CiTJn,,, AZ In. OnsIn cnminns gstnrp o - ~,
stage Tor that afternoon to sing her original
BAR;
Tho singers that we have heard this year In |
" Carmen" were auite as farous as those that
appearad at that M atinea ifhs HS1e n of Nina
] amrs was one OF the best performances sho |
has given 10 New York. Lassalle who is mot |
sspecially suited by voice or temperament 10 |
the role OF kScaniito, sang with US, and every
body X n0ws IN at Jean dc Eeszke WAS the Don |
JOS. Faust" even with the same east that
sang Il two years ago. drew eonsilsfahIy
less money this year than then II
was not sung so often NUT next to
. armen" IL Was the best DRAWING
OrerA al ths season. What th a fayorifa MI -