The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-27

event. Every day. therefore. had notices of the
o fthc sNlc OF tickets the excitement was quite
marked. and when, ut : T.. NJ, the box office
closed, the sales, were over $1,000, When the
concert ] had in the bank Sl.T5O, The first thing
GRAZ asked me at the supEer table vast
l told him that it was over $500. Then
BriEnoli became enthusiastic about the big sale,
and rising from hts seat exclaimed:
81 told you that, DE, Nlvo is our lucky agent"
aud ordering two bottles OF champagne they all
drank to my health S1d the m success ", OF the com
The receipts of the two concerts were over
$4,000. and tho artistic success was enormous.
Detroit and Cleveland to arrange n concert in
each place. Tho Detroit concert went off most
got u severe cold and eft Tor New York the
morning after. Grau telegraphed mc about IL
the day a;trr. but too lato for me to advertise
to get printed n card to post. ! felt kceUly this
position was that tirau had left, with
Nine. Colson, for New York aud had
public before the conCcr; commenced. ] thought
Grhu had acted very mcRnly In leaving me in
In vain, to find some one to make a speech tor
me. rs | knew too well tina | would be unable
frst time. speaking, as did. broken Enelish. /
felt myself to be the most wrctChed man IN the
by my watch | began to tremblc Ike n leaf be-
hind the curtain. could not even stand erect
on my legs. AZ last the artists pushed me on
the platform, and there remained for almost a
minute ike n statue, unable to utter n word: 1
felt as II | Ind neither tongue nor breath. The
audience commenced TO laugh and CRY out:
On hearing these cries l awoke as II I had been
IN a sleep, and l began:
Ladies nnq gentlemen. please excuse me FOR
ny, broken English" Al this sentence the
Hqai's Sndsr aEnlan9 3ca.| me At q" thi .ai Kind iG rsm S%' w {
got Il little courage and continues: 1T is Gods
will. and no ono, can help it; an accident, what.
| Hkpr NntI Will mil n Mime InlSnn Ia very sick
with II very bad cold, hence unable to appear to-
night. Instead. Miss Kellogg and the other
number, OF Mine. Colson., and ! hope to your
satisfaction, begging your indulgence"
Good for a Dutchmau!" aud / entered with
n good show of applause. But | felt as II | had
time that | would never make another speech in
my life for II 1000 bill; nor did l ever during
my long career.
after. the newspapers, while they regretted the
absence OF Nine. Colson. praised highly tho
English, an! in referring to Nine, Colson tney
called her MING. COLLISION. We left, for New
YORK, and. while the artists were well satisfied
with me. | was a much Disguised man. But |
soon forgot the unpleasant Incident. which was
one that very often happens to the impresarios
On our arrival in New York we found that
T :" B"rnnrd r Tim se1a II fapbp p' TO be- riyep ! at tp tLe
Academy. Of Music and two In Brooklyn. as II
series o: benefits to him on account of he losses
as pprtner Of Maurice strnkosch. Having
heard OF my success he engaged M TO attend to
the business of the Brooklyn performances,
and before ! began my work he gave me a very
good lesson In nd ADVERTISING well aud economically,
now that he was the very best ad-
y]ertiser OF all the imprrsarios have
20 much pleased with my work among other
things | saved about $50 in advertising and
anccs he gave me a 500 bill for my two weeks
work. Remaining:
serve every cent Of i. Keep on working in this
way. and no doubt at no distant date I shall
hear in Enropc that. you are one of the most
succe-sful managers in America
Bernard Ul.man was great !mpresario and
fec,ly and had grand idea.. He brought to
this country in the fall of le55 Nine. Anna de
s lT mrHnS' wee S" have W ' had ST hsre: M iirsfeaF at that
time ono OF the few great tennrs In Europe:
SSignor More!ii' the famous baritone OF the
bufo. Revere. For some unknown reason
Nine. de La Grange made her debut Mt Nihlo's
Garden rs i;usiRd In The Barber OF Seville"
scoring an overwhelming success. After two
weeks the company appeared at the Academy
Lammermoor," IN which Nine. de La Grange
md Nitrate achieved a triumph. .e-peciaily
diction scene, in which his only rival in Eu.
rope was tue crea,-volced tenor Fraschint. In
s snSe iG1F'H to "S tie "i great ! sf Ma rfneI H HsF' was Hs W shs
greatest Of ali the. EdGI's | have heard In
Atty years here ana in Europe; but the great
v%anni", in tie two arias; and also in the grand
aria ot"Snn Scbnstiano," which he sang at a
her rTca, snccess in II Pu1i'ani." The ssason
lasted only six weeks On account OF ;M!rate
being engaged at The theatre Of san Carlo, Ma.
piles. In isod.57 he brought here the great
bassn Carl F9rmeS and the tenor Big
nnrdi. In 1887 he Introduced the great
pianist I%halhcrg and Elena d'Ancri. the
great contrR!to. only SECOND to Aihoni, In a
| In 1858 he BROUGHT here the great piCcOlnmtDl.
who made her debut rs Ifolsttl In La Tray.
latN" with Bricnoli and Amadio, at the Acad-
envy Of Music, creating a turore. In the same
year he introduced the great violiniot. N.ienx-
temps. in Tho cntr'aCtes OF the opera. Unfor'
~tunRtrly Ni"uNtcmrs'waS not much OF n success,
but !. lmGn made the combination Of lhHlnerG
arl NiruS,rmps ard conducted n successfl tour
Music, IN" very great Carl Hermann. with
/ tremendous success hv his great manipuintions
ing tricks. and by his personal magne,ism and
.,r"ir tlire and he crowded the Academy Of
Music for over six weeks. Aftcrwnrh Ullman
sent him MI over the country. and in ~ months
his profits were nenrly $4,000 md Hermann
! cleared $4,000. This was the last venture OF
Imam here and lie retired TO t,,ari,; but, no
year inter Re engaged Carlotta patt! aud di-
rerted her grand tour Of concerts all over
Europe for nearly three years. The was the
most memorable tour ever undcr,nE"n by any
imnrcsario :ur 30 long n rcriod. II was 50 well
ter A,hclina on the lyric stage. En' ullman
was clever enough 10 engage such great iusirn-
mcntAliatS NJ intervals as ThalberE Sivori.
Josctiy. NieuNtcmps. Wieniawski, Pintti. and
other celebrated artists to n--ist her. This
grand tour WINS the sensational musical event in
| Europe. md lllmRn cleared over 100000 francs,
aud Cnrlorta PATH over 4uG,n0u francs.
Our season OPENED in November at the Acad-
I clnT Of Music. We piuvrh tht:c IN Monday.
Wylurslr,. and FRIDAY ui.h's ard saturday Mt
q matinee, and Rftrr the inst week we olcncd
the Bruoklyn Academy Of Music. per'ormiu:
there a. Tuesday aid Thuradny nights, Tho
sCt. vl. u well remember, Ia ted twelve weeks.
! Njss Kellogg made II suvCegsfUi DEBUT Rs aria
N "R'golcuo," and nferward sLr sang with
NUcrr=s In Linda de- thamOUniX." During the
three months wg produced La T~raY:ata a." i
IrOyatorr,' "1Ar Sicilinn Ncspurs'-which
was II great sucCrss-wiIh Col.on, Br,guoll,
Ferrl, Suhini, and othcrs, and. LA %luiye."
with CoI~or, Isabella HtukGly. Susini.
and Sr.Re!lt. 'he greatest L,oelr at
that time on the operate stage. lIu
went TO Europe after tho season. md with that
role only achieved AN immense suCrcss In every
city In which hosnnE. We also produced II Gu
r"n'gl,,o' win, success. The, artists we're COL
son. Miss Phillips. Br.suu,l. Frrri. and others.
:" Noses WAS ais, rrodGcrt for tho first time
here with Susint Ms M,s5s. What n .rarl ma n
,IIvf.rr f.,, l.r .-.H : =. IL.