The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-27
DE WHO'S START IN LIFE.
THE SECOND STEP IN THE CAREER
OF 4 SUCCESSFUL MANAGER,
Tour OF tho Associated Artists In Itamn

Tour OF the Associated Artists In italian
Opera ana Concert In Is0o'1s01 - he
VlNo's First ana Last speech Iinhn's
Great skih "H m impreSnrio'
The success That | had achieved on my first
and unexpected venture MS manager OF the
GRzzaniga concert tour. as well ns manager of
the Cortcsi Grand Opera Company In Boston
and New York, was the very best commence
ment | could have had If l intended to follow
my new profession. At the same time | did not
flattcr myself much about II, nor did | become
very enthusiastic about my future. for | real
lied that l had u very hard road before me to
travel unless | mastered the English language
and learned the geography of the United States
and Canada. ! was encouraged to pcrseverc by
Jacob Grau and MAJ Strakosch and by my
wife, who more than once said to me;
Look here. my dear Dc Nivo, II you will
ienrn l"E.tsn ! vi sur gu W +. ~ l
Think is the best profession Tor you
AS we were going to pass the summer in tho
country I mazda mn my mind to studv hnrd +,
a. - s..aan.u. l.. n.t.I.. +.
improve my English. especially IN writing It,
and to learn the art OF advertising and making
~, rr,,-nm,,cs ND sho-, ,rcsa no,jccs o,I
W. Ill - 49, Sn,nrn o,a ,.,,, ,ho,rrt
at the time, most dinlcult profession. On June
On lam 7 wen, win INV wife IN NV
,"' 80 49, -
hunting grounds IN inc woous OF ELLSWORTH
Conn, armed with nm English and Italian
romnar n aictionnrv two hooks Of variops
st"ai..i' r. - n"a nro, anS ,,n .o"aiU,a
intention OF studying hard during tho summer
and d determining, i'll could succeed, to follow the
profession had selected.
After working for two months, except two or
,,roo h,rr, n 5,y ~, ,oi,rr, ,i,,o ,,bicb 7 hod
- - snsa. 49, 0anI,, -,
spent In hunting or ishihg' 1 hau
English. NJ vorlous differently wordel nd.
,...,g.n,,,,l, ~ ami a.I u"1
several short press notices OF a company Of
IT., -, no,i,s 7 r,o,, vo-,,r,u mLo al
"''.tN. """so 'uv''I' l nv" wy "''' ",' "t
resided in New YORK, and VINO were going to or
ganize IA company. | did this in cnse | should
no ,nr,n,o.o ononrb :, ho ,hn,r ,cr,,
oe ioFtu'a.o e"'"Hn " " ~. go
One day in the latter part OF August ! came to
New York expressly to submit my efforts in
composition o an IhL'Ln"'e ir'e"N Vi mn VINO
was n master OF the English language. l said
My dearest friend. | come hero TO beg you to
look over this scribbling in English and tell me
sincerely II you ma n great many errors IN IT.
English, as | am going to tol..w the operate
career which | beg4a last winter
written, and aftGrwatd said to me: =,
NJ dear De Ntvo. am very much surprised
ana very Etad 70 tel YOU mat i no %0t ma d many y
some paragraphs. and very few errors in spell.
ing. You must know that the English language
is different in phraseology from the Italian and
French. which YOU know. You VIII learn this
uart from experience and practice; Go, ahead
no doubt with time you Will succeed
ia mastering. our language. You have been
"A good Latin scholar. as you told mo
devote yourself to the operate profession. As
YOU have made up your mind to do. with your
strong Will and ambition. YOU VIII undoubtedly
succeed in Il few years in bGcoininE u prominent
man In the operate world"
His kind words, which ! knew were sincere.
gave me great courage. ] thanked him very
much. and sad:
My very dear friend. ] hone that in a few
years you VIII hear that ! am getting alonS very
well. and that your prophecy VIII be verified.
Re sure that Will devote all my time to my
profession. and Will work so hard and coHscitn-
tiOu,ly for my directors or managers aS TO he
come the most prominent advance agent among
the German. American, and French operate
agents now ahead Of me in the field"
| can state here, with. great pride that ! ac-
complishcd what | said would. While my
salaries were standing still. and some OF them
were Tor several seasons idle. While | BEGAN
on only $50 a week. the second season ! got
$50. the third So, the fourth 500. ana SO on,
increasing every year. and in 1858 received
axe on the profits as her manager Of opera
and concerts, the highest salary ever paid to
The ,ame dry l went back to Ellsworth. well
contcntrd with my work done during the
suminSr. Snon a'tgF | NIX # wa. S%pI: $, !
ness. The next day I left by the iirst irnin FOR
New York. and vent directly 10 the Everett
House. Where ! met BriHloli and jacob Grau.
| with whom l took breakfast. Then Br!rnoli
said to me-:
No c.u'iSStmo De Ntvo. tho reason wrote
you to come to see me Immediately was that we
have decided IL orsuniIc AN o,cin company,
under the name OF The Associated Artists
~ there l. no re~luu>tI.c imprcsar!o To depend
upon. and we SHAH work on sharing terms. Inc
ASSOCIATION Will comprise Nine. tauiine Co!sGn,
u magnificent soprano. "a you know, from the
New Orleans French opera company, who scored
a great success here a"d in Philaneiphia last
season; SiEhor ferri, ,bar!ionc; S!glor SuSlnl.
basso; Signor thssie", ha"so cnntautc, anu my;
self. with Signor MuZio n muslcA! director and
conductor, and our good friend. JacobGrau. ms
the director. We all want gu TO be our secretary
and business agent, rs We jldge from your past
work and tho success you achieved last season
with GnI2anlga ana tue Contest cpera Com
pany that you VIII bring us good luck. Be
sides, Sc have confidence, in your honesty. de-
sire TO succeed. Hud abundant energy,
really felt very much ~tattered by the propo-
sition, ana being wei! aware that brignoll was
much more sn9rrstttious, than Ga@@aniGa, |
lauEhinEly accepted with thanks ana good
grace the offer OF $50 n week. thinking that |
was most fortunate 10 begin my career with
such II galaxy OF artists, thnt 'Ec ohcr was u
great compliment 10 me, an Inexperienced mhl
In the profession. ard that II tho season shou d
be saCcess:ul, NJ II WGs, II wou.I open II w!!o
field TO me. The constitution Of the association
provided that each one should help 70
1000 -.H