The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-01-06
SAFE or SEATS ron cALyE.
the First Days Receipts Exceed Tw,
Thousand Dollars,

The sale of seats for Nine. Calves
performance of Carmen" at the Hy-
uerion next Monday night opened at
the box office promptly at 8 o'clock yes
terday morning, and continued steadily
throughout the day. This is by odds
the most important of the years
amusement offerings, and to a great
extent partakes of the nature of a
rather daring experiment.
In the first place the Metropolitan
Opera company Is the most expensive,
the most famous and altogether the
most brilliant operate organization in
the world. 1t consists of the rarest and
highest priced artists from all capitals
in all continents. In this special in
stance New Haven is to be favored by
the presence of the tip-top-notchers so
to speak--the Incompatible Calve and
her matchless "Carmen'-an unparal-
| leled combination, such as a privileged
and fortunate few can expect to enjoy
but once in a lifetime.
| A great deal of preparatory work is
being done for this single appearance
of the Metropolitan Opera company.
| L A1S liiIolSeLk SLUG vi lllt CITY was IlCNGI
in such a flutter. Ever since the an
nouncement was positively made
week or so ago there has been a man
! Hesitation of decided interest in all di-
rections and there is every prospect of
| the complete success of an undertaking
which Manager Bunnell sets down as
one of the most important of his career.
Mr.. John B. Schoeffel of the firm of Abb
hey, Schoeffel & Grau, appeared in New
Haven Monday for the third time since
the contamination of the big deal, and
with his business agent and eight
stage carpenters started in to make
things hum in the neighborhood of the
| Hyperion, Mr.. Schoeffel will remain
here until the sale of seats is we'll I'M
der way, and then proceed to New
York to complete the details at the
other end of the line. 1t is said that
Carmen presented here is In every re-
spect the same as in New York, and re-
quires the aid of nearly 200 people, the
orchestra alone enlisting the services of
fifty selected musicians. The cost of
this single performance will be we'll
over the $4,000 mark, consequently if
| the local impressarlo betrays of mental
! fatigue coupled with anxiety during
the present week, his excuse for it will
be Reasonable. ready and consistent.
A fair sized wager was registered
yesterday that the first days sale
would reach $4,000. If it does the mu-
steal reputation of this town will be
established for the next decade.
1t is only short time ago that the
ablest musical writer in New York
made this extraordinary statement:
Mime Calve as Carmen brought back
the consciousness that the attitude of
the public towards this remarkable
creature is wholly different from that
manifested toward any other singer or
actor Our public is favored above
that Of any city in the world just now
with the performances of artists for
whose gifts and attachments an ad-
miration is felt that spikes all the or
binary guns of criticism. In the pres
ence of some all stand alike in amaze
ment and wonder, others command a
/ respect bordering on reverence for the
lovely sincerity of their art, and the
superb intelligence which they bring
into the play in everything they do; but
4 Calve causes that warming of the blood
which compels forgetfulness of all con-
ventional barriers and knits bond be-
tween artist and spectators which
smacks not in the least of the play
house. She is a part of all those who
see and hear her. Their hearts are hers
and her heart seems to be their. 1t is
fortunate that she has both the capac-
ity and the willingness to enforce the
ethical lesson of Bizet's opera contained
in it's tragical denouement. If 1T were
not so the duty would seem to lie near
to question whether the moral we'll
being Of society did not require the
suppression of her Carmen, so puissant
in it's fascination.
Here is a period from another essay
recently published:
Fascinating Calve. adorable Calve
you would have maddened multitudes
in the bad old times when men went
down on the bloody sands and fought
until they fell for a woman's glance"
How can we afford to miss it?