The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03

-, IVp,' w WIN MCycTOfeT y grand opera,
hAiricaipe;n and the first ,nppcarancc in
america OF 'ho much, hcraldod aramNtic, so.
beonl bcoNllle appeared rs ines, Slgnur Abru.
gnedo as lusco III Gumd, Signor Moriami as
Neigsco. and Signor Gamot as Dor Pedro. The
oNercrowded and very enthusiastic and liberal
IN applauding. Lucca sc rcd Il great success. par
ticularly as an actress, us the role of Scijca was
Truly, Nine; Luccn was gifted with a beautiful
SnT rS SiGivStliko mGzzo soprano voice but her
TN, in The Hugucnots." Zc,i, ma. in Fra hi.
Faust. On Oct. , "Faumst was given VSH% With
Lncca as ~!Mnrghcrtts, Nizzani as Faust. Spora;
Janet as NcDhistopheies. The Performance" was
: great succ SIS, especially, MS regards Nine.
which Nilsson needed more dramatic force to
Mis- Clara Ii%ni$S kellogg made heE, debut in
Aurcdo and Spnrapani as Gcrmont. She scored
a sugGe,s, but the house was not half full, This
hstonlshcd Max Mnretzok, ms Kellogg in tho
previous seasons had been a good drawing card,
and he relied on her. for good average receipts.
apd; Mda n1 e was destined to he a SURPRISED
the company at a salary. OF $1,000 and a
a performance, all expenses of herself. her maid,
and Henry Jarrett. her agent, and 80 per cent. of
the gross receipts on SUM above $40 taken
in for a single performance. Miss Kellogg re.
ceived $3.50 a performance, and for the season |
efaFed lab aSd 5Sfs siS, 600 s2 % week. a about ssf iBe ssme avs Ss
the, expenses OF Strakosch's opera company
with Nilsson in the previous season; Although
son season; as Mr.. KinEsland. The sec.
r rsipts' o aHld me- e. te New Lu york seasons Msre not Tst
SO large as the others, owing to the filling of
WI was n tSat no MWfp suGSS n,g tho hot apparent Ispsi ihs su lessss
o the season. artistically and pccuniarily, Mr..
Cohen. the hacker of the enterprise. lost $40.
NM No Ia told Nna ftar thu Gnn ann I"t
he was proud of having brought to America the
most successful German prima donna in Italian
opera.
The operas produced during the season were
T1fTG s MsrPiar rF DC FPits ssS5G' " TPSr h Glpranni,""
Linda "!CTispino 9 la iComare. ,MiEnon,,'
hh her GdSnos I na@ d"sr, and; i ! Tjshtly remem'
Napoleon OF impresarios, at that time had not
a much. heraidcd star arc invariably a great loss
TO the impresario. no matter II the prima
donna ThG arrears ear w Is a a., better cite n singer 1Gs S or per di
the company. 1t happened SO. on the second
season of Lucce. lima d. Murska made a
but the houses when. she sang were not
SO fun as on the Lgeca nights. When
House he made Nilsson the star OF the company.
while at that time Mime. Marcella Sembrich,
engaged at 81 600 a performance. was IN her
Nilsson, whose voice was broken down. Never.
thcless. Nilsson made ono of the most successful
first appearances that / have ever witnessed;
Puriteni.,", III BGrbiere de seyirlie," Robert
OF triumphs. Yet Mr.. Abbey told ms that he
lost money on, her engagement, and ! told him
that the result was due to his mistake in put
little for he great Scmbrich.
1t was the same way with Rubinstein and
really drew the crowds. although Wicniawski
was as great an artist as a violinist as Rubin
irG pleased the general public more than Ru-
binstcin's. He received 81. 900 a month from
Bclvedcre House and he asked me to become
his, manager for a concert tour in the West
could eHa 0n not accept his kind Offer. and adj.
vised him to, engage Fred Zimmerman as his
or three artists TO support him. Poor Vie
niawski. In three. or four months he had lost
every dollar he had earned with Grau, who lent
him 10000 francs to 20 to Europe.
In the latter part of the Ruhinstcin season
Maurice Grau engaged the Thomas orchestra 10
assist him in n short series of concerts. which
ended most successfully. artistically and tinan-
cially.
opera bouffe company began an engagement Of
three weeks at the Olympic Theatre. situated
east side of broadway and managed BY Hayes
& Colville. We advertised for the first repre-
sentation LA Grande Duchcsse, but owing to
the nOn-arrival of some new artists the season
began with La Pcricholc." The house was
crowded and the big audience applauded cnthu.
most popular prima donna Of all the French
singers who have ever visited America.
artis,ically and pccuniarily ever given. At the
end OF the season | left for Havana to engage
the ;Jacon Theatre for an Aimee season Of ten
pcrsuadinE Senior AlCazar. the manager. with
whom | was on friendly terms on account OF the
theatre on sharing terms. which arrangement
h. had invariably refused to other managers.
the comp,,ny playing four or five times
"A week. l got the theatre for - per
cent. OF the gross rcceipts. furnishing
that Mile. Aimee should appear nj every per.
formance. He was to furnish the theatre with
scenery and properties. the advertising, posters.
programmes. and other sundry expenses. and
twenty.four musicians. besides all the Other en-.
ployccs, FOR the remaining % per cent. of the
gross receipts. | may ms well state here that
this season took place in December and January
oflS73,Ti. and il W $ the most successful opera
boutfc that they had ever had in Havana. We
cleared ncorly $l0.O0o in ten weeks. and my
share of tho profit OF 10 p"r cent. was 81. 500.
which ! resided in Havana | met there Tamber-
lik. with whom ! had been in Correspondcnce for
opera company from Havana TO the United
States. In this short time We became intimate
friends; As he had had heterogeneous with
some of his artists in concluding his arrange
mcntS for the season in the United States. I per
sunded him 10 come to New York at the end OF
his season ~ Havana and make an, arrangement
with Max MarctAck. who intended to organize
the second Lucca opera company for the season
of lST:'-T4. He arrived in New York in Nav.
1873. and arranged with Max Maretzck for his
coming season.
TamhCr!ik WIS a favoritc tenor in Spain. I
heard him in Havana in III Trovntorc" and in
II Poliucto," which performances I shall never
forget. have heard since lSi5 the greatest
tcnors Of the day. but no one ever impressed mo
as Henri Tamhcrlik. He was n great singer and
n great actor. the Srlvini Of the lyric stage. The
only ones Uppro ching him that Ihavccvcr heard
were III" great BucnrdG in the Trio "Lucrctia
BorGia " at the Academy OF Music and DE Lucia
in the mnno'oguc OF II PagliaCci" at the Met
ropolitan Opera House.
Tho Aimee opera houtfc company. after visit
ing III" New England cities. went TO phillicI.
phia. BIltlmorc.W Washington. ana som" Western
cities. OV my return from Havana to New
Orleans ! perfected ARRANGEMENTS there for a
season of two or three weeks. | think. At tho
Varieties Theatre, now the Grand Opera House.
The short season there WAS immensely success
full. The hvrrngN rccrinis ~ niEht norfnrmNnccs