The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-22

Mile. Nilsson received $500 for zach concert
and half of tho gross receipts above FS.ovu. hnu
her maid and Henry Jarrett. her agent, Nils.
son cleared $l2s.OO0 and Maurice ann Th TIT Il
S tbe fSsS6,t m nToft $P ,SS slrS SiSsT pF bpotiors u" ever :
made from Nilsson. In the second season OF
1894 they paid Nilsson 81 900 a performance
frat aSs. Or Six weeks Max stsaEoseh Lost
competition of Lucca, De Murska, and TOmbor..
lak at the Grand Opera House, besides the great
attraction OF Tomaso Salvini playing Mt tho
Academy on tho of nights OF Nilsson. Ono day,
i think In tho last week Of October, he sent mo
poriant business. AS we had worked together
for some years, we we're intimate friends. and IN
all his business transactions he asked my advice.
As soon az I entered his room he exclaimed:
My dearest friend, Do vtvo. ] am n sick man
and my mind Is no good for business. am los.
over S20, 900. / do not want to lose what !
have made with tho two seasons of Nilsson, as 1t
do adyise me. with your clear head what shall
",CdrisSimo am leo Max" l replied. III you
| am sure that you will come out at the end Of
s sss 6 Seos nIoo Mi!h no loss and perhaps with
g on, caro- De vivo, / viii listen to you and
First" I said: "earo Max Ia; - You must send
for Mr.. Jarrett, tie agent of Nilsson, and tell
n nl% % io% mo yS %a %TG To lo snnicS f. M ihS g Tiisso OF S WSS hos
yourself poor. II Mile, Nilsson wants you 70 60
performance. the terms you gave her before;
otherwise you will shut up the shop on next
fM i1R : : Gomm nm"i T Thsn S you y send a @t cirraiar lot t.
ter to all YOUR principal artists telling them that
SO sol lar Any gq y. have IA IS sustained at a x = loss ,h OF no StG;oo Wn nmd
bssiin MINI ns On next K s Gon sSS': ! Sns Want SA' QUICK
"To are paying too high salaries. Last sea-
son with Nilsson yo 70, had Caponl and Brignoli;
full houses whom Brignoli sang with Nilsson
and very good houses when he sang with Mile;
BriEnoli. S S1G y ooI pa nsh him G q. go a mo insIe"e r6 Ds
houses are fun whom he sings with Nilsson. but
no better than when Nilsson sang with BriRnoii
Mime. Maresi the houses are empty"
ca "Hes, s"TG bd DE m Wiyo' :. you are perfectly sIc e b night n:
does not draw, 80 far, half his salary. The
IerSest house / have had with him and without
Nilsson was $500. You have a hard head. DE
once, hoping to succeed, as l wish to carry out
my prosramimc for the season and maintain my
Two days later I called on him, and with a
cordial embrace he thanked me for my advice.
1T is all right, De Vivo. Nilsson and the
other artists have kindly assented to my de.
mand. MHle graSie. my dear boy mile grdsie!
As loft New York to pilot Salvini all over tho
country and to Havana l did not meet Max
vited me to dine with him at nm Italian restau.
rant in Fourth avenue. He was in the %happiest
mood u | had a ever seen him in telling me that he
weeks, but had cleared from S25, 900 to $50, 600.
He said: Let us drink. nov a bottle Of cham
After the unexpected and unavoidable close of
the Czillag opera season / found ont that there
goers to have a sprinR opera season. DuurPins
FEBRUARY and March l received from Havana
n Dioriode Ia Marina and other Havana news
PAPERS. in which were chronicled the M
OF the great tenor. Signor VILLAIN. and other ar
lists. As at that time Miss Clara Louise Kellogg
and Mime. ,Agata States. who WAS gifted with
the very best soprano dramatic voice that
America has produced. We're anxious for an en-
Abilities. the husband Of Nine. Gazzaniga. to en-.
gage the tenor VILLAIN and some other successful
artists from Havana, and organize an opera COM
pany for n spring season in New York and Bos-
ton. They both accepted my proposal. and after
a few days C. Chizzola started for Havana. He
and Nine. faroseim. After these engagement
y, orEaniked The following company: Miss
Asata states, d%raimatisc soprano; Nine. cairoseIIi.
mczzo soprano; Signoriha Palma. contralto;
siSo1! s Hs11ani orR|s Ga%aiH .fS]" spiiion sien sisn G"rBRs aon:
Reina, basso cantante, and Signor Susini. basso;
an orchestra of forty and thirty-six in the cho-
rus. We opened the season on May . with I'll
Trovatore;" Nine. States was Lfomoro: signor
Reina. Fernando. Nine. states. VILLAIN, and
0rlandini made the greatest hits Of the evening,
though the entire performance was a success.
During the short season of four weeks. which
was the most successful season financially that
GSschera, III Tro"store." Faust" ia
ifsf's'si "SSfR'o oSbefs Il i & bI eS%o!si and @ Fl fan.
sr eas s sScf psSae Of or tn, in,S t sssso" v MHs xis Wos nn nSe
pected. Besides being a great singer he was a
great actor. His success achieved on his debut
OF Miss Kellogg, Mime. States, and the ensemble
OF the company. contributed to the financial sue
the gross receipts OF eighteen performances.
and our profits, he exclaimed:
oh: my my dea, fellows you are the luckiest
the age, including Sontag, .Alboni, Bosio, Stef-
sreat saIvi. Mazsoicni. steechi Botisrdif. Brig.
noli, Badiati. Beneventano. Amodio and Marini.
season. except with Nine. Modorf in Norma
and she was really a great Norma"
of s 81 h' Es Ersntes1 f G5 sSI WSs SSt Il the rsSeiP Fts
then said that even with Stefanon', Salvi and
Beneventano his best receipts were 81 600. Dur
mary, the great French basso, now dead. had
scored an ENORMOUS success as Lsporeilo X Dor
and particularly as MephistopHeles in Gounod's
Faust" at the French Grand Opera House in
New Orleans; l FASTENED to telegraph him. ask
s.@ " ~ tA WIZ WI W VI
three performances IN New York and Boston. He
telegraphed back that he would be pleased to
sing at two performances In New York or in Bos-
ton for $500 each md for three performances
fol. $i00 each. Owing to the great reputation
he had achieved as the greatest l!IcphistopheIes
after ,Feure OH the French lyric stage. ! nc
copied his terms. which considered most
reasonable. photographed him to come at once.
This correspondence was on May Il, but un.
fortunately for Ms he could not como to New
York before May %. The unexpected delay OF
his coming deprived the New York public OF
his famous performance OF MephiSt0phcies.
We could have cleared a few thousand dollars
more II he had come sooner. as we intended to
produce Faust " for three nights and q matt.
nee. and no doubt the Academy OF Music would
have been ovcrcrowdcd.
From New York w" went to Boston's Globe
Theatre to play there the first two weeks OF
June, but owing to the excessively hot weather
We piiMyed there only the lirst week, at a loss OF
IL, Trayiata,' with Miss kellogg as J%foieita;
Signor Carosclli, ;iJrcd0, and Signor Buongior.
no, Germond Miss Kellogg, who was . great
scored n success. Signori Caroselli and Buon-
Kiorno, new artists TO the Boston public, divided
loRg. The second night NXerdi's "Ernani'
SiRnor VILLAIN This first appearance therel, En-