The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-25

. Aug. 20 I came peck 70 New nork, ana
w viasfS ! h Sst g. B. S0P Tos 70 WE Who t wss sls aan @ ssS
fcrcnt details in advertising, / took my man
agcrial chair for good 70 begin my, work. Par
0Rs Row Wit, End nv h %,n SST,; sSv nSS Be- been DoG gTeiGtly
s sSsui Mr.. hsss interiors RisaiSss WITHIN my Ssn aSl srSS IT,
to my sole management In advance OF the com.
Rnny, he remaining with the company to SEQ
t tsss OF iEc opsEa was ad gT0P T mgs a0 sSy for fSn the %s sS All
worked like beavers, and tho entire enterprise
went r. like a lightning express;
t6S Fqgricenth street Theatre, ,SoM York City,
produced in America. Tho following was the
f SsS; $ $ SG,1 : S III "SSSS;%sSS%sSiii l., rs fS;i$Sytf 5 %S Ne Eta. az 81:
RaipS. Nj, T.. sSsulni; $pIlaett,, ~. Harrison;
Ephrom, Mr.. De solba, Conductor, Mr., Reify.
The house was crowded from parquct to gal
Very %5s p %nS t6S Spsr% or T lvo 1 simes a c s%ssSss t 1siy it
Nordblom made his debut as IhdddenS with
Psrcpaa H1sa as tho Bohsmtan Gfri on Sept;
the opera was repeated on tho 2lst, with WI;
with Parepa i HSs Mrs. i. sesSin' as IGssariiiio
and with William Castle and L.aurance, was
given on the sGthi Fra Diayolo,% with nsrsse,
hIaISpa. Rogn, Mrs. scsui1, Castle, Campbell,
G {ssll' . Wit With TT "fRo Sf SShSSnmi SnS9 airi FL W VII RR's opef 70.
during the entire season was tho favorite and
dr Sfta irT tSe SGyw o york ssds6n h of ibrce weeks
weeks at the American Academy OF Music in
I Eat,a'f TpPsIish o opera, SM Sr oSs. the M,t cast s be-.
Ing Nine; par'pS Ross: Mrs. =: sosuiHi Mr..
e.. Campbcl. H.. Howard. and OthCrs. conductor.
operas we We're Prod@eod:' The Bohemian Giri,h''
"M Mae p"F' aFrn pi RHSEh5'Fa in r ropa9Sro." and
others; The season was highly successful, Just
in the previous weeks had chronicled the COM
pany's great successes In Now York. Tho gross
a 5Sssi RPssk T q III about Rsn ss5; 600 g. W. Ms, Rlayy s P Galy
in advance to prepare the season and perfect
P "a On my arrival in Pittsbpre ]. met MI.
Pennoyer, the manager OF Miss Caroline Rich
ings, arranging for the coming Of Miss Rich
house in tho same week. 1 pRiticd him and /
advised him to postpone his season, as tho Rich.
would, be a frost, and q big loss to her. He
agreed Ti6a me; He R,,s tod a,d me that ,a he had ie b al,
s sSe, By ' the aSPice Of h her hu usSai%Ei had saG %nsW W; 9 cd.
Go ahead, I do not fear Psrepa Rosa" Poor
Richings! She was badly dcluded and, played
to empty benches, while Parepa Rosa played to
crowded houses.
The opening Of the sale Of tickets brought in
ment as during Ristori's previous engns ement
there. The gross receipts wcrc over $4,000:
Poor sRieHhninngs.. as MI; Pennoyer told me, lost
where she had been always q great %favorite.
she became q broken.hearted woman and her
Pennoyer, as well as her artists, told me that
Mr.. Bernard. who had splendid tenor voice. but
and adviser, though he was devoid of business
capacity for opera management. This talented
to the failure of Richings's company that season,
on Parepa Rosa's return to Newark in March
q newspaper published the following paragraph:
FARKrA ROSA on THE HoAEsrEErcH.
This accomplished cantatrice. whom I admire
and the compass S 81 whose waist and voice is in mu..
tual proportion. is making for this city again. after a
directress of English opera who can rake in SIC, 900
in twenty one nights. as she is said TO have done. de.
Eiehins, troupe, such abominable insrstitnds in
who offered a few dollars a month more l don't
wonder Caroline felt badly and satisfied her revenge
couldn't have invented Q shorter way Of making one.
self appear ridiculous.
On Monday evening, Oct, IS, a season Of two
mariana" which was invariably. IL I well
remember. the initial opera IN every city where
an Girl" Era Diavolo," Martha" DC. The
season was very successful. The gross receipt
given to the Louisville Theatre, beginning on
Noy. g; Different operas was produced nightly,
Saturdays sas rhSe Basin9e. f Glsl, en Mfs Fq rpsie for ct the the
had left out SsshviYile and Memphis. Wien /
various music lovers in both places urging me
to come on with parepa Rosa and her company,
we could not deylate from the rOnte luid ont
On Nov. l6 q season Of two weeks was begun
at De Bars Opera House in st. Louis, where
tho entire repertory was produced 10 most APP
preciative and enthusiastic audiences. The
season was an artistic success, but financially
the receipts averaged nearly 10000 week.
Next we. played thrcc nights In Springfield, ILL.,.
and ! think three nights in BloominEton or
Academy of Music, with artistic and financial
success, we gave a three;week season at the
Crosby Opera House in Chicago. commencing
crowded sdco houSeii 81 Th tSos Chicago iS %os season Il, was the the
average weekly receipts wore over Sl2, 900.
After leaving Chicago we played three nights
and a matinee at the Detroit Opera House TO
Der, and then at Elslcr's Opera House in Clevc-
land, where we had unbounded success. We
RRi oS6sste en' s Sna swo G riERs T iisSaI and nd AHis5iSlS.
On Jan. 10. 1870. we began a tbree.week season
at the Boston Theatre. In all my long and sue
cessful career j never saw in Boston such ex-
element as / witnessed a few days after / ar.
rived there as the advance courier OF the Parcpa
Rosa English Opera Company. The following
notice and some similar ones appeared in the
Boston newspapers:
eve we were glad to take by
the hand our old friend Dc vivo. the business man.
ager of the Parepa Rosa English Opera Troupe. We
never hear from him or meet him without feeling as
sured that no is identified with something good In the
line OF public entertainment, and we never knew him
to be associated with any troupe or organization that
was not successful. He unde rst ands the public thor.
oughly. he caters TO II with genuine skill, and we
always greet his coming with pleasure.
I arrived there on Dec. % to prepare the sea-
son. and having plenty OF time TO raise a big
boom, j fully succeeded, thanks to all my good
friends among journalists, who had chronicled
Parepa Rosa's triumphs since her first success
in New York. During my sojourn there they
did not fall TO publish daily paragraphs about
Parepa Rosa's coming. Hero I must chronicle
nv proud achievement with the Boston Herald.
This paper at that time, / think, charged more
did the Journal, the Post, the Adrertiscr, or
tho GLOBE, and gave n notice only on Sunday,
while the other newspapers noticed the amuse-
ments almost every day. Now, the Philadel.
phia Led1rr, before tho advent OF ~itistori, used
to publish Il short notice on anu sGments only
on Tuesdays and Fridays, yet ! had persuaded
Mr.. Childs. the proprietor, to write an editorial
on Nine. Historf and publish n criticism OF her
performances daily instead Of twice u week.
So l venturcd to approach Mr.. Pulsifcr, tho
prnnrintns ~ tho IT...uJI ,,ttl ,,In,, . go,