Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-21
CO-oberatjve Opera That
Really Paid Polish Artists

dent or. in his absence, the managing
I director has tie casting vote.
SALARIES AND FINES.
The artists are paid every fortnight,
| before which the accounts for the rre-
! ccding days have been made up They
! receive what the committee has been
pleased 20 call marks The nominal
value of mark is S.. Whom engaged,
an artist agrees To take so many marks
per month. cThis. Of course. does not
apply to the stars from foreign operas
who have separate contracts ana are
paid iu the usual WayJ Suppose an
artist agrees 10 take thirty marks per
month AZ the end Of the fortnight
when the working expenses have been
paid g. hire OF thcatrr and effects
from The state. chorus. mountings. or
cheetra. salaries OF foreign stars. the
alter servants aud clerks-thc residue Is
divided into as many parts as The
whole society has "mJrl1-." II this
residue admits of higher value than
the nominal s., each artist profits
thereby. has not vet han
pcued during the first three months OF
the soCicty's CNlstcnce-the residue
win not admit OF this value. each
artist must take less. one per cent
is deducted from each mark" on pay
ment and put into the Artists Pension
actors and actresses in Warsaw who
become too old for their work CON
ccrts and representations are given
Tor this purpose Any fines which the
ptyeC has incurred are deducted
from tho marks and put into the
pension FUND.- but no fine can be high
on than Sl2 and, so far few have been
imposed, 8s all work together surpris-
inElv VOL and keen up TO the mark
iu TIE way OF rchearsals. Each artist
must sing as many times a month as
the committee directs and must take
the part given Co him without muir
muring Eut the punishment imposed
uu ana artist FOR causing the with
drIWal ~ an opera-by refusing 10 sing
or leaving the town when not certified
ILLS very heavy being equal tn the
gross receipts N the house on that par
tiCular occasion. An artist who sing
flr mother society without the COM
mltteo's permission cor ahsents himself
from work whom not 800 or without
grave cause rs lHblc 90 pay "a fine of
81 500 which les divided among the 9th
co. artists. No member Of the society IS
allowed 90 sing az public concerts Tor
nothing ou these occasions 1--WE per
cent OF their fee is TO- bc given 90 the
Pension Fund.
Less FUSS AND MORE PROFITS
THE artists themselves are pleased
with the results OF this experiment.
There is FAR less fuss behind the scenes
chan there used Co Doe. and. iudisputd-
bIy theun is more pront Tor them But
les lasting success depends on their
r..ug tbip tu run the opera To full
BONUSES without paying too many eN-
..fyr stars from other stages This
u- chat they must keep up "a good
.Hlr among themselves and grad
.H vIu over Polish artists from Aus
f.Un Poland where hitherto. MANY
have gone because ~ higher salarir.
Or course tiuc alone will prove what'
cr 0r not they are capable OF solvlH
this particular problem
one weak point has already sho
tsUlE and that is the want of cultu.
taste 'u mounting "a now opera. al.
would think that "Zaza' is not diH..
t0 put ON the stage, and yet in tH
tnIrd act there were several faults
tn. choice Of furniture. faults of Uh
900 experienced stage manager ouch
nuI tn have been guilty OF cours
.u.n mistakes could be avoided bv cu
en-Iug "a painter tr supgrintcnd the
colon schemes.
aIt would cost Ca great DEAL says
Che committee, but a. would attract
ugoDIs Co have the whole thing done
we'll f1r 10 is "a Well-kuowu fact that
singers arc for tho most part utter
Iy ignorant OF the hest and most ef-
fcctivc way of staging the operas they
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