The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
HAWNEUSTUTN As MANAGER
, M WORIST m OPERA as
NH as Az IMPRESARIO.
,o,raeIsrhilcs mat Made Ms Caress N
Opera Wem0rAble -Rh avn Press
Ngrnt WEyS Ils HAD 81 TamsnG -
Cr,tlnE MD q singers Ills sayings.

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Opera Memorabls -RS own Press
NErnt WRys Ils HAD u Tuning -
Cr,tInG MD q Rlngera Ills sayings.
Os,ar Hammersiein . career In operate
p,.naEemeat Was brief. but he crowded
,pra Il varsity Of experiences and adj
ventures possible only 70 a man ot his
,ragination and dramatic temperament.
Re often said when his difIlculties seemed
20 10 AZ their height that he was having
fun enough 10 compensate him for some
81 the money he was losing aud the con-
slant trouble he was having.
Ills naive snioyment Of the applause
With which the audiences brought hiin
na'ore the curtain a. the Manhattan
Onara House never ceased somebody
.aId the other day that one thing which
rsconoilsd him to retirement was the TACT
tina, this applause for the management
had grown lsuB and lcaa frequent. a. the
Manhattan Opera HOUSE wAs no longer a
royesy ana the public had ceased to
AXE advantage Of lie qualities a. play
thing
Nothing ever worried the directors
Of the Metropolitan Opera Company more
than the publicity attached 70 the Anaits
n the other theatre One impreaariO
discharged . preaa agent because 20 much
va written about the Thirty-fourth street
establishment and 20 little about the
Ne,roDOlitan Opera House. ~ course
the complaint was unjust. but the Metro
pohtan Opera House went on hir"s
and discharginG press agents. and never
Hnding many that were satisfactory Tor
The simple reason that Oscar hammer
stein was the pres aseN % Us ~
house There never was time when ne
had not sOmsthing piotnresque ana
pointed TO say 20 the reporters who went
20 talk 10 him.
One season he engaged prtma donna
Who in former years had been popular
a. the Metropolitan Open House bat en-
,irely failed 70 make any impression on
audiences at the Manhattan or 70 bring
INV psrsons there 90 hear her Who we're
no, in the habit Of attending. She was
rs,,inr a large salary and every time one
=, the small houaas abe drew answered
O.oar'a careful scrutiny of the ticket
rack he thought sorYoWfully Of that big
,sa and 81 ali the friends that the prima
do,na had proynised % make regular
,,tr,ns Of the Manhattan when she was
4 member Of the company
C,ne dnv A aroup Of newspaper men
usre standing IN the lobby of the Man
batt,n Opera House. lie came ont Of
me box once with a rather sad expression
IN his face and the inevitable cigar in ths
corner Of his mouth. Slowly he walked
arro-s the marble vestibule and went gag
2, the proup.
Would any Of you Eentlsmea here,
he aid with the utmost blandneas. dc
me the favor Of marrying Mime. X u
would ne a great kindness 10 me and
should appreciate il very much.
Then he shifted his cigar to the Other
aide og MS mouth and N,th nis hands h"
hind him walked OunIsmpiatvely into hi
once az the other eide II the house
IL was ct the opening OF the seconS
80 thot an almoEa entirely new cas-
l.on ~ 80 -, -. e,,s ,oo,,l,
apPoA'eu -. -. -.
woman SINGER the res. VIZ uhAuou
From the early evening hours Hover
had bsen nouring into the house for thil
.,o..r ~. hsd bastets asa bo,,auet,
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ana SCI pi"c"~ anu NO - ~ '''' -,
the conventional kind' No'hihS a''l'"'
however. Tor the others
Whsn tina ,y,rtain f.lI on the third 10
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SUI 'Ao -. a, -.
'lngs 70 Ds h'lloed w ., ~. "IS, -.
trance. the manager vas Atuhg a. ns'la
IA his place in the first entrance on tn
~ aide The singers reappeared ire
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''rh'y anu '"e "HNe' -
.i-oe alter another 10 the populA' P''th'
l0nna. She had not received one-lhir'
- thOm. however before HammerstelI
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~ nc other ~ln gers Ohe ~ 'ne 'shet'
told him that All NE Mowers we're Tor I'M
.1prann
-Dop't YOU believe it Mr. Hammer
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in salu y'u ~ :
mat Llont you nte her @lotheI Do
quet. DIVIDE ah the rev among 'h'
nthers
" me TRENDS OF tne prlha uohhA w,
az IN the audience han the pleasure %
seeing their Movers presented 70 h'
nther singers. who had dln'cvlty IN conce'al
ing Their aatonlenneht a. oeihe selooIIl.,,
% strange lAild ~ sIcn eftrANAkAn
tributes. Ihe i'rtma GONNA mao no opPoI
'inity 20 protest uhtl aver une P~Ii"tu
anoe ami tneu u vas 700 Iate 70 90 an
good
NJ hamm@s.eih AINays al On Az " y,
1ihary wooden Eitcnen mar placen io
MN IN thc front On gAl'e euu Nn-su ~
as from the OeEinning OF every pertOfnl
ance % the End, noting 'treiuhv ever!
detail and not heEitattng 10 recall 20 IN