Show 1 > JP II I Ge I Jean deBeszkes Salary New York Sun f Jean de Reszke used to receive at the opera a salary of 1250 and 2 per cent of the receipts whci they exceeded 55503 When he sang the receipts frequently amounted to more than nOC so that his earnings amounted to a very fair sum But he was entitled to i as without with-out his presence on the stage there would have been no 10000 audience in the theatre This year he sings with Maurice Grau under n different arrangement arrange-ment He receives a salary There were of course performances at which he received I re-ceived no percentage but when that happened it was a result which the tenor was perfectly willing to accept He knew that lie had not attracted the public that gained him extra compensation One singer with Maurice Grau this winter has made a most unusual arrangement He receives payment not only when he sings but also when he does not sing incase in-case certain conditions exlt I his name has been announced for a week and he Is taken ill before his performance he receives onequarter of his salary He exacts terms he receives 130 for every appearance But when he is announced and does not sing he gets 300 The theory is the same here that exists In the caso of M de Reszke This tenor believes that the announcement of his name will mean a certain Increase in the sale of seats and whether he appears or not he considers con-siders himself entitled to profit by that element of his value to his Impresario So far even without appearing very frequently fre-quently he has made a comfortable Income In-come although only onequarter of what ho would have earned If he had sung every time his name appeared on the posters Such a contract Is quite unprecedented unpre-cedented here and there was many a heartache In the company when it was learned that this ingenious plan had been tried with success on the management The question of salaries at the Metropolitan tan Is always a curious one A singer yet to be heard here who has a great reputation In Europe Is said to receive a salary but little larger than she gets in Germany and the probabilities are that she will prove one of the great successes wf heard of the season after she has once been |