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Show Grand Opera Costs Money On 2sew Year'n nighl. when Managing Man-aging Director Henry Russell, who, with tho backing of the Boston millionaires mil-lionaires and society queens from tho Back '."Bay bine, stocking district, is really responsible for the building up of Bostonian grand. opera organization, organiza-tion, Jed his operatic forces from the new Poston opera-house to iho special trains chartered for a live weeks' four, he was followed by over 300 people, says the Indianapolis Star. These included his entire grand opera orchestra of nearly nighty, under four conductors,, an "imported corps dc ballot of .nearly fifty from lilan, choral forces of ISfT and princjpals amounting U ovor fifty. ."Railroad "arrangements called- for two special trains. These were made up of ten nixfy-fool. baggage cars, the largest manufactured; six .sleeping cars, two with alj drawing-room compartments com-partments for the priuclesB-voiccd song birds themselves; four day coaches,, one observation car equipped as a1 library and club car for . tho singers' recreation, and three dining cars, ono of which is exclusively for orchestra. Tho train crew, including includ-ing the porters and dining-car servants, added over thirty moro people peo-ple to the number carried. i.o -Mien aggregation 01. opera eingers and musicians lias over befon'i been carried on a western tour. In addition to the artistic forces; tho 'Boston directors' voted Hint Mr. "Russell "Rus-sell should iake on the trip Jiis entire mechanical staff of skilled stage attendants, at-tendants, brought from l.talv, and all of his executive staff, sot"hat every detail of the tour may bo perfectly looked after and the big operatic pro-ductions pro-ductions mounted exactly as they have been during tho homo season iii Boston. This Boston company, has invested in-vested $1 ,""00,000 alone in -its opera-house, opera-house, more than the original, cosl both of Ihe Metropolitan and the Manhattan in 7Tew York. The expenses of Iho western tour aro said to be estimated at over. $10,-000 $10,-000 a week. Theaters have been rented in each city at $1000 a day, and the cost of the railroads will fie nearly $10,000 wcokly. Tho company's salary roll is over $15,000 weekl3' without; with-out; adding, tho $1000 a performance paid 1o the various Metropolitan stars whenever they appear iu tho cast. Advertising Ad-vertising and other expenses while on lour are .expected to reach $1000 a week. . thai allowance having been voted by the Boston board of directors.. di-rectors.. These directors aro also allied with the Metropolitan directors, who hnvj entered into an arrangement whorebv the distinguished artists of both companies are permitted to appear in tho same casts. Thus Mr. Russell announces an-nounces Lillian Nordica, Lida Lipkaw-ska, Lipkaw-ska, Alessandro Bonci, (!arl .lorn, Anna Meitsehick, Prances A Ida, .lane Noria and others of the Metropolitan company, as well as f'onstantiui, Mario Clasac-nns. Marie Gay, Bosa Olitka, Alice Nielsen, Paul Bourrillon. Boulogne, Bou-logne, Nivette. the great Italian basso, and a host of others brought from Europe for Boston. |