Theatrical and Circus Life or, Secrets of the Stage, Green-Room and Sawdust Arena
CHAPTER XXV.
OPERA AND OPERA SINGERS.
Palmo, the Father of Italian Opera in America--Interview with Col. Mapleson--The Cost of Rigging a Company--What it Costs Every Time the Curtain is Rung Up--Mme. Grisi's Superstition-- The Best Operas--Salaries of Singers--Neilson and the Diamond Merchant 353-366