The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-24
La TRAVIATA.
A Brilliant Society and Musical
Event at the Theatre Last
Night.


A tremendous audience, and one that
rendered the atmosphere suffocating
and the aisles impossible greeted the
Abbott company on the second night o
their engagement; the crush extended
from the orchestra up to the doors, and
chairs were at a premium before the first
bell rang; the aSsemblage included the
leading society people of the city. but
tle dressing of the audience was no #
the ultra fashionable usually drawn out
by the opera; everything was brilliant
and expectant however, and, barring the
extreme heat, comfortable. The Won
derful beauties of Verbs great TrdvidtG
have hitherto only been known to US
by what we could gather from the stray
selections found in song fOliOS and ex-
ercise books. To many Salt Lake adj
mirers of the great master in modern.
opera, Verdi was only the author of
IrOvatOre-beyond that he was almosti
unknown; but last nights rendition
shows US that which he has done be,
sides to entitle him to the position he
holds in the world of song, and that
that of Donnizetti. a position which
been 10th to accord him.
Ones liking for hard working, honest
Emma Abbott materially deepens after
having seen her in role like that OF
Vi0letta. We have never been willing
to accord her the possession Of a mar
Vicious vocal O=gan, but the marvellous
cultivation she has given it, no one can
for a moment deny. Give ner trillss
shakes, staccatos, the most intricate of
vocal gymnastics, and she comes smll-
ing from the ordeal but give her an
imprisoned burst, where volume is re-
CURED ,and her shortcomings are. evil
dent. She rose nearer to positive
grandeur than, we ever before saw her,
at the end of the first act
last night. The curtain went
up in response to the enthusi-
astic applause, and the artistic bowed
again and again her acknowledgment.
Her successes after that were frequently
repeated, and the applause was most
generous for her acting throughout; her
dressing was magnificent in the ex-
treme. rsas.iiss .fg.1 grag
Tagliapietra made his bow once more
to his Salt Lake friends in the character
of GeFmont; the applause that went up
on his appearance told him of the
estimation in whichShe was held, and in
his subsequent singing and acting he
succeeded in rousing the enthusiasm to
a pitch which no other artist Of the
the fire, the magnetism, the
tenderness and soul which that man can
throw into his voice at will, no one can
understand who has experienced the
Election of it. He WAS again and again
Jhunderously applauded and his great
number, "In Fair Provence, he sang
entirely in Italian, must remain as the
sweetest and most soul-stirring OF
efforts that were ever given from the
Salt Lake boards. He only sings once
more, and that in the Bohemian Girl, y
when he gives ArRheim In English.
Castle was the tenor of the night. In
his piano passages, the voice of years
ago still floats out in silver melody, but
when he is working up" the han OF
time discloses itself. He remains SO en-
tirely the artist in everyone OF his stage
methods however, that one looks at him
and forgetS his defects. Broderick
showed q well rounded bass voice as the
doctor. Miss Greenwood played the
maid extremely well, and the balance
of the cast.was uniformiin its excellence.
The chorus was brilliantly effective, and
in the grand finale to Act III told out
with splendid force and expression.
Tomaso again showed the school in
which he has been trained in his fine
management of the orchestra. The
overture was delcately done, and the
achievements of the flute and clarionet
should be specially mentioned.
Tonight Mignon will, be given with
the following excellent cast, Bellini
making her first appearance.
Mignon. Abbott
Filina Bellini
Frederic .AnnandaIe
Wilhelm Meister Castle
Lotario ............-....... .Campobello