The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-28
The Past Week.

The second engagement of the Abbott
company has proved in every way as
notable as the first, and star, principals,
chorus and all go away leaving fond
place for themselves in the remem-
brances of Salt Lake audiences. The
verdict will be that dollar and half
opera is good enough for US, and the
difference in satisfaction, between
the Abbott English and the
Mapleson Italian, will not, we fear. be
held tantamount to the difference be
tween a dollar and a-hah and i've dol
lars; the maccaroni eater must beware,
therefore, of the rates they establish.
Thinking over the various represen-
tations of the week at this time, we be-
lieve that TrdUidtd and II IroUGtOre may
be put down as the most notable: Mar
tina was an ENJOYABLE performance, but
everyone was more or less tagged from
the long Journey of the day, and the
piece lacked spirit; Mignon was some
what better, but CampobellO had too
little to do in that: the Bohemian Girl
might have been lifted to the first place,
had the others in the cast risen to Tag
liapietia's level, but with Annandale
absent, Allen singing with the mute on,
and Abbott herself not up to her own
standard, the baritone had nearly the
whole weight to bear; Castle aided him
Robly, but the two could not carry the
whole opera. BellIni is too good So
prano, and too taking an artist long to
remain successful second In Abbott'S
company; she encroached dangerously
near the prima dOnna's province in the
matinee furore she excited, the average
prirna donna will stand no nonsense of
that kind, and the fair Emma, we ven
ture to think, is not above the average
In that respect; Fabrini is striding
rapidly forward; If he progresses for
another year at the rate he has done
since February last, he can hardly be
satisfied in his present position; he is
now head and shoulders above any
2 tenor Mapelson usually gives the
American public. Tagliapietra and Cam
pObello remain, as they we're after the
last engagement, the bright particular
stars of the Abbott constellation; the
formers Germont created an impression
that Will not soon be forgotten, and one
deeper even than that impaired by his
Arnheim; thrill as we may under his
magnetic notes, and applaud as we did
after his Heart Bow'd Down" we can
not quite forgive the liberties he took
with Balfe's score; it has been handed
down to US intact by such q notable line
of bassoS and baritOneS. that any
attempt to change it now seems little
short of deSecration; Campobello has
been given no such opportunity as that
afforded to him in Mepbistopheies last
season: his work, however, has been of
an admirable nature, and his Di Luna in
greatpartmade of the matinee so notable
a success his appearance alone, and his
magnificent dressing, were sufficient to
draw forth applause as soon as he
stepped upon the stage.
An In an the. representations and the
artists were such as Salt Lake stands
ready to welcome back whenever they
see fit to come.
The chorus vas an honest, hard work /.
ing, strong, capable, and plain looking
set of people; their efforts did much for /
the success of Abbott in Salt Lake, but /
they with the orchestra are the only /
ones who go towards the west with any /
feelings of discomfort; on Wednesday (
night, as is usual on the night before the /
lose of the season, chorus and orches-
.ra repaired to the Green Room to look
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