The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-18
AT THE OPERA.
The Carleton COmpany's Sue
cess Last Night.
MAsCOTTE FINELY RENDERED.
TO-Night's Performance Incidents
and Experiences I'm the Cali
fornia Engagement.

A night of mud, slush and rain could
not deter the host of M. Carleton's aG-
mirers from coming out in force last
evening to welcome his return to Salt
Lake The dress circle and parquette
were filled with fashionable audience
and the galleries held their usual limited
opera representations. In his advance
notices and upon his programmes last
evening Mr.. Carleton announced that
his company would give IAN ideal" per-
Torrance of the MascOtte. Such in
every respect the representation proved |
to be. We have had Audran's charm
ing work given IN Salt Lake several
times before, both Alice Oates and
Fay Templeton having essayed it. With
with such a Bettina, PippO, Rocco and
With such costumingS, however. as
were given us last evening, we might
almost say that we had seen the Mas
cote for the first time; certainly its
full capabilities and beauties were never
before so thoroughly understood.
Carleton himself, the instant he was
seen, received such q welcome as must
have warmed his heart to hear; the
hold he and one or two of his artists
have taken upon our Salt Lake audi
ences, Is little short OF remarkable he
was applauded to the echo. and In the
famous number of the Opera-the Cob
BILE duet-With Miss Wiley, he shared
round after round of bOisterous APP
plause. Not to Mr. CarletOn, however,
perfect as was his rendition of Pippo,
does the hit of the night belong. Golden
shot ahead of everyone else, which
is saying a great deal, when
it Is remembered the kind Of
people who were his competitors;
he counts little or nothing as singer,
but as an actor, a comedian. he stands
unapprOache.i by any one IN the COM
pany, and unrivalled by any one we
ever saw IN similar parts. His make
up was in itself hysteria; and the hun
dred and one interpretations which re
strung through the piece kept The
audience in the most upreaFious of con-
ditions. Golden is said to. have made
his original hit in the part of Rocco.
and when it is remembered that
Lorenzo was intended as the leading
comedy of the piece and think how far
he was left in the shade last evening, we
can understand something of GOlden's
WO1derIuI comic powers.
| Miss Wiley made charming Bettina,
as she does everything else;
she shared the favors bestowed
upon Mr.. Carleton. AdOlphi was
| funny in many respects; but his
Dutch accent is out of place in Lorenzo.
Mr.. Hatch we would like to say good
word for, but we fear he has gone be-
/ yOnd recall Miss Beaudet, as the Prin-
cess. answered the description of "cute,
but it was too much for her Tisibles to
have to go through with the love pass
age with Mr.. Hatch.
{ Cartoons chorus is tn . feature of his
company in which he has great reason
TO take pride. Fresh voices, pretty girls,
shapely proportions, and a ringing
| background of male voices are seldom
met with such plentltude as in this
company. The costuming was beyond
all terms OF praise-elegant. The dresses
were all made in San Francisco specially
/ for this production, and reflect great
credit upon the makers, as well as upon
their designer, who- was Mr.. Carleton
himself.
The orchestra, under Mr.. Intrapidi,
acquitted itself very creditably.
! Tonight we are to have the most
/ charming of all the Carleton Company s.
hworks-we still adhere to this opinion
| despite the success of MascOtte-La
| File du TambOur Major. -f4I1 o-
| Jessie Bartlett Davis the cOntralto,
and Mr.. Clark, the -basso, neither
of whom appeared last evening, will
iagain be brought forward in this pro-
duction; the previous announcement of
| the Merry War" for tonight was an.
error of Mr.. Carleton's advance agent.
Mr.. Carleton was greatly disappointed
and thrown out Of his reckonings, upon
his arrival IN. town yesterday, to find a
telegram notifying him that the
Academy of Music in Denver, where he
was to play next Monday and Tues
/ day nights, was closed up pending
litigation, and that he could
get no opening at anin Denver: He ar,
ranged after considerable figuring to.fill
in these ten nights at some snalier
| towns on the road, greatly regretting
that he was unable to do so here y
To reporter Mr.. Carleton stated that
his success in San Francisco had ex-
] ceeded all his anticipations "You can
have no idea" said he, "of the fright
full, tremendous frenzy of excitement
which reigned down there during cleo
ktion week. It vas absolutely not safe
for people to go through the streets
bound for the theatre, and when, in the
face OF all this, had janmed house
at my benefit, week ago Friday night,
l took the compliment IS a handsome
one, l can assure yon.9
Mr.. Carleton las secured Mr.. jay
Rial, 81 present manager of the Bush
Street Theatre, to take charge of his
business interests from December 1st
Mr.. Rails name is known throughout
the country as that of one of the oldest
theatrical men in the profession, and in
HIM the Carleton Company have