The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-10
augurs to the contrary-to repeii>
ton Of Bar 9 Us phenomenal success
last year.
ABBOTT AS sEMIRAM1DE.

ABBOTT AS SEMIRAMIDE.
No sipger-if she may be called
such-of whom we have any record,
is mora dubbed, slated and traves.
tied in the east than our Emma Alb
bott. and none we may add in pa
renthesis makes mora fame and
money in the west. The following
is from the News Letter, and Is the
most recent intelligence we have
seen Of the Peoria warbler: Emma
Abbott, our ambitious and popular
American prima donna, has Just in
Guided the opera of Semiramide in
her repertery. As we remember the
story, Semiramide was lazy who
manifested an ambition to get
rid of her husband, in or
der that she might marry her own
son. Ifthis is the kind Of opera our
Emma is coming to, we shall bFgin
10 regret that there ever was such
town as Peoria. When our Emma
left Peoria, it was with the laudsble
termination never to lift up her
tuneful voice in naughty operas. 1t
was with great difficulty that she
was persuaded to sing in any kind
OF opera at all. But alasl the des-
cent from the cantata OF Esther, the
Beautiful Queen, to the Chimes of
Normandy, and thence to Paul and
Virginia, and thence to Faust, and
thence to TraviRta, is gradual but
sure. And now the pride OF the
prairies has so far forgotten her
Peoria training, and is SO recresnt to
the vows she registered N high
heaV> when she stepped from the
concert platform upon the lyric
stage, that she will boldly appear in
public in the repulzive disguise oisn
immoral heather queen who is
enamared of her own Sun. AT the
same tinoe there is 81 me consolation
In the fact that Miss Abbott's hus-
band, the handsome and accom-.
plished Mr.. Wetherill, is to revise
the libretto, and expunge oil faint
of immortality from it. The plo5 will
be so cons ructed that Senfiramide
will be the daughter of her husb band,
and her son will be the son Of
neighbor, Instead Of dying by poison,
Semiramide's husband-or, rather,
her father-will break his neck by
falling from his chariot while pursu.
ing wild bears ID the desert Of Sahara
So we see that, while the story of
this Objectionable opera will be en-
tirely reconstructed, all the musical
beauties will be retained. And we
are Informed that magnificent scenic
effects will be utilized IN the produc-
ton of the piece, the most startling
feature of realism icing the life. size
representation of the Egg ptian pyia>
mids upon the stage.
STAGE NEWS.
Rhea il with her sisters in B i
GUM.
Emma Howson appears in New
York during the coming season.
Polk has returned from Australia,
very little the richer for his trip.
Chicago literally swarms with &C.
tors says, the News Lstter,in search
of employment.
Efie Eilsler is shortly due in Dem
yer; she plays both La Belle Russo
and East L me in that city.
There are four or five people in
the city belonging to the Hidden
Hand company which stranded re.
Gently in Reno, New.
Frederick do Belleville he's gone
to Beverly, Mass for short visit.
1t ia quiet place, and he will study
the part of Wilfred Denver there.
Miss Marie Burroughs was re.
Gently married to Mr.. Massen, a
fellow member of the Madison
Square Company; at least, 20 it is
said.
Z Mora, the artist, and Mrs. Charles
r. Thorne were married on June
23d in london. The happy pair will
return to America in the autumn.
At present they are enjoying the
honeymoon in Naples.
al he Mr.. J. Levy registered at the
Walker House during this week is
the Identical person who sprang
into renown as being the author of
the famous Barrett and Princess of
Wales letter.
1t is reported from Tangiels that
a French comedy troupe travelling
through Algeria has been massacred
by Arabs near the Moroccan FROM
tier. We venture to suggest to Mr..
Charles L Davis that Alvin Joslyn
would be likely to draw well in Al
geria.
The Dramatic Tines pictures of
leading actresses and actors resem-
bic the originals about as much as q
COW resembles stone fence We
advise the Times never by any
chance to omit the autographs that
accompany these I'm likenesses.
Mashed. This is not nice word,
but it best describes the frame of
mind of the Denver Tribune man,
who, after seeing Langtry, wrote !:
Go and see her, it will educate you.
IF you believe in the Bible, go and
ste her. If you believe that God
made humani y in His own divine
Image, $50 and behold the copy which
by universal consent is ADMITTED to
be most like the original.