The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-24
The Opera Wharf.-The Bur.
lesque.
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Pirate of the Main.
Sales-Stealing Other
Mems BrainS-Tabernacle
Choir Concert and Ball
Letter from a Pro-
feSsional-Etc.
GERSTE9 AND ABBOTT.

come and gone it is jost as imposei,
BILE to write without having them
come up in ones mind as It would
be for a chorus-master to direct a
chorus without beating time. The
Opera House have opened the war
by running in ahead Of the Theatre
with their reserved sale, although
their per 'ormance coo1es four days
after that at the other house. They
realize that should Mapieson retire
from Salt Lske with five thoosand
of her dollars in his pocket, Emma
Abbott could not help feeling the
result of such a drain when she
came along so they have been cell
ing tickets for a week, with the
rather astonishing result of So 400
received up TO the time of closing
last night; so We were informed by
DR.. Mckenzie. This leaves but
$1,000 necessary to make up
the $4,000 guarantee, and that
it will come in and a handsome sum
over, there is scarcely any room for
doubt. Not more than three rows
and q sprinkling in the pit are as
yet dotted off. King for Day has a
heavier reserve than any one of the
other nights, though, we think, lad
the Bohemian Girl been put on the
list, say in place Of Linda-that
that opera would haye been the
favorite. The management will
show their wisdom by bringing
Balfe's masterpiece forward at one
of their matinees. They have moth
Ing in their list so suitable for an
afternoon performance, and nothing
that would draw the same amount
of money. The Theatre manages
ment are m1ving in the even tsnor
of their way with the full conf
dence born Of the magnitude of the
the attraction they are offering.
Well they know that all such SEN
sation II adjuncts as corpulent type,
haring posters, an6 highly coIoTed
Autographs will in this instance be
unneeded. The simple announce
ment that Her Msjesty's
Italian Opera Company under the
management of Colonel J. II.
Mapleson, with Gerster, Galassi.
Arditi and a full orchestra and
chorus will appear in the Salt Lake
Theatre on Thursday evening,
March 9th, has been sufficient 10
cause a furore, and will be ample to
keep the boom going until the per-
Torrance comes off. The reserved
sale will commence next Saturday
morning, just five DAYS previous to
the representation; by Satur lay at
nigh tall the management will be
able to discern pretty clearly just
which end Of the horn they will
emerge from, for by that time sll
who have made up their minds to
pay the prices advertised will have
been apt to secure their seats.
Whether there will be in the house
anything like the SIS 900 or $4,000
expected, is one of the things no
fellow can find out, and one We
should not care to hazard an opinion
upon. That the subject is the one
universal theme in all circles Of soci-
ETY. there can be no doubt about, snd
with that result obtained, managers
are usually content, but talking
about it and paying to see it are two
different things. and we shall have
to wait until this time next week
before ventuli1g upon anything
like q definite surmise. That the
engagement may be all that Maple-
SON and the management hope for
it, is the sincere wish Of Dramatic
aud Lyric, for on the result Of their
visit defends a return call on the
way back from California.
THE BURLESQUE.
Some hard things will perhaps be
said and thought of the Theatre
folks for allowing the Rentz-Sant-
ley's, after refusing John l.. Sulli-
van and the Something Hibernicon,
but in the case of the Female Nov.
elites it should be known that there
was a small whip. in the shape of
M. b. Leavitt's future patronage
held over the head of the manage
ment and 1t would not have been
the part Of wisdom to have disre-
garded it, This August parsonage
controls theatre in San Francisco
and has half a dozen at
fractions constantly on the road
to find that theatre. The Salt Lake
at present are under contract to play
all these fleeing shows, and 1T can
be seen that refusing the Reutz-
Sankey's meant throwing away all
the Others. But Mr.. Mike b. Les
witt Is fully aware of the enormity
of his sin in gathering together
such an assemblage as this Bevy OF
Feminine Mediocrity, and he should
be made to suffer for It,. we nave
no doubt he deliberately went TO
work on course of study as to how
poor a company Of artists he could
get together, and make money on
them. He doubtless reasoned thus
81 will scour the seeond-clasS con
cert and variety halls for say twelve
or fifteen girls who are about TO DC
dismissed because their voices are
worn out, but whose shapes are sill
| up to the approved standard,
IL will have executed q
the best lithograph establishment
! that will do them reasonably