The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-26
The Revival of II. NJ. S.
= PinafOre. Pr ~
LAST EIGHF'S PERFORMANCE
Pushing "Aftsr Dark"-AIfa Norman
Cancels-DuTs COMPANY
General

/ Careless Opera Company, in the pres
ence of two very large and tashiouabI.
q .diences' The breath of life infu d
into its veins, however, aid not se.
! to be entirely healthful, as it totter d
somewhat and eYinced some signs Il
not being able 10 stand long atone.
Ina very few words, the Fates which
have so long been prOpi ious to he
Careless Opera Company, took on a
frown instead of a smile for Pinafore,
and by closing up EIIth ClaWson's
throat crippled the whole production
10 a most Iamentsble degree. IN
the afternoon the lady was unab e
to utter q note OF Ong. and her dia or o
was quite husky. 1t was hoped. uuc
ever, that she was outstanding her voica
| for the night, and a damp was +
over audience and performer, alike la
evening when Mr.. Wells, of the HOr
Dramatic Club, appeared before the cur
thin and announced that the lady was
still unable 10 sing, but that she would
appear and do her best. EVER one telt
as much sympathy as possible Tor the
young lady, as al knew uer oil appoint
ment would be as keen as that of n,I
audience; but when eva yone recalled
the hits she made in the Pirates and thu
| M:kado. and saw To what disadyantag.
she now appeare !, to say nOthu e (
causing the soprano solos TO be OnitIet
and + the duo with Ralph. th.
Bell trio, the Roundelag quartette, d
the Farewell Ny Own" sextette To G
sung without lead-it may be ina,
ined how utter and entire was the dis
appointment, and how it cut down the
chances for the operas making a COM
| plete success. ItyWas like e tting chicken
salad and finding the chicken missing
like giving supper in honor of SONS.
prince or fpOtentate and having him
send an excuse. 1t was all the fault nt
| the ates, of course, and what makes il
all the. more aggraVating that there
are only the Fates to curse for it. II
should be said that Miss Clawsou
dressed and acted with all her usual
grace and ease of manner.
The singing honors of the night be-
long to Mr.. You g and Miss Hawley-
the acting, of course, to Mr.. Spencer
Mr.. Young's round, FULL baritone filed
all the corners of the house, and
the first encore of the night was
given him for his FAR Moon"
solo. He both played and sang
throughout with ease and natural
ness, and whenever lie was on the stage.
impaired that feeling to his audience
when causes one to settle back in his
chair with entire confidence that here is
someone for whom there is no need 10
feel any sort Of anxiety. Miss HaWley
sang her duo With Mr.. Young in the
second act better than any of her other
music, though she sang sweet.y anu
tunefully throughout, and she, too,
gained an encore. She looked charm
IN IN
and her acting was far better than that
she displayed in Iolanthe; Sue show
that she only needed instruction in
stage business, and her improvement
does credit to MIR. Whites Stage man
agement. Mr.. Spencer, no one needs
TO be told, was a thoroughly good
Deadeye; though he did not have the
hump, awrY build, and The general
black grotesQueness of makeup We
have always seen given TO the part, h.
made 1t sufficiently hideouS IN arot"e'
waV, and sang and acted with the
correct spirit throughout. He was not
so good as q whole perhaps, as in either
ut the ahTte operas which have preceded
This one, out that must be attributed to
the part ltse.f. which, though gro
tesquc one, is not a comedy, ami to the
hurry with which Pinafore has been
p
ideal Sir Joseph, ami last night he was
even better than ever. His part went
without hitch, and his dressing was
quite superb. Mr.. Piper sang aS we'll as
We ever heard him, though his acting
was hardly up 10 his Nanki Poo, but he
was placed at q great disadvantage by
the misfOI tune under which Miss
Clawson laOUred. Ivy ClaWson did
Hebe with much grace and ease, and
sang all her music with true spirit. Mr..
Young acted the bratsWain better than
that part has ever yet been done here
and gave a true English swing to it;
but he, too, had a cold. and did not
catch up his "Englishman" solo. and
Mr.. Squires, who attempted to carry i,
was verItably lat sea" with his task
Petite KnOWiton's midshipmite was u
cute introduction, and her rats
was as usual, charming feature of the
rendition, the handsome dresses and
faces of the girls lending blaze of light
and color to the stage, and the
men giving it q vigorous back ground
relief. But the whole chorus, to
speak entire truth was less effective
than any of its predecessors. 1t was
evident all around that the music was
not thoroughly known, and a few
voices did all the leading out; the altos
were good, tbs tenors fair, the trebles
and BASES light; then, too, the ladies
were made up" too much, the gentle
men both too much and too little. The
stage setting was splendid, the, ship
scene being decidedly the best with
which the opera was ever rendered here.
The business introduced by Mr.. White
was capital; the orchestra was fairly |
good, the flute doing excellent work. |
Prof Careless work. d in his usual |
sIedge-hammer style-but having to |
play so mucn of Miss Clawson's part, |
his men and singers once or twice gal
Hoped away with him.
We doubt very much whether, even
if Edith Clawson had been at her best,
Pinafore would have held the reFuta
ton of the opera people up TO the Mi
kado and Pirates standard. The rea-
sons are various; most people, after
seeing last nights opera, will sense
that both Gilbert and sullivan
have done steadily better comic
opera work since PinafOre was
written. Patience, the Pirates and The
we think, excel it in music an
Iibretto, and all these have some pr m.
or ,Tlf rfaI