The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-22
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC
The Coming Big Attraction at the
Theatre.
EMMA JUCH AND HER REPERToRY
Stuart Robson OFF the Stage-The Fiske
Jubilee Singers.

Manager j. Charles Davis of the operatic
firm of Locke & Davis, of New York, is on
flying visit to this city for the purpose of
completing arrangements for the coming
grand English opera season at the Salt
Lake theatre, commencing December 81
with the production of Carmen" by the
Emma Juch Opera company, which is
pronounced by the leading eastern journals
to be the largest and most important
amusement organization travelling in
America. Miss Juch will be remembered
as the prima donna of the national and
American opera companies, and is the first
American singer of our times. A repre-
sentative of THE HERALD saw Mr.. Davis
yesterday at his hotel. He said: Eyes we
will give four performances here on our
way to the Pacific coast, this being the
only city we stop at on our journey. We
close in Pittsburg Saturday. night, the
2Sth, and take our own special tram for
Los Angeles, where we are to open
January 6 for week before we go to
San Francisco. We play short season
in San Francisco at the Baldwin
theatre under the management of William
Hayman, with whom we have been having
some trouble over the matter of prices
Mr.. .Hayman thinks we should come
out three thousand miles wi h over one
hundred people, at an expense OF nearly
double the amount of money that it costs
any other compaI. and play to Il @ same
prices we did in w York, WdsL.n, ;ton,
Boston and the ot-or large eastern cities.
This is not quite just, it seems to me, as
the expense of a special with two aieepers
hntn1 O0anh no
quired for our ira importation is much
greater in the west than for the short trips
between the large towns in the cast. Then,
again. we carry our own orcles Ira, which
is an important item, as it is composed of
solo players of reputation under the direc-
ton of Professor Nieuendorf, a large
chorus and large staff of operators, such
as electricians, chorus mastsr, property,
wardrobe and baggage men, master of
transportation, and, in fact, many high
salarled people not required by companies
playing at regular prices. The Juch
Opera company is complete in itself,
not requiring the services of any
people in any of the departments, others
than the ones constantly employed. Mr..
Locke has the entire plant of the national
and American operas and this with the
large amount OF scenery, costumes, cleo
trio effects, ETC., etc., enables him to pre-
sent the operas in our repertory with q
degree of finish and in a more complete
manner than ever before attempted. The
operas for Salt Lake will probably be
Carmen Faust ''Mignon;' and
Der FreischntZ," but l cannot say posi-
lively until get wire from New York
which | expect to receive this evening or
early Monday morning. Mr.. Locke and
myself in conjunction with Mr. w. w.
Randall will have several important
amusement organizations on the road the
De Wolfe Hopper Comic Opera company
New York, May next for sixteen weeks,
then goes to Boston. Philadelphia Chicago
and the Pacific coast, and will probably visit
Hermann, the magician, Minnie Pal
mer, spectacular production of
Nero and the Juch company, which we
consider the grand opera company of the
times. l had telegram from the general
passenger agent of the Union Pacific sys-
TEN this afternoon assuring me that the
train could make the time asked and that
all our railway arrangements had been
completed in Chicago, aud the details for
warded east to Mr.. Locke, at our home
Office, 1145 Broadway, New York. may
add that among our principals are such
Franz Vetta, Laura Bellini, Lizzie Nc
Nichol, Frank Peri E. w. knight, Frank
Boster and T. O. Guise, who will be re-
membered as having won the plaudits of
the musical world in the largest grand
opera companies of America"
tits understood that 81 will be the tariff
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