The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-21

Ouigley as end men were succeeded before the
overture endeI by Johnson and SlaYin in their
weIl-lino wn speciaItics Harry Forseman and
VIII Stephe rs are among the vocIlists OF the
company and Fred. Il. Malcolm Is the prIna
donna. The programme was delightful last night
and well selected, and with such popular per
formanceS johnson and Slavins Tinstre! sea
son at the Star is sue to be well patronizeL
The visit of the divine Albani has sent the
blood cou1sing through all our musical arteries,
and the shaking up it has given us will be felt
for a long time to come. THE HERtLD'S state
ment coming on top of it all, that Albani was so
charmed with the tabernacle, the organ, and the
musical people she met in Salt Lake, that she
would not be q ;erse to tai ing part in musical
festival here next year II She should be IN
America-has increased the fever, and on all
aandS there is a reaching cut. grilsplng towards
some project, they know 10. what-that shall
seize the opportunity offered. ana give 10
Salt Lake a taste OF one OF those
lOriOuS musical feaStS 80 common IN thc old
country and so much talked OF here, which IN
| themselves almost give boom TO the city IN
dulging in them, ana lend an impetus 10 the
divine art such as nothing else could furmsh.
| Dramatic and Lyric, full of this project Went
| TO Evan Stephens, rs the one OF our local nlu-
siCianS best able from his heavy following TO
graphic with the subject, unboSomed himself,
and asked whether the dazzling vision was one
too impossible for Salt Lake TO contemplate.
Not bit of it, was the ready response i
will 90 a step further and say it is entirely feas
ible Such a thing as you name has been IN my
thoughts for years, and when l saw in THE
HERALD that Albani turned a willing ear 10 your
suggestion il took stronger hold OF me
than ever ] maintain that we could nave
three DAYS festival of music here, such as
would cUtshiue anything ever seen IN the west
ern part OF America. The way it has suggested
itself TO my mind Is this. Commence liSht now
to work it uu for year hence, say Tor June, 1890
and with the attractions we could announce we
would draw from as far as Denver and other
points east. Give grand concert each day IN
the Tabernacle. and an opera each night at
the theatre; make Albani an offer that would
tempt her 10 sing in each concert and II she
would not object TO appearing with amateurs
get her to sing i'll the last opera-SaT 4faFiaVa
we could get up n fine chorus Tor that 1 40
not hesitate to say that for such festival we
could get together a chorus OF LOU voices, JJ0
males ana sO9 females. l would draw from all
the chOirs in Salt Lake and on the musical
strength of Ogden Provo, Logan and Spring
Vile Then il would be possible to have emil
dren's day with d chorus of 2,OO. II Albam
would come ! would not hesitate TO offer hef
one-quarter OF tie receipts her immense
reputation would be worth II. we
could charge popular prices Tor the
concert, say 20 cents with reserved seats %
cents, and | would have no fear of the result.
Tank of the InflammatuS with Albanl singing
and all the instruments we could get togetner:
Then see how the presence Of 50 many musical
p Ople III the city would help the operate au-
ulenccS at night. Talk of your Dooms. Sucn a
fsstival advertised and talked about for a year
would boom Salt Lake ard wipe out prejudlces
re garding her, more than any PROJECT tnat Was
ever thought of.