The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-12
brussels Witness the First Pro-
ductiOn Of "Salammbo."
1T PROVES A GREAT SUCCESS.
ino innuence Of Wagner is Plainly Seen in
tne Work, while 1t is Also Lyrical s
Dramatic Plot.

NJ
se .poseu Dy one OF the foremost liyins
q ,:. lencn maestros inspired by Wagueria.
N lux mas had its first hearing at tn.
~ ineatre de la Monnie, before one of tbs
v nosc brilliant audiences that ever sat in
L. Judgment. Gustave Flaubert,s great do
It 'oripGlVe novel, ''Salammbo,n which Er
= nes' meyer composer of la Statue,, and
4 oisuro' mas had the ambition of setting
" muslc, must be known from more tbon
s nearsay 70 the readers of the Herald
G III Tue nDretto M. Camille du Locle b..
: Rano., rom "Salammbo," for Ernst
nrett1 oi nuslc follows the plot of the novel
= pretty closely, while the Magnificent otoo.a
scenery, painted for the Occasion r osnSe
uuceS as near as possible Flaubert,s snp,,,
s4ous description. In the first soo.ie
MTWaCa9, tne Lybian chief, Narrhayas the
th hanIu i King, and all the rank and file of
heInin1 I'd. ian ian army who have just done
nenping the Carthaginians cononer e
are assembled feasting over n4 tbei,,
HIcGorles in front of the palace -
ianiIc Salammba's father. az in ~ III
mover, Wine drinking and ribaldrv Load S1 Nc
bba oaLae:s between the Carthaginians and
to tba ANS rns, ana the latter begin to set fire
W tne gardens, at which point the sad an
peautl1ul young Salam mbo. aecomno a dua
a ~ nor guardian, the high priest Schahab-
aI!n, ana host of laymen and s,na;n
pitesGs, issues from her fathers ns1ace
a anto Tue night to try and quell the distnrh
Of ~, having done which she hands cnn
vi WINE TO the Lybian chief Matbo in up
Oh peace, leaving Matho mad with ad I
W SIon VI ner beauty, and the Numidian kino
asa15rnaVas, equally mad in love with he,
tL JediOus toward Matho Then as ~
i1ls+ I notei' Gne barbarian army has onIv
t tS Ielt here Matho, ready listener ~
Gne Inducements of freed Greelr aIn, "
Spend1us, leads back his forces +o,I.'
VI Cnat great city, bent upon conouerin, ha.I
CdTtnage and Hamilcar's lovely dan2h uoon
al, nc crept slealthily by Nigh with Snen.
u .a into the temple of the goddess ,IanIt 70
LII III Tue g0ddess of the zeaimph or COLDER
ven, winch is supposed TO project CorSthoe-
and all its belongings from ali do unage
r r1s DIS no mortal removes it from itS
ptaoe by accident Salammbo has been On
unWIIlng, aWe-struck witness of fine sac1;
eglous theft, and she is at last prevaiIad
apon ny Inc Nigh priest Schahabarim to 90
md Wrest tI fno1 1nacaos camp and caiole him
carthage must be saved even - = 90.
,o,,a 5l ner virtue and honor.n Elan
80 uoes make Hamilcar's daughters nov
1 na1 very Olg price for the zeaimph
he hey Era Hr anu Du Locle's opera, however
AXE endS -, Matho, for pure loves
poHse 10 ner entreaties, merely nrass;no,
OF Ior one moment to his breast Anotba,
evlaClon from the novel occurs in the Dc
o G at the end of the fifth act
F a tb Lag saved by the res toration
arbsrion nediulPn, mas vanquished the
latno's rival, MARRIAGES. VI
dflanmoo IS now to marry wben
latno marches to the scaffold tbronpb ~.
q &c oe's Vi carthage, bleeding and 6oyvIed
Linz dd prisoner. Salanmbo, instead of
~ uead at the piteous sight of her bar
lNxra
creIiy returned, is. called upon nv ~
oWu 70 XII Matho with her own SanS
10 raises the dagger, as though Tn str;i-o
,,,at.I anu nnaly turning the weapon
Dn. ner own breast stabs herself
ains u I9 Hatho rlds himself of his
lie tails In the embrace of the 5T,ir
lammbo VI 1ne dying
ne music OF 'Salammbo," although hear
!, some traces of the influence of C;Inci-
80 Pernoz, is highly original. AS in
nosC an french operas produced since
,f 91 pIwer mas reached so high, the
'tru1nenta! portion of the work pIays 'e as
5at part IN "Salammbo, as the Voices
vi Inc nlts OF the score being meJod,
:G ~ Dy hautboys in the final soena
~ M Ialanim N 90 dumbly raises the dagger
- naaeuo, thinking of what she will Do
&c Tb ono uuIy Oh killing the man she
es. Inc whole of the vocal parts arc
nposed In the style of dialogue or rec;ta
= LAterspersed here and there with a.
t.eloA ai duet or chorus, so that in fact
nave lyric drama, as understood nv
: yer, Gather THAI an opera of rte s,bo.I
isos'ihl, Gounod aud Verdi. The sUc
Vi 'he scenery Was certainly great 40
que could have foretold by q uerusel -
w .. novel almost every line Of
Gu + suggestive Of some novelty or Dc
; VI hn ;ty oy the scene cosruInler
I'VE dcts are divided into se.y,.I, tab;a,,
niSG representing the ear1rns -
lIicdr palace, with a Venue -
lesa, spr mixed with black sand "a
uereo fai The secoud tabie;,n in
o., Us 10 Tue magnificent temple Of
& que Jaalt when Matho strins off
Vel, aud the third into tho
f.,urary 81 the god Moloch. to which
CdI toasln aus are Offering up sacri-
, anu praying that their CITY NAV mot
=, the hads of the barbarians In
ourOh we lave the terrace of Hamil-
paIate, with Salammbo questionino
'u .I sne VIII go to Matno,s camn to
tne ven, while a flight of white doves
t unuer tne sky making the beaven1v
!. loWard sicily, Mathos tent. the sur.
lungs OF which are enlivened bv sine
~ e ueuGlng, OF queerly clad barbar
roln us tne NTH tableau 1t is closely
''eo oy a scene of the teeming battle
wneie the Carthaginians finally
~ Nv, ser Ghelr Toes and this leads us
ue iaSt and browning tableau-the
y 81 VI Gartnage, brilliant with prepara
Ior tne wedding of Narrhayas with
nmoo, which is never to occur
''rases ON Russian Female Prisoners.