The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-16
DRAMATIC And LYRIC
Emma Juch's Three Great
Bills.
CAST OF "HELD BY THE ENEMY"
A Fine Cast for t'Mignon"-Salyini and His
Peculiarities- ard His Turn
ble-Late Notes.

PecuIiarities- ard His Turn
ble-Late Notes.
The Emma Juch sale began yesterday,
md considering that the company will be
Oh its second visit, the result was a very
gratifying one to the management, the de-
mand having been good for all three
nights, and especially good for the open
Ing night, Tuesday, when Miss Juch aud
Tagliapietra fill the principal roles. Gilda,
IN "RigolettO' is a role which the prima
donna has only recently added to her roper
toire, and enc in which she has made an ar
tistic triumph. Tagliapietra, the popular
baritone of the company, will be heard in
his famous impersonation of the Hunch-
back, which Salt Lake knows to be mas
terly rendition both vocally and dramatic
ally. The cast also includes MIR. Hedmondt,
Mr. Vetta and Miss Macnichol, who have
scored gratifying successes in their re.
spective roles.
Rossini's masterpiece. William Tell"
which is to be presented on Wednesday
evening, employs nearly every artist in
the company. Among the interesting fea-
lures of this performance will be Miss
Jushis appearance as the boy Jenny,
Tells son, and Georgine Won Janus
ehowsky, who makes her first appearance
with the Jcnh company in this city in the
role OF Matilda.
Tagliapetra, Hedmondt and Vetta have
important roles in the cast of this opera,
and their united efforts assure magnifi-
cent representation of the grand work.
Ambrose Thomas delightful romantic
opera, 'Mignon," the final performance of
the engagement, will be presented with the
following cast:
Wilhelm Charles Hedmondt
LotnaTlo ----------------- FRANZ Netta
ALpertes- E. n. Knight
FSederic- Lizzie Macnichol
FiIlina -Georgine Won Januschowsky
''Alignonr is an a1aption from Goethe's
poem ''Wilhelm Melster'' Thomas has
added enchanting music The story is sim
pie, but effective. Mignon In her childhood
is stolen by gypsies. She is of noble birth
and her mother dies brokenhearted at the
loss. Her father becomes distracted and,
disguised as the harper, Lothario, wanders
for years in seach Of his daughter. The
first scene of the opera opens in yard of
German inn, where some actors and
town folks sing fresh and me lodious
chorus over their cups. During their sing
ing characteristic march is heard, and the
gypsy band enters. They stop to give en-
tertainment to the guests, and Mignon is
! ordered TO dance for their amusement
Nlignon refuses to obey and Giarno, the
leader, rushes at her to infiict
punishment but the old harper Lothario
inuerferes. Giarno turns upon both SUD
denly :Wilhelm.NIeister appears and rescues
the harper and Mignon.
Wilhelm bargains with Giarno for Mig
mons release from the gypsy tribe and en-
cages her as his page. She is so touched
with his kindness, that she falls in love
with him, while he, ignorant of his pages
affection, falls prey TO the destinations of
the actress Filina, whom he follows. They
all move towards the castle, where the
actors are to give an entertainment, leav-
ing Wilhelm and Mignon alone on the
scene. Wilhelm inquiries of Mignon as to
her history and beautiful duet then fol
lows. Wilhelm then sings;
Did break thy chains
And set thee free
To what spot more lovely
Would thou fieee
To this Mignon replies in a song so full
OF tenderness and beauty that it must be
reckoned as one of the noblest inspirations
of music which the century has produced.
The words themselves breathe the very
soul of poetry. The beautiful swallow duet
between Mignon and the harper follows.
Before the departure of the actress to full
I'LL their engagement in the castle the CO.
quetish Filina invites Wilhelm to ioin
them. Meister and his page soon Join
Filina in her boudoir, where she is array
ing herself as Titania, so as to fill her part
in Midsummer Nights Dream" Mignon
sees with feelings of despair the attach
uSSnt of Meister Tor Filina, and her pangs
are doubled when the lovers sing
Ia gay, coquetish aria. Then Mignon
goes to mirror and begins TO adorn her :
self as Filina has done, hoping to attrac t
Wilhelm, and while doing so she sings that
\ enchanting Song of '.Styrrienne.n A
quarrel between Frederick, another lover
of Filina and Meister, follows, and when
Mignon has separated them Wilhelm sings
a most pathetic adieu, in the aria, "Addio,
Mignon." Mignon then attempts suicide,
but IS saved by the strains of Lothario' S
harp, to whom she confesses her woes. a
duet of rarest beauty is thereupon sung by
the father and child, who are ignorant of
their relationship until Lothario, fired by
the wrongs of the girl, sets ire TO the cas-
tie. Mignon has gone in for flowers for
Filina, and she is brought out unconscious
by Meister. The scene is then transferred
TO the ancestral home of Mignon, where her
father recognizes his long lost child on
hearing her recite a prayer taught her by
\ her mother in childhood. Mignon also
Srecognizes a picture of her mother, and the
opera closes in highly dramatic scenes and
sweet music.
'Held by the Enemy" Gillette's Noted
play, which several years ago made one of
the strongest Impressions in Salt Lake ever
made by any drama, is to be given by the
Home dramatic club, who have not been
seen for the past six or eight months. The
dates are April 4, 5, z and s, and the cast as
far as completed is as follows:
Colonel Prcscott----------- Mr.. Wells
MIR. Bean, special artist-------------Mr.S Spencer
Gordon Hayne Mr. Young
Surgeon Fielding Mr.. Peirce
OlO ANulus-- MI Evans
General Stamberg Mr.. Barlow
Rachel McCreery- Edith Clawsou
Susan McCreery- Birdie Clawsou
Miss McCreery- Lottie Caridge