The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-22
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC
A Notable Week Ahead at the
Theatre.
THE HOME CLUB TOMORROW
The ITALIA Clubs Entertainment-The Swed
fsh Ladies-Kiralfy's Water QUEEN
The Big Event at the Tabernacle.

Each date for the present week at the
Salt Lake theatre has been filled, and il
promises to be even a more eventful season
than was the last. The ever popular Home
Dramatic opens the ball with ''Young Mrs
Winthrop" fresh from an enthusiastic re-
ception at Boise. This will be produced
both afternoon and evening.
Tuesday night, the Swedish Ladies' Con
cert company will hold the boards. This
organization comes highly spoken of.
The Chicago Times says: 1.-The organization
is a double quartette of young Swedish
ladies, who appear in the picturesque
Dalecarlian costume. Their voices are I'M
usually pure and strong, and blend beauti-
fully. Their repertory is exceeding large,
proof of which is the fact that of the
nineteen numbers on the programme twelve
were sung by the lady octette who in re-
Spouse to vociferous recalls sung fourteen
extra numbers. They sang solos, not only
in Swedish, but also in English
Wednesday evening the Thalia dramatic
club, under the direction of Alfred Nilsson,
will give the popular Swedish drama,
"Vermt3uningarne." The national dance,
''Vermlandsdansen," will be given in the
third act. The overture has been specially
composed by Prof. Petersen, and the
theatre orchestra will be specially enlarged
for the occasion. The Thalia's reputation
guarantees good house.
Kiralfy's Water Queen' brings up the
rear, playing Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, with Saturday matinee.
In addition TO this there is the grand en-
tertainment in the Tabernacle Friday even
ing, which is sure to attract heavy fol-
lowing.
''Bolossy Kiralfy's latest production, The
Water Queen is a thing of remarkable
beauty and dazzling triumph. The great
spectacle, in four acts, was presented for
the first time in this city at the Walnut
street theatre last evening. Few managers
have nerve enough to collect the costly at
fractions exhibited in each act. The cos
tunes are rich, and battle description, while
the car loads Of scenery furnishes gorgeous
stage settings, grotesque in form and de-
hghtful to behold. The play unfolds fairy
story with human lovers, numerous demons
and fairies who triumph over the tends.
There is no deeply laid plot or tale needing
diagram or book accompaniment for ex-
PLANTATION purposes, and on that account.
while The Water Queen is highly enter
tanning for the adult, it also has strong fea-
lures which will prove a source of supreme
delight for the young. There are marches
and ballots. The Dares performed their
great gymnastic features and caused hearty
applause" The above is the opinion of the
Philadelphia Herald, and it is but one of
many have seen. Arnold Kiraify. Leonce
and Lola, and other celebrities come with
the water Queen"
The Emma Juch Grand English Opera
company will inaugurate brief season of
grand opera in English at the Salt Lake
theatre on Wednesday evening. March Sd
The engagement is limited to four evening
and one Saturday afternoon performances,
when repertoire, including two of Richard
Wagner's music dramas and the master
pieces of Gounod, Meyerbier and Bizet. will
be msgniticently presented. This fine
organization by its admirable operatic pro-
auctions in this city last season not onlv
won unanimous public favor, but made an
impression which augurs well for the pros
perity of their coming season. Since the
company's last visit here, it has been ma
terially strengthened in all departments. as
evinced by the names of the principal sing
ers, the enlarged chorus and orchestra and
its Incompatible repertoire, and it now en-
Joys the distinction of being the only organ
ization that is thoroughly competent to
present the Wagner opera in the vernacu-
lar. The wonderful advancement, and the
great triumphs of the Juch company is. in a
great measure, due to their excellent Wag-
merriam productions. 1t is claimed that
Wagner has never had better exponent in
this respect than the Juch company. and
some of their more enthusiastic admirers
challenge comparison with the Metropoli-
ban Opera company Of New York. In San
Francisco, recently, they ended one of the
most successful opera seasons in the annals
If that city. The Baldwin theatre and the
Grand opera house were inadequate to hold
the multitudes which gathered there to wit
ness their superb performances, and Patti
never elected greater enthusiasm from an
audience than Miss Juch did by her ideal
representations of Elizabeth in Tam
hauser," Fenta in ''The Flying Dutchman. ,,
and Valentine in lies Hugenots'' The
repertoire selected for this city is ssTann-
hauser," Wednesday; Faust Thursday
Lies Hugenots, - Friday: Carmen for a
Saturday matinee, and ''Ihe Flying Dutch
man. Saturday evening.
Concerning the Boise visit of the Home
Dramatic club, the following is at hand:
Boise is probably the best show town
If its size in the west. With only 5000 in
labitants, it has a very neat and com
nodious opera house, which seats S00 and
rood shows are of such rare occurrence
hat the people pay dollar and half as
sheerfully as Salt Lakers pay dollar 1t