The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-08
DRAMATIC ANDLYRICI
Stanley to Lecture at the Theatre
Tomorrow Night.
THE CLOSE OF JUCFs SEASON
The Home Clubs 'out" to Ogden-A Barrel of
MOney-The Bostonians Coming
Notes.

Stanley, the African explorer, conquerer,
ulscoverer and rescuer will lecture in the
Salt Lake theatre tomorrow night The
mere announcement in itself is enough.
Stanley's fame is world wide, and his re-
cent home coming, and the discussions
which have sprung from his latest great
voyage, have been followed here with the
same absorbing attention that has greeted
them over the civilized world Curiosity
to see the man, will alone be apt to fill the
theatre, and the chance of hearing him tell
his thrilling and evehtful story will surely
be embraced by all classes.
A reception will be rendered the distin-
guished visitor on Monday afternoon at the
Templeton.
The Juch season drew about "a, 900 on the
five performances, and the amount might
have been increased $500 had MIR. Locke
been shrewd enough to open the engage
ment with 1.-The Flying Dutchmann instead
OF .Iannhauser." The former opera wound
up the season before third big audience
last evening and scored the undoubted hit
OF the Juch series. "Tannhausern is grand
en- more ethereal, more refined it is true,
put 1t Is not an opera for the masses.
1.-The Flying Dutchman," on tie
other hand, while possessing many
OF the Wagner innovations, was one of the
great composers earlier works, and seems
TO have been written before he had made
up his mind to break away from the more
melodlc Italian school. The consequence is
that it is filed both with startling effects
and most tender music, the duo between
the soprano and baritone in act two being q
most heavenly instance of pure melody.
The story, too, is dramatic and weird and
OF every ones comprehension. The enioy-
ment, therefore, last evening was of the
most keen, and took the nature of enthusi-
asm that called the principals before
the curtain three times at the close
OF the second act. Juch was alike charm.
ing and powerful. She never looked
sweeter nor sang better. Rathiens, as the
despairing Dutchman doomed to sail on
forever, was picture of the Wandering
jew; the part, without doubt, is the best
in his list of roles. Vetta was equally ex-
cellent as the father, and Payne Clark was
unsatisfactory as the lover. The stage
effects, especially the storm, were excep-
tionally fine, till an accident at the close
disclosed the calcium man through rift
IN the clouds. adjusting his apparatus so as
TO throw full glare on the ascending
forms of the Dutchman and his bride. The
orchestra was inimitable as ever.
The matinee was lamentably attended.
as Mr.. Locke ought to have known it would
be. Everything was mediocre except the
orchestra.
The fair Juch- and she is undeniablv
fair, on or off the boards-received q rem
resentative of The HERALD at her rooms
at the Templeton the other day, with all
the sweetness and affability of manner for
which she is noted. Her mother occupied
her suite with her. and is watchful and
admiring attendant. The Juch was attired
as she came forth from her boudoir in a
black silk morning gown, gathered In at
the waist by cord. the tassels of which
hung down at her side; the collar loose and
half neglige, the feet encased in slippers.
and the hair done up in Greciau knot
Just loosely enough to suggest harmless
abandon-she presented picture very en-
gaging for the gaze to linger upon.
What did you think of your audience
last evening"" said the reporter, referring
tothe gathering on the opening night.
"Ah, it was beautiful, beautiful, indeed,n
was the response. "Such contrast to what
we've been having of late in Butte and
Helena : particularly Helena. Business
weather was fearful and, ugh the fumes
from The smelters were such that we were
all SICK. Actually, the air in Butte is blue.
and there was a sort of haze between us
and our audience. ! have made nv last trim
10 Montana" said Miss Juch emphat1callv.
and Mrs. JUch backed her up with an ex.
preston OF approval equally emphatic
Where does your season end!"
''We sing constantly up to MAY %. end
ing In Chicago. After leaving Denver next
week, we expect to go to the City of Mexico.
where we play four weeks on a large guar
anty. After May % go to London, where
play during June in the Covent Garden
theatre. 1t is my first London appearance
and, naturally, l am very anxious about
it,
you are an ardent disciple OF Wagner.
believer queried the reporter
am wagner wcrshipper," was the
quick response. "After singing Wagner.
almost feel sometimes that no other music
is worth singing. Wagner's pauses are as
eloquent as other composers musicn she
said, enthusiastically.
The- conversation, though brief, drifted
INTO variety of topics, on all of which Miss
Juch expressed herself unreservedly, She
SAID music was religion with her, and good
music was as refining as religion i'm her.
eyes. She spoke of Patti in something of !
the tones OF reverence pupil would speak |
OF master, and with a half sigh, half smile |
SAID tnere was the only woman the world |
thousands night. The reporter asked |
her how many thousand, she really |
thought Patti had received !
night, whether the story of $1,000 per-
Torrance ought not to be discounted. and |
she answered frankly that she Thought |
5000 of it was for advertising, the other |
$1,000 actual cash. She spoke lovingly of |
the Salt Lake theatre. which, she said. |
more than any theatre In America reminded |
her of the floch theatres in the cid C.rmon
towns. She feels just pride in her opera |
company, and especially in the orchestra,
which she said was made up of soloists, and |
none of the members of which received less
than $50 a week, while the wages of some
of them run as high as S75
Miss Juch herself, it may be of interest |
to the public to know. is rot one of the pro- |
prietors of the opera company She sim
ply heads it and receives, so report. SAYS, |
81 ,000a week, when Mr.. Locke has it. |
which report also says, has not been too |
often on this western trip. She receives /
$500 to 500 performance for. singing in |
concerts and or2torios.
During her stay here, Miss Juch wAs