Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-21
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
url,e Anso, a Merry Monarch
Coming 10 the Theatre
GREAT WEEK AT WONDERLAND
, Lecture on the sOl.fa system
Miscellaneous Paragraphs


o'',,ra - sa. rather smaller than that
he previous evening. The perform
80 had all the characteristics before
.o,,esd In these columns.
"oossIp."
r,o engagement OF Mlle.Rhes andher
.,a,ranyciose, tonight with thisFreneh
ansdv A brief resume Of the plot Ia
IN as follows GA French family
,ns uhalolisris, have Invited come
,,.,. 10 n dinner party. Among
- 1, A Counties de Ris who is Of
,,m,llyo propensities and vino relates
.atof,candal about q certain Coun'
4. Daiauda, not knowing that one
,,,be listeners lie that lsdy's husband
me- Count Deranda requests Madam
ri, 10 give the name OF tue man
s,,esfued in the escerade. This she
,.ts,.and he begins a state Of pefse..
na,,sn. following her everywhere, aud
.i.ssv, s.luting her with the question,
III name, Msdam.' Complications
~. on ali sides, the situations be-
me ludicrously funny, causing 10
"a Al ,nnlsement.v Rhea's dresses IN
mi. piece are said TO be exquisite
arllE MERRY MoNARcn."
Nsxt week at tue Theatre Will lie
,.vried 10 merriment, when, Francis
,v,snn and his excellent comic opera
n'n.nv present the new opefetta
"rhs Merry Monarch" for i've even.
trgs. commencing on Monday.
m, story OF tins play IL founded
mon an IDEA upon which centefn MI
~. Iun OF the opoTa. THIS Idea II that
King Anso ~ and Ls1uli, u peddlcr
~ t.rfumery, were born under TIE
,sms Tar, and that one must die with
H. twenty. four hours after the demise
s,iY, other. Anso II an Indian mon
.,ch Of hunor endowed, aud his
mitthful proclivitles lead him, Mt the
INTRODUCTION, In search of n victim for
,rreution on tho annual fete Jay, IN
sccotdance with y custom d his coun'
Inv and 10 please hin people. The DIM
s;Ity lies In the finding OF victim,
lat he at last encounters LaLuli, whom
bs inducrs 10 reasonable uttsfAnces
and proyskes into striking him. He
n about 10 have LaEuli publicly killed,
when the court astrologer PUSHES forth
with the information that tue peddlers
death must he followed speedily by
that Of the sovereign. liazuli IL
released al once, and from that moment
ON Anso's solictudc fOr the ped
dlef's safety IL most amusing and lu'
dictous. He encourages Iazuli to
elope with Lllits, and Lilita's guard
ian order, soldiers 10 pursue the elop-
ing couple aud shoot down be wards
Adbuc,or. Anso'- terror when he
ltarns Of LaEuli's danger IL very cont
ca, a. IL bis relief when he learns that
tue podler has escaped unframed.
I.azull IL Above 10 wed the princess,
despite the discovery that she had
been brought ON by Harrison, her
guardian and the envoy extraorii-
nary, to marry the merry monarch.
Furthermore Anso announces that
Lazuli IL 10 be- his heir, adding quaint
Iy To an aside; "What does IN matter
iince he has to die iirui?"
The llbfetto u the opera was derived
10 part from Frer ca ource aud Ia tht
work Of Cheevef Goodwin Of Boston,
Tie original music was composed BY
Emile Chnbrlcr, but II has been recon-
stfucted By woodson Morse. Tn,
orchestra is directed by Signor A. ID,
Noyellis.
A LECTURE on MUSIC.
Prot. A. &. Smyth has been invited
10 deliver lecture 20 the memberr o
the Teacher.' Institute, nj the mex
meeting OF that organization, OF
Saturday May 18th, Mt II n. m, In til,
Utah University. The purpose OF hi
lecture IL to demonstrate the al
yhpges OF the Tonic Sofia system
i9f impRrtiug instruction In vOca
music 10 school children, showing how
readily II eau bc cOmprea-nded by
teachers, and how easily II may b,
taught 10 pupils. A general Invitation
10 attend the meeting ~ extended /,
all Interested In the subject OF voca
music and public school instruction
The system has produced almost al
entire revolution In the method o
teaching vocal music In England; II Il
taught In nearly ali the public school
there, and II has enabled millions o
people In that country to sing under
sAndingly from the Tonic SOl..l
notation.
WONDERLAND.
The "pRper king" still plenses Ia,
visitors with his truly wonderful M,
pretty work In tissue paper. ANON
Tie new attractions In the curio hall l
Agentlsman who claims to weigh 60
pounds anu the "champion" harmonic
player But the great attraction thi
week II the comic opera company II
INC theat0rlum. IL II u really rironI
company, commanding some excellen
voices and very respectable tale 4
Inc apptt citation OF the public OF thi
new feature N plainly shown In tn
iAel That large crowds have to be RI
lusei sdmlttance, unable to ob,nll
Ioem. Wonderland has become
Popular pleasure resort n. cur city.
hIsCELLAsEouA
Alexander Salvini announces this
MS hht presentation Of the acting vel
tlon Of "CavallieR RusticauR" wi
tahe place Mt the Boston theatre Ma
SSfd. Madame Patti has announce
hef Intention 10 he present, and wi
ZONE on from New York IN her specie
uat with party OF friends TO wltnel
me play, Which she j. 10 present at he
meAtfe IN Wales on her return hom'
nalVini and Manager W. NJ. Wilkinson
nno VIII bel In London In June, expe,
70 oe present at the Patti periormRnc
Anoralg-y. Nos castle, and it N not B
III unlikely that Salvini viii on thu
occasion play rirridu to the Santusz
VI me great songstTess.
II may seem odd that the opera sel
,oh IN London should he In the helgi
% summer, while On this eide Of th
ocean II Ia In the depth Of winter. Bt
~ convenient arrangement, az
aholds hrst class singers constant en-