The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-01

New York, Chicago and other cities Mr..
Stephens, conductor of the tabernacle
choir, has received the selections to be
rendered, which are: 1.-THE Heavens are
Telling" "Halleluiahn Irvine We the
Garlands.'' choruses very familiar to our
local societies. A special piece is also to
be written by Chadwick.
Regarding the competition for prizes,
Mr.. Stephens knows absolutely nothing of /
any project except the great Welsh Estel-
Todd, which is to be held at Chicago dur
ing the Worlds fair. If the fair itself is
going TO give prizes or conduct a competi- |
ton, Mr.. Stephens knows nothing of it.
The Welsh competition, inaugurated by
Welsh-Americans, and participated in by
the world, offers an immense amount in |
prizes, the first being prize Of $1,000, for |
the best 300-voiced choir, and smaller
amounts being offered for smaller bodies. |
If the tabernacle choir here enters at all, it
will be for one Of these prizes, and the
problem Mr.. Stephens will have to face IS
enrolled membership.
The subscription concert of the Sym
phony orchestra is being pushed actively, |
and those having it IN charge speak well
of the way in which the public is respond |
ing TO their initial efforts The orchestra
VIII play two symphonies and among the !
sooists of the occasion will be Mr.. Weihe,
Miss Lincoln and MIR Goddard. All mu
sicians are very hopeful that the long
waited for permanent orchestra has come
at last in this new organization. Everyone
interested in the cause of music ought to
lend it encouragement. The funds derived
h. /
struments.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers, known ali over
America as the coIored band of vocalists
who started out in 1871 to raise fund to
build the Fisk university, appear at the First
Presbytesian church Tuesday and Wednes
day evenings. The company is not now sir g
ing in the interests of the university, as
that institution was long ago completed
through their efforts at a cost of $500
But they are singing as well as ever, and
the public will no doubt be as glad to hear
them as though they were still laboring for
some one else besides themselves. This is
their twenty first season, aud their long
life is the best evidence that could be bad
of their merits.-EF.
The clever Charles Frohman has come
into the van of American theatrical man
hS6IS Will LldThSu EGDluibl- AZ IuS pres
ent ume, though the youngest of ma n
ayers he controls more prominent sue
cesses than any manager in the coun try.
Besides the Comforts" company, he
guides the helm at Proctor's theatre and
Hermann's theatre, New York. AT the
former Sardou's "Thermidor'' and 1.-The
/ Lost Paradise have been two of the
great hits of the season; at Hermann's
/ Henry E. Dixey has passed his one hun
dredth performance of 1.-The Solicitor
! he successfully plotted the tours of two
| Shenandoah" companies, two Men and
] Women" companies, two companies repre-
senting the highly successful comedy,
Jane" which held the stage at the Madi-
son Square theatre for $50 nights, and also
''Mr. Wilkinson's Widows and the latest
Partisan success, miss Helyett." For
the next season Mr.. Frohman will produce
new society drama by Henry c. De
Mile and a comedy from the pen of Viii
liam Gillette.
st. Louis is going into raptures over
Jane" which is being presented in that
city his week to the largest audiences Of
the season. The Republic says "Jaue'' has
won a rather undue reputation abroad, and
in other American cities as a mirth- maker,
but its record of applause account was
broken in st. Louis last night, the large
and cultured audience present recalling the
Gull pduA SlA llLlSS Ou bu6 COuCluSlOu u IlO
second act. II is pleasant to be able to
agree with the audience by declaring the
entertainment the most enjoyable that has
been provided local theatIe-goers this sea-
son. "Janen is drawn from the same French
source as a number of other comedies, but
there is about the same difference between
"Jane'' and these other farces as a diner
out would detect between a good and bad
brand Of wine. The Globe-Democrdt says
Jane is the neaJest and most artistic
comedy that has been seen in st. Louis in
many seasons. The other papers are equal
~ as cordial "Jane'' is announced for an
early presentation in this city with Mr..
the Madison Square theatre, headed by the
unique actress Miss tombstone Bennett.
&C. W. S." writes to THE HERALD from
New York as follows:
Hearing that Francis Wilson was goin g
to make tour of your part Of the CONT
nent with his company, l obtained an in
terview with him this evening, during
which he said 1.-THE Lion Tamer'' is play
ing to very good business, and we have
made enough out of II In New ork to
keep the wolf from the door; nobody
ought to weep when they clear $50, 600 or
$40, 900 out of a piece in one season."
} when do you expect to start on your
western trip!'
1--WE shall leave at the end of our season
here, in about two weeks. We shall go
, first to San Francisco and probably visit
Salt Lake either going or returning"
MIR. Wilson, whose reputation in "Er-
minie'' and the merry Monarch has be-
come world wide, is below the medium
J size, as active as an acrobat, as graceful a
: dancer as treeds the boards, and his sing
| ing and comic business are wonderfully
captivating. Theatre-goers in Salt Lake
: have treat in store, no matter what he
plays, as he impresseS all his characters
, with his own personality.
} In 1.-The Lion Tamer' he has a fine op-
: portunity for his talents as Csssimir, and
he certainly avails himself Of all the OPP
l portunitieS afforded in that and his other
pieces.
Marie Jansen as Angelina. the wife OF
Cassimir is q model of loneliness and
grace. She will probably star in it before
, long, and on this topic Mr.. Wilson gra-
ciously remarked, Miss Jansen has star
ring ambitions, and she has right to
them. a good many of US have had them,
and she certainly deserves to be star and
to meet success.'
Mr.. Wilson was in conversation to-day
with an author and composer in regard to
g new comic opera, which is very highly
commended by musicians. But the author
must wait for two years If Mr.. Wilson'S
company are to perform IL. e heir work is
now laid out for two years ahead. If this
opera is put on it will have TO earn $125,
600, and l understand It's merits will war
rant the expectation of such a result as il
is strikingly original in plot, and the lib
retto Is spicy, while the music is of the
popular kind. II is by new author who
prefers to not give his name to the public
but they will get it by and by.
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