Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-05

artists making up the company showed
that they possesA the material Tor one
Of the finest all round concert COME
panies that can be found among thv
travelling organizations ~ tho day.
salt Lake will have no reason 10 b'usN
tor its reputation NJ musical center
with representatives like these. Mics
Pratt ana MI. G1iiatd, Of clursr, 10.
ceived aud ovation, aud fichly they
deserved IT, Their Improvement has
been Tremendous, and Mifa prati's
advance IN the past year II as marked
as II was Ia thU two years previous.
Allied with her rich voice, witch II
growing strikingly reminiscent NJ that
" Annie Louise Cary, Il sn admirable
personal pTctcuce, perfect taste In
dreBs, n carriage, anu q winning style
whicn stamp her ~ an undoubtedly
successful coming artist. The duet be-
tween her and Mr. Goddard, rendered
In Italian, and partially acted by the
two, WIS the clevofest sud daintiust
thing OF the night, Miss Pats solo, a
selection from Verdi, was grandly
rendered; NJ. GOIIarl's rofOn1Or song
Va wed Ills noble voice 10 Que advan.
tpge, and he was given superb round
VI npI lnust. We Hte not advocates
VI encOrcs ~ a usual thing, but where
program T. ~ short as that Of lat
evening, and whore there are
two Hlugofs to whom the
uoiCstt IL sort u home. coming
reCsption-we think au encore
shoul1 have boon yielded, ,sgecially
as the MA Hence seemed literally 10
yptrn to hear bliss Pratt ami Mr.. God.
tafd Ia "a, lsnst Cue little ballad In
plato, homuiy Uuited States. KrOuso
and Woihu were b ia down Tor mum
bers Aad everyone knows what that
means. Truth comIcls W. 10 say, how
ever, that owing 10 extreme nervous.
nusr, neither gentleman was at his
best. I5s Edward's rich, pure voice
| told we'll In the selcC Ion assigned her,
| accompanied Oh showas by Mr.. Weihe,
but we think her selection could be
/ improved on TOR popular COuUtft
| song. The anme must 10 said Oi the
trio by Mrs. EIwari, Mr.. Piper aud
Mf. Goddard, which, while fault.
itssiY iuug, was not out ui the
ordinary enough 10 siiisiy people
who know Oi what these three
voices are capable. Mt. Pryor never
In his life sang anything better than
his "mbvan Selection, anu the audience
testified 10 It by an enormous round Of
applause; hc was Ices happy In tho
| RigoletlO numIor, which should DO
| pitched lower 10 uring it wltlin lat.
range. The company plays Ia Park
| City Friday night, and goes GUutu
| Monday, The tour extending 10 Denver,
Cheyenne, Laramie Ogden, T. cIitl-
10 ana BJiee. There shUulu bu little
question about lie success, u II IA mar'
aged right. The expense Will not be
heavy, AMI tho artists all ouioy n local
fame that should draw well evon more
than QUO night In many places. The
PROGRAM Will undergo some needed
changes, ami among them Wa suggest
the introduction u something more
ambitious Tor Nroust; an operate
trio In place Of the ono by
Rsnjeggof; me hing on iho more
popular older Tor ME. Edward, anu
the injection Oi little more English
ami less Italian, The dust In the
foreign tongue by Miss Pratt and MI
Goddard should by all means be 70
tanned, but beyond that We would stics
10 tho language which Shakespeare
taught was good enough for him, aud
In which Milton uid not disdain 4
TO sing. Tho good peOplo Of Provo
Manti, Spriugvilie, Grand Junction
Pueblo aud other points where tn
company IN 20 sing will, we feel sure
be better satisfied TO take their money
worth In the vsfnaculaT. Mi. Gillette
tue mansgef, informs us that the com
pany will give sacred concert at tn
Grand Sunday night