The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-03

doubt the jolly fun-maker and his tall
ented coterie Of singers and comedians
VIII be accorded a series of large and
Nshionable audiences.
NtWang" and OR. SyntaX' enjoyed a
series of extraordinary runs at the
Broadway theatre. New York city.
which aggregated over 600 perform
ances, and they are said to fairly scin-
tillate with sparkling gems, bright.
crisp lines and humorous situations.
Mr.. Hoppers company is quoted as
being most excellent one, and is said
to be the largest. best and most COM
plete be has ever had. Its members
have been specially chosen for their
fitness for the various roles in the two
operas. Among the prime favorites in
the organization are WinSome Edna
Wallace-Hopp the daintiest and
most captivating soubrette on the
comic opera stage; Bertha WaitzinSer,
the soprano: clever Alice Hosmer and
sprightly Ida Lester. besides Edmund
Stanley, the pleasing tenor; Thomas S.
0uise an excellent baritone; diHinu-
tive Alfred Klein, the roly-poly come
dian of the company; Augustus Col
ETH. a nimble acrobat and graceful
dancer. as we'll as II. P. Stone, Louis
Shrader and others equally known
TherH will be a large and powerful
chorus. composed almost entirely of
pretty young ladies, with strong, fresh
voices and a thorough knowledge Of
their use.
The presentation of these two sue
cesSful operas in this city will be made
with all of the same elaborate scenery,
brilliant and Snowy costumes. eXpen-
sive accessories and mechanical effects,
and the incidental details viii be given
in the same complete and thoroughly
perfect manner as in the original pro.
auctions in New York city.
The theme of Wang is an oriental
one, and its scenes are laid in Siam.
Its action is full of amusing complica.'
Mons and funny situations. Wang, the
yegent Of Siam, is the uncle and guard
IAN of Mataya, the crown prince. who
has not vet attained his majority, but
who. although young in years, has
managed to fall in love with pretty
Maria, one or the numerous daughters
of the widow Frimousse. Wang is not
- particularly honest regent, and at
Vie time the story begins he is max"
ing a desperate effort to lay his hands
on a certain treasure chest which his
brother, the late king, has left as
heritage to his son, the heir apparent.
The regent intercepts latter and dis
covers that the chest is in the posses
sion Of t widow Friniousse. and
failing to obtain it in any other way,
he finally marries her. and assumes the
rare Of her large family Of daughters.
The chest. hoWel er is found 10 be
empty. and meanwhile Mataya has Sc
cured the treasure and assembled the
throne. He subsequently Indicates to
marry the girl Of his heart, but not
until he has heaped Goals OF fire on the
head Of the n1iscreant uncle by diycrc-
-fto,a, II
widow. Everything ends happily With
the marriage Of Mataya and Marie,
which gives an opportunity for the in
PRODUCTION of a splendid marriage pro-
cession and magniicen ensemble at
the close of the opera.
''Dr Syntax" is totally unlike
syane'' in every particular Its scenes
ara laid in a charming. picturesque
village in New England, and its theme
Is as dainty and modern as ''Nang-s''
is eYtravagant and fantastic Mr..
Hopper partrays the role OF a good
uatured pedagogue, whose good-nature
xnd light heartedness esteem it a sa-
cged duty to make everybody happy.
The story of the opera follows quite
closely the plot of the German Play,
"Aschenbroedel,' from which the
charming comedy School was
evolved. In the operate version of the
play. however, the ibrettist has not
adhered very rigidly to the German
dramatist's plot, or to its English
adaptation, but has very cleverly re-
tanned all of its humor and little or
none of its pathos; in short, he has
taken the skeleton of a straight COM
ecy and drapeu it with the bright
hued garments of comic opera.
Woolsen Morse, the composer, Who
has originated as many catchy tunes
as any musical writer in America, has
abundantly provided DIR. Syntax"
rTstf score or more of sprightly
1anelodies, Sc much so that the melody
send miTth Of the opera are about
evenly divided.
Z The repertoire fer Mr.. Hopper's en-