The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-29
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EEL CAPITAN."-John Philip Sousa's
opera has at last been heard in Salt
Lake, and the town has Joined its voice
to the chorus of praise and laudation
which has gone up all over the country.
whenever the march kings work has
been produced Two years ago when the
gifted SouSa gave his successful concerts
at the tabernacle in the festival which
also included Paderewski as feature
he talked hopefully and enthusiastically
to the musical editor of The Herald re-
garding the rare work to which he was
then putting the finishing touches The
name was not then settled on. but he
and Mr. Hopper were to decide upon
shortly after the Salt Lake engagement
1t was produced soon after, and its re-
ception was everything that the com
poser the libretist brother of Klein, the
dirninutive comedian of last evening, and
hopper himself could have hoped for.
Everywhere It has been the season S
furore, and the enthusiastic reception ac-
corded II in Salt Lake last evening. a re-
ception which has not been extended TO
anything of operate character for many
seasons past, was but a reception OF the
nightly scene Mr.. Hopper has been &C
customed to since the opera was brought
out. some so weeks ago. The audience
was immense in size and beautiful IN all
the breeZiness of midsummer attire As
the admission rates were advanced 50 per
cent down stairs and as many in that
part of the house stood up the whole
up to figures calculated to warm the
managers heart.
The audience was in the best possible
humor for hearing Sousa's charming
music. for the reason that it was already
more than half familiar with it, and that
sort OF an advance acquaintance is the
work go. The famous finale which ends
act two and three. and the charming
waltz-which is altogether too short-had
been introduced by the Salt Lake Opera
7rr1r n a n
plays that and the Behold El CAPTAIN"
march. ard the pretty duet had been
given the public by Miss Savage and Mr..
jerks. It was noticeable that these were
the numbers which caused the greatest
enthusiasm last evening. The big effort
came at the end of the second act. and
though Mr. HoDDer's singers made no
greater volume in sound of the vocal
parts than Prof. Weihes crack chorus
did. the presence of the brass band on
the stage, the brilliant costumes. the
waving flag and the swing. dash and
nerve impaired to all. gave il an electri-
cal effect that can come only from the
highest sort of professional stage train
ing. Hopper had at least half dozen
calls after this act, and as the audience
made it evident that IL would go on
applauding all night unless he yielded to
the demands for a speech. he responded
with a hilariously witty extempore effort
of five minutes duration through which
his audience laughed and aDDlauded as
heartily as at any time during the opera.
He could not give Casey at the Bat"
he said. though he had been requested
to 60 so. but he thanked the audience
warmiy for its marks Of favor. and he
specially thanked them for Mr.. Klein and
Mr.. Sousa, who would be delighted to
learn of the operas success in Salt Lake.
a delight measured only by the heavy
royalties ne had TO send them each week.
He would send them a long dispatch after
the opera at their expense. he said. tell
ing them of the Salt Lake reception
''El CAPTAIN is very much of a one
part opera, but Hopper is so funny, so all
pervadingly industrious in his fun-making
that everyone is quite. willing the full
rounded, however. by an immense COM
Dany, and some clever people. and the
costumes and the scenery are among the
handsomest ever seen on our stage His
wife. Edna Wallace Hopper. who is as
diminutive rs he is immense is a cute
and clever little lady. without much
attracting an audience by her bright
acting. Klein. the comedian, has little
TO do. but is as funny as ever. Mr.. Stan
ley is q pleasing tenor who was specially
good in the duet with the soprano, Miss
Bergen, whose acting is nil but whose
high notes are enchanting. Miss Hasmer
some good notes. and Mr.. Guise. whose
voice told admirably in the concerted
numbers. is not all he should be as bass
soloist. The chorus IS large. tuneful,
light calibre. however, as far as -olume
is concerned The opera goes again this
afternoon and evening.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hopper were excessively
annoyed last evening over. the reports
which had reached here and been pub
liShed regarding contemplated divorce
between them. A dispatch stated that
Mr.. Hopper would commence the action
in. New York. He said last evening that
the whole thing was an absurd and
atrocious falsehood- The lady was quite
distressed over the rumor. and both said
they had not the least idea where or how
such a report could have originated.
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Prof ]. s. Hitler, well known in Salt
Lake rs q clever musician. and the hus-
band of the gifted lima Di Murska. who
died some years ago. is the musical di-
rector of the Hopper company.
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The lady in charge of the costumes of
the Hopper company, Mrs. Louis Shrader
is a sister of Prof Fl. S. Krouse She
was much interested to learn of her
brothers high standing as a musician in
this city.