Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-02

Special correspondence.
Chicago, ILL.,, March 80, isOs.--The
Damrosch- Ellish Grand opera com
pany closed their engagement on sat
urday afternoon. after playing two
weeks to splendid business. They have
presented an equal number of German
and italian operas, the leading expon-
ents OF the former being Nordica.
Kraus. Bispham. Gadshi and Fisher.
while the-ltallan operas We're interpret
ed by Melba, Campanarl, Ibos. Sallgnac,
Boudouresquc and others Of less prom
inence. 1t is said here that Melba
soon goes to San Francisco. together
with Campanari and some others of the
company, and they are to appear In
Salt Lake about the middle of April.
If this be true. let all lovers Of pure
singing turn out to greet them as
Melba and Campanari are looked upon
as the ideal soprano and baritone OF
the Italian school. Melba is undoubt-
eddy the greatest soprano since PATHS
day.
The Sign of the Cross company. UNI
der the management of Charles Froh-
man, finished very successful two
weeks engagement at the Columbia
theater on Saturday, The play, which
has been a great success In this country
and In England, treats of the struggles
of the early Christians under the ty
rant Nero. when TO acknowledge being
follower Of the lowly Nazarene meant
lpnth I'm ganta hnrriI,Ia tnnpnar nutIu1Iv
in the arena for the amusement OF the
Roman populace. Tho leading roles
were sustained by Charles Dalton, Irene
Rock, a young English actress, touring
this country for the first time. and Miss
Gertrude Boswell. who played the part
of Stephanus. IA young Christian boy.
This week ut the Columbia Charles
frohman's company Is presenting the
comedy Never Again.
McVicker's, another first-class house.
Is one OF the Oldest theaters in town.
II contains large pipe organ, which
answers Il double purpose, being often
used In the orchestra, and also on sun
days, When religious services are held
by the Peoples Church. One goes
there Sunday morning and listens to AN
eloquent discourse, and ut night wit
nesses performance of Shore Acres,
The Sunshine OF Paradise Alley or
Tom keene in Richard Ill. The latter
is playing there now. having begun an
engagement last sunday night.
The Chicago Opera House. the
Olympic and the Haymarket are high
class vaudeville theaters. During the
past few weeks Bessie Bonehill.
tombstone Bennett and other we'll
known people have appeared at these
houses Vesta Tilley, the great Lon
don music hall star, is drawing i'm
mense crowds just now. She plays a
week at one place and then moves
over to one OF the others
The Grand Opera House has been
brought into prominence of late. re-
sulting from the position it has as
stunned as against the theatrical syn
uicate. During the past season Francis
Wilson, Richard Mansfield Minnie
Maddern Fiske and other prominent
mon syndicate" people have appeared
on its boards. Hoyt's Milk White Flag
as breezy and tuneful as of yore. is
playing two weeks engagement
there. a Stranger in New York, Mr.
Hoyts newest work. Is booked for an
early presentation at the same place.
There are some half dozen play
houses down town, of rather unsavory
reputation, which give cheap perform
ahceS OF opera, NauueNllle una Dur-
lesque.
At one Of these places was pre-
sented n short time ago, a couple OF
hurlesques, entitled The Mormon. and
Carrie Duncan's Mormon Maldens
Just what the pieces were ! didn't
learn, but the bills announced "a
Roaring Farce Just Fresh From Salt
Lake" and "The Thirty Mormon
Maidens Are All Beauties"
Hooley's theater tho small, has
presented more first class attractions
during the past season than any house
in town. VIM. II. Crane, Secret Ser
vice with Gillette and the original
company, Sol Smith Russell. Il. II.
Sothern, Nat Goodwin, Charles
Coughlan, Julia Arthur. Il. S. Willard
and coterie of similar artists have
succeeded one another at this popular
theatcr during the past few months.
Mr.. Willard. unfortunately, was un-
able to complete his engagement, ow-