The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-23
MELBA IS COMING,
QUEEN OF SONG FINALLY BOOK
ED FOR SALT LAKE.
Will Appear at the Tabernacle With
the Great Damrosch Orchestra and
All the Artists of the italian
Opera Company.

llC SIGell htlDd - llIldlly anu utti-
nitely booked for Salt Lake. Lee Will
son, her advance representative,
/ dropped into the city yesterday, and
after an hours conversation with Di-
rector Stephens of the tabernacle choir
/ the differences were all smoothed out,
and the great singer with Damrosch's
orchestra, will be heard in the taber-
nacle April Is; as this viii be a legal
holiday, Arbor day, she could not have
struck more suspicious date. Mr..
Wilson will remain in the city some
! time, looking over the details of the en-
gagement, and Mr.. Stephens will put
the choir at work at once on it's part
of the programme, as the expectation
is that Melba and the artists who ac-
company her will do some special work
with the great chorus.
In addition to Media herself the fol-
lowing II artists from her Italian opera
company will be heard here: Sopra-
nos. Mesdames Van Cauteren, Toronto
and hatfield; tenors, the great Salig-
nae and Van Hose: baritone. the re-
nowned Campanari, and Bassos Rains.
Carbone and Vivrani. Signor Bimboni
of the Metropolitan Opera House will
be the conductor of the orchestra
which includes 80 or 40 of Damrosch's
renowned performers.
Music lovers here do not need to be
told that Melba today occupies the po-
sition in the operate world vacated by
Patti. and the impression is widening
that Patti in her best days never pos
sessed the voice of Melba Campanari
the baritone, and Salignac, the tenor
are also artists of the first grade. What
the prices will be here is not as yet
settled, but Salt Lake will again have
reason to congratulate itself on having
such an auditorium as the tabernacle
for company like this to be heard in
Elsewhere, in Denver, San Francisco
etc, the choicest seats will go at 81
while the fact that so large an attend
ance can be secured in the tabernacle
will divide that figure by three or more
for Salt Lake.
Mr.. Wilson will be remembered as the
gentleman who has brought several
large attractions to Salt Lake in the
past. and that he had a contract to
manage Nordica. Her breaking the
contract caused him to plant suit
against her for damages to a large
amount. and the case is now pending in
the New York courts.
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The blacks played at both houses last
night to top heavy audiences. The
Richards & Pringle company closed at
the theatre, the Georges run out the full
week at the Grand.
The advance sale for the Black Patti
troubadours opens at the theatre this
morning at 10.
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The said Pasha" excursion to Logan
leaves tomorrow at p. M; the Short
Line has given a low rate from Ogden
and brigham and parties have formed
at both places to take the opera special.
The company goes to Provo Saturday
over the Rio Gfande Western. and a
50-cent round trip rate has been made
10 theatre-goer in I.ehi and American
Fork. Mr.. Roylance of Springville says
n large party may be formed in that
city to take in the opera Saturday
night.
The Cambrian association. at their
meeting last Monday evening, devoted
the greater portion of the time to re-
vision of the programme. TIE changes
made for the mandolin and guitar con-
test are as follows:
''Traumerei Without the Ro-
nance. 49, 80. .Schumann
Peppers Edition.
wedding March. 49,. Mendelssohn
Peppers Edition
An additional selection was made for
the band contest. as follows:
''Lorley' -Paraphrase.. u. Nesvadha.
Fisehsrs Edition.
awakening Of the Lion De Koutski
arrangement by d. w. Reeves.)
Fischer's Edition.
Daynes & Coulter ank d. O. Calder's
Sons. Co are the firms named from
whom all music may be obtaired for
the Eisteddfod. contests.
The official programme is now COM
plete, and will be printed this week.