Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-12

for admittance TO his theater on the
occasion of the visit of the Bostonians
next Friday and Saturday nights and
Saturday matinee. that the flood gates
VIII have to he lowered and fortunate
ticket holders be warned when enter
ing the lobby ON the evenings of the
performances of the 3. II. o. signs that
will be floating around, that opera hats
and high dressed hair be not disturhed
II has been long time since this
famous organization made this city a
visit. and as two nights and matinee
Will be the limit of the stay now, II
Is not TO bc wondered at that the pres
ent inquiries for seats will more than
I'LL the house at eEch performance. The
special attraction at the matinee viii
be the advancement to the leading role
of our own Jennie Hawley, by courtesy
of the management of the company
and for the purpose of gratifying that
lady's numerous friends here Robin
Hood VIII be the bill on Saturday even
ing. Those who have not seen IL will
now avail themselves of perhaps tn.
last opportunity to do so. while those
who have seen 1t viii do so again with
as much pleasure as at first The
Serenade viii be the bill on Friday, this
opening night. 1t is said to contain a
wealth of music. which ranges from
lightest melody to the splendid harmo-
ny of The Angelus. Its principal num-
her. on the occasion of the opera =
production In New York. the general
opinion was that there was music
enough in its composition for two
good operas. While the music is said
to be of the highest order, 1t abounds
with many popular numbers, and the
book Is described as full of humorous
situations and lines and giving Mr.
Barnabee. Mr.. rockingham and Mr.
Brown full sway In their fun making
The action of the opera takes place in
a. 1.
zenith century, and the story deals with
the Irritation of Alvarado. n dashing
baritone of the Royal Madrid opera.
with Dolores. o lady of rank, and ward
of jealous hidalGo of the highest de-
gree. AS the singer has won the favor
of his inamorata by means of sere-
made addressed to her. the duke OF
Santa Cruz, the guardian. flies with the
heroine to his castle in the mountains,
but the ardent baritone, disguised as
position, manages to accompany the
party. Besieged by brigands in the
castle the position assumes the duties
of a cook and the near-sighted duke
harbors his rival in his own household.
A counter bit of comedy is injected into
these adventures through Romero. a
monkish bandit. and by love-iorn and
stage-struck tailor and broken-d down
tenor. who. warbling the detested
serenade in the presence OF the duke
cerated. Me\1while the action II
shifted to the grounds of monastery
and an adjoining convent, and the bari
tone. Alvarado, seeking refuge in the
monastery in order to escape the at
tentions of a Jealous danseuse. Yvonne.
learns of the presence of Dolores.
Numerous complications ensue and the
duke Is driven to despair by hearing
not only chorus OF monks take up the
refrain of the sercnade, but parrot
who echoes the melody. Everything
is wrought out happily In true comic
opera style. and Alvarado marrles Do
lores and Yvonne Is betrothed to Lopez,
n brigand lieutenant. The cast will in
clude: Henry Clay Barnabee. William
II. Macdonald. Jessie Bartlett Davis,
Eugene Cowles. Alice Nielsen. George
rockingham, Josephine Bartlett. Will
liam l.. Philip, Harry Brown, Grafton
Baker Nellie Guisti. Helena Fredericks,
Jennie Hawley, Charles r. Hawley, w
II. Fitzgerald, S. l.. Study and 9TH
ers.
William Jerome's Herald Square
comedians presenting the intensely
funny comedy A Jay in New York. will
he the attraction at the New Grand all
next week. The comedy A Jay in
New York. illustrates the adventures
of u countryman's first visit to that
city. and many funny and amusin,,
situations are depicted during the ac-
ton of the comedy; from the rise to the
fall of the curtain IL is said to be one
long. continuous laugh. The dialogue
Is bright and witty and the scenic eff
fects and costuming are all that could