Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-07


the time were for baritonea. SO both
Cotognl and the young Jean himself
made the mistake OF choosing baritone
instead of tenor. ana " was not until
ten years after the HinEcr'a first public
appearance that his father pointed out
10 him that he was singing higher than
his audiences were realizing. JEAN"
he said. you nrc wasting half your
voice. Why don't you ming tenor
parta7''
such n query romowhat startled the
biz baritone. Ills voice never had had
the real resonance OF a genuine BARI
tone. on several occasions. despite his
robust physique. he had tainted on the
stage of the Theatre fiaiicn IN Paris
from the strain OF singing parts written
too low for him.
Iie thought over the proposition for
three months. took r long rcHt. went TO
Madrid. settled down 10 work and after
two years study made his appearance
NJ Jean Dc Reszkc. the tenor. In Meyer
beers Robert lc Diablc."
Ills success was instant and unprccc-
dcnted. Roth Paris and London claim
cd him. Great composers rcioiccd over
him. Mnssrnot wrote "Le cid" to suit
cite for him. lie became what he ntlil
Is today. the worlds greatest tenor.
hut lean de Rcszke In no musical Al
exandcr the Great Instead OF weeping
for fresh operate worlds to conquer. he
IL soon TO become the director Of new
ihcnter In Paris. unique In character
and operation. II IL an old complaint
that Paris has no wen equipped and
modern thcatcr What old fashioned
houses the say capital has are either
defective In construction or undesirable
In situation. De Rcsxke's thcaicr will
be put up on the Place Vcndomc. Hank
Ing the present Hotel Bristol. II viii be
devoted for 4 certain time each season
10 operate performances, with a roper
tory more international than that at the
Opera or the Opera gomiuuc
Iiut the interesting feature about this
new opera house. which. by the way. he
ReEzke insists shall not be large one.
II the conservatory which he proposes
to carry on In connection with u. A
select number " pupils 81 promise will
receive personal instruction from the
great tenor, who confeHHes that he "
anxious to make experiments with GER
tain pet theories OF teaching.
After crying out her unmitigated con-
tempt for all actors. for the stage and
Tor all things theatrical Miss Marie
corclli has swung round into line with
the rest % fifitinhorH who write books.
The Sorrows OF satan has been
dramati4cd and put on Rt the broadway
thcater In New York. and now iiail
Cainr will begin to realize that he IL
not the only pebble ON the theatrical
beach The unfortunate part of the
affair IL. however. that Miss c0relll did
not display that keen business HaEaci-
~ ~ her Manx rival nnd neglected to
copyright her work In America. The
result ~ that she ~ receiving merely
q nominal compensation of so week
from tho New York production.
The author OF The Sorrows OF Satan"
has said that modern actors are too
distrcssingly anxious tn pose 10 be- able
10 lose themselves In the rendering ~
any hlgh poetic thought. They are too
absorbed IA their own personalities.
The most natural ana admirable
piece Of acting I have seen" says Miss
Cofclli. "la Mr.. william Giiicttc's Inn
pcrsunntlon of the spy In His own play
Of Secret Service"
II II not surprising that tho IRE.
nroHaihlc Marie should have q weakness
fpr melodrnma. Everything she has done
~ moiodrnmntic. ana "'rhe Sorrows Of
satan " hy no means an exception.
hut Marie has IDEAS. me- she has energy.
Her conception of a reluctant Satan.
doomed oternnily 10 tempt man. yet
forever hoping ANA praying that man
will have spiritual force enough 10 re-
Hlat those temptations odlous even to
himself. II certainly novel and not with
out great dramatic possibilities.
ARTHUR J. sTRINGER.