Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-17
STEPHENS MUSICAL FEAST.
The Professor Tells How lie Enjoyed
the First Week Of His Visit In
New York.

To compel hungry person to read
Of a bountiful feast enjoyed by another
r. cruelty should not like to b.
guilty VI imposing on anyone. unlcFa 10
was 10 sharpen the appetite FOR some
more or less nourishlng food that was
I In my reach to rharc.My musical friends
may not DC hungry-uot even lacking
vigorous appetite However. IN ny
I delight. l must tell you what / have
I enjoyed. while East consider ms IN
fortunate condition. and yUu VIII foe.
I give me. The only member ~ my fim-
ily Othc doTl icft at home. Ne AN
understand bat poorly all that bubbles
up within the heart OF the master NJ ihe
Z house 90 tell over and over again ~
Z tine nrrElde. about his wonderful trip
a. NsW York. Mary and Johnny AMI
Mn nfe not thorc To- receive u ali with
urfn.muuthnd wonder and delight. ana
repcnt u grundly 60 the common fois.
how papa hob-knobbUd with the Van
drfhlita, DE itcnkCH, NurdicaH, Van
tu0ya. McNialeyH. and others too au-
mcruun To- mention. ~ my dear friends.
sou VIII please take your piaccn b.
which you prefer. Juhnuiea on ny
right Knee, Nary'a On my loft, and Mas
in the Dir rocker near BY, while ! rr-
iicve myself ~ my musical burd 20.
GRAND METROPOLITAN CONCERT.
Arriving at New York Sunday aftrr-
noon. tho first musical figure that
lowered before uH az N" entrance 20
the ferry was the most welcome OF ais
our dear hig-hcartod. big-voiccd oh
friend Bob Eastou. HIS famillfr
voice at once made us feel at home.
ny 800 We We're at the worid.famcd
opera house 10 hear u grand sacfod
. concert. The great German soprano.
Of
Ellis opera company. with which Mei-
bn ana DE iusan appear this season.
WIS thcru a. sing the Nsrat Flying
Dutchmnn duet with Mr.. iiisham, The
magnificent English baritone u the
Metropolitan opera. Marie Enacl with
her charming bird like voisv aiso sang.
The Metropolitan urChrHtra u eighty
members nilod the stage. and rendered
several finr things AMONG which wor.
trirrH Peer Gynt suite. GadHki has
large, Inc wnmanly voice of the Ger.
man tyne. and u me artistic. AMI
hirham D. one 81 the best drumnti'
hHrltoncn | have heard. EnHci n nn
Emma Thufnhy Of fifteen years ngp.
when We wore our hands sore TO got
cncorea from her In the Tabernacle.
The orche1trn u iine. but Tar below that
Ideal ~ perfection. the boston sym-
phuny." Mnncinelil. IT, conductor l. "a
spirited. tall gentleman who seems 60
enjoy his work when u guos well, a.
university athlete docs foot ball. The
concert was good introduction TO the
house md the treats to come.
INA they allow rncorra. pnpng'
"Nhnt1 A cultured. refined New
York metropolitan audi.nce3 chlid.
have you never been 10 the Tabcrnnci,
% concertf Have you never seen the
fruWng ~ the cultured. whoa thiH ab.
Hurd barbarian u Insisted uponf Have
You never read the newspaper criticism
the next day and learned that Il 4 not
the proper thing 10 spoil an otherwise
artlliicnily arranged program with
single encore or maref'
'liui. papa. did theyf''
We'll, 60 be truthful. they ala. That
frlehtfully fashionable audience. had
they lived In the Eleventh ward OF even
In ogden. couldn't have been more tx.
nurnnt ur uhlivioun to Salt Lake cui,
turud proprlety. Why. they ciappcd
their hands. even the ladies' and re-.
demanded almost every number on the
prngrnm. Some or the artists had 10
encore twice. and the orchestra 20 ~.
peat Who'll. movement. They did not
know enough 10 be- Tired. even after
rlcvcn o'clock. and they actually rnt
there and seemed ~ enjoy u heartily
in the very end. not even going out dur
inr tho last number. of course. we got
thom an example, that they may profit
BY. In proudly taking our leave little
before the very last measure was
played. liut no wonder they act this
way. they seldom have artists To hear
IN New York, and the press don't en-
Tighten them the next day ON the en-
core nuisance"
ROMEO AND JULIET.
Juliet, Madame Media. Romeo. salcza,
/ friar. Mons. IA. DoRcakc. never mind
the rest. though each would have been
/ o. hrFht star among lesser lights. be-
/ wltchlng music from the orchestra: the
stage dream ~ mngniiiconce. large
chorus, neither very well distributed
I over the stage, nor singing ~ ono
| might expect. nfty dancers rush In and
/ the stage ~ an animated picture of
/ grace aud beauty. Molbi graceful as
l Juliet. dnHhca on into the ranorouE
/ Romeo. and ere long becomes the cen.
tral hgure, his great tenor voice oven
D putting Mclha secondary. The garden
scene " even inner than the hall scene
] Tile love music purinra ana warns the
voices 81 even those great artists to
Z greater beauty, ANA we are simply on
| trunccd fur tho rest ~ the night. The
gtrat tomb scene nwcs M tntp silence.
/ our heart thrnhn Response TO every sob
/ In the tnncH ~ the loving Romeo. ms he
/ gases on his beloved bride lying On the
! iloWcr-airvwn pail IN her nhrowd. We
] NiNNNa NANNii our hftAiNiuk hntil We
could hear our hearts beat tin the sad
tragic end Ind been reached. and a
great hlTh escaped ms tho curtain de-
seconded. A moment Of silence Ia col
lrct ourselves during which my mind
was With the great master who had
| created this music, throhblng and
thrilling with human passion. Then the
interpreters Were remembered, and
over and over, again ana again the
departed Romeo and Juliet had To app
pear In response To our frantic np.
! plnuHc No one seemed In "A hurry Ia
leave. We must unhurdon ourselves
la gratitude 10 these divine artists
Melbu has more warmth than
thought possible. ana her Juliet was
never unsatisfactory, Saleza ~ tenor
superior 20 any ! had ever heard up
10 this time, II was midnight when We
lei, tho house.
WAGNERlAN OPERA
"Die walkuro" In German. Nordlca,
flames, Moisllngs, DIPPED ANA Van
Roo4y' The. thought of hearing all
these In q Wagner opera took my 'aleoI
away, hand long wished 10 hcni
Eamcs She had a great part In this
opera, and In Intensity especially was
right up To my imaginary standard
She IL magnificent woman. the co.
aonce ~ noble refinement her voice /,
like herself, ! believe her tone viii an,
peal to the ordinary listonor oven het,
ter than Nurdicn, because or the thru
of Intensity there Is In Il; but In facl
II ~ not M finished. maturcd. or b
warm and Hmooth In quality aa Nordi