The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-23
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Last night the salt Lake theatre was
I packed from pit to dome with one of
the most fashionable audiences ever
! assembled there. The occasion was the
j first presentation n Salt Lake Of The
/ Singing Girl" by the Alice Nielsen
| Opera company.
/ The score Of this opera is by Victor
/ Herbert and was especially written for
/ alice Nielsen. The music was very
good, quite up to the standard of the
best Of comic operas; the songs Miss
+ Nielsen sang were well fitted to bring
! out the full range of her beautiful
voice; the one which seemed TO take
! bess with the audience was Love is
! Tyrant," which she sang in the second
! act; this was repeatedly encored, until
/ she almost had to beg off. The audi
ence also seemed to enjoy immensely
! the old fashioned German dance in
/ which she took part in the third act.
! Eugene COwles. an old Salt Lake favo-
rite when with the "BOstOnians,' took
! the part Of the Governor of Linz; he
! has a very fine and deep bass voice,
and rendered his songs splendidly.
/ Richie Ling in the character of the
! lover, Count Otto, had come very fine
/ pieces, which We're well received,
/ though his voice seemed somewhat
weak at parts. Miss Viola Gillette
| (ViOla Pratt), a Salt Lake girl, who
/ took the part of Marie, sister of the
! duke received an enthusiastic welcome
/ on her appearance; she has a beautiful
voice, and knows we'll how to use it.
! The comic parts were supplied by Jo
seph Herbert as Prince Pumpernickle,
! Joseph CawthOrn as the minister of po-
! lice, and John c. Slavin as Stephen,
/ brother of the Singing Girl; they kept
( the house in rOars of laughter with
/ their horse play, The singing of the
! chorus showed that great pains and
care had bppU taken with SO-71p of
| their pieces deserved a good deal more
applause than they received The or
4 chestra, comprised of the one belonging
/ to the company, augmented by the reg
| ular Theatre musicians, was conducted
/ with splendid skill by Paul Steindorff.
/ Both Miss Gillette and Miss Nielsen
/ were the recipients ,OI many floral
| tributes, the latter being given pyra-
| mid of chrysanthemumS, which she was
/ quite unable to carry off the stage
/ This opera is staged in a most artistic
manner. The stage settings are project
/ in detail as we'll as in general effect
! The castle scene in the third act surely
l~equals, if it does not sUrpass, anything
/ IN that line ever seen in this city. The
/ costumes are pretty, new and of fine
/ material The chorus girls are comedy.
! The marches and movements are grace
! full and well executed. In fact, all the
/ mechanical effects are perfect in every
/ opera a complete success.
THE Singing Girl" viii be given at
/ the matinee today and The Fortune
/ Teller" tonight.
| A crowded house saw HOyts "A Trip
] TO Chinatown at the Grand last night.
/ From the amount of laughter and APP
/ plause in evidence this play must still
] be rated one of the big hits of the
! season. Harry Gilfoil, the leading
man, received several encOres. Clay
! ton Kennedy, specialist in dancing and
I also in limitations on the piano, receiv-
! ed encore after encore. Fleurette, the
dancer. was applauded most enthusi-
! astically- "A Trip to Chinatown" is
| one of the best if not the best, of
! HOyt's farces. Last night it was pre-
/ scented by a first-class company, and
1 for the first time the people of Salt
! Lake had an opportunity to observe its
/ many merits as a laugh-maker. The
! same show will be given again to-
/ night.