Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-24
THE OPERA.

4.i that somewhat bewildering ar
We unanimously decided on
, kuopolitan opera house, because
II Eames, Schuman Heink, Van
81 he new tenor, and Edward De
| isst the great basso, were billed for
Il lgat, and there was no telling
W four such stars might be brought
8. gnjunotion again. SO We cheer
k-J aid down our two dollars and a
NJ y ticket FOR places in the balcony
" Iogd call Il the fourth circle" al
.cs there being three below IL and
y Vt above III and elbOwed our way
teEsa,s. Imagine our feelings when
lgnlsman in full dress appeared be.
IL be curtain and announced that
atg to illness on the part Of Madame
iLzs and Herr Van Dyck, they would
Stsbe 70 appear, but their places
W. b hAed by Miss Luzanne Strong
&. sgr0r Perotti; money would be re-
l.,l,d al the box office II any decided
. retire. Few, II any, availed them
kTa Of this privilege, however, though
1lry Ike u.s. heayed q sigh OF dis
rp1niment at the change. They tell
sl.h things are very frequent; Mr..
.iLa has - many foreign song birds.
~ lhor thr0ats are so delicate, that
q q more are constantly dlsappoint-
z hin, 80 Il Is never certain that you
hssf the opera FOR which you have
allA. tickets until the curtain has
tl-tlly ascenied on the first act.
DsHrg one o. the waits We amused
,.'selrs tonight looking over The
hlss and hguring up what the receipts
Celaied TO- Our estimate was that
.'is was not less than $4,000 in the
hltiing, and no one could say how
.l.a more there may have been. All
y $ab on the lower floor, orchestra
~ oNhesira circle, were Sc each; there
we a least 1000 Of them, and as far
" coua see, not one Of them was
''lAu- What the two tiers Of boxes.
Nlepondlng 10 the Salt Lake Thea
as INST and second olrcle) must have
s,.Allel' one can only conjecture.
4. .a'y were filed with the members OF
~ ielf Hundred, their sisters, cousins
~ suils and they Il is who furnish
saaIaniee that makes Grand Opera
I 'se lolk-wlth a big G and a big o
J, EsS.pAlty' They are the stockhold-
~ y 'lt opera house, and each one Of
~ - lenls his box by the season for
ss-a-hsaven knows OF what size. But
~ season Is successful he may get
~ q ! back IN dividends; II not, he
r ~ q DIS loss and comforts himself
-, y. 70, reelection that he has been
- Of high AT, made II possible for
s' y s,.Os citizens 70 hear what Paris,
~ shd 81. Petersburg are only en-
49, ~ 70 hear through government sub
- -. ana given the ladies' Of his fam
y opportunity to display their dia-
~ ~, and the gowns-tO say nothing
..- ~ hecN and shoulders. The ball
louf eltcle) at 81 80 each. was two
-. - nlec and the family circle
:. me NTH gallery, was jammed
W 10 The ceiling at a dollar a
3 w beautiful was that gathering:
s.1llQfiums In the world are said
-. s's q me spectacle afforded by this
49, - Aoute' when crowded by an au-
~ u tall dress. In all the boxes,
A.. Ems bare shoulders. bare necks-
-, " ihem' viewed from our vantage
hr \. y ,et,e 70 an extent almost start
\ ~, Iy iaaies dresses almost uniform.
h, 1.N, oiue and pink occasionally:
,r.,, nscA and bodices one glitter Of
= 80 ~ stones. back OF every cluster
s.,..s Two or three gentlemen with
q, ~ shirt fronts and their heads
-, ~ parts Of them visible. Full
y, 49,, son ior ladies' and gentlemen,
s, sllnosi equally the rule in tho low.
tlFs..,. ue house a blaze Of white re.
his y, We curtain an enormous ex-
a. 81 y push the orchestra one hun.
q ,rs,.,sueinen In dress suits sitting.
., ~ ,u. wv. rs 30 many soldiers ready
hfa,.i' . sue from Mr.. Gaur. the cele.
W ns middle. POu'
fsrt,,s,v'n aliempt a description Of the
N ~ ~ N Lohengrin." 4 chot1is az
Quarts, 7. 'uumerles Of 100 more n brass
IA. ret ~ u NE stage. the great orches.
Helix \. -1olsrd de Reszkl. schuman.
n hs t,e ..i \, Perotti and Bertruman
Fso1s oo, ~, me. serving the most gor.
h'ssp,s. O,',unes o. bewllderlng mar.
sarhl,,,ilnagine the effec, OF such a
Aton on She 60. HeSh