Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-21
nrrk VI December lth for

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,,,rE on december lth for the Met
.o,g.tan opera company
'V s,.r was the brief letter which Man
... pyper received from his New York
,7.r.re agency the other day This
S..s beyond question the coming Of
c.... famous organization which
taI feared might be DETECTED to
... tabernacle for an operate concert;
.s.r. lake wHL therefore have the op-
unity OF hearing the great London
.5 Sew York opera company in iis
-...r.,. and the whole question viii
..,. bs "a. Go which of the stars of the
...,,sto1 ve shall De permitted 90
,.',.r q. Without doubt Mr. Piper VIII
a., once bend AN hts energies IN the de
,..,.n of seeing that we are given at
,...raos of the singers Of the first rank
q, ,.. Two. AS we shall be expected to
.., from "a 10 So seat 81 is not too
-..t, t.r. us to insist on having the fun
worth Of our money
Tho Metropolitan Opera company Us
o., orur.zlum which carries with Ii
',,g.-s of alI grades and conditions the
rr5sr-smiIes being as numerous as the
-,sr.. IL IS too often the custom TO palm
IN same singer Of the second grade ON
,ba smaller cities. for the reason that
.t. salaries of the big stars are based
VI, tho number OF nights they sing and
naturally they are reserved for the
gr.,t eanters OF population, where rec
CENTS of $4,000 night are regarded as
d nIr average. But Salt Lake Is one
n, ibe most critical communities ON
earth and nothing but a taste Of the
bss win SATISFY her and the sooner
Mr. Guu Is given 90 understand that
ma Che less chance there win bee Of
r.urderstaudings later on We cast
our vote. early as it may seem, in favor
of Carmen" with Calve, or Faust
with Ne.ba and one or both OF the
DeEeszkes
A letter from Professor j j. McClel-
Ian. dated Berlin. July End, states thdt
b. and bis wife loo company with Z >,
Derrick. who has just been released
nom three years mission. viii start
ON July th Tor @ months trip through
che principal cities 0f Europe. Mr. Nc
Csim writes that he win visit ST.
Gauan. switzerland, with special inter
est as that Is the place whore his
mother was born II time permits, they
win also take u Venice, Florence and
other Italian cities. then going 90 Paris,
and visiting the field Of Waterloo, near
Brussels before returning home.
when John Drew played "The
Tyranny of Tears in salt Lake few
weeks back. there We're many people
who yanfurel the opinion that Il would
not ha long before ida Conquest would
crowd Isabel Irving close for first place
in urews support As the following
paragraph from the New York Herald
shows. the expected has already hap
Ieu-i
"NIss Ida Conquest win be Mr. John
DrsNs leading lady the coming season,
And. OF course. the next question
naturally is. What is Miss Isabel Irv-
iHg who has held that position Tor sew
eraI seasons going 20 do?
ON that point, however the cable
gram from Mr. Charles Frohman an
l1luo.ng ODE advancement of Miss Com
quest Is silent There are some shrewd
persons Zoo theatrical circles, though,
Who are willing 10 wager that Miss
Irving too is 90 Doe advanced. and that
She is going out this autumn at the
head of company of her own
N. Drew, since he began his career
as % star under Mr. Frohman's man
a-sment bias had only two leading La
dies The irst of these was Miss Maude
adams who now Is herself one Of the
most popular and successful stars on
We American stage. Miss Irving. who
succeeded har has "a very charming
personality and in several Of The parts
She BIAS played with Mr. Drew has
shown much h.sUi0nic talent II Mr..
ffuhman has decided, as the gossjps
say Doe has 20 star her she win cer-
uH.F begin her career with host Of
friends and well wishcrs.
AS Go Miss Conquest. who is 20 be Mr..
u,eWs third leading lady. she Is all
ready iaF0rte with New York thea
le.s0os Last season she was mem-
Den o. Nr Drews company when be
appeared zoo The Tyranny of Tears
a. lh. Empire and gave a delightful
performance as the pretty typewriter
secretly u love with her employer
Previously Miss Conquest had been
q member OF The Empire Theater Stock
company Tor several seasons. one of
hsF h'st successes was as Musette In
Bohemia Afterwarl she appeared i'm
.'al'nt roles in Under the Red Robe"
ana Id. D0uluerors She also added
considerably to her popularity boy her
,.g'eT rendering of the wifes role I'm
because She Loved Him So at the
N'IIsln Square theater. Her ability
as aH emotional actress too, was dis
Played DO one Plus one Equals Three. "
sie,ia' matinee performance which
was given 30 this city several years