Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-23


Nielsen. Probably no manager 10 III,
country possesses the secret TO a mOfe
complete degree, OF what goes to make
up perfection IN an operate presenta
ton He was not content 10 secure the
brightest singing bird In the whole
cOterle OF American light opera stars
but he surrounded her with a cluster
OF brllllants, whose standard as artists
approach her own and gave her "a
chorus. an orchestra. and an entire
stage production 10 the last degree
magnificent lie took Eugene Cowles
from the Bostonlans. engaged an In
imitable comedian IN Cawthorn, and
put every one Of the lesser roles into
the hands OF people who knew
what singing and acting meant.
Then he engaged the fore
most OF our composers, Victor
Herbert TO write the opera for the or
| ganizatlun. After such preliminaries
there could be no question as to success
| Miss Nielsen and her company have
literally swept the country ever since
! she began her new career az a star. and
the crush, the brilliance. and the en-
! thusiasm Of last nights audience, rare
as they are 20 us, are only Implications
| OF what she experiences everywhere.
! The company is a yeriablc gold mine
! both TO Miss Nielsen and her manager.
IL would be hard 20 describe all the
| charm OF last nights rendition. The
| great enthusiasm Of the night was
called forth by Miss Nelsen's own ex-
| 0uisitely arch rendition OF her solo
Love Is Tyrant." She received any
number OF thunderous eucores, and was
quite overwhelmed when an usher stag
gered down the aisle carrying a huge
beehive made OF yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS. She had TO call for help. and
one OF the actors ran out from the
wings and extended II. Nothing more
coQuettish or charming than the rem
ditiOn Of this number could be inn
ugined. and the force and brllllance OF
tones. proceeding from so slight a
physique we're equally remarkable Miss
Nielsen certainly caused a furore last
night from the beginning TO the close
of the opera. The next interest was
a Salt Lake girl who got an
ovation on her entrance. Her
friends soon perceived that her
voice was not AT its best, and the dis
appointment was general when Il was
learned that she had recently been
suffering from Illness which had set
tied In her vocal organs. SIN her solo
was well done, and she obtained an en-
core and was showered with floral Of
ferings. There Is nothing Of the anna
teur LETT In her work. She presents
a charming appearance. and In her sec
ond act costume looked thoroughly reg
al, Her acting throughout was done
with taste and intelligence. She was in !
dlspensable IN the beautiful fnales and
In the general concerted work of the |
opera. Mr.. Eugene Cowles. whose work |
with the Bostonlans will not soon be /
forgotten. also had a great reception, I
and his two songs were encored. stu /
Il must be said In frankness. that he was 4
not al his best. and the organ-llke tones /
that used TO peal forth In his work In /
robin Hood" are lacking II he would /
"unbend" more IN his acting. too, Mr. !
CoWles would increase his popularity /
His voice was heard 10 best advantage /
I'm the concerted numbers Mr.. CaW- |
thorn was as funny as ever he was, and /
aided by MIR. Slavin and Mr.. Herbert |
did some trio work that kept the house
I'm an uproar and the encOres they /
received must have prolonged the per-
Torrance nearly half an hour. Mr.,
Ling Is a sweet toned tenor. The chorus,
IN both singing and acting was admir-
able: the costumes bewildering and the
scenery magnificent The orchestra
deserves special praise Il was al
most doubled by the combination OF
the home players and Miss Nielsen's
extras and under the graceful baton
OF Mr.. steindorf was IN itself a treat
There Is little question as 10 the re,
suits Of the engagement Today's ma.
tinee will be a heavy one, something
unusual for a Friday afternoon, and a
stormy one at that, the presentation
tonight Of the other work, 1.-THE For
tune Teller" which e. also by Herbert
and the story OF which is said 10 be
brighter--as It could easily be-than
that OF "'The Singing Girl" IN which
Il must be said that Mr.. Smith the
librettist, was not Ia his best mood.
will be sure 10 draw out another enorm-
Gus audience.
Mr. Frank Perey is now visiting Salt
Lake for the first time, He bore
messages from Jennie Hawley, a mem
Der OF Miss Nelson's company last |
year, 20 many Of her Salt Lake !
friends, and as she is AT present out !
OF the cast OF Pete Daileys company, |
owing TO Illness he sent a dispatch OF |
TO her In his own name and |
that OF her friends. last night Mr. !
Perley says no more perfect ladies and |
artists We're ever in his |
employ than his two Salt Lake girls,
Viola Pratt Gillette and Jennie Hawey.
He spoke with feeling Of the death OF |
Sir Arthur Sullivan, which he had Just
read In the News dispatches and |
said he thought Victor Herbert was
the only composer who could stand in
L. ah baH kHau ha Of
his life he said to have W. S. Gilbert
who furnished all the librettos for Sui
ivan's famous operas,to write the words
for a work by Herbert, and he hoped
10 bring the two together next year in
London.
one would have thought in looking at
The theater audience last night, that the
amusement loving population OF the
town was all there, but down at the
Grand Il seemed TO make no difference,
md the crowd was as large
md as handsome as the IA
nous old "Trip 10 Chinatown"
s usually greeted with In this
'ity Few OF Hoyts plays are more
popular and the appreciation and APP !
clause last evening seemed as strong
rs though the play were going for the ,
lrst time The main cleverness was I
invested in Harry Gilfoil and Miss /
Montgomery. whose widow made a
handsome appearance The specaltles
With which the play is crowded are an
rood and were generally encored. The
IN runs for the remainder OF the week.
The sale for the Grau opera company 5
s still going on at Daynes' music store d
n response 10 a message from Mr. | y
Ishworth, who Is selling the tickets, y
ir Grau yesterday wired from san
1--WE certainly hope to an
In Salt Lake. Wire sales
ally"
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