The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-08
ADJUSTMENTS.

A new brand of champagne was
popped at the Grand last night, and
the impression seemed to prevail
throughout the large audience that il
was extra dry" The Isle of Cham
payne" as produced by the Grau OPP
era company, may be the only and
original blown-in-t the bottle article, but
1t is not there with the enervescent
habit one would expect from its gilt
tering title.
1t was not necessary to put up the
umbrellas that were in the house. for
as the party in the seat ahead re-
marked. very few of the sparkling
drops reached the audience mo re-
Election on the audience.) According
to the same seat ahead "they must
nave pulled the cork some time ago.
as there was little sparkle left to it.
As usual, Kate Michelena and Joseph
W. Smith got away with the honors
while the rest of the cast were back
ing up TOR a start. The solos and
duets of the two principals were warm
~ received, and they seem to be es-
tablished as favorites with the Grand
patrons.
Frank WOoley, as King Pommery.
worked hard enough, but (same seat
ahead) his pipes were bad" as were
those of w. Kingley. who as Ap-
pohnaris F'rappe, lived up to the name
He did not make the hit he did in ''EI
Captain" due as much to the part as
anything else.
Minnie Emmett, the leading soprano
or the company, made her first ap-
pearance last night for some time and
made a good impression
The scenery was new and striking.
While the chorus was on its good he
haVior, especially in the last act, when
IT tripped through the mazes of a very
pretty march, clothed in d very pretty
uniform
n on h.
on the famous opera, was presented al
the Theatre last evening by Eugene
Blalr. The audience, meagre in num-
oers, was appreciatiVe to a degree and
insisted upon repeated curtain calls to
the three members of the cOmpanv
Who played the principal roles. AS
carmen, Miss Blair was seen to better
advantage than as Chic Wildairs in A
Lady OF Quality" The part affords
wider scope for her histrionic talents
and she evoked genuine enthusiasm
which her Chic Wildairs was unable to
inspire The same criticism is largely
true of the other players and the plav
as we'll. for Carmen has a snap and
yigor that "A Lady of Quality sadly
lacks.
James Carew as Don Jose also
seemed to be bettered. His enuncia-
ton was improved, and though hoarse
he spoke his lines with feeling and
force
Frederick Ellis Duff, in the part of
EscamillO, afterwards the toreador
proved one of the favorites of the
evening, both by his superb acting and
his magnificent rendition of the To
reader Song.'
Miss Montee was a sweet, gracious
Mercedes, and all the others were ac-
ceptable in their parts
The sale of seats for the Modieska.
engagement will begin at the Salt Lake
theatre box office this morning at 10
o'clock.
Frohman's production of "The Little
Minister" is the attraction at the The
atre tonight and tomorrow with the
usual Saturday matinee.
The advance sale for Sembricb
opened at Daynes' music store yester-
day under very favorable circum-
stances. Nearly 400 of the best seats
nave been engaged already. An order
Tor ZOO seats came from Ogden. Man
ager Graft has made a deposit of S4OO
TO guarantee the appearance of the
company on the date fixed, and Pro-
lessor stephens has no doubt that the
engagement will be kept