The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-14


haps, that to a city Of this
size is a more prolific source
of sstisfaction-or pride, if
- YOU William its posses
sions and attainments per-
tanning to art. Actual talent IN TINS ul-
rectiOn makes pride the more Justl-
fable 1t IS always pleasure 10 Wit
ness the success Of any endeaVor aionS
these lines. and that was SAT- Lake
privilege last week.
The Salt Lake opera company is one
of the comparatively few amateur or
eauizafions in existence not fed from
the crib of charity. While there IS a
sense of patriotism. doubtless, which
prol1pts good many VINO are not
Amusement devotees to turn out, say
Once - wear and ''SQuander their
means on this frfvoiity almost with ut
Ter disregard for the recklessnesS OF
the departure. such Instances are in the
small minority The theatre-going
public Datronizes the efforts of the salt
Lake Opera company because IL mas
learned the standard of It's perform
ances and is content to do so with TINS
-Fatinitzar is the seventh or eighth
production of the home company. 1t
SURPRISES some and fails short OF 9TH
ers in the repertoire. Bur the same
UNQUALIFIED success attended It. A
charm seems to have hung over the
organization from the very night OF
The first presentation of The Mascot
Seasons of prosperity. The ability or
fts members was universally recOg-
nized There is room for doubt now
ever hat IL played before such gTate7
hil audiences. and 50 many Of them.
ne the. operate Organization which has
so fttiugly succeeded IT.
"Fatinitza" is rare type from the
operate school. Its prOfusiOn of mel
ody is unbroken. One IS not carried
into the clouds to be soaring one mo-
1nent and dropped the next. There ism
a single air in the whole work that
would bring the most susceptible
listener to the point of eager enthusi-
aem IT is when the work is C0nsid-
cred MS a whole that us beauty is most
manifest. The listener enjoys one part
inst as much as another-so far as
that is possible-and departs well sat
isfed finally, but perfectly calm and
collected. one might search IN VAN
for the gems in ''Fatinitza-' II IS
SO devoid Of airs which attract special
attention that the piece has rarely been
performed without a few interpretations
tha- could properly come under that
classification
lists. whom Suppe has neglected to an
extent that suggests his having 1mpro-
vised its specialties on a pipe organ,
with the solo-stops missing. What he
has provided in the way of solos is
Ear inferior 20 the chorus work
The pleasant impression made by
Miss Arvilla Clark in the role of Lydia
doubtless means her retention as the
conpany's prima donna. The manage
ment is to be congratulated. as well as
Miss clark. for both VIII profit. IN
like some Of the other principals, Miss
Clark has had the advantage OF
training-bricf though IL may have been
lin one of the finest conservator1es Of
music in the United States. Her voice
IS naturally full of dramatic fire. re
.rI IL tod tn All
work. while rs possessing dramatic in
stnct. for her first appearance the
Young WaDman was genuine surprise.
Miss Ciarks friends are quite right in
predicting a brilliant career for her
should she ever take the operate stage
as a profession.
'"The Parish Priest" is not a classic.
Nor does ia possess the ingredients of
the modern drama But in it's own
quaint way IL is one OF the choicest
things salt Lake has witnessed during
the entire season. It's chief distinctions
are its morality. rather tie total alb
sence OF immortality or immoral Sug-
gestion. and its rural simPhcity In
both respects IL follows the type OF
"The old Homestead The author has
not found it necessary to INTRODUCES a
ruined woman or a scOundreIs villainy.
Quite the contrary, the hero is made
The villain pro ten, hut eventually re-
gains his exalted standing.
Such plays deserve success. True.
theys have their rugged edges. 1t is
sometimes hard to reconcile the sim
piest scenes with stage presenta-
tion. For instance. in THE Parish
Priest" an awful quarrel arises over
q doctors shingle-the wife-tO-be set
ting her foot down on the proposition
10 tack up a board on the door of her
fathers mansion Again, the lovers
who have separat ted through his faith
lessness are brought together largely
through the discovery Of an old school
book in which he wrote words of en-
dearment 70 the girl. Pretty, but not
The delightful vein of comedy run
ming through The Parish Priest and
the capital manner in which it is
brought cut by Sully ought % make its
life long one. One can watch it time
and again and never tire, nor feel the
suite OF his conscience because he en-
DIV. it
A noteworthy event at the Salt Lake
theatre for Wednesday and Thursday
April - and p, viii be the production
Of Nathan Hale" Clyde F'itch's stir
ring revolutionary play, by Howard
Kyle and company.
TIE story OF that noble younS pa
friot. NatEan Hale. is familiar TO all
-An1ericans. Caught in the. self-in1c osed !
task ~ serving the revolutionary forces
as "A spy and sentenced 10 death os the
EalloWs 1T The age ~ p. this valiant
MARTYR did not finch from his DOOM |
but with a sublime heruism met his
fate. bequeathire 20 poSterity tnose /
memorable words: Il only regret that
have hut one life TO lose for my coun-
tr1-
Mr. Friieh- in making this nOnle hero |
the central figure of his play. has pre-
served -tlNS atmosphere OF the days of
sfr1rgf and stress OF '76. While not
sia9ishiy adhering to tradition. be has
yel .set3iped . sufficiently verstable /
bold If facts e rake his play repre- 1
sent ftue and striking picture of the,l
times
ne iziFtkIng RESEMBLANCE that How
eFif <Ete tbeafss 10 The PORTRAITS OF
slaa ffSle has been generally con-s
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