The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-25
Music and Drama

zone Night in June, is the somewhat
misleading name of good show at the
Grand theatre, misleading because the
action covers considerable more than one
night one Night in June is properly
called pastoral play and there IS many
good laugh ana several good cries NJ
YOU ever cry at shows, tucked away IN
the TOUR acts Ire cast is generally SoOu
an the way through. particularly Dan. N.
Hall as Patrick Murphy. whose work IS
always smooth and often brilliant W. j.
Holmes makes good old farmer ana
George Howard does the best possible
with the character of the villain, who
does not occupy much Of the stage long.
Ed Van Nechtan. as the village constable
presents face and some cOntortions that
do great business in the galleries. The
part Of Madeline PeaVy is not that OF an
interesting heroine, but there IS room for
considerable good work which IS taken
advantage of by Grace Turner. who has
the part Huida Ellis, the tom-bOy, is
presented with much strenuousity and
considerable noise by Lillian Clifton. a
clever child actress is little Genevieve,
who takes the part Of BABY June There
are several good specialties in the piece
Which ought to prove winner winner Io ION the ne
given at a special Christmas matinee this
afternoon. tonight and tomorrow after
noon and night
Clyde Fitch's "The Girl With the Green
Eyes" with Ida Conquest at the head
Of the cast. opens q e the salt Lake theatre
Four performances will be given, two
matinees and TWO nights
New York. Dec 24-In spite of success
i've legal complications. a small storm Of
public protest. and some enormous prac-
ucal difficulties. Richard Wagner $ = sst-
cred music drama '-Parsttal was pro-
duced at the Mctropohtau opera house
tonight before en- immense audience II H.
production was the first public perform
ance Of the drama Out Of BeireLth.
To give the work the Metropolitan
stage was rebuilt. elaborate mechanical
/ appliances and lightning apparatus Wee
/ purchased. and the musical centers Or
Europe were ransacked to secure a corps
4 of experts for every department. To-
nights performance amounted TO a trf-
umph for Director COuried In the Opin-
/ ion Of every one who has made the Par
sifal Pilgrimage To B2ireuth. tonight $
/ performance surpassed all those pre-
/ viously given.
! Tonight's audience was brilliant. and
I many persons came from Boston. Phila-
dephia. Washington. Baltimore, Chicago
/ and other cities.
/ The performance was begun at O'Clock.
/ the. opening Of the drama ana that OF
each Of its acts being heralded. after
/ Baireuth custom, by trGmpeters on the
main staircases. The first act. ending
at o'clock. was followed by a recess fot
! dinner. The performance was resumed
at S:45 O'Clock and concluded at u:@
! O'Clock. While some used the long inter
mission to drive home, as rule dinner
was taken al TeSAdtAlanLS-
/ Much annoyance was caused by the fact
that the play began too soon for even
ing dress and ended long after the time
/ for donning evening costume.
The caste at all important points was
! strong three at least of the principal
I actors having learned their parts under
the tutorage OF Frau Wagner. These were
Herr AlOis Burgstaller. as Parsifai; frau
Mnka Teruina. as Kundry, and Herr
Blass. as Curnemanz. Anton van Roo2
was AmfOrtas; Nj. Marceljoc' Iiturel
and Herr Otto GOritZa. klingsor.
Herr BurEstaller made an admirable
Parsifal Herr Blass, as Gurnemanz
was not altogether satisfactory His EN-
bodiment lacked the eXaltatiOn and the
lbenignity which Scaria and Wiegand gave
TO the part at Baireuth. Measured praise
too. must go to Herr Gorltz, for ms
KIingsOr was but a mild-mannered ma
eician. Van ROoys AmfOrtas was tn
hest thing he has ever done. lie picture'
admirably the wounded king Of th'
Grail and i'm the great scene where
forced to perform his office, he uncover
the sacred cuD. his acting ana signing
both rose to a splendid level