Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-15
A Grand Ovation rendered Her
By a $4,000 House Last
Evening,
ORCHESTRA'S SPLENDID WORK
4 Chat With Leader Duss--- Nordica
Saws She May Spend Next Sumner
In Our Mountains.

pilgrimage through tHe ldHu, pduseu
for A while last night at one Of the
,mportant points of her domain, and
assembled one of the many thrones
erected for her by her subjects. In
The grand Tabernacle, clad in all the
glitterng insignia Of her rank, greeted
bv the admirjng plaudits Of thousands,
she relgned ;upreme, monarch Of all
she surveyed"
The magnificent audience that Nordi-
On faced must have been an inspiration
10 gaze upon, 1t filed nearly all the
lower part of the house. and all the
front sections of the gallery. The re-
celpts ran close to $780, nearly $500
more than she drew on her first APP
pearance. Roughly speaking, 1000 tick
cts were sold I'm the gallery at $3.50;
another thousand general admission
tickets under the gallery at 81, and 500
or Goa seats in the center OF the house
at S. The audience represented the
wealth and fashion OF the city. Many
wore handsome costumes, and the heads
Of the ladies' being uncovered the
sight from the platform was re-
splendent one. on the other hand, the
performers section was equally beau
tIful to gaze upon. The choir. between
400 and 500 strong, was banked up in
beautiful array. the male side being
more heavily represented than for many
day past. The orchestra Of 80 was
seated in front Of the singers, the. piano
and a space for the distinguished SOLO
ist occupying a front position.
The evening was one prolonged whlrl-
wind of enthusiasm and engagement.
The program began &C $3.50, but the
rumher OF oncoros heightened II till
close upon II o'clock. Nordica had the
fifth number on the program, as she
came forward escorted by the leader,
Mn. Duss. she was greeted with per-
feet ovation from the audience and the
choir which put her In a most gracious
humor at once She opened with Eliza
heths air from Tannhnuser, substl-
tuted, as Mr. Duss announced by re-
quest. Being vociferously recalled che
rendered the Hungarian Aria o.
thrilling. half barbaric song al an en-
core and being brought bnck third
time gave the exquisite song In Eng
llsh AT Parting" Her grand dramad,
delivery, the pure tones OF her voice.
her noble schooling. and her exquisite
,tvle. we're all given beautiful oppor-
tanity in the three selections. and she
literally stormed the hearts OF all who
listened to her. Later. she rendered,
instead OF "The Polonaise,' from Mig
ron. (Which many in the audience
the opera Of Tristan" and Isolde "A
would like 10 have HEARD, song from
n nd hut sombre selection. Being re-
called she gave dainty German num-
Der in exquisite fashion
on her third appearance she came
forward led by Prof. stephens ana the
audience gave the two another big re-
cept0n In conjunction withthe cholrthe
organ played by Prof Mcclellan, ana
the full orchestra, she rendered 'Ihe
Marvellous Work" from Haydn's ora
torio "The Creation" majestic but
altogether too brief selection. The sug.
gestion Of the News that the divine
"ndammatus" be held In readiness,
had evidently been read by theaudlence,
for Nordca was called back and shouts
Of "lnnammatus' came from the body
Of the house. She smillngly responded;
Mr., stephens did some scurrylng among
his music, and the audience almost rose
10 IS feet with enthusiasm, as the choir
again stood and the organ pealed forth
the thunderous strains Of Rossinis d.
vine work Even the members OF the
orchestra caught the inspiration. and
though no music was provided them, at
least half of them, led by Franko,
played the accompaniment from mem
DRY, making a grand volume of sound
that was electrlfying In its effect. Nor
IDEAS high sc" rang out over the
voices the organ and the orchestra as
percingly true as ever There was no
resisting the food Of enthusiasm that
broke loose as the final strains died
away, This was the undoubted triumph
Of the evening, and that Nordlca herself
sensed IT, was shown In the warm man
lp ktyI IL. III In a
hand at It's conclusion, mark OF grn-
clousness which again brought down
the house.
The beautiful orchestra did some rare
work during the evening one or two
OF the numbers were rather heavy for
the popular taste, and the "Parslfal"
selection was voted long by all except
worshppers of Wagner, The specially
brilliant work was done in the overture
'lsl2.' by Tschaikowski, commerora-
tive OF Napoleon's invasion Of Russia
and his retreat from Moscow II Is
vastly effective piece of descriptive
work The dainty number by Massenet
written for the strlnged instruments
was exquisite. Not less so We're the sew
eral popular encores given, notably the
Lon Du Bal" and the "Pizzicato," by
Delibes The Slavic Folk Song" was
a thrilling number admirably done. Mr..
Duss was made 60 bow again and
again. and he seemed greatly gratified
by the reception rendered him and his
men,
charming reature not expected by
'he audience was the rendition OF a
solo by the vlolinist, Franko, though
why he should remain sitting while rem
dering II, puzzled the audience. He
had to respond to an encore and he
then arose and gave the beautiful
Traumerel" with exquisite effect. He
is an artist to his finger tips and his
instrument Ia a marvel,
A MUSICIANS VIEW OF THE
MATINEE PROGRAM.
To the soul stepped In msuic there IL
no other one thing In the world so satls-
lying as an orchestra.
II Is to be regretted, land this Is not
ssald to scold), that the people OF Salt
lake 20 to hear the star and not the
music this with all Difference to Nor
uloas greatness The announcement on
y concert program In Boston or New
a1ork, oil symphonic poem by Richard
strauss, Is sufficient attraction to
DECK me house nowadays but. alas, we
IRE S'VoO miles from Boston and New
York, not alone rs to distance. hut as
10 musical discretion.
A mere handful attended the matinee
AZ the Tabernacle yesterday with
EaiaNy OF artists az an attraction such
as seldom gets farther west than Chi
ago, and in all probability with the
nhest orchestra that has visited us since
he Thomas orchestra.
tne program was not well made
opehlhg with Wagner's noisy "Rienzl"
S ,oeI,lure.anything but representative
muIk OF the master-and ending with a
S, Vst uhmusical number, Dance OF the
nhurleast' also noisy and designated on
We program as new"
enc, ne feature of the program was the
sS1nphonic poem Don Juan" by Rich
lro Wv strauss This was the initial in
richard the Second" and stunning