The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-21
Music and Drama

Whateve- may be said of other Titan
singers, there can be no question but
that Miss Gates is first in the hearts OF
salt Lake music lovers. And after hear
ng her last evening with the symphony
orchestra, her primacy is easily under
stood.
Young. beautiful. gracious, her per-
sonal charm of itself is enough to win
the sympathy of any audience instantly
Add to that a voice of exquisite purity
phenomenal range and a rarely sympa-
theJc quality controlled with absolute
precision, and one has all the requisites
OF the singing art. Miss Gates voice has
rounded out aDpreciably since her last
public appearance here; and while 1t
stil lacks somewhat of operate volume
and robustness of attack. its promise is
all that the artists friends could wish.
The vocal numbers included the arid
from Lucia" Il Enfant" by GaynOr;
East indian Love Song BY FinGen:
GOunOds 'Serenade" with flute obligatO:
AIS die Ate Mutter." by Dvorak; "To
Ny First Love-" by LOhr; La Fee AUX
Chansons," and the "MicaeIa" aria from
Carmen. In range of selections so
widely varied il would be difficult TO
say which was the most effective. Pos
Sibly the discriminating listener would
prefer Bemberg's La Fee Aux Chan
sons" a difficult but deliCiOusiv sweet
ease. delightful in every phase, and eX-
hibiting the cultivated qualities of a
magnificent voice at its best The "Alte
Mutter' was another gem. always a IA
vorite and doubly enjoyable when sung
with the spirit and the understanding
as il was last evening.
The orchestra under Arthur Shepherd s
able direction gave Weber's OberOn over
| terhOuts "ROnde d Amour the ballet
from GOldmarks Queen of Sheba," and
Cigars 'POmp and Circumstance" in
| the brief limits of newspaper appre-
citation, it is impossible TO do full jus
uCe 10 the organization s enthusiasm. Its
| intelligent rendition of the numbers or
the skill with which il was directed.
Both the orchestra and Miss Gates were
applauded unstintingly and both gave
single encOres.
| In an interval between numbers Rev.
! +. /. Goshen made a brief and eloquent
| talk on the public spirit of the men
composing the orchestra and urged the
music lovers Of the city 10 give the
musicians their loyal support-a send-
ment that got a prompt and tnthusi-
astic response from the large audience.
''The Sign of the Four apparently
| pleased a large audience at the Grand
| last night. Admittedly a comparison be-
/ tween the Sherlock Holmes of William
| Gillette and the Sherlock Holmes OF True
! 5. James is unfair-and not to Mr.. Gil
| lette either-bUt the comparison is IN
! evitable, for Mr.. Gillette was last seen
here in the part.
The play is builded out Of one of Co
nan DOyle's hest Holmes stories. The
book is full Of action and interest and
! the play should have been. but il WASH T.
! Mr.. James was worse than mediocre. nc
attempted 10 initiate the Gillette methods
and If ne had succeeded a little better
| his performance would have been very
much more interesting.
The leading female role that Of Mary
! MarstOn, IN the hands of Miss Grace
| Turner. awakened no sympathy what
| ever. Miss Turner has played the part
! only a few times. because the leading
! woman who was engaged at the begin
Portland but it is very much to be
! doubted if familiarity with the character
will ever make her Interpretation of II
worth seeing.
The turn Of Norman r. Field as DR..