Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-05
Last Evenings Audience Gives
Her a Most Royal
Reception.
THE CHOIR MAKES A BIC HIT.
Madame Patti Requests Mr.. Mcclellan
To Play Solo and is Melted to Tears
Over His Rendition.

i was Patti night In salt Lake last
evening, and Salt Lakes amusement
lovers laid aside everything else to do
honor to the event. A storm ragged all
the evening, but in spite Of that every
path IN the city seemed to lead to the
Tabernacle. The audience was great
and a brilliant one--not such a throng
as she drew before on April l. 1854
tWhen, by the way. the highest price Of
admission was two dolars) and not by
any means the crush and jam witness
ed on past Eisteddfod occasions, but
stlll such gathering as any one might
be proud 10 face. The receipts were
close to 81, Goethe only crowding be.
Ing in the dollar and two dollar sec.
tions, quite a number Of people stand
ing throughout the evening OF the
three dollar seats only $50 were sold.
The concert began on the dot at S:15
and thenceforward the audience wait
cd IN Impotence for the half dozen pre-
liminarles to be out OF the way, before
the star Of the evening should appear,
Everyone except the tenor was heard
before her and it spoke well
for the artists and the good
nature of the audience that
they were SO generously received. At
last the time for her number came and
as she emerged from the rear archway,
under the choir seats. led by Signor
Sapio, a great burst of applause greeted
her. and the entire choir of 400 or more,
gave a telling effect to her entrance by
rising Ell masse and remaining standing
till she had taken her place on the
platform, There. as she stood, a gilt
tering figure Of light, robed in regal
style, under the glare Of the electric
globcs-the audience had full oppor-
tuni'y to feast its curiosity and scru-
tlni.e the appearance Of the famous en-
empress of song, Patti stood the test
well-remembering that she Will be CT
next month--she stood il marvelously.
The once elegant, coquettish figure is |
gone. replaced by a tendency to COR
pulence To the eye the face was much /
like that Of the Patti Of old. under the |!
opera glass, the lines We're painfully |
in evidence, though disguised by an |
artistic makeup. The wonderful head |
gear was as intact and brilliant as ever, |
not thread of silver was visible among I
the auburn tresses. The walk and car |
riage were limitations of those OF 20 |
years ago-but the old time sprightli-
ness, when II came to the stairs, Mas
not there. SIN, she swept the great
auditorium with confident air. very
gracious, a little defiant, perhaps, but
dominating, She sang five
lines, two regular numbers. and yield
ID three recalls. Columns have been
written about her voice as II is
oday-and many absurd things
rave been recorded, one set Of
rifles has said that her voice was
Otal wreck. another that IL was mar
el Of beauty. one Is as far from the
ruth as The other. To those who heard
Ter a quarter of q century ago. the
memory was a sad one though even
hey had TO admit that there yet re-
NAMED the remnants of once noble
dice, Those who were hearing her for
he first time were astOnishcd that she
ould do what she did with the notes Of
Home Sweet Home"
When ever she limited herself 10 Sc.
'ctions calling only for the middle or
,Wer notes, she was at her best When
he attempted the llorid flights or the
igher scales, the wear and tear Of age
eCame very evident Although she
'anspOscS her songs so as to make the
est Of what Is stlll hers no song ex-
ITS that does not call into play tones
'hch in Nine PATHS voice are hard
nd beyond her control She transposes
)me Of her songs and makes other
1anges to accommodate her limita-
ons. but In summing up, it must be
nd that her singing at present shows
n amazingly clever marshallng of an
We forces that remain at her command
er first number was the selection from
The Marriage OF Figaro by Mozart
or recall she gave robin Adair" ,
nj for a second encore, which the au-
cnce insisted ON most stormIly, she y
ndered the song specially written for (
his tour, "The Last Farewell" Into 2
Ms she seemed to breathe all tho 4,
Of final good bye. and
ough some Of its work was crude the q
ldiencc warmly responded TO her own fl
cling The second number on the 1,
'ogram was "Tho Jewel Song" from ! d