The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-01-20
ENGLISH GRAND
OPERA COMING
The Savage Company in
Salt Lake Soon.
The Operas Offered and
the People.

The most important inter mountain
musical event OF the winter IN Utah
will he the Salt Lake Opera Festival
by the Savage English Grand Opera
Company, for three days beginning
February LIST, when this famous organ
ization, accompanied by an orchestra
OF fifty musicians, returns TO the Salt
Lake Theatre for four performances.
Last season this splendid company
took Salt Lake society, art and music
circles by storm. Tie theatre was
sold out for each performance, the
Savage Opera Com, any playing to the
largest audiences Of the year.
This season Mr.. Savage presents a
still finer company, being the combin-
ed forces of his famous "Parsifal" and
English Grand Opera organizations.
The repertory OF masterworks, with
u cir superb scenic and costume pro-
auctions, with casts that comprise the
best English singing artists on the
stage, holds forth glowing promise Of
rare melodic enjoyment. Utah opera
lovers are looking forward with eager
interest to the splendid program an
nounced by Manager Savage.
There will be an opportunity, the
first in years, 10 enjoy a complete per-
Torrance OF the greatest of all French
operas. This Is Goun0d's Faust"
with its world famed "Jewel Song"
for Marguerite, the pretty Garden
Scene" pathetic Flower Song" for
Siebel and other numbers rich In mel
ody that are known wherever music Is
known.
Puccini's sparkling La Boheme."
an operate gem OF Incompatible
bl alliance with its fascinating story OF
life in The Paris Latin Quarter, and
which has been the talk OF music Cir
cles ever since the great performance
last year. will be given another rendi-
ton by almost the same superb cast.
Verdi's brilliant "RigOletto" with
its exquisite melodies, a premier pre-
sentation in English in this country
will be still another delightful Offer
ing. This tuneful Italian master
piece is the chief new work in the
company's repertory this season and
will serve to introduce several new
artists, notably the charming colora.
tura soprano Florence EastOn from
London The leading tenor roll on
this occasion will be sung by Mr.. Alfred
Best, Jr., the sweet-voiced Utah tenor
whose rapid advancement with Mr..
Savage's forces is noted with much
pride by his local friends. Mr.. Best
will also be in the "Tannhauser" and
Faust" casts.
q Wagners "Tannhauser,' the Ger
man masters most popular music
drama, with its immortal overture,
stirring Pilgrims Chorus" sparkling
"Venusberg music" and other sonor-
Gus harmonies, will please all classes
OF music lovers. The order of per-
formances will be as follows:
Thursday evening, February ],
Faust"
Friday evening, February 2, La
Boheme."
Saturday matinee, February 3,"Rig-
oletto."
Saturday evening, February 3,
"Tannhauser.
Each opera will be staged with the
same elaborate attention that has
made the Savage productions famous,
and the casts will include all the fav-
orite artists, among whom are the
following; Sopranos, Florence Easlon,
Bertha Harmon, Helen Petre, Ger
trude Rennyson contraltos and mezzo-
sopranos, Claude Albright, Margaret
Crawford and Rita Newman; tenors,
Alfred Best, Francis Maclennan, Jos.
+. Sheehan, and VIM. Wegener; bari
tones, Arthuo Deane, Winfred Golf
and Thomas ID. Richards: BASES, Har-
riSon w. Bennett, NJ. l.. Bowman,
Ottley Cranston and Robt. Kent
Parker
Seats for all performances will be
placed ON sale at the theatre Monday,
January 20, and mail orders contain
ing remittance will be filed as near as
possible TO location desired.