The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-16
ADJUSTMENTS
THE Wedding Day."
CAST OF CHARACTERs.

To its lol line Of successes the Salt
Lake Opera company, in its revival OF
The Wedding Day." has added another
success that can only be described as abb
soiutely brilliant. In a review of last
nights performance the superlatives can
hardly be checked, and rarely have super
lallVeS Deen so thoroughly deserved The
great audlence-it filled practically every
s sSaI on three OF the four floors of the
tnedtle-Was more genuinely enthusiastic
tnan an audience has been in that house
Tor many month. The opera was worthy
OF the audience and the enthusiasm.
Inc salt Lake Opera company last night
was an organization of which this music
loving city has every reason to be proud
even boastful. Certainly no city of its
proximately duplicate that much real taI
ent from the ranks Of its amateurs. Anna
teurS! A stranger would have found n
nara 70 believe that principals and chorus
ulu not Delong 10 professional organiza-
uon, with months of training and wears
or prestige behind il. To those who have
not yet seen the opera this may seem ex-
travagant. The answer u.s. go and see
IL Tor yourself and come away Convinced,
1t IS hard TO find anything new and good
10 say OF John ID. Spencer as a comedian.
IN. Inc vocabulary of compliments regarding
this veteran of the local stage was long
since exhausted. But last night Mr.
Spencer fairly outdid himself. IL John
spencer mad chosen the stage. instead of
tlon. he would have set DeWolf Hopper.
JEFF De Angels, Frank Daniels and the
other so-called light opera comedians so
far back In the shadows that they would
have had to keep the electrics burning
throughout all the hours of the twenty.
four. He was on the stage a good deal
iast night and there was never a moment
when ne was not funny, never q moment
wnen the audience was not ranging from
glggies 10 paroxisms of laughter at and
with him.
Saop,s odd
woman as Miss Emma Lucy Gates as en-
old fayorite Yet, in spite of her youth.
that Is what she is. In the year that has
passed since Miss Gates was seen here
in light opera she has made wonderful ad-
vances in her art. Last night. with her
witchery and the abandon with which she
entered into the character Of Rose Marie.
she was another Lulu Chaser. And Miss
Gates mas what Miss Chaser lacks, a won
derful voice. She was altogether charm
ing.
K newcomer in the cast and ono IN
whose work great interest conferred. was
Miss Agatha Berkhoel. who sang the role
OF Lucille. Salt Lakers have known that
MISS Berkhoel IS the possessor Of a mag
nificent voice, but they have never heard
II to such good advantage as last night
MISS Berkhoel fairly won large share of
the honors.
or the other members OF the cast II can
only be said that IL would have been diff
ftcult 10 improve on them Miss Edna
Dwyer as Madame MOntbazon. George D.
Pianchette. Hugh W. Dousall as pmc D as
Bouillon, III. S. Ensign as Sergeant
Souffle. Miss Margaret Harley as Aunt
Hortense. Mrs. Bessie Browning as Mile
Renee. Miss Lillian Hudson as Mile Vii
liers. Miss Minnie Kingdom as Mile. Var
ney and Miss Ruth Wilson as Mile COur-
cey. were all splendid
OF the chorus 1t may fairly be said that
in tone volume. in ease and promptness of
execution. in fact in everything that goes
to make chorus worth while. IT outshone
for this fact are due TO H c. whitney.
manager of the company. and to John ]
Mcclellan. director. Both of these gen
tlemen have worked hard and faithfully.
and the smoothness of the production IS
due entirely TO their efforts. though il
must be confessed that thew had splendid
material TO work on. Mr. McClellan's d.
rection last night OF the opera and the
enlarged orchestra was delight
1.-THE Wedding Day. will be presented
at Salt Lake theatre four times this week
through Wednesday night, with a matinee
on Wednesday. A great MANY who saw
the performance last night will see IL AZ
least once more. All who didn't see II
thing tomorrow morning.
For the first time in this city. J. w.
Harkins' comedy-drama. The Winning
Hand" was presented by the Lyric Stock
company last night TO more than pleased
audience
drama with American Characters drawn
true to life. The scenes are laid i'm New
York city. and the four acts are inter
spersed with delicious comedy. Miss Mar
garet Pitt e Lucille Griffith. the perse-
cuted heroine. was all that could be do
sired. She proved herself an actress 90
great power and feeling and one corId
not but sympathize with her in diff
culties
William Balfour as Paul Clifford the
politician. was thoroughly at home and
more than once was INTERRUPTED bv tbe
spontaneous applause Of an appreciatiy-e
house Mr.. Frazier. as the scheming SCR
geant Of police. was so realistic as 10 re-
ceive the Kisses of condemnation from,
the gallery gods on several occasions
Miss Ethel Roberts. who made her first
appearance this week. proved herself as
CAPABLE and clever as the adventures az
she is hansome. 90
Miss Condor and Miss Stewart. ne Tho
twin tough howery bows with Officer
Moran (Mr. Pirgree) kept the audience u,
continuous good humor from rise to fail
OF the curtain. Tho rest OF the cast u,a.
all that could be desired. Seldom have
Salt Lakors witnessed more clever, all
around production "
1.-THE Winning Hand" will be on all this
week, including Wednesday matinee