Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16


ever he sang, and after the royal re-
eeption his grand aria was gwen he
WAS accommodating enough TO 50
through it again, high Cs and all
and IL did not seem to be she slight
est effort for him to give the encore,
tremendous ms II was.
: Alice Nielsen too had royal reeCp-
ton, When her tlmid knock came on
Isodolfos door, ana The audience knew
she stood outside, a hash Of expectancy
spread over the house, that turned into
the most thunderous applause when the
slight figure OF the charming singer
was revealed In the doorway. The eight
or ten years which have passed since
Miss Nielsen last visited her frlends In
Salt Lake (not 10, as one writer puts I'D
In those charming operas, The Sere-
made" The Singing Girl and The
Fortune Teller" have dealt kindly with
her. She has grown more mature. II Is
true, but her voice shows how iligently
she has been studying 70 attain 10 her
life's ideal, the grand opera stage III
is stronger, higher, and clearer, but nu
more charming and bell like than Ii
used TO be. We shah always think Thar
nature intended her TOR the coQnettlsh
roles with which she was SO long ldeutt-
fled and 1t Will always be with reIucr-
ance that her friends In the west win
the serious roles. Her oval, childish
face. with its dimples and smiles, hard
IL lends itself TO the dellueGtion OF n
woe besone, consumptivG role like that
Of Mimi but this is not saying that
Fhe did not siug and act 1t beautifully.
she stood abreast of Constantine in tho
lovely solo and duet work with
which the opera is filled and had somt
most enthusiastic recalls. AT the flu.
ish Of one act, when she came for.
ward some OF her friends sent her from
the wings, perfect young forest OF
American Beauties, which almost com
Sealed her figure as she took them in
her arms.
Aside from Constantine and Nielsen.
the evening was full OF surprise Mile,
peTeyne furnished the first In her adj
nirahle dclineatton OF the part OF Mu~
setta' She is dramatic soprano, and
IL carried by the company for the pres
entatlon OF Carmen" IN which she is
said TO shine. One Of the most beau-
tltul themes In la BOhemq'' falls Ia
her In the second act, and she rendered
1t most handsomely. Another delight
was found In the basso. SlgnOr Seg1I-
rpla, who played the part OF Cyolllne and
whose rendition OF 1he farewell song to-
the coat he decides to pawn TO help the
dyins Girl, was fine piece OF work.
Slsncrs FoTnari and Pulcini as the two
four male voices and the two ladies'
made up a sextette, whose work cleo.
trified the audience Nothing like the
thrilling effect they produced In the
concerted number when their voices
were united In the second act, has been
heald on our boards for u generation.
Another feature fully worth the
price OF admission charged was the
orchestra under .siGnor Cont HIS
players numbered over 90 and a big
part of the orchestra seats had to be
sacrificed to make room for them.
Their work was of the rarest form OK
excellence and the manner In which
they We're subordinated to the singers
was most artistic, In Faust" they
should be revelation,
La Boheme" Is an opera which
gives but little opportunity to the
chorus and there are many people
whom 1t does not interest on tina. ac-
count The chorus, however, gave a
strong account of itself In the one
scene where its opportunity occurs.
though IL hardly acted with the life,
freedom and abandon that the chorus,
OF the Savage com pany impaired tc
that especial street scene, In HFaust''
the male chorus is given full oppor-
tunity,
Tonight's presentation Is relied on
to fill the house. We think it would
have been better II the MANAGEMENT
had selected Faust" or some other
{ pera 81 the older school for an open
ing. Beautiful as the solo work is In
La Boheme." and fine as its orches-
iTal effects are X Is an opera OF the
m odern school which has but little
for chorus Its story, too,
is not particularly interesting. and AS
q whole il is but a reflection OF the
manners and customs of the Bohe-
milan life in Paris. with an incidental
love episode thrown In. In Faust
we shall see -e1l the best OF the old
lists given full opportunities, with a
tragic story OF intensity to heighten
the interest of the music. N0rdica
VIII sing Marguerite while Segurola
viii have the part of Mephisto Mar
tin, new tenor, will do the part OF
Faust Galparin Will enact the part of
and the contralto. Madam
Baldini will sing Siebel.
This afternoon 1.-The Barber OF Sc
Vile" is announced at lower scale
of prices. with Alice Nelson in the
principle part.
Consid cradle has been written OF
the San Carlo company In regard to
the last taste of grand opera which
Salt Lake enjoys. and some of the
staten ents We're erroneous While our
1rst real experience Of grand opera |
vast impaired 2S years ago, In the
visit of Gersrer. who rem deTed Lucia
while Patti. her rival. sat In the stage
box and was as highly applauded as
Gerster herself still that was not the
only grand opera performance of
hose days, There We're later visits
by big companies, one of whom gave
rs notable rendition OF III TroVa-
ore with the famous tenor Cardinalh
IN the part OF Manrlco. Another fine
performance was furnished by the
company which Scalchi the noted |
lonTTalt0 headed but which appear |
I'd here without her, Owlpg to her col |
apse on the death of her parrot SELL i
inother big rendition WAS given in /
he presentation of Carmen" and we
nave had visits from other grand
,pera companies. though not OF the
anne prominence as their prodeces-
ors.
An accident 10 the lighting system of
he city last night came very nearly
esultlng dislstrously for ia I5ohene-"
he way the performers rallied in the
ace OF II showed the metal OF which
hey were made. Every light In tie
ouse. both stage and audi tOrlun. sud
emily went out In the middle OF the last
ct as Nielsen and Constantine were
IN one OF their tenderest pas
ages. The orchestra went on playing
'Om memory with hardly hitch. the
myers also kept going. and In a mo-
rent two men from the wings rushed
nj and lighted the gas In the FOOT
gifts, even then the orchestra had no
ghts, but they played the opera
irough to the finish without break.
The audience picked It's way out Of