The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-17
ADJUSTMENTS

Was it the pleasure of hearing the old
familiar, beautiful airs of Faust Was
it the voice that reminded one of other
triumphs in music? Or was Il the per
sonality of one endeared to her audience
by the memory of her graciOuness, her
spiritual sympathy and her perfect COM
mand of the singers art?
Whatever the reason, ii was delight
to hear and see NOrdica again; and the
Theatre audience last night evidenced IT'S
pleasure at every opportunity Possibly
the figure was a little imposing Tor the
IDEAL Marguerite; the righteousness OF
youth had to be realized in affectionate
imagination, but the glorious voice was
there, the fine conception OF character
portrayed in music, the restrained emo
ton the complete adequacy of an artist
whose technique knows no difficulties.
Most naturally Nordica was the central
figure, not only in the role she took, but
in her personal quality, by force Of tile
friendships already established in salt
Lake; but her support was worthy and
the whole presentation effective in eN-
cry way.
Senior SeguroIa as Mephistopheles
was good though not supeTlatively great.
His dramatic Interpretation Of the role
was entirely satisfactory, but apparently
he was unable to realize all the POSSIBLE
tiles of what is plainly magnificent
voice-a phenomenon that might be &C
counted for by the embarrassments at
tending some singers in TINS attitude
However that may have been, his work
Won and deserved appreciation. Nine.
Monti-Baldini as Siebel was oversha-
lowed but her voice was pleasingly pure
in tone, her singing unaffected and her
rendition of The Flower Song" the one
gem of the role, achieved a moderate
success Signor Fornari the Marcel of
the evening before, was called on TO re-
place Signor Galperin as NalentIn, and
added materially to the strength Of the
cast He was particularly effective n
the death scene.
The Faust of the evening, N. Martin,
has a voice of unusual range, of extra
ordinary lyric quality of tone and used
with admirable intelligence His acting
was of the conventional school one asso-
Ciates with the GOunOd's opera and was.
therefore, unconvincing as dramatic art.
But he sang with fervor where feryor
was called for; and one seldom hearS
more exquisite melody than he offered,
particularly in the garden scene with
Marguerite in the third act. and in the
love scene al the window which closes the
act.
Much of the charm of the evenings
production was due to the familiar solos,
such as the Spinning song, the Jewel
son. the 30 Tender Moon, o Starry Sky"
and the quartet of the garden scene.
As an artistic demonstration the sea-
son of the San Carlo company was not all
that might have been expected. The stars
are artists of unqueStiOned ability, but
with the exception of Nordica, Nielsen
II
can claim rank as great singers. The
orchestra is good, is admirably conducted,
and vet lacks Just the final touch OF the
really great organizations The chorus,
although better last night than in ia
Boheme," is a reflection on tie man.
9genent which claimed much more for
it than was realized in its appearance.
Finally the recent series of musical Oc-
casions initiated against the financial
success of the company and may have
been responsible for a perceptible lack of
interest in its own work which marked
the production as inferior to the promises
n ade in advance.
Blanche Walsh comes tomorrow night
She will be seen at the Salt Lake theatre
in CLYDE Fitch's newest play, THE
Straight Road" which has been so ire
mendously successful in New York. The
sale of seats opens today.
Lillian Shaw, who was delayed owing to
late trains Monday night. is now appear
ing at the Orpheum and having all kinds
of fun with the orchestra and the gall
lery when she appears in a most aD-
palling costume at the close of her turn
She also gives Yiddsh representations in
fashion that mark her as a favoTite.
Miss May Tully. presenting stop. Look
and Listen and the artistic OliVOttis
are also strong favorites, the latter tax
ing half a dozen curtain calls and cOu-
pie of encOres for their artistic work.
Harry Leighton and his company have