The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14
Tbe San Carlo
Opera Season
The Company, Repertoire and Cast

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of the grandest organizations ever on
the road. and Judging from the ready
and 0Uick response in mail orders and
The box office sale, the public fully ap-
preciates what the coming of the San
EarIo opera company means. The sue
ress which Mr.. Russell has met with
In all the principal western cities, and
Inc unanimous praise and appreciation
given by the press argues we'll for the
yuiOyment and pleasure of music low
PRS I'm this section and for the success
of the venture here
Mime. Nordica, who is at the head of
the singers, is a favorite with western
audiences. although we have never had
the opportunity to hear her in several
of the roles she is TO attempt here. She
is unsurpassed I'm some OF the Wag-
merriam works, but these are to be
paSsed by for the present, as there is
a general revival of the older operas
the world over.
Alice Nielsen is another favOrite who
has made an excellent name i'm the
field of light opera. She, too, was born
in this country and graduated in the
grand opera some years ago. She for
merry studied in Italy under Mr.. Rus
sell the manager of the company. Sew
eraI leading roles will be entrusted to
ITi hlAllI tAAC NtAllPcAAAg ID nCAOs
SignOrina Tarquini is a native Of
Siena, VINO has sung in many of the
large Italian opera houses. She is a
soprano with a voice that is said to
possess attractive dramatic qualities.
Mile. Fely Dereyne is a French sopra-
no. She has sung numerous parts at
the opera houses of Budapest and Nice.
Her singing of the roles of Carmen, -
Musetta in la Boheme" and OF Media
in 4 Pagliacci' are especially well
spoken of, and she is to be heard here
in the last two mentioned.
But the members of the company In
whom the representatives of the or
ganizatiOn place their great reliance
is Florencio Constantine, a Spanish
senior. regarding whose singing and
acting most glowing reports have been
sent out. His voice is said TO be far
above the average, and he has been
praised as being one of the very few
tenOrs who possess histrionic as well
as vocal abilities. His appearance be-
fore a local audience will consequently
be one of the most interesting events of
the week. Then there are Adam Col
perrin, a Russian baritone; Ricorda
Martin, a French tenor. and Andrea di
Segurola. a Spanish basso, and several
others of great merit.
son of the first English entertainer
who visited America. The elder Russell
was trained vocalist, who found oc-
casion to write "Tippecanoe and Tyler
Too and similar classics while he was
In this country. The younger Russell
is also a vocalist who has trained
number Of well known singers. Lately
he has given his attention to directing
opera companies. He managed sea-
son If opera at the CoVent Garden, in
london, in 1904, and a later season at
the Waldorf theatre. London. Caruso
was with him for two seasons. Then
Mr. Russell saw an opportunity at
New Orleans. A number of the older
French residents of the southern city
own the opera house there and rent Ii
10 board of directors, as is done at
the Metropolitan opera house in New
York. This second organization en-
gagged Mr.. Russell with his singers, as
the old company had not been doing
well With this engagement as a basis,
Mr.. Russell set about forming a COM
pany. and succeeded remarkably we'll
At present he certainly has the SYM
pathy of the singers, as the lists of
well known operate singers prove. He
mas already had season of eleven
weeks in New Orleans, followed by a
week each in St Louis, Cincinnati,
Chicago. Kansas City, and two weeks
each in Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco, during which time nineteen
operas have been presented, and by
the time the organization reaches the
northwest $50 performances Will have
been given. so that every department
VIII be in smooth running order.
FOrty-four members of the chorus
nave been brought from Italy, and
twelve Of the strikers Of the Metro
pohtan opera house are also with the
organization.
The orchestra consists OF fifty regu-
lar men from the leading New York
and Boston organizations, the princi-
pal conductor being Sig. Arnaldo Cont
from COvent Garden and Buenos
Ayres and leading Italian opera houses,
d great disciplinarian, and who, is is
sald was the first TO introduce Wagner's
works into Italy, and has also conduct
ed many of the first performances of
me works of the modern Italian school
IN their native country. The ballet and
stage direction is in charge of Sig.
y 1,iherueri, for the past eight years at
me metropolitan opera house in New
FORK, while the scenery and costumes
are all new and magnificent, so that the
mounting OF each work may be relied
upon as being artistically correct.
The full casts for the two perform
ahces are as follows:
Monday evening, April Is, Puceinrs
La Boheme."
N Mimi Miss Alice Nielsen
11ausetta Mile. Fely Dereyne
,,o1olfo Sig. Constantine
Marcello SIG AngeIini TSornari
S SUllne --............Sig de Segurola
1oilaun hard ............-.-.Sig. Pulcini
',Vnolt ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sig. BarOcchf
TnsieihoOro ..............-.. Sig. Perrin
PiSloi -.-.........---.s Sig. Ghidini
tuesday evening. April 16, Faust
cue rsuerite ......Mme. Lillian Nordica
darthe NfIfa pero--[,
Nile. HeTeEO
.--...-Sig. de Segurola
, N oiehine Sig. Galperini