Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-07
ADJUSTMENTS.

| tne GOVERNOR takes rank abreast OF
| all the company's past achievements
barring. OF course, robin Hood
which stands in u class by itself. In
| deed. the work of the organization is
all the more entitled TO praise, thar
| 1t could take.a work which in itself
has neither the interest in story no,
the charm in music of The Jolly Mus
keteer." or THE Wedding Day" and
| by presenting superb cast, interpolat-
ing some strong musical numbers, and
/! otherwise building 1t up--could make
| the new opera as enjoyable as its nota-
| Bile predecessors. But in bringing to-
| gether SO ideal cast, the management
| again ran close to the rocks, for that
| meant giving each of the singers a
| solo opportunity, which meant spin
| ming out the entertainment to undue
length, and therein lay the only crit
icisms of Saturdays afternoon ana
evening performances. Two hand
some audiences were in attendance.
and the encores were so numerous
| to say nothing of the delay In the
| heavy stage settings-that the final
curtains were very late in coming
| down. But Mcclellan, Spencer and
| PIPER are skilled in the art of musical
surgery, and after their knives. shears
| and pruning forks are through with
the work of cutting, inaugurated I'm
| mediately after the last presentation,
everything will be In ship shape fol
| future presentations.
Tonight's performance, ii is an
nounced, win be well within the II
| o'clock limit
| The presentation is nothing short OF
| a huge cong omeration of beauty, color,
| melody and fun. 1t possesses a dozen
| features, any one of which is worth the
| price of admission. and taken together,
! they form an entertainment that ought
| to cause Manager Piper TO blush when
| he compares 1t With others for which he
! has taxed his patrons a dollar and
| half and sometimes two dollars. What
| travelling company ever thinks of pre-
! senting such a bevy OF beauty. allied to
good voices, as the ladies' chorus of the
| Salt Lake Opera company furnishes
| Which ever tries to bring out harno-
! mics in four parts in female chorus,
| or to evenly balance sopranos, altos,
| tenors and BASES in a chorus. or TO
| provide any such rare and glorious
| burst OF sound In a finale as the LII
| cha" interpolation? These things seem
| to be lost arts in most of the light
| opera organizations that travel now
| adays and we all ought to be duly
| thankful to the home company for see
! ing that they are at least preserved in
| home renditions. When all of the big
cast. the fine chorus and the enlarged
| orchestra were going with full steam
| on. under McClellans baton, the effect
| was electrifying. The Lucia" sextet,
| which at first seemed amid its environ-.
| ment. almost like the presence of Mis-
| souri, in the Republican columns,was so
| finely done, especially at the night per-
| Torrance (the matinee was less per-
| fecD that the audience forgot every
thing but the execution and made the
| house ring with its plaudits.
| The Individual hits were as numer-
Gus as usual in Salt Lake Opera COM
| panS annals. The Girl and the Gov
| ernor. are practically the Hamlet and
Ophelia of the work, and everything
| and everybody else clusters around
| them. In Mr.. Spencer and Miss Tay-l
| Tor the two parts had able opponents
| Although the stupendous task of stag
| ing and coaching the production fell on
Spencer's shoulders, he found time to
| make of his part the usual fount of
| merriment, and when he has had fur
| Their time to get his bearings, he will
turn things topsy tulvy as usual. Miss
| Taylor was vision in her charming cos
| TUNES, she acted the spitfre like a
| professional and her rarely beautiful
voice, while her solo work did not give
! her the best of chances, rang out glor-
| iously In the big fnales. Miss Berk
| hoel. an old friend, had a handsome
| reception, and showed by her rich tones
| and her care and taste in the handling
| of her role that she has made good use
| of her time during her absence Her
| "Weathercock" song with the accomp-
! inment by the ladies' chorus was one
| of the gems OF the evening. Miss
| Evans, too, took another stride into
| public favor, and her numbers were
| greatly applauded Mr.. Pypcr, as the
| lieutenant, had a role OF the dashing
sort. and looked. acted and sang in
| good style, his introduced song from
La Cigale," being specially charm
ing. Mr.. Graham was artistic as usual
! and his duo with Miss Evans made one
| of. the hits. The three commissioners,
Dougall, Campbell and Piper junior.
We're three excellent bits of acting
| and singing, even though the latter's
| avordupols mysteriouysly disappeared
| between the first act and the last. Mr.
| Ensign as the Indian, was one of the
unique curios presented by the opera:
| he had fine make up and his beauti-
! full solo work brought out some OF the
| heartiest encores of the night. His dia-
| logue. however, needed accenuation.
1 to make the English meaning more dis
| tinct. The Indian chorus was special
! ~ good, and the entire chorus excel
| lent as usual, though the ladies took
the palm from the gentlemen. Mcclellan
| worked like Trojan and brought good
| results from his orchestra; he and Mr..
| I<imball We're well represented in the
| DEMONSTRATIONS of the introduced num-
| bers.
Special words of praise should be
| said for the scenery and lighting.which
We're both beautiful. and for the
| gorgeous costuming, the local house
having quite excelled itself in each of
! the acts
The Girl and the Governor runs
| here up till Thursday. and then Provo.
Logan and Ogden will be visited
OIpheunl-The new change of bill,
| in which Fred Bond is one of the head
liners, will be introduced tonight.
| Grand-Two Little Migrants" by
! the resident stock company. will be the
| attraction this week. A big Labor
| day" turnout Is looked for.
| Lyric-Manage Clark reports last
week as one of the heaviest his house