The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-30
"The Besgar Student"

There will be one more attraction
there before the Orpheum closes for the
season for repairs.
NEXT Wednesday afternoon and night
the Brigham Young University Opera
.cnnanv will present MillOcker's ia
mons comic opera, The Beggar Stu
5ent." one Of the finest OF light operas
ever written.
The b. Y. u. opera company, under
,bs tUtelage Of Professor A. c. Lund
occupies an enviable position in the mu-
seal world. For a number OF years il
has presented various light operas, ana
even more pretentiOus ones. 1t en-
braces a mum Der Of solOists who are
exceutlonally clever and the possessOrs
M rare voices. In fact, some day these
singers viii be as well known through
oYt the land as they are in the inter
mountain country. In addition, there
viii be a chorus Of eighty and an or
chestra Of twenty-five. Professor Lund
was the first one in the state to intro
duce such instruments as the oboe, bas-
soon. nageolet and like instruments in
an opera orchestra.
The cast Of the opera is as follows:
The Beggar student..J. T. Hand, tenor
A Polish Nobleman NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
.............. &C. r. Johnson, tenor
Countess Laura ....--...............
Pay Loose, dramatic soprano
Countess BrOnislaVa ................
........E Edith Hinley, lyric soprano
Countess Palmatica. Marg. Bean. alto
Countess Eva NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
............ Nicola EIlerton, contralto
Count Bogumill .............. 5000.
...... ...... Charles Whitaker, basso
General OuendOrf .-........-........
.......---......Carl Nelson. baritone
Lieutenant Pepper ..............-...
......... ..........JOhn Reese, tenor
Major Henrici....Abe Anderson, tenor
Lieutenant Swenit ..................
..............Aldous Dixon, baritone
Enter1ck a Jailer- .---.....
......,..W William Knudson, baritone
Punki, a guard. 100. Reuben Hill, tenor
Pink, a guard. Thomas Martin, tenor
sitsk, innkeeper-.,-,., -,.....,--
.......... Ernest Wildwood, tenor
Beggar students, Jail birds, peasants.
mobiles soldiers, brass band
The scenes. which will be new and
original, will be laid as follows:
Act 1, scene THE military prison,
Cracow. Act ?, scene THE fair at
Cracow. Act 2, scene 2-The dressing
room Of the palace. Act 2, scene p
Large hall OF the palace. Act 3-Palace
garden Of Countess Palmatica.
The last appearance Of this organiza-
ton In this city was last May, when
"B0cacci0' was given. At that time
the opera company and Professor Lund
were the recipients of unstinted praise
for the great work of this organization.
The salt Lake Herald, in speaking of
the performance. said; "Professor. A.
c. Lund can bring his Brigham Young
Opera company down and play In Salt
Lake City any time from now on with
full assurance Of a big audience and
hearty welcome For Professor
Lund brought down a splendidly
talneo company, principals and eho-
rus numbering approximately seventy
I'VE people. And he gave Salt Lake an
opera such as IL rarely sees presented"
The Salt Lake Tribune, among other
things said: The Brigham Young
University Opera company presented
bocaccio' at the Salt Lake theatre on
Monday evening. The principals had
splendid voices, and the chorus the
strongest ever heard in Salt Lake City.
The company throughout was
one Of the best ever heard in our old
playhouse"
There viii be but two presentations.
as Il was impossible 10 secure the Or
pheum for a longer time.
The sOlOists I'm the opera win he
found 70 be exceptionally good. Miss
Loose Who plays the part of Countess
Laura, is a talented actress. with a re-
mdTkahle voice. and IS a daughter of c.
T. Loose, the mining man.