Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-11
ADJUSTMENTS.

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Agricultural College Opera company
made its vrgIn bow last evening 90 "a
Salt Lake audience. iu the Salt Lake
thoator before fair sized attcnd-
ance. 10 was To- great company lnciud-
ing so persons. au students Un tho
stage, exclusive OF rs BOO che orohcstrai
and considering the entire neVness of
thc scheme. practically without amy
local precedent to guide them and the
shortness of the time Boz which the proc
1ect was carried out. che results
achieved are hardly short OF tIC re-
m1rkahlo George W. Thatcher proc
lessor ot music at thC Agricultural cole
lege, appears Co Doe the head and front
or tnle operate movement Tie drilled
The singers, looked after the elegant
costuming which was provided hy 90
salt Lake firm. organized and conduct
od thc orchestra. Prof Thatcher aocms
to Doe "a host Ga himself o. sort of in-
o1ru1tiUu OF vigorous cuDrET OF
course Doe could not bring uut 90 come
pauy trained like professional ono
made any such protcuUuua But he
did show what could be done with come
parative raw but good material In q
short time. In comparison with pro
fcssional troupcs. defects and short
comiugs We're noticeable. such ass hat-
ing lack OF unity 500 ensemble in cer-
tain passages. getting out of tune with
consequent iuharmonious performance,
AS az the beginning OF the third act
And then. some of the solo work could
Dee noticeably improved upon. patlcu-
larry in tho matter OF evcnnoss uf reg-
.ster But then there IS hardly oc-
casion 20 censurc. 10 was "a college per-
formanco. as such it ranked high. and
was well worthy Of q much larger
house
There was one singer. Miss Grehta
Carbon, as "Babette.' who did show
herself equal to professional require
ments. both In voice and in dramatic
ability She was repeatedly encOred,
and received two floral offerings. one
IN the first act from the University Of
Utah. and fine spray of American
Beauty roses Zoo the second. Miss Anna
MAthisen was also honored with "a
large bunch OF white carnations and
ferns. The Contralto, Miss Lucia Neb-
eker. though entirely new t0 stage per-
Torrance, did much better than could
have been expected from one with
practically no experience. and deserved
all the applause accorded her The
hasso, Milr0y Kjar has am unusually
fine natural voice, some of his notes
coming out with richness and fulluess
that promise much under professional
training The baritone. A. r.. Bow
man. only recently off a sick bed so
considering his physical difficulties, he
did remarkably we'll The tenors, A.
r. Stratford and r. NJ. Wiusor, did
fairly They viii improve with a little
further experience The members of
the chorus were lively. in their singing
and carrying out their parts commend
ably. while the volume of tone was all
that could be required.
The orchestra deserves a special
good word. There were is musicians
asl from the college excepting the
tympanyist Mr. Carlson. Mr. Thatch-
er conducted, with four wolns, one
VIOLA one cello. two struged bases. one
flute, two clarinets two comets. two
ballad horns, one trombone and the
pianist, Miss MorrcU There were three
other girls In the orchestra The cor
nets were weak, but win do better
with further practise. but the horn
players got a good tone from their in
strumentg. The fact that the orchestra
Is only Of recent Organization and did
so creditably last night speaks wen for
the Intelligence and musical abilities
or the mem hers. The strings were IN
good time a. tune The company
plays go icCv tonight al Ogden Fd-
day night. and at Logan Monday night
The singing Of college songs IN re-
Spouse 20 enCOres was novel and ac-
cepable. The display of the flags Of
the ". n IT, the l.. u. S. o.. and the
s. O., excited enthusiasm I'm the audi
ence. Mr.. Thatcher and his aggregation
are justly open 10 a few more boquets.
babette,' the opera presented, is
largely reproduction Of ~ Pagliaccl'
o..
work than the latter opera il was
written for Fitzi scheff. who had made
great hit In "T Paggliacci." as par
tcularly adapted Co her style, and she
made a decided hit in this also. II Is
lively little comedy fun Of pleasant.
genial melody and As having a wide
run oisswere.
Thcatcr--NIss Florence Roberts
viii appear at the salt Lake Theater
tonight beginning her engagement OF
The House OF Bondage"
Thoater-Tho shuberts announce
for AN engagement Of three nights. be-
ginning Monday az the Salt Lake
Iheater clyde FIich's latest comedy.
Girls
Orphcunl-"The Orpheum show"
Maitlu BECK stellar vaudeville bin. is
responsible This week Tor every previous
box office record 40 the State street
house, being smashed Goo date
Colonial" Marrying Mary" with
FLORENCE Gear u the title role. cou-
tnues to 20 10 big business and has
caught on with The patrons OF the Coz
l0niaL
bungalow willard Mack and as-
soeiaic players presenting "rhe Man
On mo Boss ars also facing large
audiences
Grand-Tua White Rats at Ga.