Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

I support without ever submerging her
tone. and when she struck the finishing
| notn. there was a spontaneous burst
| of applause from all parts of the house
which told Enthusiastically Of the inn
| preston she had scored. Our own par
| ty purposely refra.ns from Joining in
| the applause at first to watch the au-
| dicnce around us in the parquet, and
| when we are assured that the demon-
straton is a genuine one. we join
| heartily in swelling the volume. In
! length aud lleartiness. the reception
| to Miss Gates aria, was equal to, and
| perhaps slightly exceeded. that given
any other soloist of the evening. Her
| work In the dialogue Was natural.
graceful and enforced, and those able
| to Judge say ller German accent was
surprisingly good, especially considers
ing the time she has devoted to the
| language. AS for looks, she was never
more charming. The dresses We're Of
the upper class Of the peasantIy. skirts
TO the ankles, pink with black trim
Innings at first. with q change to blue.
A wig of dark brown hair in bIaids
.. down the back--the Germans always
| insist on the braids--and as the ward
robe and hair dressing departments Of
the Royal are both presided over by
| artists in their linc--of course nothing
! was lacking In these regards.
SCENE AT STAGE DOOR.
After the performance, Miss Gates
received many congratulations srom
fellow artists and friends. At the stage
door the Utah colonysand many others
assembled to give lrar q round Of ap-
piause as she stepped into an auto
with Madam Corelli. trhere is never
any grouping on the stage here after
the curtain falls, as at bome.) At the
big restaurant of Berlin (tlle Rheingold,
capable OF feeding 1000 at one time,
they tell us) N1adameCorelia and a. NUM-
Der of guests assemble around table
with the singer and several Utah
friends IN the places OF honor, and
tight over again" the battles which
have led up to the appearance.
How tho management was pleased is
best shown by the fact that Miss Gates
was handed the part of F'ilina in mig
non" and asked to have it ready for
presentation within weeks time. So
before this is printed, she Will have
sung a second time, and that in q still
more eXacting role. Filina sings the
famous "Palonalse," and has dialogue
about equal to that of Euchen.
FAVORABLE PRESS NOTICES.
he press notices thus far Uhe Ger.
man critics take their own time about
Wrlting) have been quite favorable, the
only Jnfring note in the general chorus
OF praise being the ''Bossische,' which
the management say has it in for
ITEM" because they have engaged SO
many American artists Of late. This
critic finds fault principally with the
singers German accent. and says hee
Voice is too light. though admitting
that 1t Is sympathetic. Glow much pre-
1udice there is here on account of the
American invasion, can be Judged
from the fact that in billing Miss Gates,
the managers dropped the Lucy from
her name as something too foreign"
and that her last name = always pro-
nounced in Lwo syllables Cia-tes.p
The leading paper. the Berliner Lo-
kal Anzeiger, says:
AT the Royal Opera House yester-
day evening Miss Emma l.. Gates sang
as guest tho part of Acnnchen in
Webers s'Treischutz." The young art
list had a deseryedly great Suceess, all
the greater when considered that this
part Is not one of those best adapted
to her. She wishes to be q Colorat,lra
not Soubrette. but as was seen and
heard last night, she is we'll adapted
to both STYLES. But more than any
thing else. Miss Gates possesses ability
to really sing corrcctly--an advantage
none too common today. Her voice Is
well schoolcd. fresh and free. She
sang the figure work with case and
great accuracy and clearncss. Her
voice is 4 clear delicate soprano.
which appears to he especially full on
the high notes. Her pronunciation is
good. If not entirely correct--especial-
.ly for instance from the die ,nguc ynrt
could one tell that Miss Gates is an
American. But nevertheless she has
SO well conquered Cor overcome the
foreign accenD that it is to be cx-
apectcd that she will soon be able to
perfect herself III the language. In
her conception of the part, too. while
it did not correspond exactly to the
ideal German maiden. still 1t showed
great intelligence. y certain depth
Cor thoughtfulness or earnestness)
was wanting. while on the other hand
sprightlincss and grace are natural to
her to happy degree. Just how
much of this is natural aud how much
assumed. we can only determine after
The artist has appeared in several
roles. Such an appearance as Miss
Gates is not to be seen Cor does not
occurO every day
The critic of Der Fag." says almost
precisely the same as the above. While
the .Boursen Kuricr" says:
Yesterday evening in the Royal
Opera House q young singer present
cd herself IN the part of Aennchen In
Weber's "Freischutz.' We must thank
America for this vc',~- ain~er MS we
do fer Farrer and Walker. Miss Emma
Gates, this is the name of the singer,
has Berlin to thank for her artistic
education. (She also did her teacher
full credit. The somewhat light but
refreshingly sweet and taking soft
voice very clear and correct. in Colo
radatura character is very well
trained. Miss Gates is natural, pretty
has 1, graceful appearance and plays
very skilfully. Her real American ac-
cent though strange in German
"Aennchen,' still made the role
piuuante and lively The debutante
had n very friendly reception
The Berlin "Borsen Zeitung" critic
has handsome notice in which, an
swering the writer. who found fault
with the American invasion. he says:
"One should take the good wherever
it is found. and Miss Gates. the Young
American. no sang as {, siieWs aspiisnt
for the vacant place Of soubrette.
would be an acquisition TOO highly
valued to be retarded from any hut
an artistic standpoint. She mas a
clear. bell like and supple yoicd OF