The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-10-09
Salt Lakes Grand Opera Season.

The much talked about International
grand opera company, which ran for so
long in New York and afterwards in
Boston and Chicago, and which has just
finished a most successful engagement
Of six weeks in San Francisco. and two
weeks in Los Angeles, to which cities it
was brought on a large guarantee, will
be the attraction at the Colonial the
atre Thursday, Friday, Saturday matt
nee and night, Oca. IA, Is and 16, pre-
senting in their entirety four of the fol-
lowing operas: Aida" Faust" Car
men, Lucia, 'L'Amica Fritz" "Fedo-
"a, "Rigoletto, "Rusticana," II Ira
vatcre, La Gioconda." Tne principals
are: Nine. Therry, Bertossi, Norell
Strauss. Zarad, Nine. Bari, Colombini
Samoloff. Oteri, cara, Guiliani, Arcan-
sc land many others that will be well
known to those that keep up with
things operate. The company, unlike
many of the grand opera companies
which have come to Salt Lake, carry
complete productions for fifteen operas.
and the chorus, while composed wholly
of the Italian voices. is young and good
looking, which Will certainly be great
relief to the eye, after some of the
Italian choruses that we have had. The
company numbers eighty and the or
chestra thirty which is under the di-
rection of Signor Almerico Vinacciu,
who is a conductor of great fame and
has been connected with all the prin-
cipal opera houses in continental Eu-
rope. Signor Vinacciu gives a perfect
rendition of the many operas
Nine Therry is a French artist from
the Opera Comique in Paris, and is the
original Fedora in the opera of that
bot
by Giordano himself She has made a
phenomenal success. both in this coun-
try and abroad. Nine. Bertossi is an
Italian of the Italian school She is
ViVaciOUs bright and a beautiful dra-
matte singer. Miss Strauss is an
American, and has a beautiful mezzo-
soprano voice, which will be heard in
several of the operas. Nine. NOrelli is
q coloratura artist of great ability and
much dramatic power.
The company's manager does not stop
at the ability of his lady artists. He
says the men are equally great. Samloff
the name itself inspires one with conf
dence. He is robust tenor. who has
Just finished an engagement of four
years in Rome, His voice and appear
ance is of the strong, powerful calibre
that great artists are made of Bari. the
lsIIOI WHO JuSSleS with the high &.
makes one think Of Caruso. Colombini.
the great acting tenor, phenomenon
in the tenor world, which is poken of as
'Colombini," who can act. scores a big
hit and proves to be a surprise of the
year. Arcangeh, the baritone, with
voice and appearance that carries his
audience like whirlwind. Gravini, the
Mephesto, and his other characters. are
samples of Consumate art.
And with all this is a chorus fair to
look at and interesting to listen to, and
again VIC refer to the critics. Scenicallv
was all that the most fastidious might
desire, And again the chorus is well
balanced, well trained and well cos
Usually an italian opera COM
pany fails to observe the two essen
tials of proper scenery and costumes.
Mail orders can now be sent to Mr.. |
R. A. Grant, in care of the Colonial the
atre, Salt Lake City. Titan. and should
be accompanied with draft or money |
order and addressed envelope.
Thursday evening Fedora" will be
the bill: Friday, Lucia" Saturday
matinee. Carmen" Saturday evening. |
La Traviata"