The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-21


of play most generally popular. just
now.
VNTHEN Richard strauss's first
w light opera, Der Rosenkava-
Her" was produced in Germany,
three years ago on January 20 next
1t became known that the American
rights belonged TO a Broadway man
ager who purposed STAGING the piece
he translated the German Justspiel
fur Muslko too freely into musical
comedy for when he received the
full score and observed that 1t called
for an orchestra OF 100, with thirty
five additional musicians on the
stage. at times. and cast Of sing
ers OF the first class. he realized that
1t could be adequately presented only
was made known on Tuesday evening
of this week. OF the music I VIII
leave professors of that art to speak
ss 1t seems enongh nov to say that the TIE com.
has not omitted leading themes" TO
designate his characters, in his light
er flight. nor Is his score without a
plentitude OF typical dissonances.
acter motifs when 1t seemed better
TO employ his music In heightening
the airy mood OF the play as a whole,
in buoying UP his gay comedy on
waves OF melody ana tHere are many
tuneful waltzes OF the Viennese va
strauss's serious admirers said. in
fretful sarcasm: "1f Richard-then
Wagner; II Strauss-then Johann
The libretto Richard of the several
Strausses has seen fit to dignity with
his genius might well have suggested
the Casino instead of the temple OF
the classics Of all opera time, Set to
music less ambitious-say by Often
StrnOGS-lC
well might have engaged such Ca
sino favorites OF twenty years ago as
Pauline Hall. Lillian Russell, Fanny
Rice and Jefferson de Angels. The
only marked difference is that the
French and Fiennese librettl of their
day were toned down for America,
whereas the twentieth century play
Is given with all the risque touches
OF Hugo Won Hofmannstahl. who
made the modern-very modern
version OF 'Dlektra" In which Mrs.
Patrick Campbell and Lady, Tree
York. and which Strauss made ia
nous through his music The cava-
Her OF the title is acted. In the true
old fashioned manner, by woman,
let us say, to indicate the type OF role
for readers of a re.Straussian Pc
riod. by Pauline Hall, This heart
breaker IL the favorite OF princess
whose youth is rapidly deserting her.
Der. where, during the absence Of
her husband, she is receiving-"enter,
tanning shall we say?-.the youthful
cavalier, Presently, the princess
thinks she hears her husband re-
turning unannounced,, and she hastily
disguises her lover. who Is only IT: as
her maid servant. But the intruder
is the princess uncle, one Baron
Ochs. He is the typical convivial
rake of continental operetta. such as
Jefferson do Angels and Joseph Her
bert love to play. lie has arranged to
marry the daughter OF wealthy
parvenu, and, as the custom of the
period and place is 10 send silver
rose by some gallant, and as his
own rctainers are too bolsterous a
crew to serve on such tender mis-
sion, he has come to his niece to
borrow, so to speak. a cavalier She
promises him a worthy one. naming
her ailuripg Octavian. who. to com
plicate things, has so ensnared the
amorous old baron. In his feminine
disguise. as to have drawn. the most
undesirably passionate attentions
from the ed-nosed rake.
In the next act, out OF skirts and
dashing as tho rose-bearer: Octavian
captivates the daughter of the, par
makes things worse by his coarse
compliments: and. resenting them.
his own rose-caval!er quarrels with
him and wounds him In a duel,
wealthy rathor is enraged and
throws the youthful gallant out; the
girl (she might have been Fanny
RiceD IS heartbrokep and positive
ly refuses to wed the bibulous liber-
tine: and the old rake. wounded In
heart and body. takes to drink to
drown his sorrows. In time. how
ever. they are moro relieved by the
receipt OF a note from hts niece,,s
maid (actually Octavlan. OF course),
making a supper appointment for that
night. On this occasion, in private
chamber or an inn. the cavalier In
skirts and other gay conspira tors
rag the rum.filled flirt rs merclless-
" as ever Falstaff WAS made game Of
az Herne's Oak; windows fly!ng open
evidently by some supernatural
force; terrifying heads bobbing UP
through trap doors and even esrle
children running In and calling the
old devil papa
JEALOUS. perhaps. OF the perma- :
- nent German theaters In New
York the Cercle DraHlatlque OF the
Alliance Francalse has arranged to
give a series OF performances OF nine
for the purpose: the Aerial thea ter.
on the roof of the New Amstcrda IN.
The venture got under way this week
with typically French comedy by
Armand de Caillevet and tho Vicomte
Robert do Flcr9 II Is called Papa
I never has been acted In English and
very likely never will be We can do
without It Papa is a wornout old
Partisan rounder who decides TO set
| tie down lie is now for virtue In