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Show ' CARLETOX'S CLOSIXG NIGHT j "The Mikado" Played to Another Full House-He Will Not See Salt Lake Again Until 1887. Ths Carleton Company closed their engagement en-gagement last night with another crowded auditorium to witness "The Mikado," and the successful season played here is. gratifying alike to the iopular baritone and the management of the Opera House. The humorous and. ingenious libretto of "The Mikado" has had a splendid interpretation at the hands of Carleton's artists, and the ingenious and appropriate music has had a first-class orchestration. This was particularly noticeable in the accompaniment of many of the pieces "To Sit in Solemn Silence," and "The Criminal Cried, as He Dropped Him Down," for example but it was in the life and vim that some of the principals imparted to the characters, and the very careful attention to discipline and detail displayed at every point, wherein Carleton has achieved his success. His company is second-class CQljipaied with the one he brought us before, but yet his managerial ability has repeated a like success. Miss Louise Paullin and Miss Alice Vincent have given us an ideal and charming Yum Yum and Pitti-Sing, but not so much, can be said of Leumaine's Nanki-Poo. He is a lazy tenor, with some good upper notes, which his Enalish phlegmatic temperament tem-perament induces him to use very sparingly, sparing-ly, and his acting appears to be much in the same strain of feeling. Drew has made Ko-Ko a fine piece of comedy, but not better than may be expected of Spencer, of the home company, should the amateurs ama-teurs reproduce the opera. Ko-Ko'a scenes with Katisha if Carleton's production pro-duction is to be taken as the correct thing dispel the hypercritical illusion that the home company burlesqued the piece too much Drew bringing in the regular Bowery style of tragedy with good effect and, indeed, a review of Carleton's j performance magnificent production as j it has been is one of credit to the amateur ama-teur company. The Pooh-Bah of Greens-felden Greens-felden was first-class work, some of his solos revealing a grand voice, and his ad- j mirable acting making a very favorable j impression. Carleton's part of the Mik- j ado was nothing new except his little j "business" with Pitti-Sing, and the part ; is not, as may be imagined, a favorite one j with him. But the public cry for "Mik- j ado,"and for that reason Carleton plays it. The Carleton company will next play to the cowboys of Cheyenne, and Salt Lake will probably not witness such another an-other meritorious combination until some time in 1887 when Carleton will revisit us again. . j |