Show i Music Lovers Thrilled Thrilled- by Rendition Rendit of 0 Lucia San Carlo Grand Grand- Opera Opera Co Opens Open Salt Lake Season Se son With Great Favorite By H. H M. M Schiller Donizetti's Lucia dl beloved for more moro than three-quarters three of ofa ofa ofa a century for tor the tho melodic is beauty of Its music and for its pathetic tale talo of love opened the three days days' opera engagement of the San Carlo Grand Opera company at the Salt Lake th theatre atre last night And it was an altogether gratifying production production production tion sung by a cO company pany of ot picked artists admirably assisted by a chorus whose work had both depth and beauty and by byan byan byan an orchestra which under the leadership leadership leadership leader leader- ship of Gaetano Merola was always un under under under un- un der control and displayed the sympathy I necessary to make any operatic production production produce tion a success From the beautiful duet in the first act La Sull sun Aure Aura sung by Lucia Queena Mario Marlo and Edgardo Romeo Romeo Ro Ro- Romeo meo to the catastrophe in the thelast thelast thelast last act a high standard was sustained In the tha solo and histrionic work of the artists Queena Mario possesses a voice of ot great clarity range and sweetness Her tones are rich and warm and her reading perfect Nowhere In the opera was her ability more Impressive than In Inthe inthe inthe the famous mad scene where thwarted thwarted thwart thwart- rt- rt ed in love and with the taunts of Edgardo Edgardo Ed- Ed gardo ringing in her ears she has slain Lord Arthur the man whom leer Iter brother has forced her to marry Her absolute trueness of tone was amply demonstrated I ed by her work with the flute obligate Her dramatic ability was of a high order both in the mad scene and during the they singing of ot the famous As Edgardo secretly In love with Lucia Lucia Lu Lu- cia Boscacci was effective from the duet at the beginning to the very end of the opera when oppressed with his own grief he slays himself at the tombs of ot his ancestors His tenor voice is of ot bell bell- like clearness and has both range and power The work of ot Mario Marlo Valle Vane as Henry Ashton Ashton Ash- Ash ton brother of Lucia grew In power and effectiveness during the later acts of the opera His singing rose to Its greatest height in the when the tho sureness sureness sureness sure- sure ness and beauty of his voice brought spontaneous appreciation from the audience audi audi- ence Natale CervI who sang the role of Raymond chaplain In the home of Henry Ashton has a voice of beauty of ot great depth He possesses poise and presence I His singing was splendid In the third act Other principals who gave artistic In interpretations in- in to their roles although In-I In small were Alice Homer Antonio CettI and Luciano Rossini f The The company will present Gounod's Gounod s Faust tonight II I. I |