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Show I " 1! With the Musicians ! The sale of seats for the appearance of the Chicago Symphony orchestra and soloists, in Salt Lake's first annual musical mu-sical festival, which is to be held in the Tabernacle next April, the Sth and 9th, of three performances, commences tomorrow to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock at the Clayton Music company's store. The first week of the sale will bo devoted to subscribers, who have placed orders for season tickets. The subscription list has long- passed tho 1000 mark, aud names have oeen coming in rapidly during dur-ing the week for the season tickets, which indicates that there will be a rush for ticket-? Monday morning. Subscribers Sub-scribers are requested to call early for Iheir tickets, as the general public will have access to seats after the first week of the sale has passed. The Chicago orchestra will comprise fifty men, with Alexander Von ICiolitK as conductor. Seven soloists will accompany ac-company the orchestra, among them such artists as Franz Wagner, 'cellist; Mario Zimmerman, soprano; F.laino De Sllcm, contralto; E. C. Towno", tenor; Dr. Hugh Schussler, bass. These vo calists will sing the solo parts in the oratorios to be given at the festival, "The Death or Minnehaha" and "Messiah." "Mes-siah." The Salt Lake Festival chorus of 250 voices will give tho choruses in the first named, and will be augmented bv the Tabernacle choir in the Messiah. These two choruses are. meeting twice each week under the direction of Evau Stephens. Prof. Charles Kent and some of his pupils will give a song service Sunday evening at G:30 at the Second ward chapel. Seventh South between Fourth and Fifth East streets. I Utahns and Music in New York. NFW YOPK, Feb. "26, A "composer's "com-poser's night" Seldom in this day and age does one hnve the privilege of hearing a grand opera, and knowing that, the composer himself is flitting about behind the scenes, shaking hands with tho triumphant, stars, after af-ter some especially good rendering of a bit. of his music, or assisting in the arrangement of a piece of sceuerv. A few decades ago, 111 London, Paris. Berlin, Vienna or Milan, it was quito the usual tiling to have a composer conduct con-duct his own opera each time it was given. But in our day, when we must turn to the masters of the past, for most of our music, the occasion is a nover-to be-forgoten ouc. Such was the Puccini night at the Metropolitan opera-house, on Monday last. The occasion was tho first performance per-formance in America of Puccini's "Madam Butterfly." in Italian, though the Snvngc Opera company have given it in English for some months past, "Madam Hutterflv" was most sltill-fully sltill-fully aud artistically interpreted by Gerald ine Farrar, the younpr American prima douna who is enjoying tho tri-! tri-! umphs of her first -New York season. I Caruso, Homer and Scot I i. Both Farrar and Caruso were in glorious voice, and their enthusiasm was accentuated by I the brilliant and inspiring audience which filled the theater, and oecuiricd every inch of standing room. Many were tho cries of "Bravo Puccini!" "Bravo Farrar!" "Bravo Caruso!" which filled the ajr, amid the waving of 'kerchiefs and flags. Between the acts. Puccini bowed and smiled to the vast I throng, which fairly went wild over the 1 presence of the composers of the lovely ' and popular "La Bohcme. ' ! "Madam Butterfly" is not unlike! La Boheme, " having like it many rich, flowing melodies that stick in the memory. There is, however, no momonfc of real greatness for the tenor voice nice the 'tenor solo in the first .act of "La Boheme," and nothing quite equal to the famous student male quintette in the same act, For the soprano, tho role of "Madam Butterfly" is, on the other hand, full of fine opportunities, and rich with rare melodies and difficult dif-ficult recitatives. The sceno, being laid in Japan, presents pre-sents many oportunitics for vivid coloring, color-ing, and picturesque stage effects. Needless Need-less to say. these opportunities were made the most of in the Metropolitan performance. Puccini considers it by far his best, work, musically, and is al so much taken with the American idea of the libretto, lie makes skillful use of "The Star Spangled Banner" as the American motive in one of the most dramatic parts of the opera. "Madame Butterfly" will be given at the Salt, Lake Theater in March or April by the Savage English Opera conipauy. Their production is a most creditable one, and from a scenic standpoint, stand-point, can scarcely be surpassed. They hnve recently finished a three Week's ongagnment, at, tho Illinois theater in Ch icugo. Maclonuap. the tenor who was ! such a favorite both musically and socially so-cially on his visit to Salt Lake a year ago. walked off with a large shnr'c of the palms, for his fine voice, and his good, clear legitimate method of singing. The many friends of Mrs. Jacob Bamberger of En It; Lake-will lejirn with great, regret that, she has been quite ill for some weeks, but will be glad to hear that she is now convalescing rapidly. rap-idly. Mr. and Mrs. Bamberger, with their daughter Dorothy and their ncice Miss Marion Oborndorfcr, make their home at tho Waldorf. Miss Dorothj- and Miss Oberndorfer attend school in New York Citv. - - - 1 Mr. and Mrs. Thompson of Salt Lake were recent guests at the Holland House in New York. Mr. Thompson is connected con-nected with Samuel Nowhouse. Mrs, Pcdar Brugiere, well-known socially, so-cially, in Salt Luke, is at, present making mak-ing hcr home in New York. w "Go West, young man, and grow up with the country!" might be varied at present, to suit the Western girl as follows fol-lows "Go East, young lady and join the chorus!" A number of familiar Salt Lake faces are seen in every comic opera chorus, particularly is this true of the "Gibson Girl Chorus" in "The Belle of Mayflower," now ruuuing at Daly's theater. - A busy young Salt Laker now residing resid-ing in New York is Miss Helen Allen, a daughter of former Representative C. E. Allen, of Utah. Miss Allen is jcon-ncctcd jcon-ncctcd with Breulano's, and- has not visited her Western home since her rcccut two 3'cars' stay in Europe. 4 A dinner of unusual interest was that given by Madam Garriquo on Tuesday evening at, her homo in "The Osborne," in honor of 'Fannie Bloomfield Zieslcr and Hcrr .loscffy. Madame Zieslcr covered cov-ered herself with glory n- her recont concert at Carnegie .Hall, and at her recent appearance with the New York and the Philadelphia orchestras. Herr .loscffy, tho pianist and composer, is not often a guest at any social function, func-tion, owing to an accident, which happened hap-pened to his foot some years ago. For this reason he is seldom seen in public. Herr Hunoker and Mr. Henderson were also among tho guests. Mrs. Wyncoup of Salt. Lake, who has been the. 'guest of her daughter Mrs. Agnfs Osbourne, sailed on Wednesday for Paris, where she will visit her son, Mr. John Wyncoup, who is a student of architecture in the famous "Beaux Arts" school of Paris. Mrs. Osbourne now has as her guest her sister, Mrs. Urguart, of Rochester, N. Y. - Mrs. Joseph Sicgel, who is now in Baltimore, will be in New York next, week, to spend some weeks before returning re-turning to the West. A fine portrait of Sallie Fisher adorns tho theatrical page of the New -York Globe Of recent, date. Miss Fisher opens her engagement with Frank Daniels in "The Tattooed Man," at the Criterion theater next week. a Miss Km ma Lucy Gates will probably sail for Europe on' April 2-! to bo gone, several years. Miss Gates is at present Kind vine the role of " Juliet " in Gounod's Gou-nod's Ixomeo and Juliet." t, r It will be of interest to musicians and the many friends of M. J. Brines, the well-known tenor, to learn that he lias decided to remain in the city indefinitely in-definitely and will tomorrow open 11 vocal studio in the rooms .of the Orpheus Or-pheus club over Godbe-Pitts drug store. During hiB brief stay in the city tho tenor has made many friends by his artistic, singing, and having been the i-hoirinaster at St. Paul's church for the past three months where he lias mot with great succcs-s. Mr. Brines had tilled many excellent church positions posi-tions in N'pw York city, being soloist, for home lime at the West, End Presbyterian Pres-byterian church, and tenor soloist al. the. Broadway Tabernacle ami SU Andrews An-drews Episcopal church, the well-known edifice on upper Fifth avenue, where some of the best musicians in the country coun-try are heard. The regular monthly musical service will be given this evening at St. Paul's church under tho direction of M. .1. Brines, choirmaster, ami J. B. Berkhocl, organist. The choir will sing the following fol-lowing anthems: "Send Out Thy Light." "No Shadows Yonder," and ' ' God So Loved the World. ' ' Miss Helen Hartley will bo heard in a violin vio-lin solo, and Mr. Brines will sing "Then Shall the liighteous Shine," from tho oratorio of Elijah. fc Miss Edna Evans and Hugh Douft . will sing Enures 's "Crucifix" at the First Methodist chiTrch this morning. Miss Winona Jones will be tho soloist solo-ist at the Y. M, C. A. this afternoon. The sale of scats for the Musicnl Festival begins Monday at the Clayton Music company. Tho first week will be devoted to subscribers who have sent in their names for season tickets in advance. ad-vance. Ttat.es will bo made on all railroads rail-roads and the festival promises to be one of the events of the musical vear. One of the events of the week will be the musicalo to be given at the Ladies' Literary club on Thursday evening by Freda Stcuder, soprano. The programme includes selections from Mozart, GVuuod, Greig, Niedlingcr von Ficlitz, Greene, Schubert, Mayer and Marchcsi. A very creditable piano recital was the one given on Wednesday evening by Miss Millie Howarth. a" pupil of Mrs. W. S. Lootnis, at the. Ladies' Literary Lit-erary club, assisted by "Mrs. Martha Itoylc King. . At the studio of Miss Nora Gleason on Thursday afternoon an enjoyable recital was given by Miss Hortonso ilodsou, a pupil of Miss Gleason. c Tho excellent selections of "Car-menmen "Car-menmen by the orchestrn at the Or-i Or-i pheuin during the week under the dircc-j dircc-j lion of Mr. Wei ho has been remarked by many of the patrons. |