Show DRAMATIC AND LYRIC Tiio Daughter of the Regiment Performance CONFERENCE AT BOTH HOUSES 1 YestcrdaysProdnctionThc World and 1iqzc Real Minstrels and Their Imitators Imi-tators Notes P The sal stllltal recogniton which Salt Lake always lends to fcer amateurs long ago passed nto tradition and yesterday she maintain d her old Stanford by laying i tribute of 2S2i coin of the realm at the feet of Mr Evan Stephens and his com pimp as the r suit of their two per forrnancs of the Daurhterof the Hegi tncrt What was st 11 more valuable in a refrain of laudaton for the young iompanys latest effort Steiheus is entitled to unstinted praise for the new achievement it is a big flight from Balfe to Dcnzetti and no one but a conductor of plays would have thought of working it The teaching of the music to the princpuls too some of whom had to learn entirely by ear was an onerous task But the most stupendu ous undertaking of all was the work of or < ticsu ating lor twelve instruments the manual work of copying one hundred and sixty pages of music was in itself enough to give an ordinary man a brain fever attain at-tain and when to this is added the work of 18 piiing each instrument its part giving uHi rates running fugue movements coun crpoiut etc one can imagine what the task really meant It was too all done in a wc k and well done it was too The hour at which the opera closed last night renders it impossible to enter into any critical account for this issue It maybe may-be said at once that while the opera will hardly rank alongside of the Bohemian Bohe-mian Girl as a popular success result due largely to the fact that all the airs of that work were familiar to the public mid particularly suited to the singers f it will be counted a hit and easily run longer than the one or two nights more assigned to it Here let us say in passing that one of the most regrettable things connected con-nected with the painstaking and laborious work of our amateurs is the fact that the number of productions must be limited The work and expense put on tI e Daughter of the Ilex meat would not be more than compensated by a twenty nights run but there is no chance at present of giving more than three or four performances at the outside out-side Let us hope that the new Ogden house may mean a partial alleviation opera at least of this complaint I To refer at once to the features of last nights work which stand out with most prominence promin-ence we must mention Edith Claw Ion and the choruses The lady who had the title role started out by singing a little as if she were weary and here let us regret that the banner nights of Stephens operas the ones that usually weary the best audiences and the ones from which press notices have to be written are given after matinees when the singers arc all more or less exhausted However before the second act the lady had got 01 her mettle and in that act and the third she did some of her brightest and most piquant work both as to music and action and the audience rewarded her by sonic hearty applause Her duo with Mr Easton in act two tic trio with M Spencer and Miss Pratt in act three ana is her rendering of the Ask Me Not Why solo was her best work and her counevo man scnieut of her tram evoked a good deal of laughter She has managed to acquire some accomplishments as a drummer too but the accident to the bridge in aot one cut her drum solo and injured her cntrane Mr Kelly sang and acted in an intelligent fashion The dressing of the principals particularly of Miss Clawson was intro tine The beautiful quartette duced at the end of net one it should beknown was written by Ste The s himself The orchestra did good xvo k under Stephens baton There were a few breaks on the stage such as the bridge collapse the nonappearance of cups for the drinking scene and one or two hitches in the music all of which will be obviate Monday night an excellent and smooth performance may be looked for on that occasion oc-casion tunefulfull The choruses were immense strong and well balanced the sonorous finale to act two and the victorious chorus in act three were rifrnelyt done and the marching ol vivandieres and soldiers who were handsomely costumed throughout Mr Spencer as Brought a decided encore ne had an excellent im Xa ° grizzled sergeant jerial guard makeup and though he did not I I ii J have any great opportunities vocally he quite carried the opera as far as humor and action were concerned Miss Prat was one of Stephens reserve corps of debutantes of whom he seems to have any number in store and whom he likes to Ting as a surprise on the public She has a line voice which raised a good deal of enthusiasm and her acting was very easy for one who was making her initial bow Her voice will be heard from yet when it has its faults a little matured and some of > toned down Mr White in a small part was up to his usual standard and a whole host as stage manager He had charge of ill the business marches g etc and chi I ibors too must have been very difficult Mr Eastons music hardly gave him opportunity op-portunity to repeat his big hit in the Bohemian Bo-hemian Girl he was also apparently out of voice at the start but he warmed up later on and his noble voice told to lint advantage he looked very handsome and but for a tendency to use his right arm too much he would have l acted well He ought to have one of those tender soulful ballads in which he excels introduced for him follow after mention of Miss Pratt Of The artists and the carpenters are already at work on the new scenery and mechanical effects for The world the sensation which forms the Home Clubs attraction next Friday and Saturday evenings The main characters are cast as follows Sir Clement HunUnlofordnnMr Wells Harry Huntingford Mr Spencer Hones Jewell Mr Young Martin Bashford Mr Taylor Mr Lumlcn Mr White Old Owen Mr Evans Blackstone nn Mr Bywater Dr Windham Mr Clawson Captain Pearson Mr Haviland Ned Owen Ivy Clawson f Gilbert Mr Feveryear Detective n Mr Higgs Mary lllythen n nEdltb Clawson Mabel n n n nunllirdie Cummings A synopsis of The World which has escapades assassinations and explosions enough to suit the most gorily inclined appears in the advertising columns The dub revive Pique for April SAt S-At the Grand this week the negro minstrel gunune all black will pit himself him-self against his white brother imitator and the public can judge which of the two makes the better darkey The Georgia minstrels with Billy Kersands he cf the capacious mouth at their head open there tomorrow night and next Friday and Saturday the McXish Arno Karnza minstrels concerning whose cancellation of dates at the theatre considerable has been said of latehold forth Douglas White denies that the troupe went to pieces or that it is not up to the average and says though McXish himself is not with them his brother William is in the company and does the other McXishs special acts |