Show IL TROVATORE ENDS SAN CARLO OPERA PROGRAM Excellent Bill of Four Num Nur Numbers hers bers Joyously Re Received 1 by hy Music l Lovers I IBy By y Thomas Giles TL L formed the final I JL bill of ot the thC successful San Carlo grand opera en engagement at the Salt SaIl I Lake theatre The repertoire through i coincidence or 01 otherwise was given i en in inthe inthe inthe the exact Inversion of or Its Us creation Beginning Bc Be ginning with II Il Trovatore In 1853 1553 the Tales of oC Hoffman Hortman came in 1880 Ca aleria na 1300 1890 ra lIae- lIae cl ci 1892 Madame Madane Butterfly 1904 1 The The oldest oldest of or the group II Trovatore I is la a distinct work worIe of or the old type Trumpet and Drum opera of or Verdi's Verdis er ls l's I ear early manhood The work is really a ti concert of ot separate and distinct numbers numbers num num- bers hers following each other with a I chorus hero and to break brenk the monotony Shortly after aCter the production production production tion of oC Trovatore and La Traviata Tra also 1853 Verdi came under the spell of oC Wagner ner and In ha Al Alda a 1371 1871 and ami more so In Othello wo vo find complete acquiescence to the principles of oC the mightiest st dramatic composer of oC all an times Whore Where Verdi led Leoncavallo and atilt Puccini followed ed which probably accounts for the tho great difference between Trovatore and I Verdi's Verdis later works and all other oilier modI modern modern mod mod- I ern Italian work For or beautiful in melodies Inspired choral and ensemble numbers It Is dou doubtful If IC an any other othel work on the tho stR stage e can equal The Troubadour The well known numbers Tempest of oC the Heart The Anvil Chorus Love Lo Fly on Ros Rosy Pinions Homo to Our OUI Mountains The Flames Are Arc Roaring Roaring Roar Roar- In ing Tremble Yc Yo Tyrants and the always popular found a re responsive re- re audience eager for more Miss lIss Estelle Wentworth as Leonora Mr Mm Salazar as the m minstrel Mr Ir as Count Luna and Miss Iss De- De j m motto metto tto as the gypsy Azucena sustained their parts in excellent fashion Miss liss Wentworth made mado the most of or her op opportunities opportunities opportunities op- op and rendered her solos sotos In Ina ina a a. highly artistic manner Miss Demotto De De- motto In a a. difficult role met all the time requirements without undue effort while Salazar as Maurice again dent demo his great art and the Count Luna was handled In fine ino fashion bY bv Joseph foyer Royer who rho exchanged parts with Mr Ill An Antola tola who appeared In the afternoon The casts aro arc rather difficult difficult cult to follow conow when the tho company Is large end and programs printed ten da days s 's sin In advance Mr Ir Altiero and Mr Antola TX were ere called caned upon to carry the tho burden of oC the work which thc they did In the customary customary cus cus- tomary tomar good style now expected of ot this company The Tho minor parts were Incapable in incapable incapable capable hands The scenic mountings s lighting etc wore were on a par with the previous productions which Is Pa paying ing them a high compliment The matinee of the San Carlo company company company com com- pany brought forth Offenbach's charmIng charming charm charm- In Ing TRIes Tales of oC Hoffman to the Salt Lako L. theatre yesterday a afternoon The rhe work ork Is the only lyric work worle b by Offenbach Of ot- whose other compositions were wore ox extravaganzas anzas ag In the form of oC revival operas The present and vogue of the work dates from Crom which Hans Bans Gregors Gregor's Berlin BerUn prod production ran for tor ono year ear without interruption Que na Mario who appeared as Nedda In Friday Frida nights night's san sang tho the two principal coloratura parts Olympia Olympia pia the Automaton and Antonia the consumptive who was forbidden to sing Both were splendidly given The voice olce seem seemed cd somewhat tired and a slight huskiness robbed It of oC some of Its brilliancy In the first act In the tho extremely difficult scene of oC the automatic automatic automatic auto auto- matic doll Miss Mario Marlo made every ery effort ef effort effort ef- ef fort to make the tho Illusion complete and her efforts were rewarded with several sev sev- eral oral bursts of ot merited applause A AROS- AROS os- os as Hoffmann Miss Fernanda a. a as NIklaus his companion were especial especial- especially I ly fine ami LI did magnificent work in inthe tho the Venetian scene Pietro de dc with a b big bass voice oice of oC excellent quality was given gl the part of oC Mu- Mu rode which he handled hotter better than most hearers would require of ot such a small part It Is unfortunate that he lie hewa wa was Wag not heard in a larger part Mr III Antora was again heard In two parts with his customary skill and was also good The Tho other characters irs were ere well sustained and the scenery and accessories were excellent I |