Show I Pirates of Penzance There was an immense audience present at the theatre last night when the Emelie Melville Comic Opera Troupe made its first appear ace in The Pirates of Penzance The performance was a success and Justified all that had been said favorable to the troupe The piece by the authors of Pinafore i of a Letter character i more amusing has finer characters and the music is of a higher order The rollicking nautical airs which are characteristic character-istic fr Pinafore are missing nW Tim Virnroe ht + i nia > a ia full I w 6 of melody beautiful turns which not unfrequently verges on grandeur S Mi s Emeho Melville i a charm ing person a fine burlesque actress and is the possessor of a very rich and cultivated voice She is probably as excellent a type of the boufie artiste is can be found and i by long odds the best in her hue that has been here since the palmy days of Alice Oats She rivals Oates asa as-a vocalist and is infinitely superior to the latter as a refined actress In her troupe are several fine corn I medians Tom Cassilli and Max Freeman being particularly good Mr A Henderson has a strong bass voice Mr Valerga i also a good vocalist Mr Hatch the tenor has a very sweet voice but it is not strong vel Several of the ladies also have good voices that of Miss Telhe Valerga the contralto being especially full and fine on some of the lower notes The solos were well renderedandthe beautiful choruses given with excellent effect though they were not as powerful a one could have desired The orchestra or-chestra also added considerably to the excellence of the entertainment There i not a poor actor or singer nor a bad thing in the whole performance per-formance and this is saying a good deal in this day of miserable opera bouffe shows and the heavy sale of tickets for the series of peiform ances shows the desire of the Salt Lake public for meritorious entertainments enter-tainments and its appreciation of worthy music This is particularly noticable in view of the severe biking ings by Oates Aimee and others I is the best opera bouffe company that has visited Salt Lake City since Alice Gates was tnt line when she was accompanied ly l Du > and Houston This is hot intf Ktua to embrace the Rice nor the Coville extravaganza troupes both of which were good but as a genuine opera bouffe troupe Melvilles is the bet that a been here since the tim mentioned This evening the I Royal Middy will he presented The entire en jagemeiit is an assured success |