Show J f THE OPEEA J Bellinis jUt Ahfoottand TagJia S lietIa Christmas Night > The Abbott company brought their engagement to a close 6n Thursday rending Trovatore matinee audience whoso dimensions verel1ot extensive owing to the full rates charged and presenting the Bohemian Girl ai night to a suffocating jam of humanity that crowded every available inch of space in the house at the matinee Campo bellb Bellini and Fabrini wee thestrong < features Annandale was laboring under an illness that prevented her developing the strength necessary for the part of Azucenar but the threc principals men tioried with the fine work done by the chorus made the afternoon representation representa-tion S a very notable one Campobellp made anoblaappearaiice the Count di Luna and he Bellini wJiose scenas created quite furore and Fabrihi received re-ceived numerous encores something very rare at matinees in SalkLake The Bohemian Girl WHS a great treat1 in some respects anda strong disnp pointmentin others Tapliapietra may be said to have carried the whole to sueccssA dampening disappointment dis-appointment went over the audience au-dience when Miss Hindlen appeared as the queen inplace Annandale who we suppose had been worn out at the matinee Why she was not saved for the night and the substitute put forward at the matinee we can not imagine im-agine Abbott looked and dressed charmingly but her vocal effortsexcept in one or two instances were not up to her own standard Allen acted Devils i hoof well but he hasno voice forthe part Castle seconded Taglia ielratmd raised more genuine enthusiasmpin character of Thaddeus than at any 1 time before during the engagement but I Tagliapietra as we have said carried off the honoraand saved the representation from falling below mediocrity where the circumstances mentioned above II would surely have sent it but for his magnetic presence Musically his 1 Heart Bowd Down might be criticized 1 criti-cized for the liberties he took with the score but this is comingtocbe s6v much the fashion with artists whd consult 1 I their own capabilities f9r jproducing effects rather than the composers design I I des-ign that it is perhaps now out off the range of the critic the selection was I thunderously redemanded Both chorus I and orchestra did excellent work The season has been both pleasant I and profitable the receipts for the five performances must have been between I 4500 and 5000 and the company the management that isgoes away j entirely satisfied How the component i I I parts of it feel will be more ully treated in Dramatic and Lyric tOiinorrow 1 |