| Show AMUSEMENTS THE HUGUENOTS Lat night was Juch night again andthe house loomed up around tho thousand mark the auaienco was as large and bril liant as that of the previous night had been small and inclined to the dumps Lea Huguenots has plenty of faults as a work faults mainly of construction and dramatic situation and though it was cut down by pages from the score it was still long enough to somewhat weary the audienco I lasted till near midnight and hence can receive no extended notice this morning Juch was of course the ovartowering central cen-tral figure In the role of Valen tine Q somewhat colorless part until the last act according to Lockes libretto and what relief and startling innovation i would be by the way i one of these operatic librettos coincided in some faint degree with what the singers uttered She did some acting more strong and vivid than anything she had ever done in Salt Lake and her glen ous voice was given full play The last act is almost entirely a long duett of agony betW3en Juch and Hedmont and i was fine enough to redeem the somewhat dreary act that preceded them and precee stamp the ae night as I success Hedmont evidently had a cold and although ho did some fine work he was uneven all through and his falsetto on a very high run was anything but agreeable Vetta made a big hit as March the faithful soldier and Stormonfr and Knight were both KOod Maconda the queen sang her music well as did Meishnger the I page The orchestra was again a grand feature and though Mr Neundorff some times lets it blot out completely the singers on the stage we can almost for give him for i his players are so admirable This afternoon Carmen goes to a matinee to popular prices and tonight the season closes with another Wagnerian production the famous Fly ing J Dutchman The cast includes Otto Rathjens Franz Vetta Payne Clark Wil lam Stephens Carlotta Maconda and Louise Meislinger with Emma Juch in her greatest role of Senta As the opera has qever been given here the following short synopsis of it will be interesting The Flying Dutchman is founded upon the old legend that the devil overhearing a Dutch captain swear that he would wea ther the Cape ot Good Hope In a furious gale If he had to sail on forever took him at his word and condemned him to drift about aimlessly until the day of judgment Only on release was offered him the love of a woman if he could secure it for him self Once in seven years was given him the opportunity for his wooing The plot of the opera opens with the arrival of the Dutchmans ship in a Norwegian bay Senta the heroine who has long loyed the mysterious sailor from a picture of him on the wallof herroom is fascinated by him and pledges herself to share hIs sad lot unto death This releases the Dutch man from his curse and the closing act is intensely dramatic The village maidens endeavors tu open friendly relations with the crew of tho accursed ship but Its crew refuses all overtures Instead they sing the story of their masters fate at its close a storm rises which frightens all but the sailors of the doomed ship Senta is about to follow the Dutchman to his ship to share his fate when his earthly lover Erik trios to draw her back She resists The Fly iug Dutchman after declaring himself goes hastily on board tho ship which at once puts to sea Senta wishes to follow but Is held back by the others She shakes herself free and throws herself into the seething sea protesting her faithfulness to him until death The Dutchmans ship sinks and in the glow of the sunset the forms of Senta and the Dutchman rise em bracing each other and floating towards neaven WONDERLAND Continues to interest instruct and amuse crowds who attend the afternoon and evening performances |
