Show e music and Drama I Puccini La closed the en engagement engagement of the tue Savage company lust last evening to time the plaudits of an enthusiast enthusiastic ic mc house The Ilie scene of the onera oj ra HB es Indirectly in the title i is time the atin Quarter of Paris and ammil its theme is the he rollicking joyous irresponsible tile tita of tie the Quarter m in u a wity H t i 1 remain of ot an sn Jt It includes both hot it in itt time the music and the book the same panic atmosphere The plot IH is i of f the simplest With Miss brooks as Mimi Mr as Rudolph her lier post lover loser Mi s Ivell aa as Musetta an mui artists model and ani MarceU a painter portraying the two Mi bra lov stO Flea rie Mr Bennett a and Mr Boyle a philosopher the two friends ninda of Rudolph and Marcel completed time the cast tuf It was Mr hIr fir t appearance before Lake audience and he its won oit Ills his auditors completely His voi e i is K a atenor tenor of extraordinary ry compass ity iy and and in addition it pos pen posa a timbre seldom paralleled in rich and sympathy It may ques any artist heard here within H a decade has produced so pro found an Ills reception in III inthe time the first act was little less than an aum ova oia ovation tion timid and h lt deserved it Mr Mm Golf Goff and Mr Boyle repeated the exceedingly pleas mint ant impression made by previous appear appearances minces ances To Miss fell tIme the principal role and site she carried it off triumphantly One confesses some som difficulty in its appreciating realistic death scenes such as marked the finals but even with that difficulty Miss Brooks voice her imer reserve anti and ands s simplicity ity of method left little to be bt desired Miss Mies role offered ally much less opportunity than her Carmen and in iii that sense was a din dis disappointment I appointment to those vho had Imad seen her In lii the more brilliant part but she alme fur furnished the one omme note ot of color in fit the pro and supplemented lien her principal most admirably As in the other performances of tIme the series the orchestra remarkable work considering the of o the local members with such undertakings The Thit scenery wits was satisfactory ly l the 11 act with its it Quarter setting and time the chorus was entirely tide ade quate Financially tIme the season was even more successful than hail had been anticipated by those who regarded this timis first as asan an aim experiment Anybody will concede that tIme the singing of a leading role roe is a severe stratum strain and that doing it over and over again mar ma make one lose interest t and run mull out of feeling This may explain why it took William a long time timeto timeto to wake up at the matinee performance of by bt the Grand Opera company yesterday lie sang tech technical v well but it vas tRot not until time the opera Olra was well along and the heavy mu music sitS sic forced him into sonic some fervor that h he aroused from his Indifference which disappointed time the friends he hail had made by a splendid In Lo Monday evening This lethargy on t th e i art of the and amid the fact that in one place the orchestra rose ros beyond tIme the heights which the chorus could attain were the only tImings things to mar mara marji ji a magnificent performance oC of tIme the opera which Is perhaps time the most melodious of Wagners works To ru compensate for time the apparent indo indolence lence lemice of lien her opposite Gertrude as itS Elizabeth in iii fur far better voice titan than she chic UI d on it time the night in It is only natural nat mural to I o coin pan lutri her vit sons some of C the artists who have this role is ht no question that lint greater have sung Elisa both th but It would be hard hardit to it nick out any ore woman who rimo lisa has played the pert rt with greater dramatic power and situ more C grace grac at tit the summits same time giving a satisfactory vocal vocalization She ro rose to this the occasion in time the aria aj d in all other instances Next to these two Ar Arthur Arthur thur Df ne wh was vas tlc the toreador in ii hail had the best opportunity In Inthe inthe the roV ro of Those familiar with th tI opera ma looked forward with whOm in lii interest terest to time the difficult and amid beautiful pass ares aces anti and he hi stood flood the ordeal well The Star song snug was given with feeling anti and in fact his expression shun sion throughout shone out favorably In iii contrast that of Rita Newman as Venus and Harrison W mV Ben ii tt as the laid Imd les lesser er which improved satisfactorily satisfactorily No Nt r ron is woud be lie complete without of the I he chorus timid and the orchestra rime Tho male voices in the tho Pilgrims ho honis nis were e noteworthy while the orchestra alone without a single voice would have a musical treat vc eU worth while Arran been beti made fo the oC of th te don Grace Van Aran in the lyric su ceas bS Re l Feather at t e Salt Lake theatre for nights D Monday evening next I ILle The Lle Marriage of Kitty Kilty e to the Theatre tomorrow night Mr Foster of will run the remainder f the reek at th the Grand |