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Show ! AMUSEMENTS. "LaCIgale." . Notwithstanding the rise in prices a full house was at the opening of the Lillian Russell Rus-sell season last night at the theater and was well repaid by the excellenca of the performance per-formance and performers. "La Cigale" as an opera falls short of "Robin Hood," but as produced by this company many of its defects are covered up and it is certainly a successful and paying enterprise. The audience last night waj a trifle cold, but before Miss Russell aud Mr. Coffin had sung their flr9t solos, and Louis Harrison had gotten off his funniest jokes, it warmed up perceptibly and was from then on very enthusiastic. ' Miss Lillian Russell as Marton is as pretty and sprightly as ever, aud in very go-id voice, iter various solos were beautifully rendered and 6he received several well-earned well-earned encores. Her dresses were exceedingly ex-ceedingly handsome and in the best of taste, and on both young and old she made a most pleasing and lastinff impression. Mr. C. nayden Coffin as Chevalier Frautz de Bernheim shared equally with the fair star in the honors of the evening. His voice is really beautiful and his acting good. Both his love song with Marton and solo to the Duchess were- roundly applauded, the latter especially being very tine indeed. Mr. Louis Harrison is funnier than ever and bis jokes, puns and gasrs were all very laughable and greatly appreciated. Some of his imitations were especially clever. William T. Carleton, an old Salt Lake favorite, fav-orite, made a good Vincent and was pleasantly pleas-antly received. Miss Ada Dare was very pretty as Duchess of Fayensberg, aud acted and saug very well. Miss Florence Carlisle, often seeu here before, is oue of the most graceful dancers of the day, and was as clever as of yore last evening in several pretty dances. The scenery of "La Cigale" is very fine, and the costumes and all accessories equally as good. Tonight the same opera is to be seen and henrd, and tomorrow matinee and night will be produced for the first time here "The Mountebanks," which is said to be very clever. |