Show AMUSEMENTS I Is nearly ten years since an at tempt at a local rendition of rendlton opera complete in all details opera was first Cl tetaUs frst at tempted in Salt Lake Strange enough Fatlnitza was selected for this pur pose and the success of thexpieduction was such as to encourage the hope that the company might be u permanent permannt one The elements were to diverse however and e enough of Internal feel Ing had crept Into the aftalr to make I it desirable that the desIrble attempt should not be repeated Fatlnltza had been I given by the BostonIans the same year and In the light of the greater production the home company felt 1 much flattered that they should have i taken well so Now after n decade the very charming work has been revived re-vived by the Salt Lake Opera company which In its permanence has accomplished I I accom-plished what Its predecessors could not do Von Suppes composition Is not by any means so trying aa pieces this trlng a company com-pany has given before Whi nnt tho f u Ul L1H aait Lake Opera companys successes last nights production of Fatlnitza must Fatnitz rust be accounted a highly satisfactory one It gave the Impression o being a work entirely within the range or the organ ization and one which they could present pre-sent with no strained enfectfc The chief attention perhaps was directed to Miu Arvilla Clark who made her first appearance Jn opera though well known to the city us a soprano soloist of exceptional m rll Her lack of stage training was noticeable last night In a nervousness and a lack of ease rrrn mon to all who have not undergone under-gone much experience In actual stage production When it came to voice however she was entirely the best soprano so-prano singer the company has yet had on Its list It Is not alone the purity o voice mellifluous tones and magnetic mag-netic quality which give her advantage advan-tage but an ability to use hqr vocal UCC organs without apparent effort through 1 wide range I gives n simplicity to what is really very dlfilcult execution and makes her whole lyric endeavors natural When she comes to impart the same ease and freedom to her actIng act-Ing she will make an Invaluable member I mem-ber of the opera company The remaining maining principals Mr Goddard Mr I Spen rlr Pyper and Lottie Levy Kahn are those with whom we have become so well acquainted through the t series of operl have parts well suited to their special abilities Mr Goddard Is happily cast as the Russian General He Is one whose volume of voice makes him especially pleasing to large audiences for his tones arc de livered with clearness and fullness to ane fulness fill every part of the theater Lottie LevyKahn is to be congratulated on her accomplishments as Vladimir The value of actual stage training has been aptly illustrated In the steady Improvement Improve-ment of this songstress of Salt Lake 1 from the time she first appeared down I appareddovm I to the present moment Mr Pyper filled the longest hardest role he has I had in the operatic renditions of this home company As the American neapaper correspondent he met the full measure test and gave the town renewed evidence of his ability as a tenor singer John Spencer whose forte IS distinctly the comedy line repeated former triumphs I would be difficult to get a substitute did Mr Spencer wish ever to withdraw from his post The subsidiary characters were well taken and the chorus again demonstrated that In thin element of light opera Salt Lake Is strictly In It Master Barker and Master Walker created much laughter by their droll manners Notwithstanding the fact that the I storm of rain sleet snow and wind I came before the opening and continued throughout performance there was not a place whore one could even find room There was Indeed not a seat empty below the top gallery The pea nutmunchers did not turn out a full contingent to the lofts but beyond this the houso was literally packed The entertainment Is n long one reaching close to the midnight hour The costuming cos-tuming and scenic work was In pretty evidence Fatlnltza will run two nights of the coming week Monday and Tuesday and return again for Saturday Sat-urday matinee and evening |