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Show AMUSEMENTS IN SALT LAKE THEATERS. r J Concert, J- SALT LAKE THEATER Emma r- Lucy Gates of the Royal opera, h f Berlin, In concert. Evening, S:1R. T J Drama, .f. ORPI-IEUM THEATER "If I Wore -r r King," with Wlllard Mack, Maud y Lcono and players. Evening, S',15. j. Musical Comedy. X - DANIELS THEATER "A Stubborn 4- Girl," with the Allen Curtis Mu- 4 t slcal Comedy company. Evening, v St.to. -j. f h Vaudeville, J MISSION THEATER Imperial vaudeville. Afternoon, 2:30, Even- 4- lng, 7:30 and 9;15. -- SHUBERT THEATER High-class ? v vaudeville and moving pictures. J Matinee, 2. Evening, 7:30. J Motion Pictures. ! LUNA, ISIS. ELITE THEATERS 4-j- Motion pictures, continuous per- 4 i formancc, afternoon and evening. 4 , . . H""I 'HI"HI"4'l4r44"H Many of the friends of Miss Emma Lucy Gates, who sings at the Salt Lake theater this evening, would like to know her real position In tho Berlin opera house, and what her musical standing In Berlin really Is. Thcro Is nothing to conceal con-ceal nor Is there anything phenomenal about the singer or her work. There havo been and are Just as good voices among our Utah girls as Is possessed by Miss Gates, but she has had two qualities quali-ties which aro pronounced by Carlyslo as the requisites of genius, viz., Indomitable Indomit-able perseverance or Industry and the artistic ar-tistic gift. Few men and fewer women would work and sacrifice as do the opora-tlc opora-tlc stars of the first magnitude. It Is the power to create and endow both music mu-sic and mimicry with life, added to ceaseless labor, that has nut Miss Gales where she Is today, and therefore where Is she? If this question wore put to ono of the three managers of that house, tho great Von Hllson himself, or to the second manager, Herr Drosscher, or to the third, young Herr Dahn. each would answer: "Miss Gates occupies the position or second coloratura soprano In this company. com-pany. She Is extremely fortunate In this position, as there aro very few who attain at-tain to such eminence In tho first year." Each might add that most of the groat coloratura singers, as all other stars, have begun In tho smaller opera houses In the European cities, climbing slowly up to the two coveted places In the greatest opera houses of Europe, the Royal opera house at Berlin, and the Grand Opera at Paris Tho leading coloratura colo-ratura In Berlin Is Frauleln Hemple. a young German singer of renown, who hns been singing three years In tho Royal, and two previous years In a smaller opera op-era houso In a German city. Frauleln Ilemple comes to New York this year. The leading coloratura roles aro Phllenc In "Mlgnon." which Is the most exacting and difficult of all coloratura roles: Lucia Lu-cia in the opera of that name; GHda In "RIgolotto;" Martha, tho queen of the Huguenots, and the Page In the same opera, which Miss Gates has sung three times this winter; Annechen In "Dor Frle-chcutz," Frle-chcutz," and lastly, the Queen of the Night In the "Magic Flute." Such roles as La Travlatta. Juliet and Mlgnon llo Just between the pure lyric or" coloratura colora-tura roles and the dramatic or soprano roles, and these arc sung by both classes alike. The role of Miml in "La Bohcme" Is also in this class with Mlcheala In "Carmen" and Cherublno In "Tho Marriage of Figaro." Butterfly Is purely pure-ly dramatic and Is rarely sung by coloratura colo-ratura sopranos. This class of roles Is called "yungend dramatlsch" or youthful youth-ful dramatic parts in Germany. Geral-dlne Geral-dlne Farrar's voice Is hardly a dramatic soprano, nor is it In tho class whero Melba's or Sembrlch's voices place them. She has the parts that combine the dramatic dra-matic with somo coloratura work. Tho first year that Miss Farrar sang in the Berlin Royal opera house, she had but two roles, Juliet and Margurlte. Miss Farrar as Miss Gates made her first appearance in the Royal, unlike most of the other great singers who have come up from other and smaller houses. Sem-brlch Sem-brlch was brought out In Dresden and was cast for the heavy dramatic roles. She rebelled, knowing that this would ruin the delicate voice she possessed. From there she went to Vienna, but so Indignant was she over her treatment In Dresden that she would never sing there again. Jenny Llnd went to Paris before her voice was fully placed, although she had been prematurely put on the stage in her own country. So humiliated was she with her Parisian reception that she would never again sing in Paris, much to the sorrow of that music loving people. peo-ple. Tctrazzlnnl, the newly discovered coloratura colo-ratura singer of the Metropolitan opera house In New York, Is over -10 j'ears of age, and has been seeking recognition all these years In Europe and South America, Ameri-ca, but never until a year or two since has she secured a metropolitan hearing. Miss Gates has had three big roles this winter In Berlin, two of them her own exclusive roles Phllen eln "Mlgnon" and Annechen In "Dor Frlcchuetz. Sho has sung a number of small but good parts In Poia, RIenzl, Hanzel and Juliet In "Tho Marriage of Figaro" and in "Electa," the new opera by Strauss. Sho tells an amusing amus-ing story of the first rehearsal for the Figaro Fi-garo opera, conducted by tho great Strauss. She had the word "Mann" to sing In hor part, and she did not give It the true German accent, "Maan." shouted Strauss at her. Again she tried, and again she was admonished. Then, stepping to the front of "the stage, Herr Loleban, the greatest German musical comedian, said to Strauss laughingly: "Let her alone, let her alone, she has no man. Walt till she has one, and then she can pronounce It." Some operas aro written with a dramatic dra-matic soprano part as the horolne, some with a mezzo-soprano part, and some with the coloratura. But In most, with the exception of the Wagner operas, there are parts for a coloratura singer. If tho coloratura part Is tho horolne. aa In "RIglctto," thore Is a dramatic part, as a second part; yet It may well bo, and Is, that the dramatic part Is a first part, and even of moro Importance than tho heroine's, part. Such was the case In The Magic Flute In "Mlgnon." and In such operas as "La Boheme" tho two parts are almost equal. The sale of seats for Miss Gates's appearance ap-pearance tills evening Indicates a capacity ca-pacity house. Today will witness tho first matinee of the week at the Orphcum, and the play, which has been such a success on this, the first occasion of Its revival since Its presentation hero some years ago. Is attracting unusual attention. It Is remarkably well staged and the work of the Individual members of the cast Is excellent. "If I Were King" will proba-hly proba-hly establish a new record for summer business with the stock companies who held forth in supplementary season here. The Mission theater has Indeed secured a wonderful attraction In "Little Hip," who comes to Salt Lake for a week's engagement, en-gagement, commencing tomorrow afternoon. after-noon. "Littlo Hip" Is an elephant and the smallest in the world at that. Not content with this distinction, however, it Is claimed that he Is tho most intelligent intelli-gent of all trained animals, and the tricks that ho performs are nothing short of marvelous. "Hip" rides dally In his automobile, takes a cold bath twice a day, sells newspapers wherever he gets a chance, as well as performs at the theater. Ho Is a groat lover of small chlldron. and any ono may romp and play with him without tho least cause for fear. Today will be the Inst chance to see this week's excellent bill, and the new one will go into effect tomorrow matinee. ' Therb aro song hits galore In this week's bill at the Daniels, "A Stubborn Girl" and the shapely, handBomo show girls of the Curtis company that have made the house so popular, are seen and hoard In half a dozen different numbers, headed by Maybelle Baker and Lillian Sutherland, among them "Blow the Smoke Away." "Tie Your Little Bull Outside." Out-side." "Cuddle Up a Littlo Closer, Lovey Mine." "Take Me Up In Your Airship," "Willie" and "Don't You Tell," One of the biggest audiences of the week Is anticipated for this afternoon's matinee. Don't forget the girl and the airship. air-ship. Alice Robinson Is sharing honors with Williams and Stirling and the Star Comedy Com-edy Trio at the Shubort, whero ono of tho best popular priced vaudeville bills that house has had Is in full swing. At the Luna, Isis and Elite, the three Florence picture houses, an unusuully strong series of films arc attracting big |