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Show Felice Lyne, the little American who captured London, as Juliet in "Romeo I and Juliet," who will appear in the Assembly hall Friday, March 12, under the management of Fred C. Graliam. i 1 i ii iimi warn v'' i,' "'' f " " s ' hV:yy:- 4 ' v K" . Mv ' ' ;- :-VV;':x.::.;. "y0y---K : --:-:'. " X- , .: I? ;" : ' ' r ' ' '. y-: , V ' ' : . '',:-'" . . " ' ' ": ;; V'.-..;''"-::-'-,::'... t - , : x,:-;:.-. . . . ' ::-r: ':::': '::- . - r-mXf&& l,v :., :Hv;0' " i - 'i' - -.::;:.p;'-:--:.r::' t ppl MI0-t0J$ SALT LAKE is to have the opportunity oppor-tunity of hearing the little prima donna who caused such a sensation sensa-tion in London in 1911, with J. J. M.cClellan, accompanist, lupuffed, almost unheralded, she captured the hearts of her audience, and every reappearance reap-pearance only seemed to confirm the eway she held over them. Her dainty freshness, her unalloyed pleasure in her part, the wonderful sweetness and flexibility flex-ibility of her voice, combined with an unusual degree of dramatic expression, have invested the drama of ; ' Rigoletto ' with a new atmosphere. Her singing of ''Caro Nome" took tbe house by storm, for -her 'voice of perfect compass and flute-like clearness, rose to the E in alt without effort. Her pretence also seemed to inspire the other members of the cast. Small wonder, then, that the following day London ranq; with her praises. That evening was a triumph for Miss Lyue, a triumph such as stars hope for and seldom sel-dom get. After her initial appearance in London the London Daily Telegraph had the following to say: The duke really was a blackguard, Gilda reallv was a sweetly charming; charm-ing; little lady, what the German calls a i 1 Blaclifisch " undergoing iflio first Vheart Btrain;" Rigoletto was a heartbroken father whose grief was painful to witness. It was this immensely rare operatic sight (in London) of actual conviction on the stage that rendered the performance . under notice a truly memorable one. In one second Miss Felice Lyne, , a debutante here, stepped as- Gilda straight into the hearts of her large public. No pernicious puffs preliminary prelim-inary stood in her way. In any case, Miss Lyne, a petite," rather fragile personage, has a voice of geld, clear as a bell throughout a compass extending ex-tending with perfect ease to the K in alt (as she showed in "Caro Nome"), a stage presence that is quite charming, and an assurance that points to the fact that she is an actress of the type we. call born, and not made. With her countenance she acts as well as with her body, and her voice witness her eetstacy in the scene with the duke in act two. "With, a voice of Melba like clarity and purity, and the skill in its use of a Tetrazzini, is it to bo wondered at that Saturday's audience audi-ence waxed enthusiastic to a-n entirely en-tirely unusual degree, their applause frequently bursting forth during the actual course of the opera? The temperament was there in abun- t dance. So, too, the skill of the singer and actress, and the personal charm. Small wonder that Gilda was a sympathetic creature as represented repre-sented by Miss Lyne. Those wishing to reserve seats by mail may do so now by sending eheclt for price of tickets, with self -addressed stamped envelope to the office of Fred C. Graham, 314 Mclnrre building. The advance box oiTice sale will open Monday, Mon-day, March 8, at the Willes-Horne Drug company. Chamberlain Music company, Daynes-'Becbo Music company and Consolidated Con-solidated Music company. |