Show Operas Opens In English I ITo To Be Sung Here Joseph J J. Sheehan who ho was heard ssi is ss I the ho h. leading tenor with the Savage Grand Grad GrandOv Ov 01 ra tom r. pony when that organization made madr such suh successful tours of ot America I 4 now head heading Ins his own company and will present three thre operas In this city week after r next Mr 11 Sheehan was last heard it in t this hi city in the role of Rudolph in LaI La at tho the Salt Lake theatre six I years cars aIs ago aso When a member of the Savage Sat company company com om I pany pan he sang Wagnerian parts from to Those who have ward heard his Lohengrin rin in Wagners Wagner's I opera of the same name say aay ay that his voice oie is marvelously suited stilted for fo every re requirement requirement re- re I of the exacting role He lie has sung Verdis Verdi's works from Crom II U Trovatore to the blood curdling Othello and ho he was the last tenor t to sins sing the gigantic music allotted to the jealous Moor in English at the tho Tremont theatre in Boston Boa Bas ton several years ago As All an actor Mr 11 Sheehan is equally proficient His delineation of ot the character character char char- acter of oC Don Jose Jos in Bizet's Carmen is overwhelming The anguish passion and final outburst of despair are subtly and forcibly handled as only a a. true actor can handle them This Is the first tour of the west of this organization since the name Sheehan English Opera company compan replaced that of or Savage and Its receptions have been little lit lit- little lit Ht- tle tie short of ovations In the entire west and Pacific coast In fact so much so 80 that from this city the company goes gOe di direct direct direct di- di to Los Angeles for Cor another week and to San Francisco for two more weeks I In addition to the famous tenor the principals include such names as Miss 1 Gladys Y Caldwell conceded e by t the prominent prominent l f ne on ep t nent critics r of the east to o be the finest lyric soprano on the English opera stage Miss Marian Walker the eminent contralto contralto con con- whom Mr 11 Sheehan secured from the Metropolitan Opera company last season season sea sea- son Charles for years leading baritone with the Tivoli Opera company of San Francisco Francis J. J Tyler the former Henry W. W Savage star and half halfa a dozen others of like caliber including William J. J Jorgensen the noted operatic stage director formerly with Henry W. W Savage and William Glover Clover as musical director In addition to the above the company uses an orchestra of twenty pieces On Sunday Monday and Tuesday nights the Sheehan Opera company will present Offenbach's delightful opera The Love Tales of oi Hoffmann which has never been heard in this city before In English To those who have heard the beautiful Barcarole this opportunity of hearing the entire melodious Offenbach treat At score will UI prove a delightful Wednesdays Wednesday's matinee Balfes Balfe's favorite opera p ra The Bohemian an Girl will be I given and on Wednesday night the en engagement engagement en- en will be brou brought ht to a close with I en-I S Verdis Verdi's a. a s masterpiece 11 Trovatore Trova tore |