Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-10 | Page 6 | San Carlo Company Wins Lavish Praise with Verdi Classic

I D. D CARLO CARLO CO COMPANY COMPANY f I WINS LAVISH PRAISE t WITH VERDI CLASSIC i Lovel's Loveis Enthralled City Music by t Masterful Presentation and Staging Staging Stag Stag- ing of Rigoletto Aida impressed with the grandeur of its music the splendor of oC Its scenic effects and pageantry but Rigoletto second of the Verdi mas- mas sung by stars of the San Carlo Opera company at I Kingsbury Y v nIght left its hearers enthralled Whet Aida ev evoked ked well deserved wove a subtler p U nd Salt Lake thun their appreciation of a difficult task tasi well done when the final cur cur- tan ended the company's second ta RIgoletto one or of the most pop pop- of Giuseppi Verdis Verdi's works calls for a 3 perfect blending of music and the acting art and the San Carlo stars the heIghts in theIr flawless performance equaling the whIch marked their debut In Aida Alda Tuesday even evening In The company compan from chorus to conductor con con- ductor worked as a unit nU and the re- re suit was a finished and ren rendition on of a w work rk that that Is Is c d to be among the most difficult of aU all operas Vane Valle WIns Praise The title role of Rigoletto th thc hunchback cr to the dissolute dis dis- solute duke dule of Mantua was sun sung by Marlo Mario Valie a baritone of l high gh rank and a finished actor character char char- acter is 15 not one to evoke sympathy but in Valle Valie the lecherous hunchback wont won pity md and understanding Especially did Vane Valle stand out In his soliloquy Pan Pari his denunciation de- de of the duke who has se seduced set his daughter Gilda and the nobles of the court who abducted the dukes duke's pleasure But Valles Valle's voice and histrIonic ability were most outstanding In the several scenes scene with Gilda Their duets Veglia 0 Donna and Lassu in CicIo were enthusiastically reo re- Miss lUlu La Rae Enchanting Winsome Virginia La Rae made mad a captivating Gilda and her like bell voice oice in Caro Nome a highlight of the opera and in other arias en en- chanted the audience She took the high difficult r runs ns in Caro Nome with remarkable ease and prolonged showed the appreciation of the listeners Dimitri Onofrei's performance as the duke of Mantua revealed a brilliant bril bril- lI nt tenor and an excellent actor The duke boasting of his amours wooing Gilda and singing in La Donna c Mobile of womans woman's inconstancy In- In cons constancy ney took the audience by storm the swaggering assassin assas assas- sin who Is hired by b Rigoletto to slay the duke for his betrayal ot of Gilda was ably ablO portrayed by Harold Kra vitt whose pOwerful bass thundered to aU all puts parts of the hall hail The role of the bra os o's s sister ster Maddalena was sunK sung by Bernice mezzo soprano so so- ot of distinctive quality Audience Appreciative Valle Miss MIs La Rae and MIss sang the Immortal quartet in the last act in such perfect tempo and with a delicate blending of tonal qualities that the audience the performance for minutes with its appreciative ap- ap The lesser roles were well cast and andl the singing of Fausto Bozza Natole CervI Bland Blanci Bruni Francesco Curci and others was aU all that could be de- de sIred Carlo Carloc again demonstrated his marked ability s as a conductor and his pr baton aided immeasurably In Inthe the perfection ti n attained throughout hout the Settings and costumes w were re excel excel- teAt t. eXCel j I La Boheme with AIda Tandy MacKenzie in inthe the prIncIpal roles will be heard Thursday night Opera Star Began Career il iii Childhood a child dramatic actress to the musical comedy stage and finally to the grand opera arc in inthe the career of oC Liane Galen who wIll b be heard as Musetta In Puccini's La- La l. l opera La Boheme at Kingsbury Kings Kings- bury hail Thursday night ReSting on her ranch near Paso Robles after a season in New York MIss Galen Galer w s called back to New NewYork NewYork York to sing ing Madame Butterfly with the San Carlo Opera comp company y So successful washer debut In this difficult difficult cult role which Is usually played by a soprano she was given givena a contract for the transcontinental tour of the San Carlo Grand Opera company DY by Fortune Gallo