Show I BY MRS E. E MORRISON GROUT At t th the presentation of the great opera La Gioconda at the Salt alt Lal Lake e theatre b by the Lambardi Grand Opera company last night not so many man seats were occupied pied possibly as is there thel-e will be tonight for the better be known music of or Madam Madan Butterfly The Inclement weather may maj also have with the attendance as this opera company company- Is compan Is known to b ba bt be bea a good one and became very cry popular last lasi year car here when a repertoire was giver given at the Colonial The company has beet beer augmented by b- bya ba a larger chorus than thai that of last year and the costuming of th the principals Is much better than at the lit previous appearance The mu music le of last nights night's opera is most difficult and in man many parts peculiar Ir In harmony harmon giving an at times at as of a break In the register r lster of voice but this Is not the case cae Mme l Elvira Bosetti as Gioconda the ballad singer r displayed a rich dra dramatic mat Ie soprano of fine line timbre which had an au electric effect upon her hei audience It was wat full fuli of color no shrillness marred her bet upper notes they were as full rull as the middle and lower register reister although th the the thea peculiar a melody y on the top notes s produced pro MI et I f. f a sound of of shrillness h lieu Her n notes ran rang tru true She stood the test of the forte of the orchestra splendidly when hen her voice stood out superbly She did of course ourse the heaviest work of the evening and she he is not only a great greatsinger singer er but a great actress as well fu full of est fer fervor fenol or Mme Mine Dolores Frau Fran is a favorite fa ol oi la last t year rear and appeared appealed III in the role ol of Laura wife of Alvise Her lieu voice Is ol of mezzo soprano quality and aud she uses it with consummate art In Inthe inthe Inthe the difficult dropping the mu music ic lc requires from l' l K B In alt of the head tone to the deepest register of dead lead notes her voice responded with case ease To the thc uneducated car ear it gave g an impression of break breal in inthe inthe Inthe the register but to the Initiated a proof of superb control and phenomenal range of oL voice Mme lIme Frau Is less an actress than a great singer The chorus' chorus work at at the very openIng opening opening open open- ing of the opera was a bit Uneven Unc but ut only for the first few bars Sta Sia O O. as La Ia th the blind mother displayed a 8 very fine con con- In the first act Guiseppe as Barnaba a a. spy py of the Inquisition and aud Maurin I as Enzo a Genoese noble did splendidly both in solo and dramatic work Their tenor and resonant resonant reso reso- nant baritone voices blended magnificently ee In duet in tho the first act VIncenzo Viola as one of the heads of the sl sang g his role e In a inquisition pl g great c re Q quality a of basso m voice Ills His solo Fisher Bo Boys Your Boats enthusiastically Make Mke Ready nead was applauded and he repeated it in full The orchestra is quite ds as s great gleat gr at In its work as is that of the ag aggregation of sing sing- ers era One of the most remarkable ble bits litS of the evening c was the playing of the exquisite prelude of the third act net It was received enthusiastically and the orchestra orchestra or or- chestra responded with an encore Tonight Marina Calvi will appear as San Cho in Madame Butterfly when it Is ts very probable every seat scat will willbe be 30 10 occupied in tn the house as the tho Ito beautiful ful ul hil Japanese e sto story is well known and all allare allire ire are familiar with its splendid orchestra- orchestra ion tion Bailey and Austin amused a good Monlay Mon Men the Colonial last da lay night audience at evening The sho show s seems ems to be very popular pop pop- ular ilar with Salt takers Lakers and the sale for forthe the he matinees indicates that capacity louses houses will be the rule St Elmo which is being presented a it t the Bungalow theatre this week bythe by Ity he the Bungalow stock company headed by ss J Leone is Ia drawing capacity houses hiss lIss Leone and Mr 1 in the lead lead- roles to handling difficult Ing ng roles are perfection There will be a matinee on Wednesday and Sat Saturday engagement of Alice The Orpheum Miss lIss Llo Joyd loyd d is proving pro extremely popular as pleasing to women lovd's songs are Is Iso isn Isso and her personality veil as to men charming that thal already Salt Lake has so o n her with applause at to greet begun before the first note nole- is performance sung nag very verv The bill this lila week is about evenly divided between European and American Amerlan Amen Amerl- can an acts the last half being the thc foreign part tart art Despite the hundreds of requests that Clark of the into Manager Tanager ha e aye ave poured Mission theatre during durin the last few tew days that hat the present weeks week's bill be continued for or- or another week it will be impossible to grant the requests The fhe bl big bill hill is o 0 Friday morning and will due tie in Denver leave save eave this CitY elty early carh Thursday This aft- aft afternoon moon and tonight and tomorrow afternoon after after- noon oon arid and night will be the last opportunity ity of seeing the bill |