| Show I Orchestra and Singers Sh S hare are H Honors In C Carmen armen Th h 1 company ton to 10 hl at att t lb lat Last nl nIght was wasI I f the great t of MI ill illAt At Fest 11 VisitS pera th thIs In larity arlt It II haunting 1 end and In lolI Shirt tIM tb libretto tto a most elaborate mu lesh I with flesh h end and bOO blond I aar tr It Ie C SM AI a 0 h L u or 01 In III U II a nt nc Int Interest centerS 1 I who s Ih the of U bewItching A happy Im pu creature t hi tiny bubbling ith fill SI races 11 ot of the puts Joy Jar ot of living thor ORY lit fickle and 11 always ready tsar for a Do a tAtton sod nd b by her very nature and liar he ho boats from thee about her she h Is Ie not wIthout a certain dignIty I and un Of ige Entirely loyal to 10 her r convictIons devoted to Ie h her coin brInkS 1 ot of Love first duty dUly aft att I end ancI true to Ute the death her real affection are aft Some Mom a It fit to 10 ask the r character tH of Carmen unrefined ud and to In the extreme thus thu detracting from It Its won fl harm chaim sod Uld losing the ort original Id Ides of the composer On the th other hand one ODe dose doea nut not 41 desire a tame prudo prud Ink leb carmen She I simply a WIld gypsy who follow In h her f own hay haywa wa way the dictate of a t un nature Frau In Ute the Uti role rok pv gave a UI and effective re She a beautiful fare a voice or of g tenderness sum well II as dra math matl and pow powers u ma an n actress F From her t saucy U trance I to her tragic ending h he held hIrl the audience Hr Her song Love will lIke Ilk a wild 11 fly with It peculiar and c r melody was excellently done Hr Her Insolent coquetry and Uld dr 1118 In assurance In the ter with the captain In t the Arid act was alan an anan an bit or of stIng Especially fine we were her Bohemian o song and nd tam tambourine d at the or of the thet t said Uld her ller Improvised dance fee Don Jose ab abe gave e wIth alluring grace Michael wu was beautifully interpreted by b Ol lima who ha a voice of tender t and d I Is a graceful ful lit littie U tie act U a well 1111 H ft beet ties twe Were in III her lIer first ant onto anlo and that with Don Den Jose Joee and I MId sM naught Should frIghten me two brought Out th the appealing ot of the tAm icy ter In the camp of the pale her trail frail powers J are pitted In the of the mucking N ha awn no by b by Madam a Glans w wore Willi weli rendered their work In III the duSts duet ansi tut quintet being fr Tit The Inn J Jose of f SIgnor Battal pp n other trIumph to tn ht his laurels III HI ining I Ii never Mr fo for a ms mo fluent loriS sIght nt ef f HI His ImpassIoned aprI for favor hi his draper sir 1 when he realises the I Ins of hr her and t the madden maddened ed that their fate shah ahall be linked b by wore an 0 Itt III voice CIt and thAt th Ih was spellbound SIgnor Inot An Antula lula II as was a amt ansot mt dashing and nd sang 18 the i cots In a fashion lii III at all 1 time denote note the lb Intelligent and I artist H He sing with uh and nd ur Slice Md and with J Ih I a free tone ton that tarries well 11 Ma Mauceri rI as captain was cx s and entirely capable of bring bringIng log Ing out all then thais I lu la In the part l Morales and sung th the minor miner rol role effectively and gays good support to th the Several ral cute ut were m made In the score re reOn One On regretted th the necessity neIt for tor omit tin the huru However Hor one can an not lIot but wonder why the stormy to ending tin or of Don Den J Jose and armens scene M after atter their love loe duet dut Over Ovar the Hills HIU In and Through th 01 be as It lak takes a away the 8 spies did climax the character of the parI nd consIderably weakens eaken th the whole lone The Th with the harp and flute flut part brought out promInently In InI Ii I melody augmented by tb the llos and violIns ron n dered It hs the orchestra and was t thoroughly JO by those who w were lIstenIng Instead of holding audible converse with theIr neighbor across th the alto 11 Tile Th orchestra under the mut hand or Signor was Wall I Indeed worthy of much better than It K got from some e parts part of the audience Th rho effect of the spirited ansi thrIlling ling overturn given In Uh such fashion II was completely lost h by th the lon of nf seatIng tin a I large crowd f It hate om coot fin era to tile the distInct annoyance of those who had paId for tor the enjoyment t of the entire opera overture and all The Th overture I is as much a pArt of the Ihl per performance r u am the grand and finale Perhaps If we could have grand d opera opra in III Salt Halt Lake where we bout boast ot of belli beIng mus leal and nd appreciative a little than on once a year Wt we might possibly learn am to It wIth respect when we e edid did get It 0 One not care to tomake make the lite second Ond effort to find a set Mat MatIn setin In the Berlin Vienna or other rand grand rando o opera ho house of t Europe sIteS ana the n or has hall been tIld Into position No one ever ver attempt It except roy alt In state end nd Ignoramuses EMMA RAMSEY MORRIS |
