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Show AT THE THEATRES iiVn(imk-- d from Page Nine.) Sr Arlmwiidl the fin-ilafin- tin pr i. i. I1 api'lauar. valve ttJe." winning "v'ar-mrmade her final apiwar.imc at hc matinee iin iii:ernm. Sow that tin- - isvan.i ojiera aeaaon ia Anally chwd. it may he said nee and toe all that (Near Hiiuimeratein haa aleiaonatraied tlial the New York of to tie a city with the future la There are two houae. one oira aly exHint em. In the vernacular of the treet. Mr. Ilammerateln haa made of doaeiia goad." the nightly presence conand financially the Mvially ( of the women men and spicuous Man-Iiattgive aaKurance that the not a and passing a fixture ia VIII. il UTAH STATE JOURNAL DAILY PAGE TEN Afti-- r n" ni lla an fad. Herr t'unreid la destined to no lunger la ild the operatic stage alone. New York muaic lover are pleaaed with the rivalry, id nee it haa already vaulted in bringing a better cJaaa of artist to Aniwlca. The metropolis of the new world ia no Itmger to be the dug' of the oie ratio world. haa reAlready Mr. Hanimeratein for of application ceived hundred boxen and aeata from prominent people for the next aeaaon. which begin November 2. Hi plana for the coming year include the production not only of German. lYench and Italian grand opera, but of opera cuinlque in French, npera cuinlque, la mty be explained,does not mean comic opera, but la ap- SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1907. ing, and the management was much surprised to receive the closing notices of the six girls. When asked up why they were so anxious to givewren a long season, they said tnat they about to take up a Ufa contract, but would rather have the certainty of pots and pans than the uncertainty of long piicabic to the emaller operatic forma of modern works. Whether they will meet with the approval of New York opera lovers la a matter of conjecture, but they certainly provide esthetic pleasure of a delightful and unfamiliar variety. The new house is well adapted to the performance of these fragile works, which would be well nigh Impossible at the Metropolitan because in of Its bigness and vast spaces, which the subtle tones of the opera comlque would be lost. Mr. Hammrrstein will sail next enTueaday for Europe, where he will aev-cral deavor to engage the tervlcca of additional atara He haa arranged fur a conference with Mine. Cosiina Wagner to take place at Baireuth on May 10. and the result of the meeting of the two potentates Is awaited with much Interest here. Several singers will be there at the recommendation of Mme. Wagner and the rotund Oscar will have hla choice of several German fraulelna with voice. Among the ojieratlc atara already certainly engaged for the 1907-0- 8 season are the folowlng: Nordlca, Sopranos- Melba. Calve. Breasler-Gia-nol- a. Mary Garden, Trentlnt. Contralto Cisneros. Tenors Itarltnn" Basses Schumann-Heln- k, Bond. Basal, Zenatello, Gillbert, Renaud, seasons. Two well known critics were overheard discussing a certain famous pessc singer at the opera In New York the other night. One of them remarked: What a sad thing It is when a singer realises she has lost her voice." Yea but bow much more sad when she doesnt realise it. I'nneoesary to add that the opera wasn't being sung in English. Vida Whitmore, an actress who has won fame and fortune because of her eir beauty, has given the footlights She conge and haa gone into trade. William Parnum pf i... followed Mrs. YVolfe of New York. Chicago, Elsie lie MI88 MARIE DROFNAH, Lotts Crabtree of Boston, and many theatre Lead.ng the left Lady with Chari B. Hanford who have other players to run itaeU while they have made hav while the sun shone In other and In the French capital he will often In far distant fields. a series of auditions with a vi. w voloea for next year1 Eli. has selecting Hah Grand Opera organisation. Apparently Raymond Hitchcock Pabeen lifting the gloom during hia cific Coast tour in A Yankee Tourist." Small consolation for a hard n.y-k-. One critic says: We have had tragic Ing play-actwho has nt nut ti e comedians like Richard Carle and ghost on parade for six week. t. l comic tragedians like Nat Goodwin, told by the local manager; but Hitchcock is simply a comic com- got a great ahow. old man. Com.-Y.ij've bark edian and about the best here or in next year and we'll pack the h..ue for you." England." de Dsl-mor- es. Bam-marc- o. Pidur. Artmondl. The French npera coinlque company will be distinct from the rest and will Include many of the best Parlsan singers. Campanlnl will continue to act aa of the French and Italian M. Commercial travelers all agree that and the Wagner operas Henry W. Savage, with George Marhla European agents, arrived "a good ahow town is the beet recHammersteln declares that he and lon ROLAND MAGICIAN. TRAVERS, In Paris this week. During his stay ommendation any city can have. intends to add to his already brilliant At The Utahna Thsater. array of artist n number of foreign singer that will make Herr Conrelds company at the Metropolitan appear trails to visit her father, who lives cheap and tawdry. If money can ac- in Melbourne. Ehe will also a complish such an end Oscar may suc- limited number of concerts whilegive there. Metceed. a tough it ia likely that the She plana to return to America early ropolitan will be doing business at the In Jun'iary to resume her place as same old atand for many year to first lyric soprano of the Manhattan come. New York la quite big enough In April of next year, Oii-rHouse. for both. to give e few concerts under Julian Edwards' new cantata, The site plans C. A. Ellis, of Mermaid. will be rendered for the first the management of conductor work Mr. 1 time in public next Tuesday at Carnegie hall by the Masurgla society. Mr. Edwards first effort of this kind, The Redeemer," was produced only a few months ago and made an Immediate hit, having already been sung by leading choral societies of this country and England. The only other short concert of Importance scheduled fur the coming wek i that of the Inlverslty Glee club, which will be given at the Waldorf-Astor- ia hotel on next Thursday evening. CHARLES B. HANFORD, in "Julius Caasar. Aa Mara Antony Direction Northwestern Theatrical Association aa I Madame Melha. after the moat brilliant season she haa ever had in America. sailed for Paris on Tuesday, April 2nd, on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Gruase. Bhe goes direct to Paris, where she will reat for a few weeks and then she will go to London to sing at the Opera In Covent Garden. In the middle of July she aalla for Aua- - The coming of Ptiderweskl will be ono of the principal events of the As on his musical season of previou two tours he will be under the management of Charles A. Ellis, of Boston. Paderweskl will arriva in Now York at the nd of October and his find appearance in this country will be in a recital to be given In Carnegie Hall. New York, on Saturday afternoon, November 2nd. It Is binned now that he will remain In America until well Into spring and will play probably one hundred tlmee. Hia tour will extend to the Pacific Coast. 1907-190- 8. There seems to be a- matrimonial bee blitzing in the bonnets of Richard Carle's chorister. The company terminated a engagement at the Colonial, Chicago, Saturday even ten-wee- SCENE "A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS At Tha Grand Thursday Evening. FROM GRAND OPERA HOUSE DREAM, R. A. GRANT Resident Manager THURSDAY NIGHT, APRIL New Direct From the Astor Theatre, 5 York, the Distinguished Artist urn (FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE WEST) Wagenhals & as PUCK in Kempers Stupendous Production mm of as Produced at Das Neues Theater, Berlin, for Over Three Hundred Nights The : Mendelssohn Music with Special Orchestra The Sensational Kirby Flying Fairy Ballet Original Electrical Effects THIS IS THE MOST NOTABLE PRODUCTION EVER SEEN IN THE WEST Seat Sale Monday Prices $1.50, $1.00, 75c and 50c |