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Show I With the First Nighters H H THE ORPHEUS CONCERT. H J ! f By M. J. Brines. B , jji il Tho Orpheus club deserves highest praise for B M f ! making possible the concert of Monday night. B J 3 No such concert has been' given in Salt Lake B ' ? m tne Past three years and probably never be- Im 1 i fore. To have tho opportunity of hearing four IJ f such arstists as Mine. Rappold, Mmo. Jacoby, Mr. 1 Martin and Mr. Campanari is indeed a rare pleas- i ure. If any criticism is forthcoming it is to de- H Hltfl i ' plore the fact that so few people in what is H ''ijJj known as a musical center are really lovers of B 'i I music. To judge from the audience attending !jj the concert tho test in music is not sought after H , wiUi enough zeal by those who would like to be jjL v known as caring for it. ' The concert proved to be an education and a B m i delight. The quartet from "Rigoletto" was sung B Jfi with splendid effect, receiving a burst of ap- B ,(w "j ' plauso that compelled the singers to return and B Ijjji bow their acknowledgements. B j lf I ' Mr. Campanari's number was the "Prologue," B hHI' from ,,JPaS1Iacc'" Wo have had many versions of B !P J lhis aIr and-asmn-ny different voices as versions. B If'S Campanari's voice may not equal some of them, B 't I but as an artist he is the best we have heard in B iiS;! , tllG "Prologue" so far. For an encore he sang fl ijh' i, the "Toreador's Song," from "Carmen," in which fl J r'H his desire to act was irresistible. Campanari has H hvi , been the standby in Italian opera for the past B jp v twelve years. lie is an accomplished cellist, B 'JJ, having been with the Boston Symphony Orches- B 1 i tra. and his musicianship is a delight. Mme. B ml Rappold gave "Chanson Provencals" (in English), B P t t by Dell'Aqua for her number, and on receiving a B (W l( le'call, sang the ballad, "Just One Thought of B Im") ) ' Me Jean" Hor voce s one of exceptional beau- fl lull ty and her high notes which she takes easily fl i i i are not equalled by any of the sopranos at the H i' , t opera and not by many of tho older singers. Hj i ' Mr. Martin is the first American tenor to be fl , j given leading roles at the Metropolitan, and the H In ' fact .'that he is well received in parts Caruso has B ,' made known to America, speaks much for him. K ' . 4 Ho sang the "Ridi Pagllaccl" most artistically fl 1 and with beauty of tone. Responding to an en- B V ' core he essayed the task of singing a song from H r "Rigoletto" in tho lyric style, "La Vonna Mohle," B '? ' Thisrhe did equally as well as the more dramatic B number. B i " Mme. Jacoby sang the "Habenera," from "Car- B I fy men," and for her encore the ballad, "Because My B , 4 Love is Come." Her "Carman" aria she sang very H ','i ' artistically and with beauty of tone on the lower B t Jj notes. She suffered from the altitude and in her B SF anxiety forced tho upper tones. B i jf Probably the best number on the program B 1 was tue trio from "Faust." It has not been done BB' j' better here. Indeed, it would have electrified a B ,' I choice New York audience, so well did the three B K singers work up to the climax. B f 1 Tho "Trovatore" numbers were delightfully B i IJ sung and it was a real treat to hear again these B '?;1 1 1 melodious numbers interpreted by artists. Opera B i ij singing is not lieder singing and the singers were B 'i ' J really at home in these numbers. It is hard, to flBI 1 I choose when such a program is offered. What B ,1 would please one would not be the choice of B l iJii another but surely everyone found pleasure in the B 4( M work of the artists. HB ' ' f The work of the Orpheus club shows a re- B ' 'I '8 markable improvement and their attention to the B ' ' a interpretation deserves credit. The quality of the jB m tenors is too open at times and the tendency of BB P i tne flrt ass to lower the pitch is another B Ms! fault that should be corrected. However, their B ill i J singing is of a very high order when one consid- BB cfj ijjii ers tne fact tliat tuey are not trained singers. BH "p!i' 1 N fln ' t '' mj: BBB " ijjEBWSBBHHIHiMI And last Monday they did work which surprised everyone by its finish. Mme. Rappold first came into prominence by being called upon at the eleventh hour to take a proniiKent part in the "Queen of Sheba." So well did he do the part that the severest critics praised her work, and she became a fixture at the opera under the Conried direction. She is a Brooklynite and before her debut was not widely known as a singer, though she sang in local con certs. Mme. Jacoby in the last three years has made . great improvement. Mme. Jacoby was a concert con-cert singer of wide reputation previous to her engagement at the opera. Mr. Martin is a young American, who was born Tappet oyN-'f .maie. y r sig-.martin: si-. cahpanaw. in Kentucky later a pupil of McDowell and a composer. His given name is Hugh-Whitfleld-Mar-tln, and the name Riccardo was given him by his first manager because Hugh did not sound to h's satisfaction 'when pronounced in French. Ho made his debut in Italy and under trying circumstances, circum-stances, the audience being so averse to hearing an alien tenor that the opera was delayed over an hour by their-shouts and cries when Martin made his appearance. He is the first American tenor to be engaged at the Metropolitan opera. Mr. Arthur Rosenstein is a young New Yorker who has risen very rapidly as an accompanist, and justly, too, for his acqompaniments on Monday Mon-day evening were perfect. Would that some of the accompanists who have lately visited us could hear him and learn that accompanying is not pounding a piano solo to a song. fcj 5 O It is promised that the. handsome new Colonial theatre on Third South street will be opened shortly after the first of the month, with Manager Grant, who has so long taken care of Mr. Cort's interests in this part of the country in charge. This will be welcome news to theatre-goers who had expected tMt it would take several weeks for the theatre to be in readiness. The rapidity with which the interior of the play house is being finished would pass understanding under-standing except that the Auerbach energy usually keeps things going on the jump. When the theatre the-atre is completed, first nighters will get a surprise for the house has been planned by masters of the art, and will surely be a thing of beauty. One can see and hear perfectly f jm every part of the building, and to judge from the booking it will pay one to hear and see most everything that will W go on the stage this season. w to There hasn't been much going on at any of the theatres this week that anyone would intentionally inten-tionally go crazy about. Dickey Jose's contra tenor didn't please his old friends very much, for it has changed and it is not probable that Mr. Frohman will want to buy his play, "Don't Tell My Wife." At the Orpheum there is variety with tflver threads among the yellow. Distinctly shaded to the latter was the opening open-ing act, Rice and Elmer, and the other things that didn't appeal were Arthur Deming, and "The Old, Old Story" a disappointment, with Felice Morris, Mor-ris, in which a phonograph was the star. Dem-Ing's Dem-Ing's act was spoiled by his tendency to get somewhat some-what vulgar in getting his points. I Jesse Laskey's military octette with Mabel Keith behind the baton, the Basque quartet, and fl the Tom Davies trio were splendid an evenly B balanced bill, so to speak, three good and three bad. 1 San ford Dodge jumped from "Faust" to "The K Three Muskateers" without an effort, at the 1 Grand, and most of the bills were changed at the 1 picture shows around town. But it was a hard Q trip tracing a classy show anywhere. This will I all be changed, however, after November 3rd, for 1 the time peceding a presidential election is never 1 a happy one for the theatrical manager, and this I year is no exception. 1 3 2fi fl The Trapnell family this week heads the Or- I pheum bill. There have been many clever aero- fl batic troupes at the Orpheum, but this troupe, fl which has just completed a very buccssful run fl at the London Hippodrome and come to America I for the first time, is something out of the ordi- 1 nary, and their wonderful tumbling feats are sure I to be appreciated. 1 Second on the bill is Miss Eva Taylor, who, with her company, will present that one-act classic, "Chums." She is said to be a gifted actress. The vehicle she is using for her vaudeville vaude-ville tour, by special arrangement with Mr. Chas. Frohman, is well known to Metropolitan theatregoers, theatre-goers, as during the days of the historic Empire Theatre stock company in New York this playlet, first used as a curtain-raiser on the same bill with "Diplomacy," made such a general appeal to the exclusive Empire following that it became an offering in the Empire repertoire for weeks. Ben Welch, the character comedian, follows. He has won his reputation through the artistic and realistic portrayal of the types he depicts. Mr. Charles Wayne, of comic opera fame, assisted as-sisted by Miss Gertrude Des Roche, late of the Chicago success, "The Broken Idol," will bring a comedy playlet called "The Morning Alter." "Tho Bogus Man" is what Le Clair and Sampson, who pay their first visit here at the Or-'pheum, Or-'pheum, will inti'oduce. They are English comedy acrobats. Charles DoHaven and Jack Sidney, who will be remembered as a feature with "Gus Edward's Boys and Girls," return with a dancing novelty called "The Dancing Waiter and The Guest," which is a little offering in which they produce in pantomime and dance, the ordering and serving of a meal and close with the inevitable argument with the waiter over the check when it is presented. pre-sented. Bpth boys are clever danc .s. jt j? & Thomas Dixon's books and plays answer' with a terrific "No!" the old Biblical query: "Can the leopard change his spots or the Ethiopian his skin?" The white must cling to the white, the black r to the black, the yellow to the yellow! That is the lesson o 4,000 years of civilization. Mr. Dixon's play, "The Clansman," in which th ?e truths are said to be enunciated, will visit the Salt Lake theatre on Thursday evening next. tJv W Henry B. Harris, manager of "The Lion and the Mouse" company, received a letter the other day from a theatrical manager in Mexico in reference ref-erence to procuring the rights to this play in the Mexican republic. He said in the letter he wrote to Mr. Harris: "I am willing to agree to the usual conditions attached to the rights of producing a play in another coutnry, saving one thing. I should like to have permission to change the title of the play, as there is a law in Mexico which requires theatre's and circuses to present exactly what they bill and announce through the press. In th!s case, the title of the original play being "The Lion and the Mouse," it would be necessary to show these animals on the stage, which, of course, is out of the question. Therefore There-fore I Would like to know if you and the author, Mr. Klein, would1 be willing to permit me to give the play a different name." I Things Seen and Heard at The Orpheum. Stella Tracy, the clever little ingenue of years past, who sang the famous "O'Reilly" song in tho original company producing "The Royal Chef," is starring this season as Kate Armitage in "Three Twins," at the Herald Square, in New York. Word comes from New York this week that Dustin Farnum, who appeared here a week or so ago in Edwin Milton Royle's "The Squaw Man," will be taken out of that play later this season and starred in a new drama by Edward Peple, entitled "The Spitfire." w C c Giacomo Pucoim is at Torre del Lago, near Pisa, Italy, at work on tho last act of his new opera, founded on "The Girl of the Golden West." ve & $t Eleanor Robson returned from her vacation last Friday, arriving on the Carmania. She will begin her season at Buffalo on .November 12. t t i Maude Adams arrived in New York on the Car-mania Car-mania last Friday, after her vacation spent at Milltown, near Dublin, Ireland. |