| Show AND ti 1 TH THEN AS sAS S TO 10 GnA GRAND l 01 OPERA We very cry much doubt If Ie an any one really an and heartily P I cd d th tho ii- ii offerings t of tho San Curio Carlo grand opera comI com corn com 1 rJ pany at al the tic Salt Salt I Lake Lako la las laId lt week Iii t By t this ls it must 11 not be un understood that nothing was vas If J Jo that everything was as us ba bad as the mana management and antl andua t f an ua uninviting as their manner of or soliciting the favor of oft t the public There were good details But BUl they were details details only As a whole the undertaking was sas a failure fall fail Ire ure from ever every ston standpoint point We re regret to hear that the mono money failure was not so 80 pronounced as it might have been n not been not t so 50 pronounced as ms wore some omo other particulars I The disappointment ll is b by no means the fault of Mr i P manager of the theatre an and these few words are arc aret t said lcJ over over his his his' earnest protest In accordance with his t I y usual custom he docs does not like 1110 to speak harshly of an any 1 olle one f j There II is a general fiction to the effect that thol grand opera i is a thing before which men and women must t fall Jl down an and WO worship I 11 It Is different No Xo rules api applicable ap ap- ap- ap i lc to tu other entertainments apply here lier There Thero Is something big and sacred and mystic about It Ito You are arc not hot t invited n to hear grand opera You are arc permitted I Against t that tawdry fiction we wc enter the solemn protest pro pro- tc test t of oC a public which pays Its mone money and has a rea- rea It t right to expect an equivalent equivalent- This San Carlo company backed by bO a race track gambler a luck lucky bookmaker book book- ll F maker with malter-with with all the acce accessories orles hl his business implies Implies- I y has all the offensive theories of oC tho the business and none Z of or the merits of ot really grand opera There arc are three k people with tho the San Carlo aggregation better than wo we 0 can can fin find In Salt Lake And that is hs all We Ve have seen on oil the tho stage here choruses of local people b better of oC voice y better of oC movement an and immeasurably better looking than is the tIme chorus carried by this very ery disappointing comp company ny Aside from tromIa Madame Ia Nm Nordica Miss s Nielsen p. p und Signer Con Constantino there Is s not a singer superior rj r t I of 4 r f 12 is I. I I to voices that may mav be he found here men here men who I of U trying ln to get set geta seta make maho A O their homes here hert and dont don't think a living b by public performances An And even evon of or tho the principals It must be Iw fal said there thero arc are disappointments Of or course CO Nordica must sing Marguerite Marguer Marguer- ite Ito but when whon ono one sees her dimensions notes the tho girth of or her catches glimpses of oC that blooded Durham bull build ono one Cor forgets mU music lc In amu amusement ement And it Is not her physical phy ph- maturity alone The Tho voice oleo Is II not nol thu tho voice olee of Mar Mar- Tho The movement Is Impossible The Tho gesture I Is that of or a gran grandmother There is no surprise In her rendition ren ren- of or the thc part There Thero i is no frightened mal maiden en In hi her acting and no vibrant new born Jubilation In her tone tones And there thero nover noer will be a again aln So that even in the tho best of or it there Is much to detract detract detract de de- de- de tract from what that was supposed would woul be bc a rare and delectable treat reaL Tho The orchestra may be boiler better than the Salt Lake Lako Symphony organization of oC this elt city Frankly Frankl wo we will willa a admit we think it is Is some some It is 19 bigger er There Is reason rea rca son In entire devotion e to this work There There is 15 reason Inan in inan inan an n absence sence of or distracting engagements Of or course It is better It 1 is taken in all aspects the best feature of or orthe the San Carlo company But of oC the chorus nothing good can ca cabe be said It is ma made e up UI of oC It Is 15 trained like a Midway lI way Amah Amalgamation of or Molls It Is careless of or precision In evolutions and more mOIo careless in tho matter of or time and tune tunc Its mcm members ers sing as RS If IC thc they had been recruited at the stage staso door of a Halste street theatre Thc They dont don't care caro an any more moro for the baton of oC the director than the management cares for fOl tho the public Thc They are aro just as far from froni what the tho advance anco notices say the they aro as if Ie the manager of oC the company compan and Its backer ha had collaborated in the tho preparation of copy for or tho the press It IL ought to be bc possible says the tho Chicago Chronicle To organize a n respectable grand opera performance n any anyone one of oC four or five tivo large American cities within Je less s than a week weel wholly by resident people Or 01 for tOI a dozen principal nn and amid leading singers ers to go 0 Into nto an any one of or t them an and begin a season or of grant grand opera in three lays days backed only by local forces In subordinate characters characters char char- chorus orchestra players and even stage director This cnn can be attained only by the courage courage courage cour cour- age and breadth of oC view of ot some Individual manager manager manager man man- ager with a long purse Until it shall be done clone grand gland opera must remain merely a n luxury for tor a narrow circle all Its Us Influence toward broader culture absolutely unfelt b by more moro than 90 per percent percent percent cent of our people Grand opera may be a a. t. t good deal of or an clement element in cultivated life liCe where It can can be bc seen and heard at its best But this that the San Carlo company offered to Salt It Lake and is still offering to the tho cities of the country country cOUll- cOUll coun coun- tr try Js Is totally o valueless This is not because our people can not appreciate music The Savage company compan which recently presented Madam Butterfly hero won von every cry praise They kept ept their word and thc they had promised much They had had singers They had musicians The They had a chorus in which every ery member took an appropriate appropriate appropriate intelligent part in the general action The They o ha had direction and they theO gave results Salt Lake will joyfully remember the Savage company's presentation of oC Madam Butterfly for man many a a. happy happ season It is not because of oC a lack of oC appreciation here because Salt Lake people know good g music an and good acting acting- They have ever been quick to prove pro their estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate of oC merit and they have ha not gone sone wrong They have developed many voices and many actors from the tho local soil The standard of or dramatic and musical understanding understanding un un- un- un dt here is high And besides that the people are fair in their Judgments They do not Snot willingly con con- denin But In what has been given here in the tho past wee week under the na name nane e of grand opera the public has received re rc- ro- ro cei n fess thin than a s' s swindling lI g imposition |
