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Show ANOTHER BIG W- fflNNMH. Famous Salt Lake Opera (Juin- tcttc Booked as the Next B. A. C. Number. ' ' ' 4 IS COMPOSED OF ALL STAR PERFORMERS Many of Them Have National Reputation, Repu-tation, and Cedar City and B. A. C. Has Big Treat n Store. Arrangements have been completed by the Branch Agricultural College Lyceum committee for the appearance in this city on Friday, April tho 28th, of the famous Salt Lake Opera Quintette. Quin-tette. This organization hns filled sixteen successful weeks at the Hotel Utah, where guests from all parts of the world have been free in stating that the music rendered by this organization organiza-tion surpassed anything that they have ever heard. At the invitation of Mr. John Philip Sousa, the world's famous band leader, this company of artists appeared with Sousa's band at the Salt Lake tabernacle and gave the famous "Rigolctto" quartet, and as an encore rendered the sextette from "Lucia" without any rehearsal. Mr. Sousa and tho Salt Lake press praised tho singers for the excellent rendition At every dinner of tho Bonneville club the Salt Lake Opera quintet has appeared. ap-peared. In the program arranged for this city, this organization will make a specialty of selections from the grand and lighter operas, including "Robin Hood," "Rigoletto," "Faust," "High Jinks," "Lucia," "Yankee Consul," Con-sul," and "Martha." Besides, there will bo many of the standard and up-to-dato selections. The Salt Lake Opera quintet appeared recently at the Logan tabernacle under the auspices auspi-ces of the Lyceum course, and Mr. J. E. Hickman, chairman, had the following follow-ing to say: "Your concert was-a 'howling! success.' suc-cess.' Everybody speaks very highly of tho artists of that ovening. It seems you could put that combination on, one hundred evenings a year in thtK Intel-mountain west." The personneLofrthc Salt Lake Opera, Op-era, qulntetrincludcu such well-known singers, as Mrs. Ruth Ingman-An-drews, who since residing in Salt Lake, has made a most enviable reputation. repu-tation. She appeared last season with the Emma Lucy Gates Opera company com-pany in one of the principal roles and is considered Utah's foremost soprano. Mrs. Andrews has filled many important impor-tant engagements with flattering success. suc-cess. Another member of the organization organi-zation is Fred C. Graham, tenor, who is widely known in Utah and Idaho for his magnificent high lyric voice and for his delightful interpretation of the lighter songs. He has been connected with all the important engagements en-gagements around Utah and is considered consid-ered in Salt Lake as the most satisfactory satis-factory and pleasing tenor singers in that city. Miss Edna Dwyer, the contralto con-tralto of tho quintet, is one of the popular pop-ular singers of Salt Lake and has had many years of experience in opera concert and oratoric. Miss Dwyer is one of the gifted recital Bingers of this intermountain section. The basso of the quintet is J. .Willurd Squires. He is a Utah product and has toured the United States professionally with various opera companies. Mr. Squires is a member of the famous Imperial male quartet which toured the Orphe-um Orphe-um circuit with great success and has appeared with Masonic choir, under the direction of Professor A. H. Pea-body Pea-body during tho past several years. The pianist of the organization is Miss Stella Beesley of tho famous Beesley family, known throughout Utah as one of the leading musical families of the state. Last summer she was a member of tho piano class of Alberta Jones whilo this great teacher wus in Salt Lake and completed this special courso as one of tho most finished and talented of the entiro class. Cedar City people cannot afford to miss seeing this great attraction. |
