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Show 15 SALT LAKE TO HAVE I SEASON OF OPERA Chicago, Dec. 17. The Chicago Grand Opera company is going on tour. Three hundred strong, iu three special trains with fifteen baggage cars. It will carry grand opera to sections of the United States that never have dreamed of such good for. tune. Never in the history of musical mu-sical art on this side of thf Atlantic has such a stupendous undertaking been attempted, for all of the great stars of the present Chicago season, with the exception of Tita Ruffo, will make the trip, Negotiations to make the tour possible pos-sible have been on for a year, and today they reached a point where the positive cjinouncement could be made. With Tetrazzlni. Mary Garden, Dal-mores Dal-mores In fact, the full complement of stars the companv will leave Kev York on February 2C. The first jump will le direct to Dallas. Tex., where the western season will open February Feb-ruary 2$. The second stop will bo Los Angeles. Aftor a series of performances per-formances at San Dfego, the companv will enter San Francisco opening a three weeks' season on March 12 and dedicating the new TIvolI opera house. From San Francisro the comoany will go to Portland. Seattle Salt Lake City. Denver. Kansas City, St. Louis. 2j Omaha and Minneapolis, In all of f which cities the company will be heard Ml in the standard operas The people of, I;. the cities mentioned are enthusiastic I ; over the prospect of grand opera on W the highest scale, and their attitude - Is pleasant for those who ar0 bring- Ing it to them to contemplate. |