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Show Grand Opera at Chautauqua I Will Be a Great Event! I Because of the European war and the consequent reduction in salaries of grand opera singers who have found that the United States is no practically their only field. Ogden is to have a visit of a real grand opera company in connection with the Utah Chautauqua assembly next June. The visit of the II Trovatore Grand Opera eompany on the same day as the Cir-teUlo Cir-teUlo Italian band promises to afford one of the greatest musical treats that the people of Ogden have ever had. the management of the Utah Chau j tauqua assembly having arranged especially es-pecially for a day of music on thai occasion The grand opera sextette that forms this company will present "11 Tro-vatore in Italian and With full costuming and stags setting. Only the absence of the chorus will be noticeable to those who hae previously previ-ously seen the grand opera for the groAt Italian band will toko the place of the orchestra. In the company are. men and vom en who originally command hUh aal nries on the grand opera stage, practically prac-tically any price that they set How-r How-r v. the war has caused a decrease in demand for music in the great cit- t les of England and the continent, not only in the war stricken lands, but also in the neutral countries affected by t ho disruption of the economic situ- f atlon. For this reason, these singers nave consented to visit the smaller (Hies of the United States on Chau- j-tauqua j-tauqua circuits and will appear in : ire thin :i hundred assemblies of L the |