Show GOLET ol 01 a 11 4 rw S 4 ai kt w i z 1 11 emma ablott abbott troupe in salt lake i city t saturday night the inside of the elegant structure e of the walker opera house ii itt salt lake L ake city was crowded to overflowing with admirers of the art divine eager to witness the farewell appearance of miss emilia abbott the greatest english singing prima donna and her gifted company cn 0 in pi gabe the occasion oil being the rendition rend ion of verdis grand tragic opera rigoletto 11 this opera ia is modeled after victor hugos os immortal five aeter act tragedy a lc jo rai a laime samee li iMe C jhc thc king kog has his sport S ort in which king francia francis 1 I the gay guy and gallant monarch appears iu in all the loose nees lessof of his numerous amours iu in which he is aided and abetted by his h is court fool foot until he fie succeeds in seducing 4 blanche lan c lie the royal R al jesters j e a t rs only daughter ug liter aud and adored id brej e creasi treasure are whom lie ile lct had endeavored deavo deay red ored to bring up in strict seclusion and unpolluted innocence the play winds up with the deeply affecting murder of blanche who 1 becoming a ware of her fathers plot plo t to avenge her shame on the life of the king whom the she still loves notwithstanding she haa has ocular demonstration of his faithlessness te to her puts herself in the beloved ones place and receives tho the fatal tab stab from the tho hired assassin till in the tragedy Spara fucile in tho the opera this overwhelming overwhelmingly in gly tragic plot PI at haa has in the main been preserved in rigoletto only it hag has been trans gerred from the grand historical background of the romantic and gorgeous court jbf p the king ring of france to the inferior imaginary surroundings of the duko duke of mou tova lct an historical character becomes rigoletto and blanche is gilda gilds etc all this was shrewdly done by the author of the tile libretto toto to remove all unpleasant reminiscence is of or allusions to the unenviable record of tho the royal libertine iks Ls chocking hocking rs historical truth caused the french play to be suspended and afterwards prohibited after its very first production at the theatre francais franc in n nov nor 1832 and bud it stayed from the stage of that celebrated thalia temple until exactly fifty years after when a splendid ovation was given given the gifted gifted author and hia ilia gi grand and poem y its revival on the thestine same saine boards rom rom which it had bad been banished by edict under louis phil ppe ippe engleh en lish readers are made acquainted quain t ted IQ with hugos pathetic pro auction by its adaptation under the title of A J fools r 0 revenge sa Saturday burday f a 8 presentation of rigo belto was av indeed a glorious ova don tion both to the genius of the great composer and the gift of the performers the leading star amon among 9 whom of course was miss abbott bbott n the role of the unfortunate gilda although her voice voice WM was suffering kuff ering fiering from a severe col cold coldie dhe she 1 did lid the part full justice aud and fairly 1 enraptured the audience whom only regard fur for the artists indisposition Lc from asking for more en sha was ably sup supported arted by who rendert rendered the part athe jester rigoletto goletto Iti in in ital n but both acted and tang sang the krcs difficult role in such a masterly realistic ea listic manner na as to be perfectly intelligible to tho the english E audience Fa abri brinis niB duke was also a coo con imato impersonation ot of the me lighthearted light hearted lover of of pl pleasure seguin iu the part of in the bravo sister who is is used ui Rigo letts plot as the bait to al I 1 u irethe duke to his doom in in tho the secluded river tavern acted and eane tang the seductive eiren siren moat most ca cay 1 tiva tingly the chorus chorum was well 1 trained raS edland and supported the leading parts without a hitch or halt so sodd did te the orchestra under the sway of ronewalds magic baton and in he lie inspiration of the truly superb rb muc S tile whole performance was a gem of art and alid it was only to be regretted that the indisposition of tile prima pr ima donna necessitated cutt tia of the piece 1 which somewhat marred marre d the intelligibility of the story and sacrificed borne some of verdis S finest efforts flirts ef at enthralling lyric ac niesi k yet it was fully worth satin many times tile price of admission on and sione will rue the expense but all will long retain in grateful mem ory the arbiso whose felicitous in in terp e offered them tho aso un abed disturbed enjoyment 0 cofone one of 0 f the worlds worl is master lleces of art manasco D banks is ia also to be congratulated an the BUC suc cel ca 1 is both artistic artie tic and financial financial of the weeks en gement ile aaa ad certainly ba in ing to bring such an expensive company before a salt lake audia ence but abe goc people of the ilas capital maintained their reputation for 1 l liberal lovyrs and r irm friends of f good mt art m t ond and supported the v venturo so generously as to it one round of triumphs |