THE CISNEROS CONCERTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 215, 7 September 1912, Page 9

THE CISNEROS CONCERTS.

■ Quite a. m-u-sical event will take place this evening at the Town Hall, when this !'ouat«6e Kleonora de Oi«n<»ro3 ami her distinguished assoaiajries will give their first, concert in New Zealand. The fame of these line artists lias reached t/he Dominion, and they come with tile re-puitn ti on of twins* vkr feirst e-imeert party that has appeared far many years in A-t:*-t<ralia. MtabuiM> dt- (iwnip.ro* has all in:' qualifications nwfvstfry for the. ■liifr.be-1 s-hvpsm on either the coii.-ert or the nperj.tß' platform. Hi<r vocal range claeeee her both ur* a m-KKO-enpnuio <inruph finer than t'h<» a-ve-rage concert mezzo) aTid a dco-p cmntrilito, giving her th'C opportunity of studying , an extraordinary variety of parts. " Her rupe.r■toirw contains 42 o|«»ra.s. a.u<i heir concert repertoire includes magnificent solos from •all of thwe. Her Tttajw-tci-, 'statuesque beauty is a second gneat g.ifit. giving her tlic title of "an Amazon of Opera." Beyond this, her in-tima.t ; i* appreciation of all hr-r |M.rt« ha.* brun derived from the fac-t; Uuat aiie ™id fwtnfr lLnJi-jn opera in Italy, anrl YVngnerian opera in-tS?T7hanv, and so inibnal 'he-rsoir with the wry acniO!-ph.iTo and soul of- the music 'which she singe. So wide lias be<m her experi<\n-.-t\ young a<l -he is (for her drbut in NVw York tUtes only from 1000) thai, singing in eight, lanjruiwif" with pj|ual ess*. sln> 'has sun? them all ;ti th-,- crMjnt.ri<>-i an which they ar<spoken. As a o[j|)iji{t-«=toni< to ondovrnirrtiti. fho- Im.s .-, jrrejt iVamatii ftenuio, which fimM it* ihi-jlrp.-.t expression in mwiP. Simh a ft nson.<ility. «iuippipd watih -0 mnny gifts, if. of wrfiidwfnl' nnter*-»-t.

This e-i-ereing Msdiitr-- C i«ieron will singthpimpresHiveariii from '•( avalleria Rneticnna." "Sant.uzxaSoncr." and she •will a)?™ hp hmard in the "H.%lvi.n«>ra." from < airmen, in «-hir-h o)>f>pi Rh«- made so pronounced a suecesp 'n Helbournp and Svtlney. .Afudaime will alen sins "A |Dr«am" fßairtlrtt), "Miliar v' Mjn«" (Tours), '-Will o' th" Wi.-'v" (Nprossl. ami witih Mr Dnfanlt, the melodiouF '•Rn.rcaroilc" fron, "The Tales of Hoffman." Mr Dufault will sing three mew son«i9—"Morning'" lOlr-v Speaks). "Boat. SoTicr"' iHfl.r.rip't Wn.rp), and "Invietu.-' , miahm). He will also sing the aria "Cbampa P.i,^mxls M from Mehul'* ".l«*eph in Egypt,." T!i? V*lM»t. Mr Liebling. will play "Ctvacprto in A Minor" jGoltermann). "Tarantella ,, (Popperi, and '-Oa.-nta.bile" (Ca<?sa.r Cm'). Th»> concert will eonrmonoe at. 8.15 and will probably conclude about 10.30.