ENGAGEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 177, 28 July 1928, Page 18

ENGAGEMENTS.

Lhe engagement is announced of Phyllis, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs - . l(; . W. Turley. Selkirk lioatl, to Stanley, imlv sun of Sir. and .Mrs. W. Koss, Ethel Street, Alorningside. * * * * Tlu> engagement is announced of Trances (iraic. second youngest dailyliter of Air. and Mrs. J as. Buchanan, of Ponsonby. to Norman, eldest son of Airs, and the late Mr. Win. Lucena, formerly of Picton, -Marlborough. * •*- * •* Xinv Zcalanders in general and musical and dramatic circles in the Dominion in particular will be interested to hear of (lie engagement of Miss J'.va Webb .Tones, of Wiinganui, to Signor Antonio .Marotta' Both are members of the \\ illia mson-ATelba <.'rand Opera. Company, which opened . in Sydney a fortnight a vi" after a very successful season in Melbourne. Miss Webb .Tones has been a student at. the Sydney Conservaiorinni for several yens, and had the distinguished honour of being one of the live sopranos chosen by Madame Alelba. fn>m the Iti Sydney contestants for grand opera, who had previously been selected from between 211(1 and .SOU voices by Air. .10.-cpli Hislop. the Scottish tenor. Signor Marotta. who is one of the [irineipal male artists of the company, is a. Sicilian by birth, and received his early, niu-ieal training in Palermo, where he made a highly successful debut in Mii'u in "Norma.'' a brilliant career being predicted for him. Since then he has taken important roles with the leading singers and dramatic artists of Italy in that Country, as well as in Berlin, Vienna. Trieste. Buenos Ayre-, liio Janeiro and elsewhere.