A FAMOUS TENOR.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXIV, Issue 26, 20 April 1912, Page 5

A FAMOUS TENOR.

COMING TO DAN'NEVIItKE. Speaking of Mr Philip .Newbury, who appears here on Thursday next, the "Wellington. Dominion says: "It is a few years since M,r Philip Newbury sang in New Zealand, but ithe memory of his glorious tenor is 'as fresh as> though the visit were yesteryear. are rarer thanSfine pearls, and>jJlr Newbury's- is mamy shades better than,, any we have heard in the Dominion, not excepting John. Harrison, Gasparri, and .Charles Tiunpenuy. Mr Newbury happily combines the qualities which make up the equipments of /both lyric and dramatic tenors; he has the rare faculty of "being able to color liis tones to the requirement of the number. Mr Newbury lias just returned from ; the United Kingdom, where, he has achieved great stuccess chiefly in oratorio and concerts, with the greatest artists, including Nordiea, AlbaniJ Spada, . Kirkby Lunn, Clara, Butt, and under such famous conductors as* Sir Frederick JJiridge, the conductor of the ltoya't- Choral Society, Sir F. Oowen, and B'err Hans Ricliter. M.r Newlbury was tihe tenor wheal ALbiani made her Hast appearance in oratorio' in *he Royal Alibert Hail. He also had the honor of ,'being| the tenor in the original performance at Leeds of Elgar's oratorio "The _Apostles, : " with Madam Spada and. Kirkly Luna in -the , cast. Q n the conclusion o.f the present concert tour, through -'New Zealand, Mir .Newbury returns to London by way of the- United States.