AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11871, 19 April 1904, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

WILLIAMSON'S OPERA COMPAMThe triumphaut career of '"A Country Girl" still continues, and last night the Theatre was crowded to excess in all P ar^ s when the piece waa repeated. All tlie principal numbers* wore encored, and trio uoera, went with a swing from first to last.. To-night and to-morrow evening will be the last two performances of "A Country Qirl," and on Thursday "Mv Lady Molly, of which repoii epeaks highly, will be produced. • OPERA HOUSE. There was a good attendance at the Opera House last night, when Fuller's Entertainers repeated their programme. Mies Ida Berridge and Miss Tillie Dunbar were especially successful. Mr Will Watkine's turn proved one of the most popular items on the programme, and tile remaining numbers wen* applauded. The Company appear again to-night. MTSS MEOTCMEYER'S RECITALS. To-night, at the Canterbury Hall, the music lovers of Curistchurch will have aa opportunity of hearing Miss Menkmeyer, ■who lias earned a European reputation both as a pianist* and a vocalist. In the course of conversation, with a member of the staff of "The Press," Miss Menkmeyer (rave some interesting particulars of her career. She is a native of Melbourne, and at the age of five years showed &uch musical ability, tmder the tuition of Professor Geslich, that she was able to make her first public appearance. Subsequently •she went to Europe to study,' firs* "at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, aud subsequently in Paris, where ehe; studied under Cyzmatin, the last remaining , pupil of Chopin, and the writer of the life of that distinguished composer. During her studies under thin jnaetor, Miss Mtukmeyer became a devoted student and admirer of Chopin's works, of which she is an enthusiastic interpreter In time, beings anxious to obtain the benefit of the tuition' of Ruben.stein, Miss Menkmeyer went to St. Peteriburir, and enttiwl the Conservatoire there. During her stay in St. Petersburgh Miss Menkmeyer gave a> concerc which was attended by tho Grand .Dn';e 'Alexander. Her master, Rubinstein, alao was present, and was delighted, Haying iuat she was a. player of the soul. Mifs Menkmeyer subsequently appeared in Moscow, and also in every capital in Europe. At La Seala, Milan, it was said of her that such artistic piano playing had not been heard since ths appearance of tile Abbe Liszt. In Rome she commenced a coukq of vocal study,, and made such a success in operatic music that she was asked to go on the. stage permanently, but she declined to give up her piano. In opera her favourite composer was Wagner, and she studied for some time under Madame Mathilde Mallinger, the celebrated teacher, who considered her voice a noble sonrano. She filled with distinction such roles as Elizabeth in "Tannhauser," Marguerite in "Faust," Rosinri in "II Barbiere," and she also appeared in "Fidelia," etc. To-night Mitt? Mcnkmeyer -will sing "Lawhia diio- Mio Pianga" (Handel); aria, "Mad Scenu" from "Lucia di L'ammermoor"; the grait dramatic aria from "The Flying Dutchman" (WagnerJ: "Yo, ho, hoe," ttc. She will play—Soiuita Op. 31 (Beethoven); "Wedding March" (Mendejssolm-Liszt): "Spinning Chorus" from."The Flying Dutchman" (Wagner-Liszt) ; "Funeral "March," "Polonaise" (A flat) and "Etude" (E flat), Chopin ; and works by Rubinstein, Schubert, and Florence Menkmeyer, Mire Yivienue Corlett will play the accompaniments to the vocal numbers. MR WRAGGE. On Thursday evening, at the Choral Hall, ytc Clement Wragge will give the- first of his lecture entertainments illustrated by limelight views. HOLLOWAY DRAMATIC CO. Mr Charles Holloway's Dnuntic Company will mcke their appearance at the Theatre Royal on Wednesday, 27th inst., in "Two Little Vagabonds."