COSTUME RECITAL.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20807, 17 March 1933, Page 17

COSTUME RECITAL.

* _ : . MISS CECILY AUDIBERT AsJ> -j PUPILS. « Miss Cecily Audibert, a Christchurch ~«*■ ■ prano, who lias the advantage of professional elage experience B,nd who, lonf before her "■ journeyings, was a afvourilo on the local ' * operatic' and concert platform, made a' V«l----como-return to the music-loving public last \ l night, a I the Radiant Hall, supported by a«rv pupils. She departed from the übu»l ciwtflM. ; in that she ofiUcd a recital, in -which ty>tn she and her pupils appeared in character ( ■ garb, illustrative ot the numhers freKMad. Miss Audihcrt possesses a voicb Of '»«• T flexibility. Her methods of oppression * *• are cultured and tho lowest register, although andijile nt tho rear of the theatre, is able ■ >t* rise, through ft long interval, to a airiki»|r top note of-parity. Her acting, too. is of '• high rank, as was shown in the *'Faust'' "Jewel Song-," The best item of her recital last night was a bracket of modern songs, including "Ships of Arcady" {Michael Head), "Song Jtohtraut (B. van,. IJioren), < "All in a Garden Groen" (Lidgey), and "Birthday Sons" (Macfadden). As an encore she sang "Moon Marketing." With,, -Miss Aileen Warren as accompanist, Vwiy singer would give of his or her best, and Jfisa Audihcrt made this one of her bett efforts. The "Maids of Cadi?." (Delibes), madefamous by Galli-Curci, was anothor moat *lIrnctivo number, and, in this, tho Bololct Ml supported by Peggy Souter, Melva Oator, and Maisie Chapman. Again in "Little Fish's Song" (Arensky), Miss Audibert demonstrated her remarkable range and perception of the value of shading. In tho pupils' section, n well-staged representation of "Jn it Persian Garden" (Liza, 'Lchmann), Miss Mclra, Cater, MidS Edna Henderson, Mr David McGill, Mr Charles Kennedy, and Miaa Anna, Audiberl '' took tho solos with a duo regard lor the necessity of-combining stage-craft Tvith their smginpf. and they wcio supported by an * ensomblS in an attractive background. "Who In Sylvia?'.' sung by Miss Loves McKinlav "The Wild Rose," by Miss Valerie Cater, "Thou Art My Rest," by Mibs Rubv Oleverlcy. "The Post," by Miss Maisie Chapman, ami "To Wander," bv the quintet, found a place for some of Schubert's best song* on the programme, with Miss Nancy Hume as accompanist, Miss Henderson sang "Trees" (Basbach) in an attractive salting supplied by JJiFPcs Anna Au.libert sndPeejry Souter. Excerpts from "Faust," by Mr T)|ivid McGill, in his usual jrood tenor, Mr B. J. Laurenson, with a mellow and resonant baritone, Miss Cicely Audibert, in th« Jewel Song," and the duet and tr-io *f Act r, (by Miss Audibert. Mr McGill, ' and Mr Laurenson"), made n dramatic,conclusion to an excellent performance. " ' . Tho company wan supported'by an orchns-" trn Tvhirh included mm* n[ ft, hist «f Ohnstehureb. instrumentalists. L • * ;'