ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 86, 4 January 1908, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

, OPERA HOUSE ' , There can be few. better. l entertainments, For - onnoissoura of- tho -: stago . "7- - tho- average -. ,hoatro j goer i . than a:., j;ood7 bright musical.,', , --~/ : ouiedy, well staged, and admirably acted. '1, Such an ; 'entertainment-is iliat ivliicli IB pro- s:, nded 1 by '• Lady Madoap," hei- guestsV-..the.^-.;-JV-:* jallant company of yeomajiry,- - and Uo -or v: hieo lnudeiltil passengers—whole presence 1 supplies: the 1 Eoupeon of epice -whioli flavours he whole—at tho Opera Hoiso just now. It is a merry play, with a lmsisliblo eatchi-. *„•;&■<&?& itss aild sprint, about its porroimancO. It , ivas witnessed .by a largo and " itidierico >at the Opora- House.--last .night, and !,. ;• i,: .vill bo staged again this ovomiig s --,--;■ THBATSS EOYAL i •.•rullers'' holiday .ptogfammo-'iit. the .WiGfttfO;., , Royal last ovonmg attracted another holiday, v. >. ; :.zy: iitdiencd- Madame 13lanche Co.relli continues : ; r* .v/ lo■ pleaso -\rllh her vocal Conl.nbuhoQß, and Armstroug.i and Verno's 200 .Wives comedy - inasm cah ttill raise oontinuoud / laughter; . - Tho Stagpoole Trio, Lpfiseo and « . ~ --r Ilexo;-.Stewart and Lorraino, wero..aU \i6eful ;.....,•>- j additions,,and 1 the biogrttph puj^ireß.Avero.on* : ...., tortaihing» v 'r i : »-" ; :rTOWN IiALL ' • v'' At the Toivn Hall last evening'the pro. ' l J gramme of living- pictures. which . has been attracting largo audientes wbb (Shown* for- th 6 hst tune To-night ah entirely-now set will w < be Reeled off ( , 1 s i WONDERLAND ' "To-dayc and subsequently, tlio admission. ta ,- , - Wonderland will' be, one" shilling for adults, ; but to every entrant twelve coupons, will be- • issued, • which: will cfttitlb :the holders to that: ; number'.' of .privileges in -connection .with , the..v;■ : v■: various shows / j SACRED CONCERT ' vA'sacred'OMieert will bo: given at thoThcatpt-,-; Royal to-morrow' ovembg by.-tho' failious M#o» Callum Family, inßtrumentalistsi, vocalists, etc. ■ The conipanj has ]ust completed "a splendid season down the West .Const.- The Westport News," comirienting: on theiropening ; per* . - _ formance, said: —" Undoubtedly the bost cotn* I -. - r,nany that - has' ever'-appeared in West par t,". v.. 1 .. The following is anv extract, from the Grey , - Rivor : V.Argus".:—"A- rare treat. .Many years' . I ~ . since -Greynlottth -was -Vißited by such talented ni'itstes." .The clever family .will-b& supported. ~: ■ Vi-. -,-; by Miss Queenio Burrowes,.t\ succossfuf mono-, ,■, -■/? loguo cntertailnir,. and, - iu > addition, - a Well- . ■ . ; ~l: ohbsen series of moving pictures-will be shown, ~ : ■ : Doors ; open-at-7.15 p.m.. -A silver collection .; , ml bb taken up , MADAME CLVRA BUTT. , • As- a field o£ oxploitatibn Now; Zealand haa . ; : ■far sHhvb:-.'time 1 been "growing -m" favour, with •■■■ -the great-'tinstrumentalists and;:-singers of-. : Europo and Great Britain, and, • despite^-tho distaneo- to ,be-.traversed,. tho, Dominion is .in >■ v'i : ,v close touoli.- with 'the art centres of .the Old . xk World.r.in- hearing, their finest exponents oil-. •. [v»w*.concert platforms. ' With the approach of , .-.v, Madamo Clara Butt and Mr. ICennerley: Rum-, l; ~7.: ford,' New : Zealand music-lovers -will realise ! , ..; what 1 delightful "matter": English- and Aus- , , -, ■ ■ tralian -oritics havo had to work upon. \ In •'theso"- - brilliant singers Now c Zettltinuers .are .v-i----t hear - .'two fresh,-'young . Voices, rimed--by. ; ; : an'e-vpel'ienofi extendini; over a decade on the >~ > Jcading_ concert and- oratorio platfoims ,of ~. : Great Britain and America. Such enthusiasm -. -.- !'■? as has been dcinonstratod latoly .at Madame ■. . ■. : Clara Butt's conebrts .:in Austl-aha ,is of rare occurrence,- and.'goes .to■■ show- that-,colonial . ■, audiences cippreciato to the fiillest extent true . ~ artistic tibllitj Madame Claia Butt will . ; arrivo in: Auckland to-inorrow, ■ and after, a ~,v; few dajs, to be spont at Rotorua, the great contralto 'will, give two concerts in. tliit city- ...t.t-V -Her 7 -Wellington- concerts ■ are. set . down fiw-.. ?.■>s Monday, January 20,. and Wednesdaj, January i ~ 22, in tho Ton 11 Hall Tho prices fixed fol : tlio Ne.\s\2caland tour will be the same it ■> , Aitstr'alih,'- vis.,': on guinea, -half'guineii, tad.t.;,-: fno hlnllings Tho hot plans are advertised to open on: Monday. January 13. .