ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 133, 28 February 1908, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE. The ; last .two hights;.oF .Carter tho . Magician! and. the: mystifying' Miss •'Abigail Price aro.,an<ioiiuc2d..-.There, Js .tbi bp ; .;a matineq performance - to-morrow; afternoons • ... • THEATRE ROYAL ~ satisfying- '.programme \:s being., presented' pt. the":Tlieatrii • Royal this week; /'The bjll is"..headed by,; such popular names as Pastor-and Merle,Mei'iis'. Carricy, Urightie Smith,;; the Van :• Banvard sjbut. quite a number: of other ' clover people .contribute to a bright .t'wqjioivrs;,; There will be the usual change to-mo'rrflw ; evening. ■ HIS MAJESTY'S VriMTOR ', . The .capital, picture show, it His Majesty's Theatre, is - stillattra'ctiivg'. largo - audiences; A; big. attraction's promised for 1 this.cyeniiig, whoii: pictures of tho' AVcbb-Trosidder 'rowing race .'will .be "shown.': There, will; be.'a. ,coriiplct'o .cliange of programme to-morrow even-] ing,. and every 'child who attends'.the .afternoon; matinee is'.to receive. a;'present.' '

. FAREWELL CONCERT. j Miss Lenore Piilsford,'the young Wellingl ton contralto, .who is-about -to leave for • Ewppo.-.in 'order to continue: her musical , studios, received a very encouraging reception [ from her. many friends, and-,well-wishers, at . tho Town Hall Concert . Chamber| last eveni ing. .: The hall was well tilled,, arid the programme submitted to 'the' audience-was. an ! admirable selection of tasteful and artistic items.. Songs predominated, there being'but three instrumental numbers iri;a prograirimb of • eleven' selections. '; i-he singing of tho. performers-, was,' generally ...speaking, vory good, ' although , here -and there a suspicion 'of flatness in time,-a. little carelessness in phrasing, and an occasional disregard of" the supreme; importanceof-.' clear..:'find; distinct, : criunciatiqn was,: noticeable; Miss Lenore - Pulsfor'djin Whose 'singing.there", was' a markedimprove'ment,sang Gounod's.pathetic. air, " all'.was: youngi"- from-the opera of ; " Ifa.ust;','- arid,' as an encore,- '■'■ My, Gentle Child "- ("'Teresa del Riego ").■ Her"-'"other songs were, Carl Bohm's;..'" Still---' as the Night',' 'and 'Hawley's " • "The Sweetest Flower " (an encore niimbor). Miss Pillsford's careful attention tq the essential. der tails- of artistic, .and, expressive: singing will no 'doubt be an -irilliientifil ••factor in ...lier career, as'-a student in, Europe. : Miss Plicobo Parsons,;,, who ■' sangy.Chamiriade's dainty " Summer "-song, was in '.very, good./vbico, and-gave, a; very successful interpretation.- of this; air, - being recalled; -her second. effort was even , better. ". Dainty; ; Dorbthea " . (Dp Koven) :was 'Mr;-E.' J.V Hill's '.selection, ; very tastefidly,'sung.-' - Mr.'.Leslie . Hill's ,contributions to the programme "corisi'sWd of AmyWoodeford Findeu's chaining aii- ."When tho Almond .Blossoms/Foil,',' arid as ;an encore',. " I sometimes; wondfer," jby the same composer— good songsj'- well siinfe.' .Allit'zeri's " Rebellion/.' Chaniinade's." Ritornelli," arid Napoleon Lando's well-known "Good" Night;", were surig ,by -Mr., - Erriest'-Parkes. , This singer. has. a full, .rich baritone voice', and, with -careful' study,:should"take' 'his, place alnoiig tho "best .of- our iqcal\athateurs. At present .he 'gives the imprcssiori >f -being- a little,; unacquainted. with, the-principles of phrasing,:; arid, his... enunciation, is.somewhat lacking,..in -.clearness'.',,;/.There'':is'• evident-, an inclination; to make, , most - (if.', his ■ .voice—-. which- is;undoubtedly.'■ : o'fi.a'. , fihe ! 'lvjbrant' toriel —and not qiiite\enougli:of : thfiybrds;.' Turriing; .to. .gramme; uristipted'', praise; must,\be''given/ tq 'the.-playing, by' Missy. '.(piano), Messrs. . Alfred Hill, (rvioliri),; and. Jdhnston ('cello),,;of Beethoven's-beautiful adagio for, .tho- instruments ■ named;,,: A, quartette, fqr three flutes- (Miss .Nellie :Simpson, and Messrs. C. J. Hill and., A;; Jl'Donald) and piano (Mr. Alfred Hill), consisting of three-com--positions—the; weird , and: fanciful " Death Song of the Kotuku "■ ("White Crano);. tho sprightly.,-"Dance,:;of;:tjie iTerchii.!!;.(Mountain:. ..Spirit), . >and / 'the dainty ; Waikare. from the peri, of Mr. Alfred - Hill,-was. appreciated, although the performance qf. tlie. second of the. .three,, was . marred.,by ari; obvious dis-, aigreementiin time between, bn.e;bf.;the fliit'es . and . the piano.:-T]iq musics was. characteristic and . briglit, arid distinctly ■ novel. in its instrumentation*. • The remaining , item, was, a pianoforte solo "Wedding-Day" (Greig), by Mr:.. Horace', Hiint, Musißac., , wlio gave a : very .finished performance of tliis 1 find composition.,, V..,, . ■ .

"WONDERLAND L " T '^Wopderjaiid!.';« a's'.brijrhl- sis' the weather. Np;visitor, to ,"SV neglect 1 raiting;- the-. Miramar. as thoy hiivo;. bqcb'ing-;; an' iifstitxiliibxi affcciiiii* ' tho lighter sido. of; life. \ : CLARA BUTT-RUJIFORD CONCERTS'' • "On Tuesday evciii^;jrtosQildmo7 : Clara ■Butt _and Mr..Kcnncrlcy Rumford ivill give tho . fiftieth condert . bf/ i their. Australasian tour,.-,Srid;"it is i iptprestingvtq:'iiot« that .over 100,000 ppople; Have' heard singers .dui-ing .their' visit. ; Their',Srtccess:lias iii .every \way.;-,beQn:a. triumphant.bn'^/'.Thc'programme -Ms, most '.iiitGreotiiigv as. • it includes- so.maiiy.Vncw' litems. Mdme, -. Butt- will " sing'.■''Softly ■ awakes' iriy heart';'.'-from :" Samson '' and . Delilah(Saint-. Saens),'i'England.'Moth'er.Eny^id^HßTOthy,• "The,*, Silver the duet ■ •". Break Divinbr: ■: Light"(Allitzch) with Mr.: Kennerley Rjimfprdj l . who will also sing,-.(Tearsj:, Idlei;lTearsV/.-'ahdi;'- "Swallow; Swaljo^;.-'! (ftvo. .songs 'cxpres.siy cpffiposed ' for .him by tHo' ']af« ;feir: .Arthur Sullivan) j aiid "The ,'Lameut;bf Sliali Jchan," by Ll^a6l^."Bb6(^ld^^ ; TKiS!"cvejjilfe,''a : concert will. bo' gi>'eri..at .'.Waiigajiuij' .the part^. roturitei:tb.''Wdliny<)nj^o : plan. and.. 1 tiolidt s' aro'/at'' the... Dresden;; and .tht;/day- sales, at: "Abolfs.}'. iThoV.filial;''concert takes ' place 1 on Thursday 'eveiJiiig.'' ; ' >:

WIRTH'S CIRCUS

::.._For'. :a." short ..Reason; lonly;: r.Wirth-'s. vCircus will,-, establish itself i bn v .'thb'i.'sit'bVof-. tho.- old .'tram';;. sheds,' ■ Adelaide; :Jfeadj.f.oh-Monday,• Ma.rchi,_2..'. The.- monag'eriqi.jMrtioiii bf .ffio-,'or-ga'iiisatibn ip. on .a- being; we! arq/.'inforincd,:. foiir, njenigbries: in one, namely, Hagenbeckls,. Bosfocfciand -Wombwell's,--.. Fitzgerald . Bros'; ;,'':ajid / Wirth's. Amongst the toembers of thdfbir.biisicompariy are;:' Mr: .Johii 'Welby; Cobkjv'ithe,; great jcickey act rider; . SampsieT.Osado, Japaneso contortionist j ' Mons. '.lioti. aha tiger, trainer.; Captain ! R-ose','animal■ tjainer; : ,Senor, Don Hcrbortino, -" champion- itablo! and barrel manipulator.''',-; .-.-Ffauleiu: ','llert^og,. equestrienne,"'" the .queeh •of;;the:cir6ils'"- (from Retltz's Cifcus; Berlin).;'the' Ojaapardi, Trio in. what'. is -described las a, niost •'-sensational acrobatic - act in a', dogcart: .the -Flying ■ Herberts, :.Miss . 'Marizles, Miss Cooke, Lddio and May,, tlie-children's circus, 1 Captain Burrows .arid his -trained • elephants,ftc.v * Thero. v ;is x vaudeville, a .now featuro;of-thb..entertammeiit..;'-':' . : . 'j

A. successful and ■ wcll-attoridcd iconcerfc-was given.-in,; the Dixon.Stroet'.HalUksi evening: in aid of-the.lunds ,of.;tKb;Sti. .Johiils Cricket Glub. rho, -programme : consistc(l :: of tholfoltowmg-; items,-.many, of- which'wcro.encorecl — Pianoforte, solo, Mis= M Prmglq, songs l,j Mr. Clarke,.Johnson, Hiss .]\l» Cooucr Mr«;" E.'Barber, and Jlr R. T. Caldow, violin solo by.-Mr. S.. J. Andeison;- and 'recitations'-by Miss Lulu Arnold. Miss Miha Caldow was accompanist. . .