MUSIC.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 698, 24 December 1909, Page 18

MUSIC.

i (Br Thehle Clei.) Madame Calve. famous >' : apd; thus , the . news vtyi, ,be hailed with- pleasure that - in'. her. : toiir ■ (to: beginj at';Easter.^fmideri/.thc'.'J:- 1 ' and 1 .-';N..:;Tait •: management) tho'.eininent'-b-inger will give.hcr-audieuccs.in :this: part of. the world an opportunity. of hearing' ttr' in this in;tsic, as .well. as:in that of: -t|th«r7gr«at' '.bj^s.''. r :;,S«oneß "• ,ar« 'to; hay« an important place ''in -tho con■;cer|:s."For., instance,:Cin .the :iirst programme; the second act. from '-Carmen"' will 1» per- ' formed, ,tho tenor .music being, sung., hy. Signor. Galileo Ga-sparri, one of :the .ar.tists. to'.travel to lAUstraUa''-.with',Madame Calve.' ; Tho third-'' act "of'.Borto's "Mophistophelc" (with the star as .Marguerite: in the priiion scene); or the fourth act from Gounod s "Faust," will be in--eluded,, in the second- programmci and other, scenes : dun'Dg tho -season will be ;the,'second act of, Mascagm's "Cavalkna :Eusticana, J, : and the fourth act of f'II Troratpro." - So that Außtraliaua will thus enjoy tho uiiusoal chancoof hearing ono of the most renowned singers of the 'day:; in a '.versatile 'range' of opera.. The, other musio of < Madamo Calvo will, bo of an exceptionally fine choice. It will include such well-known songs.: as ■ Schubert's "ATe';Maria" and Gounod's ' Serenade," arias from Mozart's I "Le Noazo ;di Figaro," .' Gounod's "La . Eeine I dii Saba.'- < Felicien David's "la Perlo • du Bresil," Bcrbozs "Damnation of Faust," Gluck's. Ambroiso -Thomas's' "Miguon,'? Massenet's "Le Cid," the habanera from "Carmen," the . waltz air . from-. Jila'-Boheme," and songs by. Bizet.' Guy d'Hardelot, Massenet, David,, .Alvarez;,. Martini, !■ andMistrel. ; . M. Pintel,.': the'ipiahist of the company, has accomI panied Kuoelik on'.his;- European/tours, and 'has r plajed.with.:6Uccess in: London.-' '.

Tenor and ■Encore Fiend. : ■ ; Signor- Caruso has shown a fresh' way out Of >v tho : encore ; nuisance. :- The 'distinguished teiior Em been touring .in the English. proyincea. Plymouth was one of the towns 1 thus, favoured, and the. great opera, singer: warbled . in;-his -inimitable ;stylo:to.'acrowded / audience : in tho Guildhall. ■ :Of course, -. Caruso was listened , to/'with - rapturo, : and,- : good-naturedly! accedcd: to: the inevitable applause by singing much..more' thn .ho had contractedto ' do.. Thero. came the end, and the unsatisfied audience, cbntinned clapping, . stamping, ■ . with banging of sticks, ana umbrellas, anil' rofused to. budge from their seats,' although the hero returned, to ,bow : countless times. At last' the • tenor once more appeared,but tin's timo. with top-coat over his dress clothes, and hat on head.. '.Gradually the . jieople ■ became silent,i and then Caruso said, in best Italian English). is finished; I am tired! I want my supper." . -If, as the old adage has it, "No song, no-supper," surely the converse mnstbo. equallr'.fair.'-r'/'rhojsinger' had .more than .fulfilled'his engagement,- and ;;was entitled '• to' his supper, ■•. : 1 : ... Note. ... A: Niw Zealand tour for an English Grand Opora Company ooming oiit under the management :of •; the: Williampon-Tallis-Ramncotti firm lias, been booliid by Mr;-Bert. Eoyle.ioommcnciiig.in Jnly{of;neit year. Several other tours' have also,-beoir-booked, including all tho new attraction's" engaged by. Mr. Williamson during his lecaat : tnj tq Kngland'and:America,.i.;■ Or;--:. - A.