ANTONIA DOLORES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1085, 25 March 1911, Page 7

ANTONIA DOLORES.

im, Mademoiselle Antonia Dolores, assisted by Mr. John Prouse (baritone), and Mr. Selwyn. Shrimplin (at the piano), gave her final concert in Wellington, at the Opera House last evening, before a fairly large attendance of the public. Tho programme was n very fine one, but the audience, though appreciative, was not demonstrative, being curiously apathetic during tho first part of tho evening. This may in a measure be accounted' for by tho circumstance that Mademoiselle's first bracket appealed rather to tho few than to the general; and that tho second item on her programme— the Messiah aria, "i. Know That My Redeemer Liveth"—was obviously not. in that particular class of music which is Mademoiselle's forte. Reverting for (i moment to the first bracket, ono regards with the highest sense of pleasure Mademoiselle's singing of Paesiello's recitative "Elii, lo' trepiede," and aria, "Chi vuol la Zingarella," a delightful number. In the Schubert bracket, "Dit bist die Ruh," and "Who is Sylvia," Mademoiselle drew nearer to her audience; her singing of the latter number was a treat to hear. The imposing recitativo and aria from "Traviata" (Verdi) —",E St.rano," and "Ah! fors e lui"—was a splendid number, temperately, yet dramatically and most expressively sung. The farewell bracket was Mattei's whimsical waltz song "No, No, No." sung with charming naivete, and Cowen's "Tho Swallows," a dainty spring song, somewhat rarely heard in these latter days. Mademoiselle's encore numbers included the old folk songs, "My Mother Bids Mo Bind My llair," and "Tho Last Rose of Summer," the latter being her parting song to the audience, and sung with expressive feeling. Mr. John Prouse's programme numbers included Massenet's "Le Roi do Lahore," and a Korbay bracket, "Shepherd, See Thy Horse's Foaming Mane," and "Maiioe's Field." His singing nf the Korbav numbers was _ especially good; as also was his encore item, "Tho Queen of Connemara," a song which is peculiarly suited to his voice. , Mr. Selwyn Shrimplin, the pianist of of the party, contributed a Chopin bracket—Nocture (Op. 55), and Waltz (Op. 64;.