"CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA."

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2474, 29 May 1915, Page 10

"CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA."

The booking at the Bristol up to yesterday for "Cavalleria Rusticana" was encouraging. The work is to be performed in the Town Hall on Tuesday nest by the Royal Choral Society j under the baton of Mr. Maughan Barnett. The soloists selected are as follow Soprano, Miss Elsy Treweek, of Melbourne: mezzo, Mrs. C. G. Alcorn (Qhristchuroh); contralto, Mrs. Rosewarne (Napier); tenor, Mr. W. E. Saunders; and baritone, Mr. Frank Charlton. Tho plot is a simple story of peasant love and jealousy, illustrated powerfully by the musical genius of the composer. There are two factors which have contributed in no small degree to the undoubted success achieved ,by Mascagni with this opera—the conciseness of the plot, and the rapid succession of incidents and contrasts rivetting the attention of the audienoe, and the ma-s----terly manner in which the composer has grasped -the spirit of the story, and worked out the strongest possible dramatic situation, the orchestral portions harmonising throughout with exigencies of the soene. A very successful rehearsal was held last night, and the final will be held in the Town Hall on Monday at 8 o'clock. On Monday jthe Bristol Piano Company will have one shilling tickets for sale; 3s. and 2s. seats can now he reserved at the Bristol. The doors will open at 7.15, and the opora conclude at 10.

Tho sixth annual meeting of the Presbyterian Orphanage and Sooial Service Association will be held in St. John's Hall, Dixon Street, on Tuesday evening next. The report of the year's work will be submitted, and addresses relating thereto given. The children of the orphanage will contribute an interesting programme.

The following ladies have contributed balaclavas to the Countess of Liverpool Fund:—Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Darling, Mrs. Clennel, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. H. Earle, Miss Roberts, Miss Darling, Miss Ogilvie, and Miss Nunnelcy. The collection totalled thirty-four, and another bundle of balaclavas from this little working circle may soon be looked for.

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