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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 60, 4 December 1926, Page 6

SIGNOR ANTONIO Supported by Miss Grace Wilkinson (contralto) and Alias Bessie Pollurd (pianist), Signor Antonio Notariello, the celebrated Italian oxieiaiic tenor <.a master of the old Italian "Del Canin') is engaged ou a farewell tour ol the Domunou. His tour will include New Plymouth, Danuevirke, Napier, Gisborne, Hastings, and Mastertoil. The Signor has been described as "the best tenor ever heard in New Zealand.” "From the simple English ballad to the fervent song-oral ion of grand opera,” says another critic, "Notariello parses with the case that only brilliance permits. At a moment he is the fervent Italian lover, al another the minstrel, whose simple tale achieved its '’Beet only through supreme melody and the clarity thereof. Thus is the glory of song disclosed—in the clamorous crescendo, into which Notariello imparts amazing volume, in the gripping intensity of notes in which the voice, burdened by emotion, sinks to a whisper, or in the glad airs telling oulv of a joy tn living. Such perfection in expression can l>e obtained by such an artit* as Signor Notariello. Miss Besse Pollard is a pianist* whose technique would seem flawless—the caresses from the keys, the exquisite melody of silver cadences, and the tbrols bing re-sonanco of muffled drums, and Miss Grace Wilkinson, a contralto whose range is exceptional, commands mezzo-soprano heights and notes of richness and purity.