“THE DUBARRY”

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 297, 12 September 1934, Page 4

“THE DUBARRY”

The initial appearance in Auckland of Miss Sylvia Welling, the famous London singer and actress, and the J. C. AVilliamson Ltd. supporting company, numbering over 100 artists, in the incomparably beautiful musical play, “The Dubarry,” which is to be staged bere for the first time at tlie Opera House on Wednesday night next, proved a very notable occasion. Long before 8 o’clock the theatre was packed to overflowing and the enthusiasm which was displayed by the audience during the performance and after it had finished is without a precedent. At the final fall of the curtain Miss Welling was cheered again and again, and the talented actress responded with a speech of thanks for the reception given to herself and lo her fellow;nrtists and the opera. “The Dubarr.v” ran for 200 performances in Melbourne, beating its Sydney run by a few nights only. The IVilliajpson management was evidently fortunate in procuring Miss Sylvia Weliing for the role of Jeanne, the character the portrayed with great success in London. Miss Welling was ncclaimed in Australia as the greatest comic opera artist since -the late Nellie Stewart, delighted playgoers there in musical iilays.