GERTRUDE JOHNSON CONCERTS.
To-night, at the. Town Hall, Miss Gertrude Johnson, the brightest star in the operatic firmament of Australia at the present time, will {jive the first of two concerts in this city. Associated with the young Melbourne sopi-ano will bo Mr. Horace Hunt, Auckland's gifted solo pianist; Mr/ Charles Russell, the. Australian flautist; and Ava. Symons, violinist. It will be still fresh in the memory of musical devotees that when she was here at the beginning of the present year with the J. O. Williamson Grand Opera. Company, Miss Gertrude Johnson enraptured hor, audiences in her vocal and histrionic work in "Lucia, di Lammermoor" imd "Rigoletto." The opportunity of hearing her again in some of _ the gems from her extensive repertoire should be availed of. Mr. Horace, Hunt is noted chiefly for his fine gift of interpretation, the piano responding to his every mood, and his touoh varying according to the requirements of the composition he is playing. Judging by tho booking for the season, a brilliant success for the concerts is assured.
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 22, 26 July 1920, Page 3
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