ROSINA BUCKMAN
NEW ZEALAND'S PRIMA DONNA ARRIVES
New Zealand's prima donna, Rosina Buckman, set foot once more upon her native New Zealand this afternoon. The liner lonic, by which she came hither, anchored in the harbour last night, bub' there were many, formalities to be gone 'through, before her passengers were permitted to land. Mass Buclonan, who appeared to have had a pleasant voyage, expressed] herself delighted* to be back once more in her homeland, although the weather, was grey and misty as she stepped ashore. She had1 but little time to spare to talk, however, as she was to attend a civic reception late this afternoon the Town Hall, the Prime Minister promising to attend. She recalled- with.',great pleasure her very latest appearance in London. It was at a Sunday concert in the Albert Hall—something in the nature of a London send-off to a New Zealand cantatrice. Then shti, spoke of her fondness for her parts, instancing "Madame Butterfly" and "Isolde." In "Tristan" she ■ had siing two hundred times, in 'England' alone. London likes "Waiata- ; poi," Alfred Hill's Maori song, especially if sung by one familiar with. New Zealand. . • To a representative of The Post she said: "I hate leaving my little farm in Anglesey, and I shall be glad to come back to England. At the same time I am overjoyed at the prospect of coming to New Zealand and Australia, on what will probably be a year's tour. "We were busy in London right up to the evening before we sailed in the lonic. Mr. D'Oisley (my husband) and I were making gramophone records and fulfilling engagements literally to the last moment. ' . ' "It is nine years since I left New Zealand. What a lot hae happened since then. But it has' not/been without hard work. Covent Garden is not attainable without close study as well as a voice and ambition. But it is really good to be home again, in the land of one's birth, the land of one's beginnings." With that Madame Rosina resumed her preparations for the reception at the Town Hall. - :
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 112, 15 May 1922, Page 8
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347ROSINA BUCKMAN Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 112, 15 May 1922, Page 8
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