MISS STELLA POWDER.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1923, Page 9

MISS STELLA POWDER.

Mr. E. J. Qravestock's announcement that Miss, Stella Power, the famous soprano, -will give a eeries of concerts in the Walliugton Town Hall commencing on iuesday, 23rd October, will cause widespread interest among music-lovers It is several year? since Ne,w Zealand has heard a lyric soprano of the highest rank, and concert-goers will be glad to hear again such numbers as the great Mozart arias adequately rendered by a singer with the all-too-rare vocal and technical equipment required. Only tin the gramophone have such things existed for New Zealanders in recent years. The sobriquet of "The Little Melba," by which' Miss Power is now universally kliown, was conferred on h-ar by Dams Nellie herself, who sponsored the youn<r Australian's. English debut in the Royal Albert Hall, providing- the musical sensation of the 1918 season in London. Except for the. slight diminution in volume, it is impossible to hear' Stella Power sing "Voi Che Sapefce," or "Ah! Lo bo, without being irressistibly carr»ed_ back to. the time? when Melba, in the heyday of her glorious voice, deigned to s.ing these prodigious arias with almost contemptuous ease. Supporting the famous prima donna will ba Mr. William James, the well-known Australian composer and pianist. Four concerts will be & v!l n o ?J,. W5 11, inn S tqn ' the dates being 23rd, 2oth, 27th, and 29th October Th« box plans j will be opened at The Bristol on Thursday morning. Special concessions, are offered to stu.den.ts.