GREAT IRISH TENOR.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 135, 9 June 1928, Page 7

GREAT IRISH TENOR.

The brilliant Irish tenor, Alfred O'Shea, it is conlldently claimed, will enrapture his Xcvr Zealand audiences as he has enraptured others in Europe and Australia. The lirst concert to be given in the largo Town Hall on Saturday next, commencing at S p.m., under the direction of Mr. Henry Hayward, when Mr. O'Shea will make his first appearance in Xew Zealand, will demonstrate that the many Haltering criticisms of his Kcnius from the pens of some of the foremost musical authorities of the world are well justified. Mr. O'Shea possesses a singularly sympathetic and appealing voice, the clarity of tone and depth and fervour of expression at least rivalling, if not excelling, that of the famous tenor, Mr. John M'Cormack. Competent critics claim that there is a unique- appeal in his voice which is at once mystical and persuasively charming, and that as a singer of Irish songs he stands srlono. On the occasion of a visit to the London Literary Society to the old home of Edmund Burke at Bcaconsileld, now occupied by Mr. (iarvln. editor of the "London Observer," where Mr. O'Shca sang, (i. K. Chesterton, the famous author, said: "It was a great joy to hear the .spirited songs of Ireland as .Mr. O'Shea inimitably sang theni " After the brief New Zealand tour ,Mr. O'Shea will return to Sydney to give one concert during the EuchariiUic Congress week, after which lie leaves direct for i\ow York to fuUlll important engagements. Lovers of grand opera, ballad, ami' folk-song, who desire a» artistic and thoroughly satislying musical treat, should not fail to hear .Mr. O'Shea, who is supported by Jllss-Chilre Ilartgs, violinist, and Jliss Kathleen Fitzgerald, solo pianist and accompanist... The box plans open at The Uristol on Wednesday next at D a.m.