AMUSEMENTS

Evening Star, Issue 16079, 3 April 1916, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

PRINCESS THEATRE. - Both afternoon and evening performances went with a good swing before large audiences at the Princess on Saturday. The enthusiasm with which several of the old performers were received, justified the management in securing their services for the present week. —New Acts To-night.— The pre-eminent feature of the new programme to-night will be the first appearance of the American slack-wire adept 'Maximo,' who is generally considered one of the most brilliant executants of his craft that has been sent this wav. The Prince Revue Company will stage "another laughable musical farce, ' Oh, What Fun,' and Hilda Felstead, Brown, and Sorlie, and Milner and Storey will present entirely new acts. 'KING OLAF.' The Dunedin Choral .Society are to give Sir E. Elgar's 'King Olaf' in His Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday, 11th April, when the music-loving public will have submitted to them a programme as captivating as it is new to a Dunedin audience. The society, though only re-estab-lished about 18 month, have earned a reputation under the conductorship of Mr Sidney Wolf for a very hfe;h standard in choral work. The choir and orchestra have given every attention to the study of the present work, and judging by the latest rehearsals the concert should be a pronounced success. The soloists on this occasion are Miss Violet Barth, Mons Paul SaJdaigne, and Mr W. Gemmell. The prices of admission are : Reserved seats 3s, D.C. 2s 6d, stalls 2s, or 4 reserved seats for each of the society's three concerts for a subscription of one GRAND OPERA. Dunedin music lovers have the reputation throughout Australasia of being extremely critical and lovers of the best that can be produced, which, no doubt, accounts for the fact that a heavy demand has set in for seats for to-morrow night at His Majesty's Theatre. Mons. Paul Saldaigne has delighted Boston audiences as well as others in America and on the Continent with his interpretation of the works of the great masters. To choose from his extensive repertoire is an extremely difficult matter, but patrons tomorrow night should get a musical treat, for ' Samson and Delilah' and ' Cavalleria Rusticana' can safely be said to give scope not alone to his tenor voice, but also to his pupils who are assisting him. This will also be the last time to hear Mr J. Prentice prior to his transfer from Dunedin, and anyone who has heard him sing will realise what a loss to the musical section in Dunedin this means. Special musical numbers will also be given, including ' Spirto Gentil' from 'II Trovatore,' by Mr R. S. Hart, who is the possessor of a tenor voice. The plan is v rapidly filling, so intending patrons are invited to book early at The Bristol or Jacobs'.