STAGE ROMANCE

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 August 1928, Page 7

STAGE ROMANCE

OPERA SINGERS MARRY.

(Australian Press Association.) j’By Cable —Press Assn. —Copyright.)

SYDNEY, August 23

With all of the pageantry of some olden-day princess, Signorina Toti Dai Monte, the famous opera singer, was this morning married to Signor Enzodemilro Lamanto, barrister and tenor, and the handsome singing companion of Toti in many operas. Both of them are members of the Williamson-Melba Opera, Company. The marriage ceremony was at St. Mary’s Cathedral, the Very Reverend Dean Crowley officiating. The Nuptial Mass -was celebrated by Rev. Father Delfancesco.

The weather was line, but cloudy. A crowd of 20,000 people stretched from tho front of St. Mary’s Cathedral across the road to Hyde Park. Thousands of women and girls fought desperately to get inside the Cathedral hours before the ceremony, which was fixed at 11.30 o’clock. Tho city streets and the tall buildings around were thronged with excited women, who waved and cheered the prima donna as she motored through in a large sedan lavishly bedecked with spring flowers, hyacinths, sweet peas, violets and carnations. No wedding has aroused more interest, because of its romantic associations. The music at St. Mary’s. Cathedral included the Bridal March. All of the music was glorious. Many of the delegates to the forthcoming Eucharistic Congress were present, and they congratulated the couple. Tho bridal car was mobbed after leaving the Cathedral, as it forced its way through a seething mass, mostly of women, who struggled to obtain souvenirs. In a few minutes every vestige of tho floral decorations and of the ribbons on the car had disappeared, or had been torn to shreds. Many women fell in front of the following cars. Fortunately no accident occurred.