CHAT WITH A FAMOUS SINGER.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 110, 24 April 1911, Page 1

CHAT WITH A FAMOUS SINGER.

VTiLLE r»O’JHiES INTERVIEWEE!.

Tasini, advantage • : the presence of li.i.s w< rid n-iiov, iic'il vocalist ni 11;■ mgs. a r< ] rot-ntative of the ' ’ T; i>him ” w successful in obtaining a peisonal interview with it-.r. Mdile. Las been resting quietly since tier Napier performance. I never travel and sing on the .-.-.me day if I can possibly avoid was Mdlie's reply to our representative’s (jinn y as to how she managed to keep up the continued strain of heavy recital programmes., Then, again, 1 le ad a very quiet i life apart from my piil.LT appear-' anees -no late suppers or social entertainments after concert s, a mistake so frequently made by artists. One must have rest if they are to : give of their best to the public.’’ “How long have 1 been singing ? Oh. for a long time. Aly first success was in Russia; then followed ( tour.- in Holland, .Sweden, and 1 America.” J ‘ Th is will be your fifth visit to New Zealand. 1 think.” said the interviewer. Yes.” answered Mdile. with a smille. “ I have learned to love the New Zealand people very much. Their wonderful hospitality and heartfelt appreciation is delightful. In Australia, too. I am always very happy. 1 shall never forget my tour there in 1901, when 1 quite inadvertently followed closely upon Madame Melba, vvho. apart from her own ardistic attainments, had for patriotic reasons strong claims upon the Australian people. So successful was my tour there on that irra-don that a large pojtion of it ha 1 '<> be repeatci!.” ’ \ou sh mid feel justly proud of that, said the pressman. " I am. indeed.'' replied Mdile. : *' it was an example of loyalty such as I shall never forget.’’ , “But that is a characteristic of both Australian ami Ne.w Zealand people.” added Mdile. Vandonr, the delightful friend and travelling companion of Dolores. ” Do you think that New Zealand is improving musically?” was the next query. ‘‘ Yes, most certainly, there semis now more than ever a striving after something higher in musical art ; but I do thifik also that it is a great mistake for every young person who has a voice, or who shows any unusual aptitude as an instrumentalist, to imagine that the onlyway to achieve success is to rush Home to study, when it would be far better for them to take advantage of the excellent tuition available in New Zealand and Australia. They would then be of great use here, while in England they mayonly help to swell the already overcrowded class of mediocrities.” M ith regard to national songs." continued Mdile. Dolores. • Scotch and Irish are both favoured by me. especially the Gaelic ones; but I hey are not easy to sing, as I find lhe Scotch difficult to acquire." (This mtiiis rather strange to one who i< -uch a remarkable linguist as Dolores.) Speaking of programme numbers. Mdile. Dolores emphatically insists on '■iming nothing hut the best (no cheap ••oyahy ballads). A glance ai her programme is sufficient Jo sati*-i'y the most exa< :ing critic, in e -i lip.g as it dot’s sm h writers as I'mch. Bellini. Purcell. Bizet. Mascm ;. < ;■ .ring TLofnas. ami last, but ;»i 1 least, that peerless writer whose

work* are all ton seldom sum; ad.p. s. Robert Schumann. The fore"oirLi list, which embraces German. Itp.’ian. French', and Fnalish. is snf:i< pent tn t« stifv to Mdlle. Dolores'

v ’.’sen t tu. powers :js a linguist as v. t 'i as a vocalist. iis a delightful conversa- ’ • >r.lst. and when one talks with i.- i i» .< not difficult to understand I. v. i; h she has won the hearts of all who have been privileged to iiifp* her. Then' is a genuine’ sweetness and w holesorneness in her life which cannot fail to appeal. It is without doubt thA reflection of a I eavtiful soul, of which the voice! ;orir< the greatest but not the only: I i .i’t. _ ' [ The concert at the Princess The- : at ip. Hastings, to night, promises, > to !>•• most successful, and it goes . without saying that the great and

delightful artiste will he wdcwJby a Lig and appreciative atidim.- t . The programme will Ft l inti’t’.v riif-' ferent to the one given in N;;;»:rr.