NEWS SPADA RECITAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 115, 13 May 1912, Page 8

NEWS SPADA RECITAL.

■'■'■• To-morrow: evening, in the Town Hall,'.the/ greafc.ienor, Mr Philip Neiv©ufy, supported by .Madame Emily -.'Spa'da; the' celebrated prima donna, ib-ill .make aie; final . appearance in tßlenheim. ji-thehtenore robusto voice ,'is the "rara avis" amongst voices, arid -Philitk.'-IjTeffbiiry stands pre-emi-liientamidsti jjfie; preterit singers of the xl'ay. Philip iNewbury is known in ithe highest' Kitisical circles as the "New Zealand tenor," and has been instrumental in advertising ~ the Dominion in ;9iucK the sa.me manner as .Melba- has placed the name of Australia beforej |h©; #prjd.\ - : The Roya.l <3hQral '];]^do^jby';fof;),: Auckland ; • has specially engaged liis services for the role of "Prince Henry" in Sir Arthur Sullivan'^ •dramatic cantata \Polden;&gefeci J' oil May 21st. The 'Wellfogtbh E/Oyal Choral Society likevnse* hae : scoured his ' services for Surie*. -4th;: :itt; .vfliascagiii's "Cavalleria ilusiacanai'- ''• 'Philip> Newbury is New .Zeiiland's, great-tenor, and it behov,es -the i musical commuhity of Bienh^im "&> attend, to-moi-row evening'and &£>• -Lohoi:,■ ■'..to;•>:vitsVv'»mps^;.. •;. distmgui^hea% ; ;siiiger.r*■r .The: Fjok, plan, is on view i^t' i '-.Httl-cl'oft's^:hiusic''eni'p^rium;;,^^