ENTERTAINMENTS AND MEETINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11872, 25 January 1902, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS AND MEETINGS.

• :■ ■', OPERA HOUSE. The Hawti-ey Comedy Company gave their / second production last evening of Ganthony's - fascinating play, "A Message from Mars." • The piece, which points a dozen morals and adorns a pretty tale, one that is characteristic of everyday.social life, _ was well received by a large and sympathetic audience. Not lack- ," 1 - 0 ing *in comic element, which 'is well ■ interwoven, the interest was never allowed to : - flap, and Mr. Herbert Ross' portrayal of the ' grasping, self-centred young society man, Horace Parker, was one of great orginiality. The caste was well sustained m all respects, . and the mechanical effects .were a masterpiece of the stage mechanician's skill. 1 A ' Message from Mars" will be repeated till • further notice. , '• DIA'S GAIETY COMPANY. There will bo an entirely new programme presented to-night at the City Hall. Madame Dante will be seen in her wonderful dance creations.-! • Messrs. Pope and . Sayles, the popular.endmen and comedians, will appear in both the first ami second part of the entertainment. Mr. Wallace King, the popular tenor;- Miss Olive Leriton, the Australian serio; the Coleman Sisters, acrobatic dancers and singers; Miss Ida • Clarkson, the favourite Scotch ballaclist, will all contribute, and * should be seen to special advantage. Sivroni and Selvini, English sketch artists, dancers, and acrobats, will appear, on Tuesday next, • and on the following evening Mr. Dan Lemont's clever performing dogs will bo seen. MISS JULIA MORAN'S CONCERT.

There was a very fair attendance at the s 'concert given by Miss Julia Moran at the Federal Hall last night, and a due amount of appreciation rewarded the efforts of the artistes who contributed to t.ie programme. ' Miss Moran's violin solos naturally took precedence : in the • interest of the audience. The young performer's first introduction was in the bracketed numbers " Mazurka" ' (Mylnarski) and " Satarella" (Papini). The former— a complex arrangement, with a good deal of double stopping—sufficed to show the vicliniste to be the possessor of a good knowledge of technique and an executant of some power. .The latter selection with its unvaried hurried movement .-squired the greatest deftness of fingering. Miss Moran's rendering was a good one. The encore which followed was responded to - with the ''Intermezzo" ; from , " Cavalleria Rusticana" . (Mascagni), which wag played with somewhat bold originality, and was taken a trifle too quickly. In her later contribution, Ernst's "Elegie," Miss. Moran displayed much taste, playing with both sympathy and good expression. The recall was justly merited. Her bowing and tone production showed a good deal of proficiency.and signs of careful study, the impression made boing a good one. Miss Violet Mount was one of (he vocalists of the evening,' and her singing was one of the best features of the programme. Opening in the " Waltz Song" from Gounod's " Romeo and Juliette," the young soprano gave the beautiful number a very artistic rendering. In- - deed she has done nothing more praiseworthy on the local concert platform. Her execution of the: florid passages was distinctly clever, her inflection, phrasing, breathing, and expression leaving little to be desired. : In the 'encore number, Violets," Pollen ' Wright's delightful little song. Miss Mount was in a different sense equally successful, her delivery being exquisitely sweet. Later she received a cordial recall for her charming rendering of Pelisscr's ." Awake." Mr. Rupert Mantell sang expressively and with artistic feeling in Chaminade's • somewhat quaint solo, "As in October," and was roundly encored. His treatment of Newton'? ; 'Vata Gitana" was also a. fine example of his talent. Miss R. Lennard made a favourable impression in the.song "The Valley by th» Sea'' (Adams), her mezzo-soprano organ revealing » quality which thorough training., . should do much for. Miss Mary Laing sang Cowen's " Promise of Life" feelingly, and responded to an encore with " .Tust. a Song a' • Twilight." . Later she gave an excellent rendering of Tosti's "Venetian Song." Mr. Arthur Ford was heartily recalled for his solo, " Come into the Garden, Maud," and ; in response gayo another old favourite, ' M- | Sweetheart When a Boy." Mr. J. M. Clark, ' of Wellington, proved himself an elocutionist i - of somewhat rare ability in the., well-known ; humorous recitation " Jud Brownin's Account ' of Rubenstein's Playing." His. accentuation 1 of the varied phases in this cleverlv-written ; > piece was signally artistic, whilst "his > clear . and incisive enunciation, his facial expression, i and his gestures bespoke his possession of no i little histrionic power. To an imperative j - encore Mr. Clark responded with a short ! humorous piece, " The Kid." The vocal ac- ! > ■ companiments were shared by Mrs. Mount I «md Misses Mulk«re and Woolams. ' '

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