MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13491, 18 May 1907, Page 4 (Supplement)

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

BOOKINGS. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. tfav 6 to 24—Andrew Mack Irish Dramatic Co. tfay 25 to Juno 8-Wm. Anderson Dramatic Co. Fane 10 to June 15—Mr. Edwin Geach's " Unman Hearts" Co. Fane 17 to June 23—" Kelly Gang Pictures," J. and N. Tait. Tnno 24 to July 13—Julius Knight Dramatic Co. (Mr. J. C. Williamson). Inly 15 to July 20—Mr. Frederick Shipman. July 22 to August Grand Opera Co. August 12 to August 24—Mr. J. 0. Williamson. September 16 to October s—Maud Hildyard Dramatio Co. (Mr.. Allan Hamilton). )ctober 7 to October MacMahon Bros.' Dramatic Co. . November 4 to November 16—Mr. Edwin Geach. OPERA HOUSE. 'fisrhtlv— Vaudeville Co. Tilly 9 to July 12—St. Patrick's Operatic Society, " Maritana." CHORAL HALL. uly 4to July Andrew Black and Premyslaf, Violinist. The Exhibition Orchestra has been heard in Auckland for the last time. Its disbandnent • followed immediately after the con:ert.. Thanks to Mrs. Prouse Aucklanders vlio had not heard the orchestra at the exhibition were enabled to do so here, Mrs. 3 rouse taking the risk, and the result was , loss of £150. It was well understood that he only reward that . this lady looked for ras for the enterprise to pay its own ex>enses. This was not to be, and Aucklandras the only city in which money was dually lost. The audience on Saturday vening, the last performance, was as large s it was enthusiastic; but ' success came 00 late, the previous conceits being poorly attended. It may be very many years beore such a musical feast of fat things may >e heard in Auckland. Mrs. Prouse will lave this grain of comfort to set against the egrettable deficit: Her aim—to let all New Zealand hear and enjoy this fine orchestra -was successfully attained in. the case of hose who attended the concert at the Choral Hall. Mine. Blanche Arral's reappearance in Auckland has been hailed with delight by ler numerous admirers here. • Mr. Andrew Mack has quite won. the learts of Auckland Irishmen, and has also harmed other members of the Union by his efreshingly natural acting and fine singing. ' Arrah-na-Pogue" is a grand classic of the Joucicaulbian sort, and gains much at the lands of Mr. Mack. Miss Nellie Stewart is still resting in lelbonme. When she returns to America, o fulfil her engagement with Messrs. Klaw nd Estanger, she will probably be seen in !lnvkespere, and Rosalind will be one of he characters in which she will appear. News is to hand that Mr. Alfred Woods nd Miss Maud Williamson have scored a Teat success at Bloeinfontein. Aucklanders will regret to hear of the leath of Herr Gerard Vollmar, the well:nown 'cellist, who died at Sydney after . long illness. Herr Vollmar visited New 'ealand more than once with concert com>anies. He was born in Holland, and was , student at the Hague and Rotterdam, and inally graduated under the famous 'cellist, Servais, at Berlin. He began his public :areer at the age of 16, when he played ,t the Paris . Exhibition, of 1878.. Aftervards ho toured Belgium, • Holland, and gland, and was associated there with ; lichter's Orchestra. For three years he . vas a member of the Berlin Philharmonic , )rchestra, then conducted by the great] lans von Bulow. The Cyril Tyler Conert Company was the means of introducing ' lerr Vollmar to Australia and New Zealand. , It the conclusion of this "engagement he . ettled in Adelaide, and finally went to Syd- , ley. That the deceased musician was held 1 0 high esteem was shown on the occasion . if his last illness, when the sum of £300 ; ras raised to assist him. ! ' Admirers of Mr.' Andrew Black, the barione, who was in Auckland some time ago, ivill be glad to hear that he is returning ,o the city shortly, and with him will come jeapold Premyslaf, a Polish violinist, who las been a tremendous "success in Australia, Mr. Black himself is, as those who heard lim here will admit, an artist from- top to oe. : ' " The Robing of the Gods" is proving an rresistible attraction at the Opera House , mt it is not the only item in the bill for he week. This evening two vaudeville urns from no less a distinguished quarter - ,han H.M.S. Powerful make their appearance. Stewart, Bain, and McKenzie, a trio , if statue clog -dancers and hornpipers of ,he classical order, will appear; and Mer■on and Manton, eccentrics, will also figure • n the bill. The handyman can do most | Things well, but it is not everyone 1 who mows that he can be, and often is, a first- ; ilass entertainer; such is the case, however, ■ is patrons of the Opera House will see for - hemselves. Victor, the great ventriloquist, , Pal Newton in illustrated: songs, Amy ( ilackie in beautiful ballads, Lucy Lavinia • n serio-comedy, and Shaw and Gilbert, pat- ' ,er specialists, all contribute to a select and • raried bill, and the management are ,de- , ighted to announce that the clever Staglooles are coming back, opening on Mon- , lay next. ' ! , „ , A private note from Mr. George Mus- " ,rove informs me that the Grand Opera Jompany has been an enormous success in - Adelaide, much money being turned away. ; Che company is due in Sydney on the 24th i nst., opening next day, the Adelaide sea- , ion concluding on Wednesday next. ( Messrs. J. and N. Tait have received ad.ices that Mdlle. Dolores has picked up the breads of her great popularity again in , jreat Britain, 'and when the last mails left , vas enjoying 'an exceptionally successful teason in Scotland. Mdlle. Dolores sang at ( Glasgow, in connection with the local Or- . iheus Society. The Glasgow Herald says: , —"For a time there was quite a Dolores j >oom in Glasgow. She was all the rage, * md .last night's dem6nstration of enthusi- * ism indicated that her popularity is undininished. It is impossible to say anything lew about , Mdlle.-' Dolores. As a vocal artst- she occupies one of the foremost, positions , )f the present day." , • The Edison Picture Show, ' with Prof. 1 A'ed Andrews, has caught on wonderfully it the Sydney Queen's Hall. * i Mr. J. C. Williamson lias signed a twodears' contract ' with a youthful Sydney ; linger of brilliant promise. Miss Nance • dialler. The actor-manager lias shown bene- ( icent enterprise in "taking chances" in the :aso of young Australians with fine voices, md has launched many artists upon a. ca•eer. of fame, whose small beginnings have )een due to his shrewdness. Mr. Julius Knight- opens at Wellington i 3pera House on the 29th inst. , Mr. Edward Nable, of the MacMahon dramatic Company, contemplates forming 1 comedy company for a tour of New Zea- * and. The st-Brescian Company are still in J Sydney. . In regard to Mr. Blakelv's letter in this :olunin last week, referring to the Lyric » tnd the Unique Quartette, Mr. Abel Rowe £ ivrites: —"This quartette (the Unique) was t organised and is conducted by myself, and < it no time has it been disbanded. Two .of } its present members were in the original combination, who appeared on March 3, * 1904, at Miss Ivy Ansley's farewell concert. and I personally have never with- *: irawn. The _ constitution and success of 1 this organisation has since been shared by '' 12 vocalists, and not three, as stated by * Mr. Blakely. The Unique Quartette now * comprises the following well-known voca- ' lists: —Messrs. George Bagnall, Oliver E. I 1 Farrow, Alf. Fogerty, and Abel Rowe, who ' have appeared already with great success 11 at, for example, To Rangi's Pai's and Miss 1 Florence Quinn's recitals, and judging by * engagements booked ahead promises to per- } petuate the popularity of its 'unique' style ' of part-singing." "3 At Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, * recently, a telling example of Miss Tit-tell * Bruno's versatility, was provided. She be- c gan on a Monday afternoon at a matinee a of " Merely Mary Ann," with the sym- t pathetic charm and humorous gaucherie of j Zangwill's pathetic little lodging-house i slavey. In the evening and throughout t the week she played Ivundry in "Parsifal," •' a part which makes as much demand upon ' her emotional and histrionic talent as < " L'Aiglou;" while on the following Satur- < day she changed to "Dorothy Vernon." l Certainly a remarkable trio of parts in one < MuSICO-DEAMAXXC]tJ3 t |C