GALLI-CURCI FAREWELL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21297, 26 September 1932, Page 14

GALLI-CURCI FAREWELL

GREAT. ENTHUSIASM SHOWN Two bouquets of native flowers—white clematis and yellow kowhai—presented to Madame Amelita Galli-Curci at the close of her farewell concert in His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening most happily expressed the admiration of Auckland music-lovers for the art of tho famous soprano and the bond which her charming personality has woven between artist and audience.

The concert amply justified the decision that Madame Galli-Curci should make a fourth appearance before saying goodbye to Auckland. The theatre was well filled, and it was evident that many of those present had welcomed with enthusiasm tho chance of hearing her a second or even third time. From the singer's first smiling entrance, which was greeted with almost an ovation, the evening was a continuous triumph, ending with insistent encores and a farewell that for whole-hearted enthusiasm could scarcely havo been surpassed. ]\lr. Williams played three very acceptable flute solos and Mr. Homer Samuels two piano pieces, including Chopin's "Eaindrop Prelude." After tho performance a large crowd gathered about the theatre entrance in the hope of catching a climpse of the singer at close quarters. Police help had to bo obtained before a passage could be cleared for her car in Durham Street.