“THE MESSIAH”
ROYAL CHORAL UNION NEXT SATURDAY. _ On Saturday evening next the Royal Choral Union is to sing Handel’s “The Messiah,” a work which has been performed regularly every Christmas-tide by this body since its institution. On the occasion of this performance, which in the past has invariably been marked .by the appearance of some outstandingly good artist—as witness the engagement of Charles Saunders, Andrew Black, Peter Dawson, Mary Crossley, and Kirkby Lunn—the rule to stimulate the cast with vocal personality has not been departed from this year., Mr Arthur Jordan, England’s greatest oratorio tenor, who has been brought to New Zealand by the Exhibition directors, is to sing in Handel’s masterpiece.- His voice is -Hie purest dramatic tenor, and his personality and artistic temperament have won him a commanding position amongst the foremost British singers. The soprano solos*will be undertaken by Madame Winnie Fraser, who makes her first appearance in Wellington since her return from Europe. Miss Mina Caldow, of Auckland, is the contralto, and Mr Harison Cook the bass. The performance will be under the direction of Mr Temple White, who will have under him a choru3 and orchestra of three hundred. The box plan is to open at the Bristol on Tuesday next, December Ist, nt 9 o'clock?
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12306, 28 November 1925, Page 7
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