ROSINA BUCKMAN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18591, 27 June 1922, Page 5

ROSINA BUCKMAN

FIRST CONCERT TO-NIGHT. No musical event in the history of Dunedin has created more widespread interest! than the concert to be given to-night in TTis Majesty’s Theatre by New Zealand’s';. Queen of Song, Miss Resina Buckman, and . her husband Mr Maurice D’Oisly. Local ‘ music-lovers have followed with the keenest . interest the career of the now famous prims, : donna since she left these shores a decade - ago, and it may safely be anticipated that to-night’s audience will accord her a fitting i. ' reception, both as a great _ singer and as a great New Zealander. Miss Buckman re- ■ turns to us acclaimed and recognised as the ,* foremost dramatic soprano of the day. Her v.i fellow-countrymen, who have taken great!'; pride in her success, now look forward eagerly to the enjoyment of her artistry- . - To-night Miss Buckman will sing Nedda’ai. . celebrated Ballatella from “I Pagliaoed,” -• and in compliance with numerous reauests,. “One Fine Day,” from Puccini’s “Madame ■ # Butterfly.” Miss Buckman is regarded as 4 the finest, exponent of the role of Butterfly " on the English operatic stage, and to the i rendering of the little Japanese girl’s song of ingenuous hope, with its faint but omin- ». ous echoes of impending tragedy, aha t brings all the wealth of her intororeaiyo ” genius. , This is surely the last word in ; dramatic singing. Outside the sphere oF A grand opera the famous soprano will con--tribute some of the songs which have her name a household word on the English.'!' ” concert platform. Among the'e will bo the' ; delightful “Evening Prayer,” by the Ens-’ sian composer Modesto Moussorgsky, and ' , Granville Bantock’s “The Lament of Isis.” Mr- Maurice D’Oisly will sing the great tenor aria “0, Paradiso,” from Meyerbeer’s “L’Africana.” He has earned a great reputation as a singer of French songs, and to-night he will be hoard in the old French chanson, “Entendez-vous le carillon du verre?” Emile Pessard’s “Adieu du Matin,” and “Sombrero,” by Mdme. _Chaminade. A feature of the concert will be the operatic duets, sung in English, _ byk Miss Buckman and Mr D’Oisily. This is a branch of concert work which these two great artists have made peculiarly their own. The Yorkshire Observer says: “The great estimate which the public has of these two wonderfully popular singers is illustrated by the remarkable insistence of audiences on hearing them again and again.”,;. To-night they will sing the famous duet-; from the fourth act of Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet,” _ and also the beautiful duet “Lovely Maid in the Moonlight,” which draws the curtain on the first act of Puo- ' cini’s opera, “La Boheme.” Supporting the 4 famous singers will bo Miss Adelina Leon, ; a ’cellist with a considerable London repu-.v tation, and Mr Percy Kahn, the well-known - composer and pianist. The box plan is at tho Bristol, and day sale tickets may bfli purchased at the Geyser. ’