GALLI-CURCI SEASON
Music-lovers of this city will be pleased to learn that arrangements have been completed by Messrs J. and N. Tait for a tour of New Zealand by the worldfamous coloratura soprano, Madame Galli-Curci, and Dunedin will hear her on Wednesday and Saturday, September 7 and 10, when two concert* will be given in the Town Hall. If great singers reflect on the reasons for popular acclaim, Madame Amelita Galli-Curci might be excused for calling her reception at the opening concert of her Melbourne season in the Town Hall of May 28 last a tribute to a lovely voice. But it was as much a tribute to a fascinating personality. With Melba and Pavlova gone, she stands as the last of the great hierarchy of talent of which .the late nineteenth century was so prolific. Her stage appearance was thrilling, and even the blaze of diamonds on-her wrist and in her dark hair was like the last glimpse of a world that had reached its sunset. The first part of her programme revealed the lovely caressing voice, still of great beauty, in old world classical songs and opera gems. The second half was made up of sentimental ballads and ditties which appealed to the popular taste of 20 years ago.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21736, 30 August 1932, Page 6
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