A Popular Concert Company.

Opunake Times, Volume III, Issue 104, 2 July 1895, Page 2

A Popular Concert Company.

Mr John Fuller, who has been for the last two years delighting Auckland audiences, is making a tour of Taranaki, and being unable to secure the Wanganui Hall, has decided to pay a flying visit to Opunake on Thursday evening next. The famous tenor has met with enthusiastic reception, in every town that he has appeared in and we feel sure that the mnsic loving residents of this district will not be found wanting in their appreciation of such a talented company. Tbe full programme, which appears in this issue, is both varied and lengthy, and given fine weather we venture to predict a crowded house* The Hawera Star in dealing with the performance says:—A very pleasent concert was that given by Mr Fuller and company at the Town Hall last Friday. The name of Mr John Fuller of course in Auckland is as familiar in people's mouths as* a household word. He has a beautiful tenor voice, with good range and clear enunciation, and the songs he sang so well on Friday evening were sufficient to show that his popularity in the northern capital is justly his due. " The dear old home " was encored, and " Geraldine," which he then gave, was liked even better and loudly applauded ; but his main effort was " Take a pair of sparkJJ ling eyes,'' which wen t remarkably well, and was enthusiastically encored, when he gave " Say Au Revoir." In a duet with Miss Lydia Fuller he was also heard to great advantage. Miss Lydia Fuller gave " Whisper and I shafll hear " very well; in another number, " Children's voices," was also most succesful; and was associated with Mr John Fuller in a duet, certainly one of the best items of the evening, and well deserving of the encore which was demanded. Miss E. L. Featen possesses a beautifully clear voice, and her singing of" The old and the new " resulted in an enthusiastic encore, when she gave " The Maids of Lea." Miss Featon also sang " Let me dream again." Mr Walter Fuller's performances on the piano and on the mandolin were highly appreciated, the latter being encored ; while Mr Ben Fuller supplied the comic element, and was in high favor, receiving encores, The gipsies' laughing trio by the three gentlemen was very amusing. The second part of the performance was the comic opera " The Rose of Auvergene," in which the characters were sustained by Miss Lydia and Messrs John and Ben Fuller. In this there were some good trios, and the bouffe element was strongly brought out.