DURWARD LELY IN OTAGO.

Otago Witness, Issue 2302, 14 April 1898, Page 39

DURWARD LELY IN OTAGO.

• The name of the celebrated Scottish vocalist, J who is a native of Arbroalh, is already in everys body's mouth ; and as the whole Scottish pres*, I fioaa tbe Scotsman downwards, speaks in the highest terms of him as the best living singer of the auld Scotch sangs, he will no doubt be welcomed by an overflowing audience in the I (Sarriaon Hall next Monday. The London 1 press is equally enthusiastic. "In Mr i Durward Lely (says the Daily Chronicle, | in a recent issue) the entertainment platform has deprived the operatic stage of one of its leading tenors. Mr Lely studied in Milan under Lamperti, and when a very young man made a hit as Don Jose in the Koglish version cf • Carmen ' at Her Majesty's Theatre, j After playing other parts in Italian and in his ; native tongue, he joined DOyly Carte's company, and erected four or fiva of the leading tenor parts in the eeries of Gilbert-Sullivan operas. Subsequently he went ou lour with Madame Adelina Patti, and then Ec started a series cf entertainments of ' Scottish Song and Story,'" which have been exceedingly successful in ths United Kingdom and the United States, where he fias eclipsed the success oE the wellknown Kennedy Family." After the Dunedin season Mr Lsly, who is accompanied by hb j wife as pianist, will visit Invercargil', Gore, ! and Oamaru. His tour is being managed by Mr R. S. Smythe, who has introduced so many celebrities 'to the colonies, but Mr Lely is the first to commence his tour in Dunedin. 1