AMY CASTLES' FAREWELL CONCERTS. v

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12410, 21 March 1911, Page 7

AMY CASTLES' FAREWELL CONCERTS. v

• '« ', . — -■ — ■* • The plaudits of the Australia^ public and still .more of the New Zealand musical enthusiast* ~stil] ring m the ears of those who were fortunate enough to hear Miss Cnstles i]a t her rtagnificent performance during the Williamson Grand Opera season, m "La Boheme" .and "Madame Butterfly." . ( Thai Miss "Castle^ in^her Urs^ "ae'r jpus. ; "eftorl, yi „the, role, .of Grand Opera archieyed'ii, triumph, is someHv^t mild m term; her success Was ins&ntaneous. 'Miss Castles since lierl^Jfirst visit eight years ago has held a Warm place m theaflectapnß of New Zealni^d plajr.-goers ,«nd .eveß, the most o/ lier atfmtffe^. o werp apmpktfely, 'astojv ishe'd at the wofylerfuL stn^B iflhe'!. \\ap made m her musical career, ft ia on th§ concert platfqrnj, however, that Miss Castles ha^ Ihus far achieye r cl her gr.e.atest^sueoes^. ahd^'it Is olajrhedi that i^he eapjy prbmise s^'e gave has been more than fulfilled. The Melbourne Age says:— '•Miss Amy Castles appeared before an immense audience at the Town Hall, and Has. a yoice^hfej^B.of Wbic^^y.no^be heard m this "fit all ejjfe^ts tos many a decade.' Tne young singer repeated her performance, ;&f; ' Ah; Hfrpm Trayia'Ut i ' Ip'i^.^^'^papat'y , to 4 rgc6'unt all the good things that bIW achieved — let it suffice , that they were all there with an extra burnish at' the finish. The item fairly captivated heriidrairers who insisted on an eripore," a pleasant sentU mental baH&d, 'Dell^Acqua'a ViHanelle, 1 is the type of aria, (by a woman too) we wh^cli can well be spared. She showed h>r , fwpreQiatio^ this excej^eijt item by-wnglng: it magriiificeniay. ';The usual penalty was again, exacted., Miss Castles' other items were two brilliant preludes entitled 'Sealed Orders' and 'The, Perfect. Way,' To. be. -perfect m this every s word, jn, fa^t. every syllable, should be as ! clearly audible to the small boy at the back as 'to the occupant of the front Beats; this Miss Oas^les easjly -achieypd, \\sv. words were pronounced with, every arable quite djatinc^. temneßt, of applause followed, and the.;br|}llaut artist bowed her acknowledgments n6t Qnce, but many tim&j." The box plans :for^both concerts will bo opened , at Mr ;W. Miner's on Monday morning at 10. . '