CAPPELLI.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14713, 19 September 1918, Page 3

CAPPELLI.

The two concerts to be.give.n by Signor Cappclli, the distinguished 1 Italian oper- .< atic tenor, m: the Opera .House ■on MonV lay and Tuesday evenings, are creating 1 an unusual t amount' o.f interest, m Gisborne, as it' !»■ a, rare occurrence for so ; fine an artist id 'Visit us, especially in' :' these times; The Dominion tour, 'which ; s how m its concluding stages, has been a triumphant success, and vsteldom have such, receptions been accorded a singer as. 'those recelvod by CappellV wherever .he has appeared. Of his nftfc nnd final concert m Dton/cdin the Evening Star sajrk:, "The Cappelli f season ; was v 'n-ought to -^a conclusion on Saturday 'veiling . h\ . the ' Burns' Hall, which 'was fllJfrt with.i'a.i} audience, who In point of enthusiasm equalled, or ■ possibly , sur•;i:si.d. -rhost w uo had listened to the.famous tenilt at his previ6us appearances m His Majesty's Theatre. Indeed, at: the end of the concert Signor Cappelli, ; after resp6nding .'to • a triple encore, -had to again and' again bow his acknowledgements to the applause and cheers which rang through the hall. It was , a remarkable.' [demonstration, and indicated ; the .appreciation and thanks which i>nne» <lin concert goers wished to express to him and to. his company for the treat ' they had vgiven them. „ Floral favors were handed up to each of the singers during the evening; Signor Cappelli 's being a laurel wreath 'with streamers of Italy's national colors. The tenor sans no fewer than nine songs, each one of hem eliciting storms of applause.. Scftor Lucien Cesaroni, the popular basso, *»as also m form, and was obliged to supplement his ' programme items by two others on i ; each t appearance. The entrancing •Tiusic which Mr. John Amadi6 producedl from his flute kept everyone spell-bound until the last note died away, whenr the applause /broke loose, and the inevitable encores resulted." Miss Natilina McCallum and MrMlarold Whittle, the. brilliant acepmpanist, complete the comnany, which i* regarded "a* jvrobably th*> finest combination which has ever tour^ ed the Dominion. The box plan of re~ sen r ed seats for the two concern is now open at Miller's corner.