Opera in London

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17410, 7 November 1930, Page 9

Opera in London

'J'HE Carl Rosa company has achieved distinct success in its recent season in London, at tho Strand Theatre. Mr. Frederick Collier, of Melbourne, has been a prominent figure in these productions, gaining high praise for his performance in the title-role of “The Flying Dutchman,” and his impersonation of Escamillo in a 'cast of “Carmen,’’ which is described by tho London Daily Telegraph as capable and “maintaining sufficiently well the essentials of drama, movement, and ensemble.” ' “Mr. Collier’s Escamillo,’ it is recorded, “had just tho sort of popular appeal tho part ought to make.” Miss Itispah Goodacre, the Carmen of .this production, is warmly praised for her impersonation. One of the most useful purposes of such an organisation as the Carl Rosa company is that it furnishes an opportunity for young singers to test their capacity in opera, and thus furnishes a means for fhn development of talent which otherwise might he lost,. There is much praise in the reviews for Miss Helen Ogilvie, an artist who litis come to the front recently in London, for her realisation of the emotions of Scuta in “The Flying Dutchman,” in its mysticism and other qualities, whi,eh “did justiqe' to every aspect of tho character,”