WELL-KNOWN SINGER’S DEATH AT AUCKLAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 171, 10 October 1927, Page 16

WELL-KNOWN SINGER’S DEATH AT AUCKLAND

MADAME ANNETTE HAYWARD M.rs. Walter Gray, who as Madame Annette Hay ward was well-known as a dramatic soprano, died on Saturday after having been in indifferent health for two years. Coming from a musically-famous family, Madame toured England, America and Canada with the J. W. Turner Opera Company, playing the leading parts in “Faust,” “Nozze de Figaro” and “II Trovatore.” The daughter of M,r. Henry Hayward, a notable violinist, Madame Annette was born at Wolverhampton, England, 63 years ago. Her father was the leader of the orchestra when Mendelssohn ifirst conducted “Elijah” at the Birmingham festival. Her voice matured into a dramatic soprano. She married Mr. Walter Gray, who was the leading tenor of the Turner Opera Company, and Mr. and Mrs. Gray cam© to New Zealand in 1913. They lived at Northcote, Devonport and Birkenhead and both were prominent in musical circles. Mrs. Gray is survived by her husband, Mr. Walter Gray, two sons, Mr. York Gray, now with Fuller’s Company in Australia, and Mr. Walter Gray, manager of Everybody’s Picture Theatre at Napier; and three daughters, Mesdames L. Jenkinson and D. McDonald and Miss N. Gray, all of Auckland. Mr. Henry Hayward, managingdirector of Fuller-Hayward, is a brother of the deceased singer.