A NEW ZEALAND PRIMA DONNA.
("Woman.")
Miss Nora D'Argel, the young New Zealand prima donna, who made a most successful London debut at His Majesty's Theatre recently as the doll Olyinpia in " The Tales of Hoffman," was bom in Dunedin. She developed a talent for itiusic at a very early ago, making her first appearance as i Little Alice at an amateur performance of "Rip Van Winkle" when only nine years old. At eighteen she made an extensive concert tour through Australia with immense success, which decided her to come to Europe for further study. Arriving in Paris, Miss D'Argel studied under Botihy, and made her first appearance in opera'last November at Nice as Hilda in " Sisurd," subsequently appearing as Marguerite in "Faust," the Queen in tlie "Huguenots," Gilda, in " Rigoletto," and Ophelia in " Hamlet." Her pure soprano voice, perfect vocalisation and great compass, reaching to F in alt, created something of a sensation.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9919, 6 August 1910, Page 4
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154A NEW ZEALAND PRIMA DONNA. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9919, 6 August 1910, Page 4
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