OPERA MUSIC.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20281, 16 April 1934, Page 12

OPERA MUSIC.

Mr W. H. Dixon and Pupils Entertain. the Siillleet S'° nl Ls Operas ” formed I. IfLiTO an address Klven to mem . by r Vr f wDf &C„° n Th t e U 7e;‘u,, e L eni " fr assisted by his pupils, who santr ext tracts and choruses from the favourites “ Pagliacci ” (Leoncavallo), “ n Trovaf,°r e - , “ Aida ” and ” Rigoletto ” (Verdi) Madame Butterfly” and “La Boheme (F S£ c,n,) and “ Tannhauser ” (Wagner) The opfera had come to be an extremely popular form of entertainment Mr Dixon. It was desirable that more persons should know what it and wh y was used, ihose who accompanied Mr Dixon in illustrating the nature of extracts from the operas took the following parts: “ Pagliacci ” —Mr J. Kidson, “The Prologue Mr A. Billcliff, -On With the Motley.” “H Trovatore ”—Solo. Mr \V. H. Dixon: duets. Miss B. Sim and Mr W. H. Dixon, Miss K. Clayton and Mr W. Ft. Dixon; “Anvil Chorus” and “La Miserere ” chorus, all members “Rigoletto”—Miss X. Billcliff, “Cara Xomo”; quartet (“One Day if I Remember Well”), Miss X. Billcliff. Miss J. Sim, Mr J. Thompson and Mr R Samson. “ Tannhauser”—Miss J. Scott, “Elizabeth’s Prayer.” “ Madame Butterfly ” —Duet. Mrs W. Owen and Mr W. 11. Dixon (from the scene foil,owing the marriage of Pinkerton and Madame Butterfly). “La Boheme” —Quartet, Miss H. Hutt, Miss K. Clayton, Mr W. H. Dixon, Mr J. Thompson. “Aida”—Solo, Mr Iv. Samson; duet, Miss M. Greer and Mr R. Samson.