A MUSICAL TREAT.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4923, 8 January 1902, Page 3

A MUSICAL TREAT.

NEWBUBY-SPADA CORBICK COMPANY.

Lovers of music will be afforded a great treat next Monday and Tuesday evening by the visit of the famous Newbury • Spada Company and the talented Oorriok Family. This company comprises ten artists, and we have no hesitation in saying that a finer combirißiiou has not been beard in New Zealand. Mr Philip Newbary, the world-famed tenor, is well known here, and it will be interesting to onr readers to know that be has jast Completed a season of two years in the Mcl? •bourne and Sydney Town jlails, for whioh the popular tenor holds a record of the longest season in these tremendous buildings. His voice bas greatly improved since bis last visit to New Zealand, and the " Melbourne Age " states that bis singing ia a revelation in the art of voice production. The management anponnpe that this will be the last opportunity of hearing this great singer, as ho. Jeayes immediately for London. Madame Spada, the qe}eI brated American prirna-donna, will also appear and will sing popular and classical gems from her extensive repertoire. ! Great interest will be taken in the first appearance in Lawrence of the talented Corrick Family. These clever and cnlti* vated musicians have been touring New Zealand, and everywhere the varied programme of music, illustrated songs, handbell selections, orchestral items, and pictorial exhibition has more than satisfied eve*u the most critical of their patrons. This family as a combination is said by leading papers of the colony to be the finest that bas faced a public audience in New Zealand, and Miss Alice (Jorrick, who possesses a powerful dramatic soprano which is under perfect control, her singing is said to be an artistic treat that loyers of music shonld not miss hearing. Miss Jluby Corrick will play a cornet solo '? The lost chord," and Master Corrick wilj play a clarionet solo. Scotch dances and coon dancea will also be given, and the latest biograph from the Palace Theatre, London, will present new humorous and historic pictures. With such a tremendous and attractive programme the Town Hall should be packed both evenings. Popular prices are charged — viz , 2s and Is, with a few reserved seats at 3s. The doors will be opened at 7.15 to avoid a crush. The concerts will be under the patronage of his Worship the Mayor. 1