THE GOLDEN LEGEND

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12878, 27 March 1913, Page 8

THE GOLDEN LEGEND

«T? y nh,'i cv r oning's performance of The Golden Legend," Mr. Sydney Butter is placing before the public the reflults of his pupils' work for the last six months. This charmir- cantat* is l£or? tho mo!ft successful composition of Sullivan m the direction of dramatic cantata. The story i fi , of course taken tvom Longfellow's poem, and * c i. } ? Prt>l°g««, where the fin->.{ defeat of Lucifer is foreshadowed by un impotent attempt to wreck the Cathedral of Strasburg. The triu^ Phant clangour of the bells, as fh'ev crash out the Gregorian chant, joinS mby tho tenors and basses, ; B V mo ..J striking introduction to the cai-'tuta Madame Emily Bnggs, with her well! known powers of dramatic sona, s h«i'iM ! uZ? ■ \ K°, od aceo «nt of the r>le of for tho part of "Ursula," while"Me«wr^ Jj. Craig and-^T...Slipper sing r«sne,^ ivoly tho solos of Lucifer and tie f SrS; f r; Antler win accompany Ins pupils with the assistance, at tho o»----gan. of Mr. T. C oJS^ to an unfortunate combination of circumstances, Mr. Butler was unable to secure the assistance of a soloist for the exacting part of Prince Henry, * *nd will therefore take the role himself