OPERA HOUSE.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1572, 10 June 1920, Page 34

OPERA HOUSE.

The change of programme on Monday was greeted by a packed house, transit difficulties being easily overcome by vaudeville patrons. Those delightful vocalists, tils' Mantanas, returned after their southern season, their items being well - ;.' applauded. “Come Sing to Me” and “The Ros-

ary” were given as duets, the harmony being excellent, while as ballad soloists each disclosed a voice of uncommon richness and quality. Mr. George Edwards and Miss- Rosie Parkes gave another of their enjoyable interludes, comprising humorous dialogue, a ragtime duet, and a dramatic monologue by Mr. Edwards, entitled “The Shooting of Dan McGrew.” Merry musical fragments were provided by Mr. George Ross, a pastmaster in the art of entertaining at the piano. The sensational trapeze work of the Fentons gave the audience any amount of thrills, the athletic man and his slim partner receiving warm rounds of applause. Princess Mysteria was attentively followed through her thought-reading seance, and the remainder of the bill was in the hands of the Musical Carlsons (who have a penchant for extracting music from all sorts of instruments, ranging from the xylophone to cow bells and frying pans); Webber and Shaw, in their popular oddments of melody and nonsense; Kate Gourlay in Scottish songs, and Ray and Olga in patter. Miss Maggie Foster, who exercised such a charm with her violin playing during her last visit, is giving additional drawing power to the bill. Four new acts will be presented at the matinee next Monday. These are the Cevenne Troupe of wire-walk-

ers, the Zoe Sisters (aeropianists), Louis London (character singer), and Vince and Eva Courtney (vocalists).