BLANCHE ARRAL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 3, 17 January 1907, Page 19

BLANCHE ARRAL

Another great singer— although in quite a different line — is Madame Blanche Arral. This gifted French lady is a brilliant soprano, whose specialty consists of rare and beautiful gems from grand opera. These" are presented in costume, in a rich scenic setting, -and with lighting and other effects that, together with, the perennial charm! of , this g - cat singer's voice and acting, form> an entertainment fit for royalty. In Dunedm - her ' Bird-waltz ' lifted the audience off their feet and -Won her a well-deserved ovation. -A • particular brilliant feature of Madame Arral's art is her singing v of wild Moorish songs, "which she interprets with such gay abandon. These songs of the Moors and Spaniards Madame Arral learned while studying with Helene Guaz, -the great Spanish cahtatrice. She is described as a living embodiment of the weird, dashing, cymbal-clashing Spanish music, .which exactly suits her type. The music-loving-

public in Wellington . and elsewhere in New Zealand may look forward to a first-class musical treat in Madame Arral's- concerts. Madame Arral is assisted hy Herr Paans, an .eminent -violinist, and by the- popular harpist, Torzillo. She ' farewells ' Dunedin on Monday. ' - - _ ''• . r