MADAME MELBA.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 5

MADAME MELBA.

0 Madame Melba aiid the iiicmbers of'her ;f concert company arrived from the South :8 Island yesterday nidrhing, aiid took up their n jUarte/s ih the. Graiid Hotel. Jfadafiie t Melba'i tour iil Victoria,. TiiSni:liila,,aJid New Zealand, sb fiir, has lfeeii- jJrb-tifiimeiitlv. a suettes. wlibrfivtir slib Hits, appeared she'has created d jidrfect furbre. Slie is making tho tJr-eserit tx>ur so that, as rnahy as pos&iblo of tllb nboplb iil the dominions over tho seas riiay liedr lier while she is at the zonitJi bf jier powers; The opportunity now afforded ii is ono, should not be lightly east aside, ir for Melba will not again miko a,' New Zealaiiti 5 tour. Of the other mfenibcrs of Melba'S pre--0 sent concert compaiiy, a word or tiro indy f. bo said cii tho bve of their flrfet public.appcai'- ' ance in AVbllkgtoii. Mi", ft'dlialow, the t is a young s Irishman, and a most c gifted and citltured artist. Mi?a Bourne is D ai alarming pianist, arid a friend of Melba's. it Of JAy Whittle it is sufficient ..to sav tlirit lib i, ia Mblba's accompanist. AVero lie iibt an lc artist,: needless to say, lie Wotild iidt-bo iil ■- that position; Thbre remains Mf; Lbniriibnb, e the director of tho preseitt tour, iVlio cliarirs [-. alike with his engaging personality khtl' liis >■ magic.flute. Mblba, hdweVeje, is; tlib : brijiht piitlsuMt star in this coilstellhtish, hucl of Tier j' ?b nttlcb hai been said alia written tliut it e IfjV l ;Shpcrll«oas to add anything. . Thb .. i Nbfr loi'k Musical Courier/* referring to s icr success ilicro in 1907, said :~ a . * ave beoii written' aiid ilaa.V still it bp &'■ritteii,_ about tlloso peculiar qualities bf ft Melba s vqice which make it thb pbbHess iv vocal organ of our timey its hbsbliite, purity 1 or timbre) the regularity aiid . sir,obtliiiSSs of 0 its. registers, the linipid cvciiiie!|s iliid :• fection of its emission iir head . tones, the its piantesiihos, mnl ,jtg • matohless . ifaastery ,'or toiio ' modulation , « •*' iHbdmiii. of ■ every ~ shade of ; einotlenal expression." ; .At the same Opbra House only last year Melba was iiibrb successful than .ever; Frtsli frbm these triumphs; Melba has comb ndw; tb siiiff to tho popple of New Zealand. The first ot 6 nor two.. \\ elhiijxtan eontibrti) will be giveh J w th« Town Hall to-i'noribw cvehiiig. thb prograhliiio appears elSbtVlibre /iii. this issile; ® ... f . tf yoti dtp' rembvingi tho first ; thihg yod Shbillu ub is bbiain.n tntotation from ' J. Keirj. TG r 7B Jetrdis Quay. ,Ho has had inaiiy 1 yell's' fexperiencb in lhiS class of work, and I is in & pdsitioil tB pabki stiire, hnd remove, any i ■ description d£, furilitiirfc He Also clears goods S throiljjli Customs, ailtl disiiatches pabkages and parcefS to itiiy adfe in tho world. phono No. llliO. " CSGO Vow people are aware of tho magnificent dis. ■ play ol' now' Furniture uc-the showrooms of . Messrs. W. P; Shbrtt, Ltd., Willis Street.' . This enterprising firm make a speciality of . New Purnituro, and manufacture all their own ; goods: A Mslilfihbht display ij iioiv on'view . in Uieir sjiacious .showrdoins. Every articlo j is giiarotttccd .of the very bejst Vrorkmansfiip anil iliiish, and Will .compare favdurably (vith aiiytliiiig of a similar class madb in, thi , IJoiliiniiihi Dotll is regardSi price and quality.--. . Advt. , . MOTOR CAES; " iteturn tweutv. siiiiiinpS' yaluo, .for, - brt'tt a sovereign invested. D£CAUSj3 ITS VALUE IS PlJttE GOLD; ahd bccaiise it is in general do- , liiaml. 'illfe, AljL-tilU'i'lSH "STOAIjT", can t be :ilfepblldcd Utibu a§ Fbgattls. M/LIAUILI'i'Y I aiid cviiiy del Ail bf Car PcHt'ctioh: Inslieetibh s hf new models invited. Trial run arfiiiied; i INGLIS 8R05.,. WELLINGTON; SOLE NEW ! ZEALAND AGENTS. Garage: Harris .Street. P;Oi Box 6S; TelßphdheSi 1019 fthd ittli C7os' Messts. iliircdlirf Aiid Cb;'s lib\v:W«ekiy list ■ of city aiitt sublil'liiii. iirojiertits Will be. i'odlid • in another column. , , Hessrs. Abrahnnv and Williams, Ltd., adver- • lien entries, fdf IhSil 1 Lfeviil Stock Sale, to bo 3 hblil iioii Ffldaj.