MISS NORA LONG.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 705, 3 January 1910, Page 5

MISS NORA LONG.

GREAT SUCCESS IN GRAND OPERA. jßy-Toleeraph—l'rcsa Association—Copyright. (Rec. January i, 9.15 a.m.) Paris, December 81. ' ; Miss-iNora Long,' a. New Zealander, ih'W;-'acKi(jvSi''great >: successes ■ at theVNice; OperarHouse-in v "Faust," :.<*Les Hugue•nots, '■ and "Seigfried.". . .-' :.-v 'ii^/ S8: ehiest. daughter of -fornlerly'^one' ;=9.?:'-"™.®...4P™^'™^-'^ft/ : '-ot'ninl'ereial":V,ti?ai3f6lliDra: in ;No\v "Zealand, . 'i'he new;.prima donna received lier ; pt'imary'.rnusical educaidan' Street,':.Wei-; 'lmgtqn, '/.iand, ' tb-. .' : thedeath . .fc-Saining", such'tuition', as- wouldpermit, >with aV view\[ ;of 'fitting 1 herself ;\for,'. a 'professloiial i.careeri'.i ;-k?}9. e ifePagqi'she' was fortunate in •being taKen;Up;liy.nspm'e, ;famil}V '--iviio Vgdod v .-endUgh;'';to'..pr6-.: .vide .'her. 'with -the ■' wherewithal': to -:prose;cute . her'.Studies under.' skilled -mastere, latterly'vwith:®.? Biihyj -.the-noted Pari•;Siani; ;teacher,'hthrough';,-Whose ; rlnfluence she.^eoufßd-herfil'stlefigagemeht.-in'grand opera! iong. had a voice' oi -isingular sweetness and -charm, but W;>; Wellingtonshe v;wasafflicted ;with-J nervousneSi-s.which 'always prevented tile public, fr'oni ''-hearing her 1 to the best advantage. When iri Paris some, three moriths:.ago,>-Mr..:.'Robert' Hbl;Welliiicton,;. ra6l ...Miss.vtong, who,-ho says, lias- dovcloped- into a very beautiful; wbihah,VaUdi':'thouKh-he''did'ii6t ;hear:. her .t singi';;he ';was'informed,'-that Aer,■voice'.-.Was ;ono';to 'Tie,;.reckoned :with iamong the -very.' best : : ih'! Europe. ' Experienco alorio - will do . the rest.] . ' •