LAWRENCE CAMPBELL'S RECITALS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1010, 28 December 1910, Page 6

LAWRENCE CAMPBELL'S RECITALS.

'■■■■■■ ■■■■ •'.-•'•....'".' C''»'-, ""'■•. ■"■.'.,'''"''-'■ ■' ' :■■ ,'Jt : ABLE, SINGER;- : V.' \ ': *-Wellington people have not yet' awakened to the ; realisation that a remarkable .(•oinbinatiori of artists'is uppearine at the Concert Chamber (Town Hall) and will appear.fbr the,last .time this evening. Mr. 1 Lawrence Campbell is one of the best elo-cutionists-and' entertainers that Wellington has listened.to for many-years,'.- and M.,JBugerie Ossipoftytho.Russian , baritone, is a colpraturi''vocalist'of'such: cxtraor-' ' dinaiy powers that'ihe'.jriyariablyi has-to-aceedeito at .le'ast'la/doubleencpre l vrb.cn.ever.he appears. .The efforts of'these hyo nitists have, ; been received'.with-iuntjuali--hed. enthusiasm, which they', thoroughly ;deserve..'Jn; the case of Jlr.:.Campbell the ■ public must.ript conclude that his are' , .mere essays/ih. elocution'.in the pure. rhey-aro something: more 'than '-.that— .rather are. they- pourtrayals ': or delineations of the characters"concerned, warm', .living presentments. :of/-"tlieV. authors' intentions, -.and brief sketches in. high .life • and.low.. They,;ran?ed;last eveuin", for fl-xample,.from:tho6iniplc" glory'.'of Othello s speech ; to v"The/.Cosler's.Conversion."' One ot the strongest .dramatic* pieces■ re- ■ Campbell'last evening: was .entitled "A.Village Priest," ; an incident in which a-priest is obliged to girbVabsblution to the murderer of Ins own brother Other items were "Arandalay" and "Fuzzy U mli t ,', (Ki P K . n ?). " Th P House that Jack limit (an amusing lesson in action and ..(testurp),; .'.'The.. Lizard and - the Wall,'- , and the musical monologues "'-i. Broken:.;,V-''iYeb , ," i"'A- -Bunch' of 'Hoses, and/ the last-named a : cameo in poesy. The accompaniments to the musical monologues (which, by... the way, are to be published, shortly) were played most artistically by Mrs. Shaw- . Meyer; ..-;•-.■'■ ■' ■■■ ■.'-■' . -v .-. ■ • . .■/

■'■,M. Qssipoff, who fls astonishingly' tem■pe'ramental.isang with strongly-marked' expression,. Both vocal and iacial, an aria from Rubinstein's "Nero," and in response to, an--enthusiastic encore sam , "Thb Sweetest' Flower that' Blows"'most' tenderly. He found full-; .scope. for 'his robust- characteristics iri J "The Calf of Gold" solo from'"Foust," and exhibited a range well over two-octaves in the ballad "On'.thVßlua Wave: , (Gqrdon). In the' 'second- half ;M. Ossippff : sarig '"Because" p.s encores p..barcarolle by.Maloff.va thing of-love and life, and 'a Tigorous.Busstan folk lore song . At the-final/recital to be given at the Toivn Hallv'to-night Mr. Campbell will recito "Julius , Gaesar, Act I," "Grossing the' Bar," "The.Captain's Colt," "Truest Friend," ".'Enery' 'Awkins" (by request).' M.'-v.Euge'ne .Ossipoff will sing "The Mom," by ; B.'Frangel, "Toreador Song" from' "Carmen," -arid "Blow, Thou Winter Wind.",'.;. , ' ■. . ' . :,