AN EMINENT TENOR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1299, 30 November 1911, Page 5

AN EMINENT TENOR.

HE, PHILLIP NEWBUKT BACK ■ "' '" : AGAIN.. It is nine years, since Mr. Phillip \»ir bury.san ? Zealand, but be mZ'JJJ" ofljis g orious tenor i=- a , fre™, ™, tt^r^tHa^n^^ fill John Harrison, and Charles Ttirn to; colour his tones to the. requirement of the number. He has come to ™w Zealand primarily to sing in "Tho Me" ? ,ah i i f «i r 1D Koyal Ch ° ral Safety and iD D.medin-C When seen-Jby our representative yesterday, Mr.. Newbury stated that for seven, out of the nine yews, he had been absent from Now Zealand he had been in the United Kingdom sinking for M° most T , P rt " nd « the direction of Messrs Ibbs and Tillett, who handle most of the big concert and oratorical art, s s, including (Sodowski. Madame lurkby Lunn (tho finest artist on the concert platform), Kennedy Rumford! and Clara Butt. He had'sung a goeid deal in oratorio, including several anpearances in the Albert Hall. It wa« there that he had tho honour of sineiii" with Albani on tho occasion of her final appearance in oratorio. icV 1 , 4 ™ 3 a great night November i 1903), as you ran.imagine, with such artists as Albani, lurkby Lunn, Frangcon Davies singing. As far as my knowledge and judgment go,.Albani wo* the greatest oratorical sopi-ano rf the a°e Of course, when you heard her out hero sho was long pa-st her prime, but fifteen years ago sbo was a peerless artist— superb in like of which wo have not heard since. It is the same with Foli—no great basso has arisen to anything like take his place. "I have also been associated -with Nordit-a,- America's greatest dramatic soprano, Sir Charles and Lady Halle, and made appearances with tho London SyniShony Orchestra under the direction* of ichter (who hAs just retired), and Sir Frederick Cowen. He, ttoo, had the honour of being the tenor in the ori»inal performance at Leeds in 1001 of Elgar's oratorio 'The Apostles.' In Hint performance Mrs. Ncwhury (Madame Emily Spada) was the soprano, Madame Kirkbv Lunn the contralto, and Messrs. Frangenn Davies, and Lane Wilson the baritones."

In reply nn inquiry, Mr. Ne'wbnry said he thought his voice had improved if anything. About fivo years ago an eminent inthority noticed that Mr. Nowbury was breathing through his mouth,' more than .a singer (of all people) should. He said he could n<ot help it, and Hie medical man, to test the organ, pressed in one nostril and asked Mr. Newbury to exhale thro'igh the other. Ho'could not. The result was an operation, during which n growth was removed. Thi« Mr. Newburv maintains has erra'cd a nasal eavily* which hits added ronMdnrabjy to. the resonance and breadth *of his voice. This was evident later on. when Mr. NVwbiiiT. to Iff I (ho sir-ou.-l ir-.s nf the Town Hull, sing "Sonne? \-iri :Warni" «ith. Uirilliug- fll'cct,- the. lull, rich. veto.-, nant i-hejt i.'otes l'inginp vibrant ami cl"«i' in the furthest wmer of the treat hall.