MADAME KIRKBY LUNN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1599, 16 November 1912, Page 6

MADAME KIRKBY LUNN.

■ Madame Kirkby Lunn, the world-. famous eoiittalto-,. who has been 'giving conoefts in Australia with quite' remark- ■; able success, will give heir first concert in the Town Hall here on Tuesday evening, December 3, During her stay here the great singeT will give three concerts—tho above data and' also on December 5 and 7, The first: concert of the New Zealand tour will take placc on Monday, ovem;ber .25," ii'thd'Town Hall, Auckland; "The news of MAd amo Kirkby Liinn's visit.to ' the Dominion has already created very considerable interest, and the tour' was to have tafeen place in October, but so Successful did the Australian portion of the tour prove that Messrs. J. and N. Tait gave extra concerts in each of the titles of tho Commonwealth, which necessitated the slight alteration of the New Zealand dates. The public probably know Madame T.imn best py the great importance she achieved % . creating the fole of D&lilah in "Samson and Delilah," for . which purpose tho was specially, chosen t>y the composer of the opera, if. Camilla .SaintSaeUa." This was at Coyent Garden in 1906, and ever since that, inemotable achievement her'name has. been worldThis, of course, is not her only great part, lor at Coveut Garden, and tho Metropolitan Opera, New York, her interpretations of the parts of Ortrud, Ainneri9, in Aida,- Canfien,' Orpheus, JVica, Brangane, .ate regarded I>J tho critics in those 'places as being'tile highest it is possible, to itfoinV Probably the peat reason of her success in'Australia'lies in the fact that there is So more versatile singer than Madame lunn at .present appearing before the public. She excels in-operatic music, German lioder, and French chansons, and in addition in the good old English bal-; lads,' It must have been gratifying for: the great singer to have been the means of making ponttlar what:may be termed as '» "classical" soiig, the "Sapphic Ode," •which elie sang at' her opening concert in Melbourne, Svnd there has not booii a concert allowed to pass but which Madame I.unn has had to sing that number. ■ A similar experience has' befallen tho wellknown ballad, ''Three Fishers," but this may have been * expected, -for Madame Lunn is closely associated with this song.. Messrs. J. afid Ni *Tait, the directors . of tho tour,..fthnouncd that tho bos plan? for the three concerts will open at the Dres-. den Piano 'Company on Wednesday morning, November 27, i