"PAUL JONES."
OPERATIC SOCIETY'S NEXT . . -■.■;,: EFFORT; At a meeting of the committee of the Wellington Amateur Operatic Society, held last evening, it was decided that tho next production should bo "Paul Jones, , '- a, very tuneful comic opera by Robert'Planquetto, a French composer who flourished in Paris in the 'seventies and .'eighties, and whoso works wero translated., into English with marked success."''"Paul Jones" deals with tho adventures..of the ; notorious' sea-rover, wh'6'harried the English fleqt on their own coast, and by his dash and daring achieved many victories. Other succoss'ful operas by Planquetto are "Les Cloches do .Corneville," "Rip van Winkle," and "The Old' Guard." "Paul Jones", was.last played in Wellington many-years ago by tho Royal Comic Opera'.-'Cbmpany, with Mr. Wallace Brownlnwiinthe title- role and Miss Nellio Stowart as Yvonne. Tho society proposes to produce tho opera about July. ' ' ' '
A committee consisting of Messrs. A. W. Newton, E. Vanco (secretary), and F. Kelly wero 'appointed to invest tho funds of the- society to the best advantage. ; " "'
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1998, 4 March 1914, Page 8
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