TE RANG! PAI.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1734, 27 April 1906, Page 4

TE RANG! PAI.

MBS HOWIE’B RETUBN. NEW ZEALAND'S "QUEEN OP SONG.”

We are pleased indeed to anDqunoe that the Gisborne people will have an oppor- . tnnity of woloomiog their old-time favorite, . JM>s Howie, on Friday evening next at His } Majesty's Theatre. , The fame of New Zealand a "Q teen of , Song” has loDg preceded her returo to ! Gisborne, her native town, and wa shall be ; very mooh surprised if every seat in His 1 Mejesty’s is not occupied when Te Rangi ( Pai renews aequaintaoOß with a Gisborne aadienoe, Prior to leaving for England Mrs Howie was known throughoot the wbo'e of New Zoaland as its leading contralto. For the last five years she ha 3 been in tho Home Ooun'ry completing her musical education under euoh teachers as Charles Saotly, William Carter, and Dr Ohurohili Sibley, men of the very highost rank in voice cultivation. In London, Te Rtngi Pai on her first appearanoe on the oonoSrt platform oreatod a furore in the rausioal world, aod since then she has ooquired and maintained a premior position in the realm of song. Too great London dailies and musioal critics of Great Britain are unanimous in 'acknowledging her great vocal gift, and unquestionably aooord : her a plaoe among the star artistes of the world. In the oourse of the many and ex'ended earlier not’.cos, tho Daily Telegraph desoribes her voice as being rioh and sympathetic ; the Daily Ma'.l, as being fine, powerful and yet sympathetic ; the Echo, as being a wonderfully sweet, sympathetic and powerful contralto. The Era says that her pure rich voioe of fine quality created a profound impression. The Stage states it as magnificent; the Westminster Gazette, a voioe of admirable power and quality.