“CAMOLA.”

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3980, 13 July 1915, Page 7

“CAMOLA.”

A DRAMATIC POEM. The people of Gisborne who are so unfortunate as to miss hearing this magnificent musical production at the Ooera House to-night will for ever regret the loss. Songs have made history, music has for ages immortalised the deeds of war, and the world of literature is richer by the stories of the ancients. All the emotions of hate, love and sorrow, are depicted in the glorious notes of the masters oi song, and all whose souls are capable of being stirred by martial strains of warrior bands, by the sorrowing wail of forsaken womanhood, and the glorious inspiration of hope, will to-night revel in the finest choral' work heard in Gisborne for many years. The production is varied by some of the sweetest- solos, harmonious duets, male and female choruses and concerted numbers, the final number being scarcely surpassed in beauty 7 by the famous “Hallelujah Chorus.” If the deeds of glorv being performed by our own brave soldiers could be so recorded, history would indeed bo yiclier for the tribute. The proceeds of the concert are being devoted to the best of all causes, the Patriotic Fund, and it is to be hoped they will be considerably augmented by the public of G>.sborne paying to-night a- little of the worth of this fine musical production, "Comala.”