ROMANCE IN OPERA

Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1928, Page 3

ROMANCE IN OPERA

ITALIAN ARTISTS TO WED. AUCKLAND, Oct. 3. Eomance has entered the ranks of [the Ftiller-Gonsaloz Grand Opera I Company, and to-morrow morning at St. Benedict’s, Signor inn Nina Algo/,- { zino, the mezzo soprano, will marry Signor Remo Diolti, leader ol tue chorus of the company. Both arc very popular members of the company. The bride, who is to be given away by I Signor A. Gampi, will be attended by ( Maria Henkina, the handsome Russian I soprano, Signorina Constantini, and I Misses Anita and Rena. Pagni. .Little Vera Petrie will be flower gilr. Tlic I!bride, who has the dark, flashing eyes of the Latins, is a Sicilian by birth, ; having been born in Palermo. Her present home is at Milan, j Signorinn Ajgozzino is a mezzo soprano with a. beautiful voice of fine dramatic quality and great range. She has twice toured North and South America,,- and has also appeared in opera at Rome, Milan, Palermo, Turin, Venice, Genoa, Vienna, and Bucharest. During the Auckland season she has appeared with- distinctive success as Azwcena in. “U Trovatoro,” Adalgisa; in “Nor,nut,” Carmen in the opera of that, name, Ortrud in “Lohengrin,” Ulrica in “Un B’allo In Masqhera,” and as Leore in “La Favorita.”