THE ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY CONCERTS.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 73, 17 July 1863, Page 2

THE ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY CONCERTS.

It is not often the lovers of musi|# c Invercargill caa enjoy the treat of a rea|| r good concert. This week, however, t||| have had the opportunity, and m|| c heartily has it been embraced, crowi|| c houses being the " order of the day," om a write more correctly," night,' 1 at the up music hall which forms part of the Untl b Hotel in Tay-street. There the Englii ft Opera Company have been discour^ tv sweet melody every evening, and lie,||;Vs she, (for the ladies, spite mud and watf| \» have been fully represented) must be d|| p; indeed who could not appreciate theeffo||'— of the artistes. The very title chosenlf ai the company has a magical attraction, f| w minding one of the palmy days of M§| * a Louisa Pyne and Wm. Harrison's compsgl st and the troupe who have adopted it here|| by no means unwbrtliy of their protot}j|§ <>l Madame Carandini has a beautiful sopiff 81 voice, but unfortunately the effects <|§ " ( cold have been telling upon it, and in c|| £' sequence it is impossible to expect fi|f her that touching earnestness for wl(gP v she is so justly celebrated. The hall, ||jy though perhaps the best in Invercargi|;|| scarcely adapted for vocalisation, !||, hence the lady sings at a great disad\|f|. tage. With these difficulties to face,i|| In still gives such ballads as " Molly Asth(§| »n with a sweetness which few could eqfSfha and still fewer surpass. We must objfgth however, to her habit of putting in " grp©f notes " to those simple melodies. m| or we had the pleasure of hearing j§ig . old familiar song " Home, Sweet Hoifr™ sung- by the most gifted ladyPgr^ Britian, and beyond the plain score to': ; |pri found in any music lesson book, she didMlig utter a note. But then the glorious v<||fUi andthepathosshethrewinto the wordsiH^ chanted her audience, and at the concln|&.t they rose and cheered almost en »i§|l ' Madame Carandiui has the ability to 4W & ' the same expression of felling if she wf|Pu( only avoid springing up into the Alto,||hol dwelling to an unreasonable length Sha particular note. The fault we complß|^, a ( is observable more particularly vfsftj " Beautiful Star," 4< Jessie's Dream," ||f, other peices. These remarks are meafffT' 1 kindness, for even with such defects it||f?. treat to listen to the lady who can ex^»a so well the feelings of " The fen girl to her harp." This peice^s consider one of her best. The ch||f en from the t niajor to the minor key isfprjt with ease and without apparent efforfe^ effect being a subdued feeling of reflTr not easily accounted for. Mr Sh^^ r , tenor, is great in such composiiio|lp ' «« Let me like a soldier fall," bat h«|l? into the error already mentioned, viz^eii of sticking in appogiaturas, and prololSjy, some particular note, when neither vt j nor music warrant it. Mr Small i^aj w ably has the lion's share of thelabilt . the evening's entertainment. Befap?' taking the bass part in the concerted p^P C( he gives several racy cpmic, songs \|llea are sure to be encored. We. obje^iis: principle to the great authors works lwu< travestied, but if anything could rcc^^ us to the degradation it "woul^g^ Mr. Small's version §f ; Hamlet ,S~ p( style and manner, the facial V;C m? n tions, are enough to • > di^el^ue " blues" from any one for a mont|Kp' Tuesday evening he introduced JsHpt. aorig, "The Invercargill/Town^ B^ j, which was both' we|l Written iii?l jK c"■;e "■; ably sung. It was the greatJFwt^v ! the evening, and : bursts of ' applais^ . every verse greeted Kthevqcalisti-iS 6ihoMgh not least, we must notice tlft^ts formances of MrJ,>Whytei)On^h^^tl That gentleman is so well knpwDjH^^jji that we needXriotssrtr^oiie: wo>d eitb»^jg or eon, sa^llionl^ I»op'e|tliat he^^T^^ rest of the eompajiy^ may^jbje «i3u«&^ ' prolong thej*|^ay f ?*uw>ng -^««£:$ r .:K^ days more. "^: "■•-. ■-■■■-- : '-"^-r-K^ >