AMUSEMENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 49, 22 February 1912, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

A STAR ATTRACTION

MISS ROSINA BUCKMAN. The public of Stratford will be very pleased to learn that they are to have an opportunity of hearing Miss Rosina Buckman. A concert will be given on the 29th February at the Town Hall when she will be assisted by Mr. Hamilton Hodges and other first-class artists. The “New Zealand Times” says of Miss Buckman :—To those who had heard Miss Rosina Buckman a short while back with Williamson’s Grand Opera Company here, the improvement which she showed in voice and method last night must have certainly come as a pleasing revelation. She showed herself a star performer. Melba’s opinion of her was put to the test, and the singer triumphed. This was all the more pleasing to those of her New Zealand friends who desire to see her in the first flight cf operatic artists. Mr. McCormack has reason to feel well satisfied with the support accorded him. Miss Buckman’s best efforts were in the “Jewel Song,” and in the trio from “Faust,” in which the voice had a grand scope, and she rose to the exacting demands which the Guonod music made on her. The two settings of Alfred Hill, “Fairyland” and “Waiato ' Poi,” which have become popular, were excellently sung, the latter with adequate Maori spirit. Liza Lehmann’s “Cuckoo Song ’ was given as an encore. She was the recinient of handsome floral tributes from local wellwishers. Madame Melba says: But I should like to speak of one who will surely gather the laurel-wreath for herself, for she has the tenacity of purpose, courage, capability, and, withal, an exceptional voice. I mean Rosina Buckman. She is' a brilliant exception. Sydney should do something for her;.should send her to London, and help her to find her legitimate place in the rank of the world’s artists. I predict a great futui'e for her. Prices are 3s, 2s, and Is. Box plan at Grubb’s opens Monday next. HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE. To-night at Bernard’s an unusually big change of pictures will be screened, when the great American Civil War drama, “The Battle,” will he shown for the first time here. This picture was acted by over 1000 people, and for staging and scenic effect in the huge battle scenes is unsurpassed. The picture was shown in Wellington for three weeks—a record for any film. “Jim Crow,” “The Baby and the Bomb,” and “One of Nature’s Noblemen,” are really fine specimens of photo drama, all having first-class plots. The comic section has been specially picked to suit the taste of Stratford residents. “The French Naval Disaster” is a great portrayal of the sad occurrence at Toloun. “Five Graceful Girls” is a vaudeville performance which in real life would be too expensive an act to tour the Dominion. It .shows some wonderful feats by the Cragg-Blaso troupe.