JOSEPH HISLOP

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 191, 2 November 1927, Page 15

JOSEPH HISLOP

OPENING CONCERT At the Town Hall to-morrow evening Joseph Hi slop, the world-famous tenor, will make his first bow to a New Zealand audience. The box plans are rapidly filling, and the great interest displayed by musical folk, particularly by choirs and the leading musical societies, augurs well for a successful season. Mr. Hislop comes to New Zealand with a reputation second to none. There has been no artist who has visited the Dominion in recent years who has had such ovations elsewhere as this famous singer. More than 65,000 people heard Hislop in Australia. Nightly the town hall and auditorium in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide were crowded with admirers. At his first concert in Sydney more than 4,000 people were present, and wildly applauded at the conclusion of the performance. For the opening concert in Auckland the star item will be a rendering of Massenet’s “Manon,” accompanied by grand organ and piano. Then follows a sparkling collection of the latest ballads, also “Adelaide,” the fine Beethoven number. Mr. Alberto Sciarretti, the associate artist with Mr. Hislop will play a piano solo, several items by Italian composers, new to the concert platform. Mr. Sciarretti has a great reputation in London and America. Mr. Maughan Barnett will be at the grand organ to assist in the obligato.