ALFRED O’SHEA

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 566, 19 January 1929, Page 14

ALFRED O’SHEA

GREAT IRISH TENOR Like John McCormack, the great Irish tenor, Alfred O’Shea was trained in Italy, and made his debut there in Italian opera. This is no mean feat for a Briton, as the Italian audiences are said to be the most critical in the world. Even Caruso was afraid of them, and Galli-Curci has yet to conquer there. Only the best are wanted in the land where glorious voices are to be heard at every turn, and the fact that Alfred O’Shea is to appear in Italy again after operatic and concert engagements in America stamps him as one of the world’s great singers. Mr. O’Shea always includes in his programmes a number of operatic arias, and his magnificent voice and stage presence have made him famous on the operatic stage. But he does not neglect the songs that are dear to the hearts of all. Mr. O’Shea will give four concerts in Auckland. the first on Saturday. February 2. Monte Blue returned to Hollywood recently from a two months’ vacation to make a talking picture for AVarner Brothers. It is a road show called “Conquest.” with H B. Warner and Lois Wilson featured. Alexander MacDonald, widely known Scottish author and explorer, has completed “The Unsleeping Eye” for British Screen Productions. Wendy Osborne, Leri Norman, David Wallace, Baby Laurel and cannibal tribes of Papua plays leading parts. “The Canary Murder Case,” Paramount's new mystery play, will directed by Malcolm St. Clair, former newspaper cartoonist, comedian and scenario writer is now directing Clara Bow in "The Fleet’s In.”