ALFRED O’SHEA

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 572, 26 January 1929, Page 15

ALFRED O’SHEA

BRILLIANT IRISH TENOR Tho illustrious Irish tenor, Alfred O’Shea, who has just completed a most successful tour of Australia, will sing 1 at the Auckland Town Hall on Saturday, February 2. Music-lovers throughout New Zealand are anxiously awaiting- Mr. O’Shea's concerts. Competent critics claim that there is a unique appeal in his voice that is at once mystical and persuasively charming, and that as a singer of Irish ballads and the folk songs of the Homeland, he is unequalled On the occasion of a visit of the London Literary Society to the old home of Edmund Burke at Beaconsfield, long occupied by Mr. Garvin, editor of "The Observer,” when Mr. O'Shea sang, Mr. G. K. Chesterton, the author, said: “It was a great joy to hear the spirited songs of Ireland as Mr. O’Shea inimitably sang them.” After this brief New Zealand visit Mr. O'Shea goes on to America to fulfil most important opera and concert engagements, and make a special series of records for a gramophone company. Lovers of grand opera, ballads and folk songs, who desire an artistic and thoroughly satisfying musical treat, should not fail to hear Alfred O’Shea and his talented .associates. Booking arrangements are advertised.