“PAGLIACCI.”

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 378, 9 March 1937, Page 8

“PAGLIACCI.”

TAUBER’S NEW FILM. FAMOUS TENOR SCORES. In adapting Leoncavallo’s opera, “ Pagl'iccl,” Trafalgar began wltli the advantage of having two of the most famous tenor solos in the whole music, the “ Prologue ” and “ On With the Motley," says a London paper. This effort goes a long way towards what some of us think would be tile Ideal marriage of opera and Kim. It Is, Indeed, the first real attempt to recon trust opera on the screen and adds a new pleasure to the cinema. Hlohard Tauber’s voice is ideally suited to the part of Canlo. The “ Prologue ” has never been better sung, and his “ On With the .Motley ” Is a really artistic achievement. The famous “sob" which with Caruso seemed to shake the stage was suggested as the involuntary heart-cry o( a strong man broken by an unexpected sori’ow. Tauber’s singing in the rest of the play did not always reach his unusually high level, but it was always extremely good. An interpolated lullaby was beautifully done.