MOLLE ANTONIA DOLORES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 70, 23 March 1903, Page 2

MOLLE ANTONIA DOLORES.

COMPARISON WITH MKLBI, , The r id»l wave of enthusiasm in favour of MJlle. Dolores, which has lately Bwepi over Sydney (says the Daily \Telegraph), recbed the highest level it his yet at aioed on tha occasion of the 'great artiste's fourih farewell recital given at tin Town Hill on S iturday I evening. The Sydaey publio appar#ut'y divided itself into two opposing "ompara'ive" cimp*, the partisans of Melba and Djlorei support|ing their favourite wih eathusustic . vigour. In such circumstances, it is 1 not surprising that the I'o-vn Hull was < packed with an au Ifoooe of fully four thousand persons, many of whom w. re ! proseat with a view to solving the ! prob'eai for theoHoh'es by pTsouil ! audition. Bearing in oiijd everything, the ov.ii fl iwing audienc i cou'd ouly be regarded as a popular tribute toar istic nwi-, and wis, in itself, a triumph for j Mdlle. Dolores. At the cbsa of the programme, tin distinguished vocalist ; was recJ e1 ag .in «nd ag*in. As the people showed nj dispisiMoa to budge from thur seas, Mdl'e. Dobres gracefully responded to the prolonged applause by adding Aub r's " Laughing Soig," and, as the recalls becime more and more iosisVnt, finally sing, amidst an impressive s'.'eni', the evergreen "Home, Sweat Home," tin artiste being mear*h ; la th j centre of an admiiingcircl) of seat-hollers from the orchestra, who g.therfid round h-r on I the p'a f trm. Wh«n tie lasi notes of the song hi I diod away, the housi rjsi ti its feat, aid ber to 'heeeh>, hats and handkerchiefs bring vijOrausly waved in ev.ry part of he buil 0a leaving, the crowd fought for souvenirs in t-->e shije of a rrse or a few leav«. Assisted by au energetis body gua d, Mdll •. Dolores at la*t inauagei to eater tier c riiige, only to find hois»lf du'in; her slow progress through P irk -a reel; oMigei to me oth hmds for the purpose of exchanging a friendly fcrip with the so ires of person* who insis.ed 0:1 shaking hinds with her

GREAT RECEPTION AT AOOKfAN",

At Auckland tbe Ohonl Hall wis packed to the doo.said h in ire is ware unabli togainadmi-sion A bi; cr> >d in iha street gave thi f.ir singer a tremendous ova ion, Tbiugh singing here it is unlikely thai Mddi). wi'i bo able to viai; the South [aland, as she leaves Auckland by he Sooomi od the 17th April for Ame in, so Niw Plymouth is pir'iuulary favmrod. This will posi ively b) the last oppirtunity of hearing thh great an is'e and we advise all thise who have not already booked seats 'o a-. ouc* do so.