AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 22 January 1907, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

"THU ClXCAkl'il'i." ko\ers of the' lighter form of operatic literature will no doubt apprcei ate '-Tile Omgalee" which Mr J. C. Williamsons Comic Opera Company is to present nl the Theatre liovul oil Thurday -evening next. The piceha, had a lon- run in Kngland and Australia, and has (scored one of the successes of the year in Wellin-ton. In ciitreisin- the lir.st performanc,.. of the opera in Wellington the 'Tost' said:—-It is no •extravagant praise, when one write:; of "The Cingaier'' as one of the most animated nmfuniii.iiig nin-ical comedies (hat has been subndt.ed to a Wellington audience 11, recent yea,,. Us music is of more than ordinary excellence, and probably li-rc ha, been no better set of t .1,,.,'. Uses than llio.se introduced in piece since the "Jiclle of New York'' '•'l'ltvau.l American and llritish pubbe a ion- time ago. It is doubt fill whether more genuinv app'aii-e rinil whieh-rcotod Williamson's' Ibi'yal Comic tTpera Company last iweni'ii-

A llavor oi I he far Ivas'i s.vi.i,, to -ivvhe.i.icler 1,, t| !L . miwie and ivrie; alike, and the scenes ami d-coraiioas the ilreiises and dances are I ru'ly Oriental in tiieir nia-niticencc. The elu. I pan in die i'liii-inakin- fell to Mr Ceor-e l.aiin. who rollicked through (lie part of Cliainbuddy Cam with' 11 min-led bonhomie and assurance (hat. wax'provocative of irresistible laugh ter." As I here is certain to be are cord attendance to witness this lipe company, intending patrons should ] see to the booking of their seats at the Collier and Colonial Piano Co.'s, J vvtere tho box plan ia ou view, /