AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 3 August 1907, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

HARRY RICKARDS' VACDEVILLE COMPANY. Whatis said to be the very strongest Naudeville company yet sent to New at til? o"" l', i lrry Kickards wi » o Pen at the Opera House on the 9th inst. Xo ,?" er 'J I '"' six of the artists bring with thorn European credentials, and in the tharlenes, King and Benson, Fred. Russell and Miss Cassie Walmer, New Plvmcuth amusement lover* will see ne'rfr;m! t] ' e l' rin t'Pal vaudeville theatres of London and Pari,. The Ularlenes are excellent musicians, and til- ladies will be delighted at the f Sla<la ™ e char lene, which arc said to lie worthy to rank anions the most beautiful yet seen on the colonial stage. King and Benson give solos duets, and dances, and Mr Fred Russell qui rfrTf d T ° f " le ventril °- quist artists yet seen on this side of the world. Miss Cassie Walmer sings well and her vocal sketches are spoken of very highly. The other members of the company are all clever artists. The plan of reserved seats opens on Mondav morning at Collier and t'o.'s. "

t'ARREXO. ' C'arrcuo, the celebrated pi,„. \ -ll fr ''' m,m of Hm I n ££l" ret ; ,t: " h " e n " xt Satimbv. ] OcWber .Madame Carreno has to 1 commence a series of Kn ~ s V' ~ n ™ 01 80 concerts in < Araenca, which have already been < to"tb I l ' !/ 1 "" 13 ' 018 ' -""id l.er trip to the Antipodes is merely en route- a 1 !LT T «PPearanc« in the prin- ' eipal Cities of Australia, but, judeinir ron, the highly laudatory nitices of ' the press, she obtained immediate attention and recognition as n player rf extraordinary talent. This is not surpnsinfr, inasmuch as she is general'* admitted not only to be the great «t woman pwhist of the worß but in ; h , front rank with the most fa mo „, m , n whfn", T" mP ' Uis elated that when a wandering Australian in Vienna -w-T/T ag ° a3kwi the '«™ us Teschetitzkv to name the best pianist in he world, he replied, -There are five best Carreno. Busom, Paderewski, and Saner." a remarkable thing about Carreno is that J er Power—that is, her capacity for tonc-production-is much greater" than that of the average male virtuoso, but wtter still, from the musician's point of view, the universality of her geni.ig as a player is such that while she can make at tremendous "tour dc force" of a lizzt Rhapsody, she is exquisitely tender in her treatment of Chopin, while she excels as an exponent of Beethoven. MR fiEORCTE irUSGROVE'S ROY\L GRAXD OPERA COMPAXV. ' The announcement published in our advertising columns to-day, containing til" dates and particulars of two special performances to be given by Mr George ■ Miisgrove s Royal (irand Opera Companv, which has lieen touring Australia with such great success and has latchopened the Xew Zealand tour at Auckland. should lie read with great interest bv all musical students and theatregoers. This will Ik? the first time in the history of Xew Plymouth that grand opera will have been presented here, and the coming vi-it of this combination lias looked fonvurd to with much plea- - -lire by our music lover.-. The present f company touring Xew Zealand is the ... most costly and the largest that has vet .. visited Xew Zealand, and the operas" to r be presented are- promised on the same ti complete scale as have been given in i- the other cities. I inly two performances can !«■ given here, but each night a dif_l tereiit opera will l,e presented. On lion | 4 ' Ja >' evening, August 12. JUebard W«« I '*■<*< great work "Lolicngrin" will U I |H>rformed. and on Tuesday night, All" ill "J, (.ouiiod's iiia>terpiei-e "J-'au-f \ v j]