ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 312, 29 June 1912, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

MISS ROSKA BUCKMAN. Monday night in the Theatre Royal will lip the last opportunity of local residents hearing Miss Kosina Buekman prior to the departure of that charming dramatic New Zealand soprano for that great world of music, Covent Garden, London. Those host able to judge, such as Madame Melha, John McCormaek and others, predict hig achievements for NewPlymouth's- gifted songstress, and it is fitting that the local music-lovers should show their appreciation of her talent by attending her farewell' concert, which is being given in aid of the Technical College. Miss Buekman is on the threshold of her career, and when fame comes her way it will he pleasant for her to carry in mind the fact that in far-away New Plymouth she a warm host of friends and admirers. Speaking of her complimentary farewell concert at Wellington last Monday, the Post says her performance will not soon be forgotten. The critic adds: '-Her upper register was particularly clear cut and melodious in the Puccini number, which was 'acted,' so far as such excerpts can be aeted,\vith a suggestion of intensity that was tyell understood. . . . Miss Buekman also displayed a really splendid clarity of tone and flexibility in an aria from David's 'Pearl of Brazil.' This was entitled VOiseau Charmant,' and is a selection that makes exacting demands on the artist's voice, conception and technique. Here again Miss Buekman triumphed' over those difficulties. She sang -with a wonderful verve and vigor, creating a furore with a striking climax." Miss Buekman will be assisted by a number of local talented artists. EMPIRE PICTURE PALACE. The Empire Pictures will introduce an entirely new and up-to-date change of films at the matinee, commencing at 2.30 this afternoon. Again at S o'clock to-night the same programme will be screened, consisting of one of the finest selections of moving pictures ever presented to the ■picture-loving public. Feature films are a common occurrence nowadays, and the inexperienced showman usually suffers by getting the pink that the experienced manager avoids. The Empire management have the knowledge and experience that enables a pick of the world's leading film productions and a visit to the. Picture Palace to-day will convince the most fastidious. The programme, includes four feature films hy the leading American studios, namely "Fishermaid of Ballydad" (Kalem), "String of Pearls" (A.B. Co.), ''The Women of the West" (Tannhauser). and "Papa's Letter" (S. and A. Co.). John Bunny figures in the Yitagraph Company's latest comedy "Umbrellas to Mend." The A.B. Studio also supplies two amusing comics, "Message from the Moon" and "Married without knowing it." Amongst the other itemq are "Pathe Gazette. No. 101," -'Chamois Hunt on Mt. Blanc," "Over Granfian Alps," und "Meiregen and its Falls."