PAUL DUFAULT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 198, 19 February 1914, Page 4

PAUL DUFAULT.

AN. ARTISTIC TREAT. Paul Dufault is a singer of a type entirely new to New Plymouth, and no man,, be he vaudeville star or dramatic artist, ever more completely stirred a Xew Plymouth audience out of- its customary lethargy than did this wonderful singer at the Theatr.i Royal last night. From the moment that Paul Dufault stepped on the stage, lie held his audience in the hollow of life hand. He Bang to them, and thev were his entirely, l'au] Dufault is more than a singer. He is a consummate artist, a dramatist in song. It would matter little whether his voice was bass or tenor, whether his songs were grave or gay, French, Italian or JEnglisb: th« spirit of the man is behind the words, and the music and the epirit of the song are reflected in the singer. The programme which he submitted last night was a varied one with scope for the exercise of all the light and shade of the tenor's beautiful voice. 11 win hard to realise, after healing Massenet's "Dost Thou Know?" in cultural French, and Scott's ■Secret," that it was the same man who sung, us one of his numerous recall numbers, "Lot* of Licking," with dl tta merry humor which the song demands. Sun'.' bv another man. this sorg might have wemed out of place in such illustrious company, but Paul Pufault can sing anything. Kqually hard is it to select the masterpiece of t.) programme, hut unless it were to "An I'ays. the lTrench -torj ot the soldier who is fora>d back to battle by the sweetheart who lus li ted him, the Mini uou'd be to •■lnvietiis," a song in which the defiant M.ul of the singer stood out rugged and; una raid against the buCela of life Paul Dufault will not soci be forgotten by the audience, who fail v rose in their seats and demanded an encore from the hum of the evening. -As for the other performer-, it i», i>criwiw. sufficient to say that thev ar* worthy associates f o r Pmil Buiimlt. Miss Paulino llrindle.v is a soprano of, unusual merit, possessing a charming presence which quickly made iUelf felt. applnn,e. and had to respond to a recall •r en.»-j number she contributeu. Ifor ■wt song was Verdi's "Cw Home," i„, Italian, a daring beginning but a »uceess „1 one. She displayed groat versatlity. dealing just as artistically will), the »i„,ple l.ttle songs whieh e/crvon* kaoro as with the works of the maker* >ong. With Paul Dufault, she sang hat charming duet, "it Was a to cor < '' Whkh "'** he »rtH» »

noun. The audience wit., qmck to reI'ogmse tins, and his nnmb.-rs were all h*.B«L Hi. repertoire i, extensive; acludiiur the n-orka of Wiewuwski.lfcC /.uryeki, ami a charming "Madvi-al" of ins own composition. It is impossible to writ,, of the Paul Bttfau t concert without mentioning the pianist, Mr Harold Whittle, who i. a master of the art of accompany!™, ffli work was mno smu „ mft { ■£ £ "b^ort»e»u«nwrf-th,.conwrt.Per-to'lukys.-" ta '' V l,CC0In I'»» : »'«* It is a thousand nities that I'ail j),,. fault and hi, lttwsillM Wl , . ',£ J ""<• nifflit onl . ' 101