ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 January 1917, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EUGENE OSSIPOFF. The famous- Russian baritone, whoso lightning-like tour through Xew Zealand will well ho, remembered by the musicloving public about five years ago, has decklcil to undertake another such tour, v.'hieh our readers will he pleased to hoar. lie is Russia's most brilliant baritone, and 'his commanding gifts have forced the admiring attention of all sections of his audiences wherever he has favored them. He is one o* the most expressive of vocalists—vivid, compelling, unique. Eugene OssipofT temperamentally is unapproachable. The tremendous vitality of t'he man and o. ? his voice comes as a glad surprise to those who nre familiar with the mechanism of voice-production. OssipolT loves ; to sing, and ho compels you to love ti >heai him sing; once you 'have heard that magnetic voice you will come again. OssipolT has. the unusual'.ability of appealing to old people, even though he may not sing in the language they know. He is a master of many languages, and ho uses none more charmingly than our ojd English. His recital; nro 'unusually refreshing, for the lovers of classics or those of the light style of music are equally pleased 011 account of the versatility of his artOssipoff is dramatically dynamic, with a fire and fervor welling from his inmost being. He becomes gently emotional with the emotion of a man who knows and feel the glory of his theme fie can be tunefully tempestuous, because the passion of the master musician is his also.