ROSINA BUCKMAN.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1922, Page 5

ROSINA BUCKMAN.

SUCCESS OF SECOND CONCERT. The large audience that greeted Rosin a Buckman and Maurice D’Oisly at their second concert in the Empire Theatre, last night, was a wholehearted tribute of congratulation and goodwill. As number followed number enthusiasm arose to fever heat, and at the close it was hard to realise that a great artiste’s night of triumph had passed. The atmosphere that pervaded the packed hall was tense, and the closest attention was riveted on every phrase of opera and ballad alike. On such an occasion it is ijnpossible to give detail or mention the wealth of beauty that was showered on those privileged to hear, but it was in opera that the gifted singer rose to her noblest and best. Musetta’s air from “La Boheme,” and the Finale to Act 1 from the same opera, were bewildering triumphs. Being sung in English, each phrase of emotion could readily be followed, and had they been even sung in the original language, the vocal color was so convincing as to leave no doubt as to the varying changes of emotion. She gave of her best unsparingly and with all her powers, and carried her audience away with her in a manner so rarely witnessed. It was in every sense a great privilege to be present at such a concert. Mr. D’Oisly also held his audience in closely-riveted attention. His most delightful French songs will live long in one’s memory, while his duets with the prima donna were the finished work of an artist and evoked the heartiest applause. Miss Adelina Leon played with je greatest skill. The tones she drew from her ’cello were at times fairy and dainty, and at other times full, resonant and rich. Her delicate bowing was quite a revelation of perfect control of her bow. With such playing encores were inevitable. It is a very long time since such accompaniments have been heard here. Mr. Kahn is in every sense as much an artist in piano tone as those he accompanied. So perfect was his* tone gradation and variety that it was quite an effort to fix the attention on the soloists, and one had to remember that the piano was only a beautiful setting for some of the rarest gems.