"THE MERRY WIDOW."
In speaking of the production of (brae "Merry Widow," the New Zeaand "Times" says:—"ln all respects she was found to be an agreeable disappointment, for it is not always that realisation equally anticipation. In this ease the actuality is infinitely superior to anything that oould have been looked forward to. The opera, for it is quite worthy of the name, and worthy to be classed with the works of Offenbach, Lecoq, Von Suppe, and others of the school of opera bouffe, whose works will live when most of the musical comedies if not all of them are completely forgotten." Miss Florence Young's soprano voice should do full justice to the sparkling musie allotted to Sonia (the Merry Widow), and Wei lington critics are unanimous in their enthusiastic praise of her rendering of the part, while Mr Reginald Roberts, the tenor, earned seme very superlative expressions of approval, and the new baritone, Mr Andrew Higginson, created a profound impression as the fortunate possessor of an excellent voice. Mr Victor Gounet, Mr W. S. Percy and Mr Arthur Hunter, also win unstinted praise lor their fun making.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3178, 1 May 1909, Page 5
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188"THE MERRY WIDOW." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3178, 1 May 1909, Page 5
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