MDLLE. DOLORES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10225, 29 April 1911, Page 5

MDLLE. DOLORES.

■J AT MASTERTON TOWN HALL. The re-appearanbe in MastettOii of Mdlle. Antonia DQlores s v after an ab- : sence of several years, naturally created enthusiasm in musical circles unhappily, the district does not boast a considerable number of, musicians. Those, however, who have a spark of music in their composition ;are compelled to enthusiasm beneath the spell of the talented Dolores. Was it not Shakespeare who said,—' "The man that hath no music in hinlNor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, ■ ' ■ ' . Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils 1" The audience that assembled at the Town Hall last night wa.s "moved, and therefore escapes the impeachment of the bard. The programme presented was a pearl in the vocal art. Music is not altogether a spontaneous expression of ideas and sentiments. From the days of the Greeks and Egyptians it Has been regarded as an art And it is in the artistic sense that Mdlle Antonia Dolores is a queen/ -among her fellows. She possesses the enviable faculty of imparting the sentiment and 30ul of music with a sublime and impassioned poetry of diction which at once appeals to the,emotions of her auditors. It was almost u»r-'j possible to select the most successful of her numbers last evening, they were all so charming in themselves. Possibly the best received were the. aria "Chi vuol la the air, "Angels Ever Bright and Fair, the recitative "Oui pour ce soir," and Schumann's "Mondnacht" andi "Der Nussbamm" These numbers afforded the talented singer an opportunity of displaying the flexibility and capacity of her voice, together with her fidelity to the subject underlying the efforts of great classical masters. It need hardly be said that every item] was loudly encored. Mdlle. Dolores, | who was also greeted with a neral J tribute, responded gracefully to the i vociferous re-demands of tke audience; j and her production, as encore numbers, of "Killarney," "Comin' Thro' the Rye," and other popular airs, was a revelation in vocal music. Never have the Lakes of Killarney. been more picturesque; never has the, rye been more noble in its rural grandeur than when pourtrayed in melody by Mdlle. Dolores. One could sit and listen to her all night. But 'twere. impossible. The strain upon the singer must have been considerable in the two hours in which she occupied, the stage. But she showed not the slightest distress or semplanee of fatigue. Her enunciation was as perfect at the finish as at the start. Mdlle. Dolores is a musical genius. Her accompaniments were played in finished style by Mr Selwyn Shrimplin, who also rendered several excellent solos.