AMUSEMENTS
XEWBURY-SPADA COMPANY.
TOWN HALL TO-NIGHT.
Assisted by Ma&terton leading ;u% tists, a. concert will bo given in tJte Town Hull tin's evening which should fill that building to its holding capacity. The Auckland Herald states:—; "Mr Philip Newbury has returned to Auckland after a l:pse of somo ,ve.irs„ with big. magnificent tenor voice, not;' morely unimpaired by the tvoar 16' has undergone, but absolutely enriched and strengthened. His singingwas a perfect revelation to those who had not previously heard him, nni after listening to him few, w e th>'nh, .could wonder that the mantle Jt England's greatest tenor, th c I.ito Sims Reeves, had fallen upon the> shoulders of Philip Newbury, the Zealand tenor, for ho can bo claims! as a product of this Dominion, having started his vocal career as a. lad \it Dunedin, and when he bids us forewell the Dominion will wait a long' time to hear anything as good. Witft Madame Spada in the famous "miserere" from "IJ Trovatore," the r\j plause reached'the pitch of an ovation.". The principal item on to-night's pr«>gramme will b? the "miserere" sceu.\These great artists will be assisted by Madame Nellie Fieldhouse, the popular English, contralto, Miss MacGregor, mezzo-soprano, Mr Gordon Stewart,, basso, Mr Pureell Webb, solo pianist' and the popular-Mrs Te Tau will sing Maori songs and ancient Maori ballads. The visit of New Zealand's tenor, Phil Newbury, has caused mucin excitement and interest in musical! circles. The management suggest that seats be reserved at the Breeds* and so avoid the crush at the ticket office to-night'.'
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10698, 20 August 1912, Page 5
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258AMUSEMENTS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10698, 20 August 1912, Page 5
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