RITA AND RADCLIFF.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2085, 17 November 1885, Page 2

RITA AND RADCLIFF.

To N'IiJHT the Hamilton public aro to have a rare nuir.ic.tl treat. M.idamo Paulino RiU and Mr Radclift* intend giving their miHic.il entertninmrnt entitlod " lan to Pinaforr, ' the object being to trace and illu-<trftto mu-.ic from tho rluya (if the god Pan, to the dnys of that h««lthy school of fuu (enmujue opera) "Pinafore, ' &c. We will not attempt to evpiato upm the nionts of these popular artist-*, their reputation already licinff v«eWknn>Mi in all miMic.d circle-* of the two hemnpheros. Madame Riti h.w for <*omo \mr* p.i-*t held & hi^h poHition a* a vocalist, both on the Continent and in London. Her performances at the Cr}stal P.d.ice, Chas, Halle's Concerts, Opera Coniiquo Theatre, fie, at once placed her in the front rank of pure singer;!. Mr It«dcliff Ims occuptod the po»ttiou of lending fl.uitiit of Europe foi the lait seventeen year-!. He in Professor of the Royal Academy of Music, and one of the council of Trinity College, London. He alxo holdx the Golden Lyre of the Melbourne and .Sydney "Leidortnfel." Tho colonial piess have been unanimous in pronouncing the entertainment " Pun to Pmnfoio " to be the great treat of modern times. We utrongly urp;e nil lovers of nniKic to nup jiort by Uieir presence at the Public Hall this evening theur popular arti«t«n, and let us »how that although far away from tho metropolis of England, we can and do appreciate a good thing when it com™ iimorißnt uh. Madame Rita and Mr li.ideiiff appear at Cambridge on Thursday evening nett.