TWO CELEBRITIES recently interviewed over 1ZB by Hilton Porter in his " Personalities of the Week" session were Oscar Natzke, New Zealand bass (left), and the Australian tenor Kenneth Neate, who are touring New Zealand together. Natzke described his early days at Matapata, near Te Awamutu, his discovery at the age of 18 that he could sing the lowest F on the piano, his studies in London, and his engagement to sing leading roles at Covent Garden. Kenneth Neate told listeners that he had originally intended to become a school teacher, but had joined the police force instead, and a police choir had given him his start as a singer. He has taken tenor roles in productions of "Carmen" and "Lohengrin" for the ABC, and after their present tour of New Zealand he and Natzke hope to go to America together. At the conclusion of their interviews, Natzke sang "There'll Always be an England,’ and Neate "The Lord’s Prayer."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 90, 14 March 1941, Page 9
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158TWO CELEBRITIES recently interviewed over 1ZB by Hilton Porter in his " Personalities of the Week" session were Oscar Natzke, New Zealand bass (left), and the Australian tenor Kenneth Neate, who are touring New Zealand together. Natzke described his early days at Matapata, near Te Awamutu, his discovery at the age of 18 that he could sing the lowest F on the piano, his studies in London, and his engagement to sing leading roles at Covent Garden. Kenneth Neate told listeners that he had originally intended to become a school teacher, but had joined the police force instead, and a police choir had given him his start as a singer. He has taken tenor roles in productions of "Carmen" and "Lohengrin" for the ABC, and after their present tour of New Zealand he and Natzke hope to go to America together. At the conclusion of their interviews, Natzke sang "There'll Always be an England,’ and Neate "The Lord’s Prayer." New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 90, 14 March 1941, Page 9
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