"CARMEN" AT 1YA

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 33, 2 March 1928, Page 5

"CARMEN" AT 1YA

MADAME IRENE AINSLEY IN LEADING ROLE Scarcely ‘any opera is better stocked With good tunes than "Carmen," which is to be produced at 1YA studio on Tuesday, March 6, by Madame Irene ‘Ainsley. This opera was written by the Patisian, Bizet, less than a year before he died. Although the-dramatic thread of the music and of the action is continuous throughout the opera, the iusic is very largely broken up into. separate. Munibers, each self-contained with a definite beginning and ending. For this reason the music is. well adapted for performance away from the stage. About half of it will be given in the coming studio performance, into which will be concentrated the best parts of _the opera, Madame Irene Ainsley will play the role of ‘Carmen,’ a part which has made’ her name famous. On the London stage at the "Old Vic" her continued success and popularity earned for her the title of the ‘‘Enelish Carmen." ' Her last public appearance was at the performance of Carmen, produced by herself, at His Maiesty’s Theatre, Auckland, on December 19 and 20. The coming broadcast will enable people all over the countrv to hear the, glorious music of "‘Carmen.’" . Miss Nancye Hanna wil! take the role of Micaela. Mr.’Robert Peter will be Don Jose and Mr. James de Montalk will be Escamillo. Prior to the presentation, of ‘‘Carten" a first-class studio concert will be given by the same artists, assisted by the Bosworth-Hemus-Towsey ‘Trio and Mr. Fred Bowes (cornetist), while there will be a music relay and a vocal interlude from the Majestic Theatre. The fourth of the series of tales on old New Zealand will be given by Mr. A. B. Chappell, M.A., on Tuesday evening. This iastalment will be entitled "Tales of Maori Conflicts." Another lecture on the same subject will be given on the following Thursday by Mr. George Graham. who will speak on "The Origin of the Maori.’* Next Wednesday’s programme will be a relay of the municipal concert in the Auckland Town Hall, augmenting which Will be items to be given in the studio by the Hazel-Sutherland Duo. A fine miscellaneous programme is scheduled for Thursday evening. Mina Caldow will sing two songs by Franch, as well as ‘"‘The Star"? (by Phillips) and "A Request"? (by Finden). The old London song, ‘Down Vauxhall Way," will be sung by Miss Lolo Solomon, who will also sing two other numbers, including ‘"‘Solveig’s Song’? (by Greig). Mr. Barry Coney’s name appears against three items on the programme. Instrumental music will be plaved by the Bosworth-Henus-Towsey Trio and by Miss Bosworth (’cello), while selections of a lighter nature will come from Mrs. H. Morton’s piano and from Nell, the Bohemian. Madame Mary ‘Towsey’s quartetMadame Mary Towsey, Miss Gwenyth Evans, Mr. Rose and Mr. John Breewill provide the vocal portion of the musical programme on Friday. ‘The items are of a diversified nature, including quartets, duets, and solos. The Bosworth-Hemus-Towsey Trio, Mr. Cyril Towsey (piano), and Messrs. Davies and Salthouse (cornet duo) will supply the instrumental music. _ Friday is Mr. F. J. Montague’s night. Next week the elocutionarv section of the studio programme will comprise a little Shakespeare, a group of children’s poems, and a Dickens sketch, a portrayal. of Fagin, the contemptible old Jew in "David Copperfield," than the description of whose last night in the condemned cell there is nothing more graphic in the English language. Selections from the musical comedies £"Maytime" and ‘Maid of the Mountains’? will be items to be sung on Saturday evening by a duo composed of Miss D. Youd and Mr. D. Wrathall. = --- }

Both artists will also sing solos. "A Spirit Flower" will be sung by Miss Youd, and ‘""fhe Mountains o’ Mourne" by Mr. Wrathall. A new entertainer at 1YA on Saturday evening will be Mr. Headlam Greenhow, who will give two ‘piano sketches entitled "The Vil. lage Orchestra’’ and "Three Blind Mice." Hawaiian melodies and popular airs will be played by the Le Pali Duo. ‘ On Sunday, after the relay of the Auglican Church setvice in’ St. Mary’s Cathedral, the municipal organ recital in the Town Halli will be broadcast,