"RIGOLETTO" AT 1YA

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 49, 22 June 1928, Page 7

"RIGOLETTO" AT 1YA

HE next opera from which excerpts will be sung by the Madame Ainsley Quartet wiil be "Rigoletto." Some of the finest airs from this famous opera by Verdi have been chosen for broadcasting on Tuesday, during the second half of the evening's programme. The members of the quartet-Mad-ame Irene Ainsley, Miss Nora Hulme, Mr. Walter Brough, and Mr. Robt. Peter-will also be heard in various Solos, the items being interspersed vy selections from the Majestic Orchestra, the Auckland Trio, piano and violin duets by Miss Ina Bosworth and Mr. Cyril Towsey, and selected gramophone records (electrically reproduced). , Vaudeville turns will be relayed from the Embassy Theatre, , There will also be on Monday’s programme, Mr. A. B. Chappell’s usual weekly talk on old New Zealand. Henty Williams is the theme next week. | HE Auckland Municipal Band will supply the entertainment on Wednesday evening, a splendid programme having been prepared. Vocal items by the Hazeli-Sutherland Duo will also be given from the studio. A PROGRAMME to suit all tastes will be presented on Thursday evening. Happy Abe and Dismal Mike, known as the Hebrew Two, have a wide appeal. So, too, have the Asquiths, in their thirty minutes’ dravwing room entertainment. A treat in yocal music will be provided by Miss Martha Williamson, Miss Dorothy Youd, Mr. G. C. Queen, and Mr. Barry) Coney. Ingall’s Hawaiian Orchestra, the Auckland Trio, Mx. Cyril Towsey, and several electrically produced records will provide the instrumental music, while, though last to be mention, but by no means the least, will be Mr. T. Harris, elocutionist. | There will also be on Thursday evening a relay from the Embassy The-, atre. PAGERLY looked forward to eyery Triday evening at 1YA is the voice of Mr. J. I. Montague. The sketches and playlets which.he has produced have been very successful. Next Friday the one-act comedy, "Going Away," will be performed by the Auckland Comedy Players, undyr the direction of Mr. J. F. Montague. | The yocalists for Friday evening will be Miss Lola Solomon, Miss Phyllis Gribben, Mr. Robert Peter, and Mr. A. Colledge, who will present a varied programme of solos and quurtettes, Instrumental items will be played by the Auckland Trio, by Miss Molly Wright, and by The Internationals, The Wizard will make his secon appearance on Triday evening in his novelty turn, "Word Wangles." WERY enjoyable studio concert. is in store for listeners on Saturday evening, when the popular Lyrie Four will hold the microphone for solos and eoncerted items, and the Bohemian Trio will dispense vocal and instrumental music. Myr. A, McElwain is on the programme for mere humour.