ARRANGEMENTS FINALISED

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 16, 26 October 1934, Page 9

ARRANGEMENTS FINALISED

-- Madame Goossens-Vice-roy’s Radio Tour of N.Z. The New Zealand Broadcasting Board las now finished ‘arrangements with Madame Goossens-Viceroy, the noted Belgian dramatie soprano, to tour.the New Zealand main stations, Many listeners will remember that Madame Goossens-Viceroy was one of the soloists chosen to tour New Zealand with Henri Verbrughen and the New South Wales State Orchestra, early in 1920, prior to his departure for America, Her singing during that memorable tour created something in the nature of.a sensation, the orchestral accompaniments also being a revelation. Her solos during the tour included many classics of the soprano repertoire such as "Ah! Perfido" (Beethoven); "Ocean, Thou Mighty Monster," from Weber's "Oberon"; "Softly Sighs," from "Der Kreischutz" (Weber) ; and other operatic numbers. , Madame Goossens-Viceroy on that tour avoided the line of least resistance so generally taken by singers and established new standards in New Zealand concert traditions. Associated With ‘the soprano was M. Albert Goosens, baritone, who was also most popular. He scored a palpable hit in in the intensely dramatic song "Tangi," composed by the assistant-conductor, who was Mr. Alfred Hill.