Chostiakoff Is Back!

Radio Record, Volume X, Issue 5, 14 August 1936, Page 19

Chostiakoff Is Back!

Russian Tenor Starts Another Tour of New Zealand Stations

ELCOME back to Senia Chostiakoff who has returned to New: Zealand for another broadcast tour! This news is a pleasure for thousands of listeners who so thorough-

ly enjoyed his singing when he was here two years ago. The Russian tenor told the ‘Radio Record" the other day that he had had an interesting time singing his way about Australia since then. He had. just finished a three months’ engagement with the Australian Broadcasting Commission, and immediately before that he had been with Frank Hatherley on a ten-month | tour of Victoria and New South Wales.

After his New Zealand tour, he intends to leave for South Africa to an engagement with the broadcasting authorities there, and thence to England to do some more singing.

"This time.it will be a little easier in one way to: sing: :to: New Zealanders," he said, "because-I ‘feel ‘that I have so many of. my former friends to sing to., On the other hand, it will be a little more difficult, because veople -will be

expecting more this time than last. But I hope they will not be disappointed in that respect. I have a good repertoire to give them, songs which should appeal to everybody — mostly, of course, old English ballads and Russian folk songs, with some operatic numbers as well." This former Don Cossack singer certainly was in fine voice when the ‘Radio Record" heard him rehearsing, so listeners will probably be as

responsive to his efforts on this visit as they were formerly, when he created something of a furore among song‘lovers in broadcasts and concerts.