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REVIEW OE REVIEWS. 



heard in Australia in many of those 

 Wagnerian parts the great prima donna 

 has made her own. Miss Lyne lacks the 

 splendid presence of her great com- 

 patriot, but she has a fine voice and 

 -dramatic ability of a high order. Oscar 

 Hammerstein, when he opened his ill- 

 fated season of Grand Opera in Lon- 

 don, introduced two entirely unknown 

 artists to the English public ; one was 

 Mr. Harold, the other Miss Lyne. Her 

 success was remarkable, as also was his, 

 and, if her physique will stand it, she 

 has a great future before her. Many of 

 the other members of the Quinlan Opera 

 ■Company are already well known in 

 Australia, and the advance booking for 

 their season, which begins in Melbourne 

 on August 1 6, proves their immense 

 popularity. The company is giving a 

 large number of operas in addition to 

 Wagner's Ring. 



EDWARD GOLL. 



Herr Edward Goll has been delight- 

 ing large Melbourne audiences with his 

 wonderful playing. This Bohemian 

 pianist gives remarkable renderings of 

 Chopin and Schumann especially, his 

 playing pulsating with emotion and 

 vitality. Since Paderewski visited these 

 shores, no such playing has been heard 

 in Australia. Herr Goll studied in the 

 Conservatoire at Prague under Anton 

 Dovrak. Then he went to Vienna and 

 continued his studies under Emil Sauer, 

 a great pianist, who, however, lacks the 

 wonderful expression of his pupil. Herr 

 Goll toured Europe with Kubelik, and 

 has given many recitals in England and 

 on the Continent. 



PLAYS AND PLAYERS.' 



Mr. Julius Knight and Miss Irene 

 Browne are giving " Bella Donna " 

 in Melbourne during the first two weeks 

 in August. This remarkable play was 

 staged in London by Sir George Alexan- 

 der, where it met with great success. 

 Mr. Knight should certainly find Robert 

 Hichens' creation — " Dr. Isaacson " — a 

 far more suitable part than he did Ber- 

 nard Shaw's John Tanner. 



" Within the Law " has proved most 

 popular in Melbourne, where it has run 

 for no less than twelve and a-half 

 weeks. The play is being produced by 



Sir Herbert Tree in London, and draws 

 crowded houses at the Haymarket. It 

 is altered there, so that the plot is laid in 

 England instead of in America. 



Mdlle. Genee and the members of the 

 Russian Imperial Ballet, have achieved 

 a remarkable triumph in Melbourne, 

 where their wonderful dancing has come 

 as a revelation. The company visits 

 Adelaide on August 2, and opens in 

 Sydney on August 16. 



A NEW THEATRE. 

 The death of Mr. J. C. Williamson 

 makes little or no difference to the com- 

 pany which bears his name. He had 

 ceased to take any active control for 

 some time past, and had indeed dis- 

 posed of most of his shares to the pre- 

 sent directors, of whom Mr. Tallis is 

 chairman. The management announce 

 that it has been decided to erect a new 

 theatre in Melbourne opposite Her 

 Majesty's, which wull be known as the 

 Williamson Theatre. It will be built 

 specially for the production of comedy, 

 the other houses in ^Melbourne being all 

 too large for the purpose. It is planned 

 on a most luxurious scale, and will cost 

 45,000. 





