With the presentation of Verdi's "Rigoletto" at the Shanghai Opera House on Tuesday, Chinese artistes to be heard and seen in local grand opera. An unusual feature of the debut of Mrs. Mary Waung and Mr. Y. K. Sze in grand opera will be their rendition of Verdi's beautiful arias, Rigoletto will be played by M. George Kudinoff, while other talented artistes in the cast include Mme V. Eltzova and Messrs. Markoff and Selivanoff. The chorus of the Shanghai Opera House has been re-infareed the engagement of seveisi equally ble but slightly less known vocalls Mrs. Waung already is favourably known to the local world of music through her participation, as soloist, in concerts with the Shanghai Municipal Orchestra, the 4th Marines' Band at the U.S. Marines' Church and in the recent war-relief concert at the Nanking Theatre. Cast as Gilda, Mrs, Waung undertakes a difficult dramatic role, meeting all demands, Mr. Sze, a graduate of the National Conservatory of Music, is a bass whose resonant and pleasing voice has been heard here in numerous concerts, notably the refugee-benefit at the Nanking Theatre,
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