10 NOVEMBER 1838, Page 14

Barbara, or the Bride of a Day, a comic opera

by ADRIAN BOIL-. 1111:1!, lets been brought out as an afterpiece at Covent Garden. Had the musk and drama been better than they are, it would hardly have amused an audience listless and exhausted utter the excitement of 7'he Tempest or sarachefa. A broad farce, such es the last new one at the Haymarket—" Bat However"—of which Witesen is the hero, is the only enjoyable relaxation. The singing and acting of Miss Rauseoicrit and Miss P. Huiteox, 13lioroan, and Beessae, are very good ; and the music, adapted by Heatatit, is lively and clever : but nut all that HARLEY could do in the way of fun can lighten the effect of a semi- serious opera after a tragedy.