16 JUNE 1855, Page 11

There was an immense assemblage at the Royal Italian Opera

on Thursday, attracted by Grisi in the first act of Norma, and by Viardot, Tamburini, and Lablache, in the Barbiere .di Siviglia. Viardot's Rosin was a novelty ' • and Tamburini's _Rear° was a revival of one of the great performances of his earlier days. Rossinrs,young heroine is a part some- what out of Viardot's line, but she made it a display of consummate vocal and dramatic art. Tamburini's Figaro, bating his voice, was as good as it ever was ; and, without a voice, he sang the Barber's gay and talking music with an effect which few even of the beet voices could have equalled.