18 DECEMBER 1852, Page 12

Madame Fiorentini, hitherto known only on the opera stage, has

made a successful debilt as a Handelian singer. At the last performance of the Messiah by the Sacred Harmonic Society, she sang the great soprano airs, "Rejoice greatly," and "But thou didst not leave," in a manner which gained every critical suffrage; and she is to repeat the same performance on Wednesday next. In the present scarcity of English soprani, this Italianized Englishwoman promises to be a great acquisition to our con- cert-rooms.