Voir.
ADELINA. Parr' has gained a fresh triumph by appearing in Lucia di Lammermoor. She has performed the character of Lucia twice—each time to an overflowing house, and to an audience full of enthusiasm. The opinion at which the public seem to have arrived, without a dis- senting voice, is that Walter Scott's most interesting heroine has never been painted—not even by fumy Lind herself—with greater beauty, truth, and pathos, and that her vocal powers transcend, in some respects, those of the greatest artists of the day. The acquisi- tion of this most brilliant of stars has been a great event for Mr. Gye; but it is not correct to describe it as a mere piece of good luck for which he has no merit. It is not true that Mademoiselle Patti was originally engaged by Mr. Smith for Her Majesty's Theatre (as some of our contemporaries have said), and was picked np by the lessee of the Royal Italian Opera after her arrival in London ; the fact being that she was engaged by Mr. Gye from the first, and by no one else.
Grisi has given another " farewell performance," and has appeared, for the last time, in the character of Lucrezia Borgia. The terrible heroine, grand and sublime even in her wickedness, will never again have such a representative.
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