20 OCTOBER 1860, Page 20

The Paris Italian Opera opened on the 2d instant with

La Sonnambula. Mademoiselle Marie Battu, Signor Gardoni, and Signor Angelini, were the principal performers. Thalberg is in Paris, and is expected in London. We hope that this most celebrated pianist, whose marvellous performances turned the heads of the whole English public, both in London and the provinces, some five-and-twenty years ago, will be heard once more during this visit. Mr. Charles Braham has left London for Italy, where he is about to appear on the stage for the first time, as a baritone singer. Hitherto his voice has been a tenor.