Last week there was a performance at the Theatre 'fallen,
in aid of the fund to assist volunteers in proesading to Piedmont. It was set on foot by Tamberlik. M. Caizado gave the theatre, and all the performers gave their services. The opera was the' Trovatore, and the receipts, the prices being double, amounted to 12,000 francs.
The Theatre Lyrique is reviving the operas of Mozart and Weber with surprising success. The No= di Figaro has been performed one hundred and seventy times within one season. The latest revivals have been Mo- zart's Enkvement du Serail (Entfuhrung aus dens Serail), and Weber's Abou Hassan, both gems, which are scarcely known even by name in London.
M. Augustus Meves, the veteran professor of the pianoforte, died last week, suddenly, as he was returning home in a cab.
Johanna Wagner, the celebrated prima donna of the royal theatre of Ber- lin, has married M. Jachmann, a young gentleman of good family. The Princess of Prussia made the bride a wedding present of a magnificent diamond bracelet.
Our accounts from Paris are full of Madame Guerrabella, who appears to be by nature a musical genius. "Her passion for music," says a corre- spondent, " was so great that she began to play upon the pianoforte before she was five years old ; and when she had only heard an opera once, she could sing through nearly the whole of the melody. While she was on a visit at New York, at twelve years old, she became acquainted with Madame Sontag, by whom she was encouraged to adopt the life of an artist; to which reverses of fortune had already directed her attention. The great German singer immediately made her a pupil. When Sontag departed for Mexico, she urged her young friend to go to Italy ; with a promise that on meeting in Paris she would complete the education of her pupil for the stage. We all remember that Sontag was cut short in her own career by death. In 1853 Madame Guerrabella went to Italy, where she married Prussian nobleman ; but instead of releasing her from the stage, it turned out that this step only rendered the pursuit of her. profession a more im- perative duty. She resumed her studies under various teachers; amongst them were Mesdames Persiani and Damoreau • Signori Habitat Itonzi, and Fontana, and finally, the friendly counsel of Rossini. Uberti taught her declamation; in Italy she acquired a proficiency even in painting. What has tat to do with music ? some will ask. No little ; for the right intelligence of one art throws considerable light upon the sister arts. Ma" dame Guerrabella has already appeared in Don Juan ; an -opera which she did not select, but she has performed with great success.
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