23 FEBRUARY 1856, Page 11

Mr. Anderson is giving English operas at Covent Garden ;

where Balfe's Bohemian Girl was produced on Monday evening. The only performer

of note was Miss Lucy Eseott, a pretty singer and an agreeable actress. Mr. Haigh, who made his debfit as a tenor, has a fine voice, but it is as yet vox et praiterea nihiL He is, however, a young singer, who may do much with study and application. The instrumental band was pretty good; but the chorus was at once feeble and coarse, and the ensemble was confused and slovenly. But the house was crammed, and the ap- plause as vehement as if Grisi, or Mario, or Lind, had been its object. Was this another of the Wizard's tricks of conjuration ?