Both the Italian Theatres are receiving the reinforcements usual after
Easter, and mustering their strength for the campaign of the season. At Her Majesty's, on Tuesday, the basso par excellence, Lablache, dis- ported in the unparalleled quack-doctor Dukamara. This evening, Ma- demoiselle Alaymon, a tragedian of immense Italian fame, is to appear in Lucretia Borgia, supported by Gardoni and Ida Bertrand. Next Thurs- day (as it is announced) Alari's new comic opera Le Tre Howe is to be ormed, in the same manner as at Paris; the cast including Sontag, Giuliani, Ida Bertrand, Gardoni, and Lablache. Mario reappeared on the Covent Garden boards on Tuesday, in his great part of .Raoul in the Huguenots. On Thursday, Signor Stigelli (a German who has Italianized his name) made a successful debfit in' the part of Rambakio in Roberto a Diavolo. He has a tenor voice of excellent quality, and is a good singer, but an indifferent actor. Beethoven's Fiddle is announced for next week, with Tamberlik as Florestan and Cas- tellan as Leonora. As Viardot is to be here in the course of the season, she ought to be the Leonora; for the heroine of this most pathetic drama. requires all the powers of the greatest vocal actress now on the stage.
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