26 MAY 1855, Page 14

64r Opra.

We are having "more last words "—or rather more last notes—from Grisi. After ber leave-taking of last year, so affecting and even tearful on her part, and so enthusiastic on the part of the public, we certainly, notwithstanding the many examples to the contrary given by actors and singers, did nut expect ever to see her again. We almost shared the general surprise when we saw, only a few days ago, the sudden an- nouncement of her immediate return. According to the manager's ac- count, we are indebted to him for this step, which Grisi has been induced to take by his repeated importunities. It was not, he tells us, till he had failed to find some one else to put in her place, that the great prima donna, in pity for his distress, consented to comply with his entreaties. This explanation, or apology, was rather uncalled-for. Had it been necessary to conciliate the public, it could have had no such effect; but the public was not disposed to take umbrage at an inconsistency of which there have been so many instances, and which in this instance had the effect of renewing a pleasure no longer hoped for. Accordingly when Grisi appeared on Thursday as Leonora in La Favorita, she received from a crowded house as warm a welcome as she could desire. She showed no falling-off since last year either in looks or powers ; for al- though her voice, in the earlier part of the opera, lacked its pristine strength and firmness, yet in the beautiful last act, she acted and sang with all her wonted pathos and effect. The opera was very strongly cast : Mario Fernando, Graziani Alfonso- the King, and Lablache the aged priest Baldasare.

The veteran Tamburini is to reappear next week in .Don Giovanni. Of course we must be prepared for decayed vocal powers ; but we shall see the character personated as no one but Tamburini is able to act it. Ever since Tamburini's retirement, the want of a Don Giovanni has made every representation of Mozart's masterpiece a comparative failure.