4 AUGUST 1855, Page 11

The Birmingham Festival is to take place on the 28th,

29th, 30th, and 31st of August. It will be on the usual scale of magnitude, and a host of vocal talent is engaged, including, amongst many others, Grisi, Bosio, Castellan, Viardot, Mario, Gardoni, Reeves, and Lablache. The ora- torios announced are, Elijah, The Messiah, The Mount of Olires, and a new oratorio by Costa, entitled 27i, composed expressly for this festival.