The Italian Operahouses have not this week presented any novelty.
At Her Majesty's, the greatest attraction has been Piccolomini, who has
drawn enormous house in the F4.iha del Beggimento. She takes La 2a- elate for her benefit on Thursday next. On Tuesday the much-talked-of ballet Is Corsaire is to be produced. This piece, which has been a rage in Paris during the season, is (as the ballet used to be of old) a regular drama, with plot, character, and incident, and demanding no small his- trionic
ionic power. At Paris it s the entertainment of a whole evening ; but Mr. Lumley knows that this will not do for London and we shall there- fore have it in the form and dimensions of an afterplece. Rosati comes, covered with Parisian laurels, to represent Byron's heroine.
At the Lyceum, it is announced that Bosio Is to appear on Monday as Leonora in La Trovatore, the part previously performed by Madame Jenny Ney. Bosio is the prime favourite at this theatre just now, and very deservedly. In such light parts as Rosina in the Barbiere, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, or Adina in the Elisir d'Amore, no one can be more charming; but it remains to be seen whether she has tragic weight enough for the heroine of the 2Vovatore.
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