TIIE GERMAN OPERA.
ELSITZINGER'S term of engagement has expired, and his place has been filled by Herr TiCHATSCHECK ; whom Mr. BUNN, speculating upon the ignorance of the public, chooses to announce as " the first singer in Europe ! ! " Perhaps the manager's draft may find currency with the multitude without our endorsement, but those who are most familiar with the sort of "paper" that he is accustomed to circulate may need some name to it in addition to his own. And we willingly give it. Not that we are prepared to say—although we have probably heard more European singers than Mr. BONN—that Herr TICHATSCHECK is at the head of them all ; but he is, unquestionably, a first-rate singer. A fine tenor singer is a rare avis. Neither the stage of Italy nor that of England can produce an artist so highly gifted and so:highly accom- plished as this Bohemian stranger. We heard him on Thursday night in .Der Freischutz ; and he makes the fourth in such a vocal quartet as rarely combines. That opera is now more perfectly performed than ever it was before in London. Single characters have been as well supported, but there has never been such an ensemble. Srauraues Cas- par leaves all competitors at an immense distance, whether German or English. Euryanthe has probably been delayed till the arrival of the new tenor : it is to be played next week.
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