7 JUNE 1851, Page 10

From the long yarns spun upon Miss Cruvelli's Norma, at

Her Majes- ty's Theatre, we gather that the critics have halted between an effort at ecstatic admiration, and a feeling that all has not been quite satisfactory. We suppose the justice will be found to lie in considering the perform- ance as an exhibition of great talent and high ambition, but of unripened judgment—as the promise of better hereafter.

At the Royal Italian Opera, the event of the week has been the unex- pected appearance of Tamburini, in Don Giovanni : an agreeable sur- prise ; for his acting was thought to be as fine as ever, and his voice fresher and stronger than last year. Mario being indisposed, Octavio was performed for the first time by Tamberlik, with unequivocal success.