30 JULY 1859, page 19

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Ihnorah, or Ii Pelkgrinaggio di Ploirmel (the Italian title of Meyer. beer's new opera) was produced at Covent Garden, not on Saturday as announced, but on Tuesday. So much has......

There Has Also Been An Operatic Novelty At Drury Lane.

An Italian version of Verdi's Vipres Sielliennes, under the title of I Vespri Siciliaei was performed on Wednesday. The opera was got up with a care and completeness which did......

Literary News.

Mr. Fordyce, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, known by his "History of the County Palatine of Durham,' has just commenced a "History of Coal, Coke, and Coalfields : Iron, its Ores and......

Tot Litatrts.

The theatrical season is now fairly drawing- to its close, for although some time will elapse before the doors of several of the houses are ac- tually shut, we can hardly......

Publications Received.

After an interval of ten years the author of FRIENDS IN COUNCIL has produced a second series of that remarkable work. It consists, like the first of essays, mingled with......

It Is Rumoured, With What Foundation We Know Not, That

Mario has been offered the directorship of the Grand Opera of Paris. It is rumoured, with what foundation we know not, that Mario has been offered the directorship of the Grand......

Musical Publications.

Boosey's Operatic Album is one of the most elegant publications of its class. It is a collection of a hundred gems from the most favourite operas of the day, arranged for the......