Verdi's Lomlardi—no favourite of ours—was added to the " off-night
" operas of Her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday; with several changes in the cast of parts. Gardonrs Oronte was the most successful and pleasing. Jenny Lind reappeared on Thursday, in Roberto il Diavolo; drawing the usual crowds, and exciting the usual enthusiasm.
At Covent Garden, Verdi's Erased, which had already been produced this season, was repeated on Saturday, with a difference of cast. Made- moiselle Steffanoni, a debutante in this country, went through the part of the heroine with respectable mediocrity: she has a stout comely person and a good voice' and her performance was intelligent and musician-like. Alboni looked the King passably: her contralto voice, though musically a good substitute for the original baritone, wanted the manliness necessary for dramatic truth. Anna Bolena was presented for Grisrs benefit on Thursday; one of the most brilliant nights of the season, The prima donna outdid herself, and was received by a crowded audience with as much enthusiasm as usually attends the most splendid first appearance of a star. Tamburini's Henry the Eighth is a perfect performance in every respect; Alboni gave quite a new importance and interest to the character of the youthful page, Snwaton; Mademoiselle Corbari was the best Jane Sey- mour we have seen; and Mario, though an apology was made for him on the score of hoarseness, sang with little abatement of his usual excellence. This opera is got up with a beauty of scenery and splendour of costumes and decorations almost unexampled.
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