12 JULY 1856, Page 12

At the Royal Italian Opera, on Monday, Madame Bosio appeared

for the first time as Leonora in La Trovatore. She sang beautifully, of course ; but she also displayed a degree of tragic power which the audi- ence were less prepared for; and her reception, consequently, was of the warmest kind. Grisi reappeared on Thursday in the Puritani, if with less vocal strength than formerly, with no diminution of the tenderness and simplicity which have always characterised her performance of El- vire. Mario has resigned Arturo to Gardoni ; and a better substitute certainly could not be found. But even Gardoni in this pharacter, is a descent from Mario, as Mario himself was a descent from Rubini.