The Paris Italian Opera closed on the 1st of May.
A theatrical journal gives the following statistics of the season, which began, as usual, on the 1st of October last. The total number of performances was 121, the highest number hitherto reached. Of these, Rossini had for his share 31, Verdi 49, Bdlini 11, Donizetti 5, Flotow 5, Mozart 8, and Cimarosa the same number. The number of operas performed was 19. The total receipts of the season amounted to 809,819 francs, giving a nightly average of 6693 francs, or 2681. sterling.
Madame Viardot has recently appeared, at the Th&tre-Lyrique, in the „inside and 4leeste of Gliick. She is described as having acted and sung with all the power and brilliancy of her youth, and is said to have made an immense impression on the public. This illus- trious artist seems to have entirely discontinued her visits to London, a thing much to be regretted.
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