Grisi reappeared on Thursday, and repeated Iuerezia Borgia with un-
diminished energy. We regret, however, to say that Mario's weakness and languor seem to increase. He sang sotto voce during the evening, and made no exertion till the last scene, when he rallied his powers. This evening Grim and Mario are to appear in the Huguenots as Valentine and Raoul; characters which, of all others, make the heaviest demands on their strength, both mental and physical. Madame Viardot, since her beautiful performance of Fidel, has appeared in _Donna Anna ; which was injudicie‘us. The music of the part is too high for the register of her voice ; the principal air especially, "Non mi dir," is a bravura intended for the display of a very flexible organ, which Viardot certainly does not possess. She produced less effect, conse- quently, than some who are much inferior to her in all the higher quali- ties of an artist.
Mr. Charles Kean loves to signalize his benefit by the production of novelty. Last year, the first representation of Sardanapalus threw a halo round the important evening. On Monday next (the benefit date), we are to have a version of a French piece, entitled Le Courier de Lyon.
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