THEATRES AND MUSIC).
The .two Italian Theatres have only repeated the performances of the nightsun which they opened. After three representations of the Cenerentola, the:last on Tuesday, Alboni returned to complete her engagement at Paris. Tonight Verdi's Ernani introduces two performers, who, it is announced, are tb appear for the first time iu England. This is incorrect as regards Madame Giuliani,—the Madame Julian van Gelder of the Brussels com- pany at Drury Lane two or three years ago. M. Hordes, who appears in the part of Ernani, has not been here before. It Is now announced that Jenny. Lind is to sing in a series of six con- certs to be given at Her Majesty's Theatre, and to commence on the 12th of April. These concerts, the advertisement states, will "comprise the following operas—the r tame litagico of Mozart; Oberon, Der Freischiltz, and Euryanthe, of Weber; La Vestale and Ferdinando Cortez, of Spontini; and Fidelio of Beethoven; which will be sung by Mademoiselle Lind and the principal artistes of the establishment, accompanied by a full orchestra and chorus." The subscribers are to have the option of including any number of these concerts in their season's subscription. We are, we con- fess, better pleased with the prospect of these concerts than, under pre- sent circumstances, we should have been with Jenny Lind's reappearance on the stage; anticipating a far higher entertainment from her singing in the operas announced (every one of which is a chef d'oeuvre) than from her again ringing changes on the Sminambula, Lucia, and the Figlia del Reggimento, for the whole season, as she would in all probability have done.:
At Covent Garden, the performance of Masaniello tonight is announced as the last representation of this opera before Easter. But it most have many representations afterwards; for its reception has shown that it is calculated to be long attractive. On the second and third repetitions, it was even more successful than at first; and it certainly is, as a whole, one
of the most superb operatic performances ever witnessed. The chorus- singing, in particular, is absolute perfection.
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