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Perhaps the most valuable of all Mr. Lumley's recent importations- is the young tenor from Naples-Signor Hamar& Not having had an op- portunity of witnessing leis-debut on Saturday last, we are partly depends eat on hearsay for an opinion of his_ performance of Oronte in Verdi's. Lombardi; but we had some experience of his quality in a detached scene or two of the same opera, pressed into the service as one of the multitudinous attractions of the succeeding Thursday. Our impression certainly is that Signor Baucardi will prove to be no slight acquisition to Her Majesty's Theatre. His chest-voice is full, mellow, and even; of such large compass, thak. like most tenors of the modern Italian school; he scarcely uses the falsetto. He evinced refinement as well as easy strength, and appeared to possess the powers, of passionate expression. We should like to hear him in better music.
The Howe di _Figaro was performed on Thursday-for the second time, we believe-with the strong cast of last season, except that Mies Catherine Hayes was the Chertibino. It is not her most successful part by any means ; and on this particular evening. indulgence was' askedon account of some degree of. iudispoeition.. Wanting_ in voice,. wanting, in *nu,
she seemed also ill-fitted in the character: the hot-blooded boy was lack- adaisical and fine-ladyilzh. The exquisite "Vol the sapete" was finely sung and greatly eneoyed,. but sung and enjoyed as it might have been in the oonoert-room, Sontag was in capital voice and spirits. The "Still' aria" with Paredi zeoeieed the aocaistomed honoure ; and the " Io," which Lablache, Belletti, Sontag, and Grimaldi, work up with such richness of harmony and extravagance-of fun,. carried the audience to the folly of a triple encore.
The ballet, with CarlottreGrisi, .Ainalia Ferraris, and Marie Taglioni, may now be considered as in full force at this house. The revival of the itTruandaise," from La Esmeralda, is & refreshing event for the lovers of Terpsichorean eloquence : Carlotta Grime% execution of the celebrated pas retains its unrivalled fascination.; her flying bounds across the stage are not only feats of consummate art, but replete with histrionic expres- sion. With the warmer weather, too, Lea Plainirs de I 'River has been revived. On Tuesday, some of the wheels by which the skating move- mentsere effected overdid their -duty, and seventlef the "patineurs" were precipitated penmen into one of the lowerstage-boxes. It may have been a planned accident ; for it undoubtedly added' to the reality of the effect, andthere has been no bulletin of health or return of broken limbs.
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