Signor De Rimini, a baritone who has for several years
been reputed the first singer of his class in Italy, appeared on Thursday at Her Majesty's Theatre as Figaro in the Barbiere di Siviglia. His success was not com- mensurate to his reputation ; and it seems that he did himself some in- justice by appearing, to meet the exigences of the theatre, in a part not suited to him. He has gained his name by his performance of the tragic personages of the modern Italian stage, especially those of Donizetti and Verdi ; and his debfit was to have been as 211fonao in Lucretia Borgia, had it not been for the " indisposition" of Cruvelli. He performs this evening Enrico in Maria di Mohan; in which, doubtless, he will appear to greater advantage. In the Barbiere, Madame La Grange took Cruvelli's part of Rosina, and made it an occasion for astonishing everybody by flights and feats of execution unimagined by the composer. The new ballet of Zeus's, • ou Pamour et la Hoyle, is remarkable for pretty scenic effects, and prodi- gality. of display by premieres danseuses. Gill has given a new proof of her versatile talent by performing Fides in the Prophete, with entire success. Her reading of the part is plain and sim- ple, without any effort to make points, and its freedom from exaggeration makes it the more natural and pathetic. The music, strictly speaking, is too low for her voicebut she gets over that difficulty by means of some changes and transpositions of no great consequence, and her singing, as well as her acting, is beautifuL
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