THEATRES"' AND MUSIC.
Thockfititig of the Paris Italian Opera has set at liberty:the 'nowhere of its company who belong also to the one and the-weber ofestr riyal esta- blishments, ,Lableehe is in .I.ortelop, and will reamiebt :it Her bfajesty's Theatre mixt Week: 'So will- the new oontralto Mademoiselle Schwartz,. just arrivett.6ena"Pienna. Maclaine Ttedolini is daily expeWiech and Jenny
• Lind hal by this time left,Stockholna en route for Londdit: The long reign of Vex* draw% to ,a elose--Ernmzi is announced tonight "for the last time ..
• idi Covent Garden the week has been brilliant. On Tuesday, SCIII ir a - ',nide was preidticed, with Griai, Tambnriui, and Alboni. The fair prima donna .reoeived a most cordial welcome; and, throughout her whole per-, fornfiniCe, showed that tittle lies had no influence on her powers. Nay, she looked yettnger and handsomer thins last year 'Mid her noble aspect, impassioned energy, an magnificent execution Of the gorgeous mu:noir made her Setniramicle altogether unique and matchless. Tamburitii also received the welcome due-to so grea1 and justly esteemed tuf -artist. His Assur was, as it always has been, h fine performance; thtaigh his .Voice begins to lose something of its tondand flexibility in the' higher part of the seale. Alboni's Arsace, dramatically speaking, was nothing: her face is incapable of tragic expression, and- she merely walked- through the part; singing, however, with consummate-art and-exquisite beauty, though her voice, retaining the sweetness which charmed the public last year, seems to have declined in richness and power. The splendid choruses were ad- mirably sung; and the opera, notwithstanding its fatiguing length, was warmly applauded. Au" extra" night on Thursday gave us the Barbiere diSiviglia with a very strong cast. Nothing could be more gay and animated than the whole per- formance, and its exhilarating effect was felt from the first scene to the finale. Peraifini, in Rosina, sang as no one but herself can sing; and her persona- tion was at once ladylike and comic. Satyrs Count Almavisa had the aris- tocratic bearing, the want of which we mentioned as a deduction from Gar- doni's excellence when he first performed the part. Ronconfs Figaro has originality. Revere, in Dr. Bartolo, is very clever, but is apt to substitute bustle and buffoonery for real humour. The orchestral accompaniments, in the style of the older Italian school, and free from the stunning noises of the present day, were deliciously executed.
In the week. after next, each of the houses is to find employment for its musical energies in a set of concerts. Her Majesty's leads off, on Monday the 17th: one of the attractions advertised is Thalberg, who will not perforth elieWhere this season.
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