THEATRES AND MUSIC.
The Italian Opera season has reached its zenith of summer heat, crammed houses, and flagging variety. To make good the expectations raised on their behalf, both establishments have still much to do, and little time to do it.
At Her Majesty's Theatre, Jenny Lind rings the changes very delightfully on three characters-Amina, Adina, Maria; and Lablache revels in the humours of Duleamara and Dan Pasquale, with a comic richness never equalled in our remembrance by any actor except Liston.
At the Covent Garden house, Grisi maintains her tragic supremacy in La Favorites, Lucrezia Borgia, and Norma; while the altre prime donne, Garcia-Viardot and Alboni, come forward after the opera to sing scenes and fragments of other pieces. This week, the splendid performance of La Favorita was at last made perfect by the acquisition of M. Massol, of the Academie Royale de Musique, in the part of the King.
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