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Music.

VLVB . l C .

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE . The last month has been an eventful one in the annals of this resuscitated Temple of Song . Three more claimants for public favour have , with more or less success , made their debut : indeed , almost before the sensation caused by the appearance of one fair cantatrice had subsided , another surprise was prepared for us by the lavish hand of Mr . Lumley ; Albertini succeeded Piccolomini , after the interval of a week ; and , again , the interest was crowned by the actual production

of Mdlle . Joanna Wagner— " the Wagner , " in veritable flesh and blood , of former squabbles , lawsuits , injunctions , and general mystification . Of this lady , whose graceful and statuesque impersonations , whose glorious accents , form the town-talk at the present moment , we had rather not speak in the terms of scarcely qualified praise to which we incline , until the production of a second opera shows . us whether she is equally great in other characters , or peculiarly fitted for the part of Romeo } in which she has chosen to make her debut . The opera of el Montecchi e

Capuleti contains , as now produced at her Majesty ' s Theatre , but a single character , that of Romeo , so pre-eminently qualified is Mdlle . Wagner , by voice , intelligence , and physique , for the part she assumes . We cannot , however , regard either this opera or that of "La Traviata , " in which alone , as yet , Mdlle . Piccolomini has appeared , a felicitous choice on the part of either lady . Mdlle . Piccolomini , whose voice , young as she is , has been already slightly impaired by too much exertion , persists in singing the music of Verdi , especially trying in the above-mentioned opera . She is , however , announced for the " Figlia del

Reggimento , which it appears probable will be a more fitting as well as agreeable assumption than that of Rbletta , nor do we doubt her success will be complete . Madame Albertini , though endowed with a fine voice , we confess does not please us so much as that of her rival ' s ; she made her first appearance in the "Trovatore , " and was generally applauded ; Alboni winning fresher laurels by her eloquent impersonation of Azucena one of the best in her repertoire . Marie Taglioni , and the other graceful artistes of the ballet , have left us no cause to regret the glories of past years in the Terpsichorean department .

At this theatre , the never-tiring lessee has put forth every element of interest available . Not only do we have " HTrovatore" ( the part of Manrico sustained by Signer Mario ) , " La Favorita , " " Lucrezia Borgia , " and "Rigoletto , " followed up by " Don Giovanni , " with as splendid a cast as Mr . Gye ' s excellent resources place at his disposal , and the addition of a new arrival , Mdlle . Rosa Devries ; but

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA .

Madame Ristori , the celebrated tragedian , who has plucked the wreath of bays from the brow of Rachel , hitherto unapproachable , appears in the classic play of IC Medea , " and the historical one of iC Maria Stuarda , " to crowded and attentive audiences , half of whom understand a very trilling portion of the play , but are content , by reason of some magic power of gesture , voice , and feature she possesses , to sit out what would otherwise be a very tedious performance , without a

murmur or a yawn . We have no hesitation in affirmingher capabilities , personally , for the tragic art , to be almost perfect . Madame Ristori not only holds the mirror up to nature , but gives Nature herself without the mirror ; in other words , nothing is excessive ; but the look , the pose , the tone , are all identical with the question ; and the audience is so completely subjugated by these as to render cognizance of the more language unimportant . She is the foreign Siddons o f the tragic muse .

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Music.

VLVB . l C .

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE . The last month has been an eventful one in the annals of this resuscitated Temple of Song . Three more claimants for public favour have , with more or less success , made their debut : indeed , almost before the sensation caused by the appearance of one fair cantatrice had subsided , another surprise was prepared for us by the lavish hand of Mr . Lumley ; Albertini succeeded Piccolomini , after the interval of a week ; and , again , the interest was crowned by the actual production

of Mdlle . Joanna Wagner— " the Wagner , " in veritable flesh and blood , of former squabbles , lawsuits , injunctions , and general mystification . Of this lady , whose graceful and statuesque impersonations , whose glorious accents , form the town-talk at the present moment , we had rather not speak in the terms of scarcely qualified praise to which we incline , until the production of a second opera shows . us whether she is equally great in other characters , or peculiarly fitted for the part of Romeo } in which she has chosen to make her debut . The opera of el Montecchi e

Capuleti contains , as now produced at her Majesty ' s Theatre , but a single character , that of Romeo , so pre-eminently qualified is Mdlle . Wagner , by voice , intelligence , and physique , for the part she assumes . We cannot , however , regard either this opera or that of "La Traviata , " in which alone , as yet , Mdlle . Piccolomini has appeared , a felicitous choice on the part of either lady . Mdlle . Piccolomini , whose voice , young as she is , has been already slightly impaired by too much exertion , persists in singing the music of Verdi , especially trying in the above-mentioned opera . She is , however , announced for the " Figlia del

Reggimento , which it appears probable will be a more fitting as well as agreeable assumption than that of Rbletta , nor do we doubt her success will be complete . Madame Albertini , though endowed with a fine voice , we confess does not please us so much as that of her rival ' s ; she made her first appearance in the "Trovatore , " and was generally applauded ; Alboni winning fresher laurels by her eloquent impersonation of Azucena one of the best in her repertoire . Marie Taglioni , and the other graceful artistes of the ballet , have left us no cause to regret the glories of past years in the Terpsichorean department .

At this theatre , the never-tiring lessee has put forth every element of interest available . Not only do we have " HTrovatore" ( the part of Manrico sustained by Signer Mario ) , " La Favorita , " " Lucrezia Borgia , " and "Rigoletto , " followed up by " Don Giovanni , " with as splendid a cast as Mr . Gye ' s excellent resources place at his disposal , and the addition of a new arrival , Mdlle . Rosa Devries ; but

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA .

Madame Ristori , the celebrated tragedian , who has plucked the wreath of bays from the brow of Rachel , hitherto unapproachable , appears in the classic play of IC Medea , " and the historical one of iC Maria Stuarda , " to crowded and attentive audiences , half of whom understand a very trilling portion of the play , but are content , by reason of some magic power of gesture , voice , and feature she possesses , to sit out what would otherwise be a very tedious performance , without a

murmur or a yawn . We have no hesitation in affirmingher capabilities , personally , for the tragic art , to be almost perfect . Madame Ristori not only holds the mirror up to nature , but gives Nature herself without the mirror ; in other words , nothing is excessive ; but the look , the pose , the tone , are all identical with the question ; and the audience is so completely subjugated by these as to render cognizance of the more language unimportant . She is the foreign Siddons o f the tragic muse .

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