The Week.

tho re-appearance of Madamo Orisi , who from the time that she assumed tho character of Valentine , made it her own . She appears as rich iu all the precious gifts of nature and art , as she was ten years ago . She was welcomed with even a warmer greeting than she usually receives at tho beginning of every season . Applause , loud and long , thundered from every corner of the crowded theatre . Mario is as groat in the character of Raonl as Grisi is in that of Valentine . The scene wheretearing himself from her armshe throws himself

, , among the weapons of the murderers , is one which few can witness without a throbbing heart ; it is one of the greatest triumphs of the dramatic art , The other principal characters had thoir usual representatives , whose merits are well known . Zelger was Marcel ; Marai , the Queen of Navarre ; Tagliaftco , the Count de Nevers ; and Polonini , St . Bris . The inisc en scene was as splendid , the choruses as graud , and the orchestra as superb , as when the opera w-as first produced upon the Covent-garden stageThe of -Mario as II Dnca in Verdi ' s

. reappearance " Rigolctto , " demands notice but not criticism . Mario is umm ' stakeably what he was ; to re-examine , therefore , his impersonation , or to reiterate tho praises that have been lavished on him annually , lor time out of mind , would be simply vain and vexatious . Madame Lotti Santa , young , charming and tuneful though she be , has a long course before her ere she achieve renown in a part like Gilda , so interwoven with the memory of Madame Bosio . The Maddalena of the present castMileNantier Dididois in of

, . , every way an adequate representative the part , and the Bigalelto of Boneoni has lost none of its excellence . ——At Drury Lane Theatre on Tuesday , Madame Titens , tho soprano of tho day , beyond all question , positively electrified the crowd of her enthusiastic admirers who mustered to welcome hev in " Lucrezia Borgia . " Signor Giuglini , unscathed as yet , it seems ; by the severity of our fearful spring , which has of late pierced the tripleflannelled chests of the Great Britons , sang as finely as ever , in Gennaro . His Di Pescatore was faultless , and , with the gifted heroine of the evening , he was

rapturously encored in the poison scene duo . M . Guarducci played Maffeo Orsini , and Signor Badiali made a very satisfactory Buhe Alfonso . On Wednesday Miss Victoire Balfe made her second essay in Lucia di Lammermoor . The music is very well adapted to the young lady ' s means , and altogether her performance of the helpless Lucy is more satisfactory than that of Amina . Mademoiselle Balfo is more capable of filling Madame Persiani ' s repertoire than Malibran ' s , as may be easily imagined . Signor Mongini having entirely got rid of his cold , appeared as Fdgardo , and

exhibited a voice of almost unparalled power and grandeur . That he is so finished au artist as Mario or Guiglini , however , we take leave to doubt . At the Hay . market and Princess ' s Theatres we have no change in the performances to chronicle . The " World and the Stage" at the former , and the "Henry the Fifth "at the latter house appear to possess as great attractions now as at the beginning of the Easter season ; and at both establishments wo trust the managers are reaping a golden harvest from the liberal outlay bestowed on the production of the holiday

entertainments ; if that is not too derogatory a tone in which to speak of the Haymarket comedy and of Shakspeare at the Princess ' s . Tho Adelphi continues to alternate "The Serious Family" with "Masks and Faces" with great success , which is , wc presume , the reason why no new first piece has beeu produced . " Ici on Parle Francais , " a new farce enacted on Monday is of the actively funny school , full of very improbable but mirth-provoking situations , which had the desired effect of bringing down shouts of laughter , under the able handling of Messrs .

Charles Selby and J . L . Toole , who played the principal characters . Mr . Billington sustained the part of a young Frenchman , but forgot to preserve the accent with the costume aud make-up which he had adopted . " Nine Points of the Law , " thanks to the charming anting of Mrs . Stirling , is likely to have a very long nm at the Olympic , where the " Porter ' s Knot" is still as well received as ever . Mr . Robson is again playing Jacob Earwig in "Boots at the Swan , " at which impersonation his audiences nightly laugh as heartily as if they never had witnessed this laughter-provoking piece before *