THE THEATRES.
Mozart, included in the programme of composers whose chefs d'oeuvre were to be performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, merely closes the season. It was explained last week, that the only one of his operas which has been presented had been driven off to the very latest by the impossibility of pro- ducing it before the 17th of Augpat, "owing to the extraordinary cast and style." At last the Nozze di Figaro is performed; but, excepting that Jenny Lind played Susanna, and that the best singers of the company were put into some of the principal parts, there was little "extraordinary" in the "cast and style," and nothing which revired so manf inckiths to achieve. The ensemble, indeed, was not a little injured by serious deficiencies: the subordinate characters were poorly sustained; even the part of Cherubino was intrusted to a lady who, though she seemed, from her demean- our, to have a proper conception of , the character, and to be taking praiseworthy pains, laboured under the misfortune of not being able to make herself heard. To add to the deficiencies, on the first night, Coletti, who played Count Almaniva, was so hoarse as to be al- most voiceless, and some important portions of the opera were omitted in consequence. With this accidental exception, however, the performance of the principal characters, and of one elevated to that rank by Lablache, Was admirable. Jenny Liud's Susanna was perfect as a dramatic personation. The music mostly lies well for her voice; its womanly, playful, and ten- der character, is suited to her genius; and the exquisite melodies of the part were never rendered with more consummate skill and delicacy. Mademoi- selle Lind had dressed well; and the engaging, arch, but not impudent soubrette, almost excused the Count's troublesome gallantry. Castellan performed the injured and ladylike Countess with all due grace and plaintiveness. Figaro has perhaps never been played with more relish and spirit than by Staudigl. And Lablache was the Berta°, giving to the in- jured Doctor's "revenge" the voice of a thunder-storm.
We observe that on Thursday, Coletti still suffering from hoarseness, the part of Almovica was undertaken by Frederick Lablache; and the Morning Post vouches for the fact that "not. a bar of the music was omitted " this time.
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