THEATRES AND MUSIC.
The reopening of Her Majesty's Theatre has not yet displayed its highest attraction.--Though4Jenax 141:ksLarrived in.town a week ago, she has been reposing after therrevalutionary experiences of her tour; and though she has been seen at both operahouses, it has been among the ruulience,—ap- planding Altoni and Grisi at Covent Garden, and Cerito in the Haymarket. The return of Cerito, and her husband St. Leon, on Thursday, brought fresh forces to the ballet, and restored the pretty Vivandiire. Other artists'are more intellectual than Cerito, but there is a gayety about her dancing which renders it in a certain sense inimitable; and notwithstand- ing the number of danseuses who yearly claim admiration on the Opera boards, she is certainly the favourite par excellence of the English public. Neither has St. Leon fallen off in the height of his entrechats or the mul- titudinous whirl of his vigorous pirouettes. To return to opera—Made- moiselle Lind cornea out in Amina, on Thursday.next, the anniversary of her debut in London. Tonight, Labocetta, a celebrated tenor, presents himself, as Count Ahnaviva in the Barbiere.
At the Royal Italian, there has been a wonderfully fine performance of La Donna del Logo : Grisi splendid in Ellen ; Alboni, revived, in Mal- colm ; and Tamburini energetic in Roderick Dhu,—a tenor part originally, but subdequently dressed up by Rossini himself for a baritone. The ever welcome Don Giovanni was repeated for a Mozartean audience on Thurs- day; with Grisi restored to Donna Anna, and an improved performance of the opera as a whole—the oft-abused Commendatore by Tagliafico.
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