The performance of Fidelio at the Royal Italian Opera, on
Thursday, presented no remarkable novelty, yet it drew a very crowded audience. Mademoiselle Cruvelli was the Leonora, for the first time at Covent Gar- den ; but her performance at Her Majesty's Theatre is well remembered. It is much the same now as it was before,—with these differences, that her voice has gained in power and beauty, being now in both respeots probably the finest on the stage ; and that her acting, with occasional bursts of immense energy, has more artifice and studied eccentricity. This was shown even in the preposterous attire which made everybody stare, and in which she looked like a figurante in a ballet. Tamberlik's Florestan is one of his finest performances ; equally remarkable for the truthfulness of his representation, and for the power and German purity with which he executes the music. Mademoiselle Marai was a pretty and agreeable Ifarcellina ; and all praise is due to Tagliafico and Susini for their correct and satisfactory performance of Pizarro and .Rocco. Beetho- ven's chef d'teuvre, thus performed, is a superb entertainment, equally gratifying to dramatic feeling and to musical taste.
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