The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-13 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE.-ITALIAN OPERAS.

Lucretia Borgia was performed Mot might, with
• new tarot, Bigmor Tolpisi, is the character of OMNI".
He has come, we indentead, from Madrid, where he Ms
bees serfonaing with MOMS at the Bes Carlo Thistle.
To appear immediately altar Mario, is its of that greet
artist's Suet parts, was a severe trial, but Mum Voisin'
stood it well. He is yams, somewhat slight la flame,
but well mode, sad altogether of es agreeable
aspect. His voice is sweet, 'mellow, and what is sailed
° sympathetic ;" that is So say, thus I. something is its
men totes which isdieste warmth sad sensibility. His
lower notes an veiled aid deficiest is clearness, bet is the
higher regime of the stale Mete lea Ustett of volume sad
power whisk remloted us of Tembmilk. His istoetatioa
is irreproachable, mid his style is that of a mood
musician. As as actor he pommels Mani's/toe sad
(«lag ; sad, takes eltogether, he is • performer
of unconsmes merit. He supported Oriel my

siolserly tribe mon seepasolosed ails of the opus, Psi
bad his duo share of the applause whisk dam amass re.
mimed. M. °Waal gum groat *fist, both by his mesa sad
his stogie!, to the put of lbs Dab. of Tenses ; sad pu-
haps, afar Uhlman sad Taabariai, ha Is fits boot raper
mutative is bats *sit of that very striking obanator.
Madams Amadei was the Natal. Hsi an, bambini' per
sot should amble bit to penosats may happily the say
you,g eavallor, bat dm smells the put by ha oust prepos-
terous attire, midst beloagod sietthas to sea to to wsmaa.
Howevor, oho seas will; his Mb oostralta votes was beard
to gnat advaatage, sad bra asseaacm of this famous Aar
ereostla wu quits raccomfal. The how vas fall la nay
part.

SKETCHES OF LONDON ACTORS AND

MADAME CELESTE.

The Adelphi Theatre, of which this lady is dice-
tress and leading actress, has for many years past
been a " pet " plies of amusement with a large tame
of the play-gdag pablio. Its dramatic, history, pest
and present, may be divided tato three periods, each
being to its maasgesent "• golden age :"—First,
when Tom end /my, in which Masers. Wrench,
Wilkiesoa, Keeley, sad Mrs. Waylett undertook
to illustrate Lift as London, brought thousands of
pounds to the treasury of the theatre. 2ndly.
Daring the Yates management, when rieioraw,
The 'Wreck Ashore, The Dream at Bee,
were produced. The enema which these
obtained, aided by sea artistes se Mr. end Mrs. 411:llese,
Mrs. Fitzwillisin, Ws. Heesy, Mrs. Niebett, Mn.
Keeley, Mears. Beintsee, 0. Smith, and John
Reeve, gawp the thesis* that peculiar position which
it has ever alone eielataised. firdly. Usage the preemie
r 4ions, whisk reissued is the Wens et 1844.
With the" amiss" et Masse Game thershlrsies
has awry lONS. le be satisfied. A curtain
of elegasce pervades the seise en Nose of wet pietas,
and a fanciful and liberal spirit is everywhere die-
ocenible.

-11;d7tne Celeste made b.r first appearance oa the
stage as a elearrsise and pantotairniet—rs both she
was eminently semessfal For the last-samitioned
art she renews the requisites—of a well formed
Agars, grasotal ammo, sad listarss remarkable
for pliancy. Wbb be the ham is hardly seeded
to express *so Salop wide!' by mass os is so
tbssowybly aphis of es. floss who hays
new bar is tho isms of is. chili V She Wrock,
ISO bar wham W the truth of this.

Mafraii;ZaTeei; Tlsatbie; a ^
high minim m
a maledmmatie actress, more especially is them
parts whisk require intense pathos sad enmptio
toting. It would be a work of eupereregatios
enter upon anything like a criticism of her Mimi, in
The Greets Busiest, but, se this character may be
Tasked amoagst her most sueoessial permeations, it
must not pass mottled From the moment the
Indian heatless appears spa the sage eke Memos
the "observed of all observers.' Is her love, in her
jealousy, is bee revenge, in her remorse, and ia the
dying NM% where the gradual flitting away of the
sprit is so delicately Metered, Madame Celeste
carries her maim* eompletely with her. Not alone
by words, amphorae, or tom of voles is this effected,
hot by the varied 'mined= of the features, which,
even when the lip are mute, are full of an eloquence
of their own. _

As JanitPride, in the dream of that name,
M.l.s'', Wises whined another great eseeses.
Nothing meld be slew Meshing than her awing
in the first pert et the lelreleetioe, whim she plasm
her infant at the whist of Inifipital des Hokum
troavee: her releslome to part with the child; the
gradual yielding to the seasesity of sash an set ; the
shriek of despair and Maw when all is amompliebed ;
are tessimeee etthe seseljewerful eating. Although
we aim mettle see o'srobarged," slob
man are not without a labs Whet ape a mixed
amßenee. In what are tamed opersollation pions"
Mama Celeste mean to plat edvanMge;—for
Wilms% the dress of the Mayilyhaess *rain gives
bee ems In at six shenetsee, nagiag
boss *p m& Al Paris esp Is the yr *We dowse, in
mit d walk "be oasaitasla a &dad and striking
Illakass uui esemiseally startles
the law 4 mods' la ams elimiestsr which no
dist maim Wassuer mod* mail dream of
=latusite Chrhaure the amity at the
was an satertaiummt, half bar-
kers. leaf pantomime, with Maim Celeste a.
!Budgies. This was a bold, not to say a rash, expe-
riment. But, ou the whole, it was justified by the
mat. The great merit of the menmptios lay in its
grecs cad elecuses, while the dancing, devoid of
those tours de for* and bounding steps which
are the characteristics of the modern school. was a
carious specimen of the filltoll2lolll that *seed in the
days of the Georges. The popularity of this piece
attracted eves royalty. Her Majesty paid her first
visit to the Adelphi Theatre to mitoses at. Although,
as we have said, produced at Christmas, it was still
being played long after Baster. Another Instance
of the strange "fights of fancy" in which Madame
Celesta at time indulges may be found in bee
modes Vanderdeeksa is The Fly* Dukhouris.
She mad* the part wild and nosarthly ; the
dram was truly spectral. The ciao of colour
—a doll leaden•grey was happy, nay antis.
tic; there were no °naiads to attract the eye,
all was shadowy. In all suttees, indeed, Made, to
costume Madame Celeste possesses that taste for which
her countrywomen are so remarkable. Although
pantomimic actlos sad drama may be eonsitiored as
Madame Celeste's fort*, she pommies humour, .nine*[,
and *prig sufficient to render some of hos comb per-
mottoes very effusive.
Although Ita&nte Celeste has resided in this
country some yeses, she still retain, a very stress
foreign sweat. The affect of this is no doubt to
Impair her impremiveners in serious parts. Constant
attention is emitted on the part of the mediates to
enbli the words, which would °dismiss prove, se
Him Malaprop would may, illegible. Moreover,
plum mast be written to suit the peculiarities of
the esleme—whe never makes so great a mistake
as whim in those characters which can
be acted by an Englishwoman.
12 wee meat apparent in her presentment of one
Shibillreles Merry Wives of Maar, and Peg
Wises In Meals red Foam
With the Atomism Madame Waste is a great
favourite; and U report speaks truly (we siocerttly
hope it dose is this lastanw) she has brought with
her from the New World substantial proofs of the
adukatioa is which she is held by its inhabitants.
When her Rene is off the bill of her ewe theatre she
is pee/ally to he beard of in the preview—army-
where a " pepelw star." It is to the Jewell' st the
theatre over whisk eke peddes,and to all coussreed
therein, that alto should *patinae to priers the
charade: et "directress" for many swum yet to
eons.