The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-20 00:00:00

MUSIC.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
Mr. (lye has issued his prospectus of the
approving Italian Opera seam at Covet-garden. It
appeared 'full length in oar elver** columns °easter-
day, sad we have thermion only to call attention very
briefly to the suntans of its eyeteeth The season will
been es Tuesday, March 28. The euneription will neat
of forty nights; but as there will (after the first week) be
four night' in each week, Mcmday, Tuesday, Thursday, cad
Saturday, subscribers will hen the choice of selecting either
two of the four nights. Meyerbser's posthumous epos.
VI Monte, which will probably be produced at Paris to.
wards the sod of April, will risen be brought out with all
possible speed at Covent Garden. Its CNA will Wein&
Mine. Lucca, Madame Miolan-Canalho, and Messrs
Graziani, NeriDeraldi, Schmid, Attri, and Wachtel.
During the season !dills. Addis Patti will add four new
parts to her repertoire—Linda Is Doeizettre Linda di
Chamouni, Susanne in Momsart's Apart), Rieke la Bikini's
Puritan, and Famine is Unearth Zanbafints. Mille.
Pauline Linea, whose sudden illness caned her departure
from Ragland early last mans, will sow return ; and, in
addition to the parts of Valentina is the Huguenots, and
Marghruita in Faust, in which she has already appeared,
will perform Cherubim) in Le Fort di Figaro,
ZaeUsa Is Pro Diarolo, and Gilds in Itiqoletto.
Mario will arrive early le April, and will re-
main till the end of the season. He will appear
in the Prophets and in Peen, and will perform, for the
first time. the part of Fm Menlo. Wachtel will arrive et
the beginning of the omen Having been chasms by
Meyerheer for the principal tenor part in the Africaine, it
will, of course, be performed by him. He will repeat the
parts of Arnold, Mann" and Stradeils, sad will perform,
for the first time in Hoglead, the part of Tamiso in
Mosart's Zatsberflote. Madame MithinCerselho is engaged
early in the seasoo, and will appear in her most favourite
characters, including Margtierits is Faust, which was writ-
ten expressly for her. By the way this character, it ap-
pears, will have three repreesstatives in the course of the
seasou—Patti, Leone, and Miolanaireano. Charled will
resume his most popular puts ; will perform, for the first
time, Count Almariva is Figaro, Rigolottos sad the
principal barites*. part in the dfricaine. Herr Schmid,
whose debut was so nuoosedul last year, will perform for
the first time is Eoglend, Bertram is Robert fe Diabk.
Marcel in the Hoquenots, and Leporello in Do* Oioranni.
Roseosi will arrive is the beginning of May, mid in addition
to the characters for which he is so celebrated, will perform
for the first time, the parts of Dow Pasquale, and the Mar-
chese In Linda di Chcnnouni. Sigler Atte, who made so
favourable as impression last year, will appear for the first
time as Pietro is the Moue du Nord. Among the performers
es yet strangers to the Eoglish public the most remarkable
name is that of Madame Isabella Galletti, a lady who has
gained • great reputation throughout Italy as • lyrical
tragedian of the highest class. She is to make her first
appearance is Norma, • character in which, say the Italian
critics, she is sow without • rival The other sew-comers
are unknown to us even by name, but there is one new
comer to this theatre who will be en acquisition—Signor
Gassier, who has hitherto hese at Her Majesty's Theatre.
With the exception of the Africaine, no new work is
announced, and this, considering the present state of mud-
cal composition, is not surprising. In Italy, Verdi is
exhausted, and there is no apple:woe of his having any
successor ; nor, in Germany, can it be said that there is
soy successor to Meyerbeer. In France Auber, at the age
of eighty•five' must be placed amass the musicians of •
former day, and the only wrapper who maintains the
honour of the French school is Gamma, whose chef d'uucre
is already familiar to the English public. Theonly piece which
can be regarded as eves • quasi-novelty is Mozart's Fauber-
Able. It is to be produced, says Mr. Ove's prospectus, with
some important thaws in the libretto ; but, though its
music is the most exquisite in the world, we doubt
whether it is possible to snake such • rases et than-
dities palatable to English taste. it will, however, be
splendidly got up and performed ; sod to show the care be-
stowed upon it, we may mention that Mlle. Carlotta Patti
has been engaged for the special purpose of singing, as she
only can sing, the music in the part of the Queen of Night.
We need scarcely add that Costa, • host in himself, no-
tions' to wield the baton of commasd.

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In regard to the ballet nothing to said, except that Ndlle.
Salaical and Millie Selling are the principal dancers ; net a
word more ; no emphatic proof of the decline and fall of
the "poetry of motion."

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY•

This company brought their season at Covent-
garden to a close on Saturday night. The Moat Doctor
and the pantomime were perforated to a full house, and
Gounod's plessaat opera was applauded as warmly ea ever.
" God save the Queen" was sung with goad effect, the solos
being taken by Madame Pampa, idlle. Martorelle, Mr.
Pemo, end Mr. Weise. The principal performers and Mr.
Mellon, the able conductor of the orchestra, were called
before the curtain and greeted with hearty cheers.

Exams Ham —Mandela:Rabies oratorio Elijah
will be performed for the last time this mem by the Na-
tional Choral Society on Tuesday, the 28th instant. Mies
Louisa Yyne, Mr. Sims Reeves, sad other artistes hare We
aogagea. Conductor, 11.1, G. Ws lkitia;

DRAMA.

HAYMARKET.

A burlesque in plain clothes by Mr. Watts
Phillips, called The Woman in Mauve, which is a good-
humoured if not very humorous satire on what are called
"sensation" novels sad plays, was produced at the Hay-
market on Saturday night before slugs and appreciative
audience. Comaidering the extremely conservative character
of regular playgoers—the aversion which they have to any
novelty in writing or construction, the applause bestowed
upon the Woman in Maure on its brat performance was
more than mild bays been reasonably expected, either by
author or actors, the only dissentients of any importance
being in the gallery. These members of the audience were
probably blind to the satin of the drama, mid were indignant
at being treated to a story which looked like romantic sub-
stance, but was oolya shadow. Mr. Bookatone addressed the
audience, and stated that there was an repulsed cabal in the
house, but our own impression, drawn from observation in
various quarters of the buildiag, is that the piece had the
fairest ►earing. Such appeals to the passions of an excited
audience at the close of a doubtful drams, when, as in this
instance, they are unsupported by a grain of evidence, are
always open to suspicion. They remind sensible people of
those Old Bailey tactics in which a bad case is bolstered
up by abusing the plaintiff's attorney.

ROYAL Boss Socirry.—The first spring et-
Mbition took piss on Saturday at the Botanic Society's
gardens, Begot'►park, sad despite the inolecosnoy of the
weather was numerously and fashionably attended. The
flows* exhibited were mostly of the salient spring
blooms, bat they included some very creditable spacimess.
There was a profuse display of tulips and hyacinths, seine
very beautiful camellias—especially in the cut blossoms—
end, considering the very backward and unseals' spring,
some tolerably good roses. The lilies of the valley were
also numerous and remarkable both for the size, fans,
sad ntunber of their white bead-like flowers, sod, as is
always the case, there were some very fins amiss, but
the primroses, which, accordiag to the advertisement, were
to form one of the chief attractions, were few and worthy
of but little notios. Mews. Paul, Cutbtsb, Young, and
Wheeler were the winners of the principal prizes, but in the
camellias they met with a successful competitor in Mr.
Truster, gardener to Mr. bay, of High Leigh, near Roa-
dways, whom box of 12 cut camellias wee, to our Masking,
the finest in the tent, and well deserved the silver medal
pans awarded to it by the couseiL In the wares of the
siseniug the pass were visited by the Prisms of
Was, end by the Dashes sad Princess Mary Om-

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