The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-03 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

The performance of II novatore, last night, &-
rived froth Wend from the aoulty of the out. In the
first place, it wind for the dead of Madame Albert's', one
of Mr. Lwalsy's new stars, whose appearanee in the Hey-
market has been looked for with eurimity for some time.
This lady performed the part of Leonora. Next, Madame
Albosi, fur the first time in this country, appeared in the
character of the gipsy, Ancona, a put in which she hu
gained gnat renown on the Continent. Balearde, more-
-1 over, sustained the put of Maarteo, and Beneveatasto that
of the Count di Luna.

Madame Albertini is worthy of her Italian reputation.
She is a powerful tragic actress, and an accomplished singer.
She is tall and graceful ; and though her 'totem are, per
haps, not entitled to be called beautiful, yet they are, when
It repose, very pleardng, and are also capable of
strong and varied expression. Her voice is a pure
eop►aeaq, of great power and compass. Its quality,
too, is fine; but she sometimes foams it too
mash, making the high notes somewhat shrill and
pitreing. This, however, she does only in the espression of
vielent passim In pathetic' pampa, where she subdues
her voice, its high tones are often exceedingly sweet; and
her " dying Palle,•--sustained este& gradually diminished
to an extreme pietimitto—are often ea saquisits as anything
we have ever heard. Her execution is clear, articulate, and
brilliant; and she appear, to bays studied in a good selool.
We do not know her age ; but her powers seem to be fully
matured, and she Is a finished and cultivated artist. Her
declamation in the delivery of recitative is very Sae, and her
whole manner is brimful of feeling. She makes much
see of the vacs vibrates, without carrying it (as many singers
do) to stows ; so that it adds earnestness end intensity to her
et:premiere. She made an immediate impression. Her
very lint air, "Tuna la netts plaelds," was given with suck
'amitotic tenderise, and rose at the eoselasioa to seek an
ecstasy of parka, that it drew thunders of applause from
all parts of the house ; and the enthusiasm of the audienes
wont on increasing to the very end.

Albasi's performeaceof the gip, woman showed her in
maw light—that of a great tragediso. Assess& is decidedly
the principal character of the drama, and in Albrni's bands
it preowned all its 'emporium. The sir In which the girl
describes the horrid death of her mother—" Stride la
Tampe—was a marrelions combination of tragic power and
real beauty Her pathos in the lest eons could set be
easteded—a mese, by the way, in which Verdi's tahats
appear b singular advertise. The trio in which the
brolum phrases of the dreaming woman art bleaded with
the despairing accents of the unhappy lovers is a trait of
true gamins.

Itaicardi, who, it will be remembered, was formerly at
her Majesty's Theatre, bas risen greatly sines that time,
end is certainly one of the beet teems of the day. His
voice is beautiful, and ha has all the attainments of aa ea-
sellout artist. Be teas has made aaother stop in
pablie fewer. He has never appeared to as =nth advan-
tage as in the character of the Coant di Luna. Is "II
bales del suo sorriso " (the beet melody is Octopus) he
was loudly applauded and encored.
The opus was splendidly put apes the stage; and the
'Mame and delicacy of the orchestra wore particularly
noticed. The house was eroded in every pert, =din the
beim we observed a number of *Weed notabilities—
moat others, Marietta Piseolomini, Jenny Nay, and
'camas Wagner.

ST. MARTIN'S MALL.

Mr. Mullah oommesord his snood win of
Oroheetral Counts here last night. Is our notice of the
first series, we drew attention to the merits of these cheep
marts, sad their probable influence on the popular taste,
sad we are glad to bad that they are resumed. The pro-
gramme alert might was ezesllsmt, ha instruseatal selec-
tion coosaprlsiag Besthouva'a Ourture to Fidelio sad
Weber's Adam Overture; lliendebsohn's Syrsphooy in A
Woo., kaowa as the Bostah symphony ; Weber's Cower&
faith (plasofects), sad two abort pianoforte solace

The tool mule masted of the soprano air from Me..
deheohee Lewis Sims, " Lord at all times," very shmt.ly
sung by Miss Basks ; a recitative mid air from Use opera of
Poole, by the old Frecols composer Lalll ; a bravura song
from Ormat's opera Drikawaito ; and some ancient French
soap, rendered by Madame Viardot Garcia. TM singing
of this admirable artist was *Mainly the great feature of
the Goma% sad it wso gratifying to observe the univereal
impression made even on a mined audience by vocal deals.
matins of the highest order. The specimen from LaUi, the
court imposer of Louis XI V., was ea 'situating example
of early dramatis nub, and probably one of the met
favourable extracts that meld have been made from this
composer, being more regular sad ceberest than is smelly
the me with his. Those is an add and not
mpleasing quaintness and something almost Han-
deltas in the sequestial mews, whisk, aided by
Garcia's magailleast declamation, elicited ea unanimous
smote. Equally worthy of notice was Mr. Pacer's admix•
able performance of Weber's romantls and impassioned
pianoforte concerto, which was given with a brilliancy and
certainty of lineation and a variety of rhythacsl pbraaing
that wort Marvin of all praise. Busiest also was this
garatlentan's perlonnescs if Meadelesohn's Lied ohne
works," sad Tanbert's amain !ludo "Ls Campanella,"
whioh latter pleased eo much as to be called fors second
time. TM orehatial pieces were, an the whole, fairly ren-
dered, bat rag a few slips is the wind instruments • bat how
could Mr. Balla so mistake the tempo of** dosing more.
manta Mendelesokes symphony es to turn Imams Aadaats
what is the ears is indicated es Allegro mimosa mai,
with the metronome mark of 101 to the half bar? The
effect of melt niter misancepUoaol the composer's Meatiest
was to completely destroy all feeling of climax.