The Express.
London, England, 1858-06-14 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN °PIRA.

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We need sanely remind our =Meal reederli that
Aubee's AlPre Diewsla was preload hid yam at the Lymen
These* la as Italia dress, having lima sleeked `thee garb
oxislanlY for our Royal Botha Opea. Eie them bees
very ameasehl, it has cow been mprobsosil on the sew
Caveat Bertha boards, precisely in the same maser as Lae
year, mid with ea equally favourable reespica.
W• are be boa thinking that • trimehrteation of • light
Pim& picot—a little comedy mind with mush—into a
whim Baths suers, is a thane for the better. We wail
meth rather ase As Dian& ea the burin of the Ophs
Combine, to which it belongs, thee in this new Balsa
version; for the gay, sparkling, spoken dialogue of the
Preach stage is ill exchanged for sing-eang recitatives, front
which the wit and point of the original have cooed out, while
they impede the tripping tepidity of the motion. Though the
Preach dramatist and composer waisted in this Italian °mow
tion—though Scribe turned his own sprightly prose into lyrical
memoym, which Aober accommodated with recitative murk,
yet they did so to order, as a job commladoned from Loader
sod sot at all for the Parisian public, who do not want my
thing of the kind. If we, in London, had an teeth Condo
Opera, resembtlag, or even approaching to, the Opira Comiqui,
Meth • theatre would be the proper place for Ire Demob;
bat, hasiag as wok Wag, we lam mama to De glad that
we bre this pigmen► time with the delighthal ahem the
clever acting, the magnifies& orciaselms, sad the semphes
wise al Wee. of the Royal Rehm Opera.
The remembrance of last argon drew a orowded house on
Saturday night, mad the audience greatly enjoyed the par.
formemos. Gardoed (se we had occasion to remark het
mama) did not fully realise the idea of the Brigand. Rs
looked tins gay and gallant young gentleman extremely
well, bat he did not succeed in those startling •
gthimme of the ferocious radius, natter his smooth
teener, which give the character its Wreck Nffirlildeal be
air euquisitely, giving an Mimi to eerie of the ohs (eirsei-
say the well-known " sweet Agar, beauteous dower")
exceeded only by Braham in his beet days. Borio's Berlina
was es delightful as poseible—a mint picture of the Italian
ausfechoe ; while Atilier's brilliant melodies thew additiceal
charm from her lips. Rona:as Lord AIWA wan a most
ludiemesi caricature of • travellieg Raglhkessa% sad
NAM Mani, as his sentimental spouse, was very clever.
The Imam lover, Lorenzo, was camileatly ached and sag
by Berl -Beraidi ; and Bolger and Taglialler were• capital
pair of comic tufts. La short, the Rea Diesel* of Covent
Gerdes is • west *asset sethrtaletheat, thrash ft be not the
Ihe Aire& of the Boulevard the bans.

SOYAL SOCIETY OF YEIIALB MUSICIANS.
The manual concert of this society took place at
the liboomwsqeme Lam on Friday. The sedgy he.
said themtesinty It is @limits in its obisat to the
li Seallsef extending Its beetate to Ur&
ineWters of preemies, who do sot come within the
legs of Met great institution. From all that wit hear,
this society is well conducted and useful; but we think
the yobbo en entitled to specific Informatics on
this heed. It is oustocoary for benevolent inslita-
dons to publish annual statements of their scoonnts, showing
the sestets sod amount of their Wooing, together with the
mode of its applicalcoa. This is always dew by the Royal
Soder/ of liardolans, and this soolety would do well to
fobs, the enample. Subjoined to the hook of the cosort,
bowsorr, there an Usti of subscribers and baselaceers, which
am of interest from the names they contain and the suns
&dashed to than. We find, in particular., Jean
_y Lied pat
down en a loser of 1601.; M. sad Medea Otto Goldethaidt
es demon of 301. mom • end end Medea* Gioldsoltsidt
reperately as life subscriber, of tee galore sea. Motors.
Droeshreod, always among the foremost to sooty oat of
hanossieses to the magma prodraloa, me donors of 1001,
and two manbssy of the hone ale life sehemibere.

At the arscgirt el IPridasn the perAsseirepve their
Smudges' minims The were Md®. Clara No-
vella, lambus, 1' Rieder, liiim Dolby. the
Mem Piss Wee lON Ilsable, Mir Eliza
imehea, Herr PUGS* Yr Mr.liestley, Mr. Haulms,
gad dm sestimegs el die Ondiess Mee Vides. The ode
Metnuastatelkis Barr Joachim, Hoer itabliusd,
wee kr
try Itmledioa altvire pod, sad
performed to tits satistselica of . summon andisoos.

DRAMA.