The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-04 00:00:00

BIBT oT n.—LEA sad Coo-
Par a a TRICE for H
lo eitntimairigit
or wsbee• liad le If& pa ton, delivered
wirored te mg pan of amedea. To nem deliveris at .111,
ohne pin erden Mould he forwerded without =e.
sad Ote, Ohinellan lastilibeedoalbeibres
Magadan, ~ell: or livened

If US/C.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

of the Most interesting musical

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1860.

This week will bring to a dose Grin's ehort
segagenteat of twelve nights at Covent Garden. Will it
ant brim/ to as end her knead brilliant career ? This we
knew not. for there has been no anonnoemant of her in-
-6115{1011 to nano from the stage ; and evemif there had, we
should sot imasklar M as being entirely ocandasive. "At
knees' perjuries, they my, Jove laughs;" and the leave-
takings of actors, am has often been shown by experience,
ars by no means to be takes literally. Oar peat prima
dons herself took a formal and affecting farewell of the
Ihrgiish public some six or seven years ago, yet she returned
tens the very next scene, and has ever mince continued her
DOOM as triumphantly as ever.
Why should she not do so still? That is a question
which concern both herself and the public. She is ao
kaiser young
"Bee May of life
Bea falba into the sear, the yellow leaf."
apr bete can receive no increase • she has sniped full
of the pie and excitement of Poptilar swim. ; soldr
then is no doubt, is amply endowed with the (Ma of
fortune. Why, then, should she ceetinite to endure the
Wawa of ea arduous profession, while she is conedons
• decline ci powers which min every year be mon
line %vegan I Tide lie That no one can amine
lbei herself ; for the never &pima on her own disgiir
ekilleis ci mind, and her own estimate of what emmilestes
Idiggiburea But re reps& the public the questions* hale
De now but one. The present retiremeat •of
Odd wig excite deep and tintaingled mpret. It
will be the setting of that " bright, particular Ma?*
which has so long shed light and warmth through the enan•
went of att. It will leave a void which mean be filled *p;
SO of all the ornaments of the opera stage whom she will
leave behind her, admired and celebrated as some of them
ditervedly are, then is none who can fill the place mode
Mutt by her departure. We may see another Norma,
simethar Lucretia Borgia, another Valentina, another
liners, and we may be gratified and affected ; but the
thought will intrude, "She is very greet and very
bsentiful, bat she is not Grin."

Of all this we never were more deeply convinced
than on Saturday evening, when the fareeita was
performed, with Grisi and Mario in the clur
Mien of Leonora and Fernando. This opera we
rived as being not only the eAef drawn of Donisetti, but
OM of the masterworks of the lyrical stage; for its besu-
Meal and expressive music heightens the effect of a most
Imioresting and affecting story. There characters have
always been to 01111 i and Mario one of their greatest
trhunphs of dramatic power ; and their triumph on &tar-
dier was as great as ever. In the final scene, when the hap-
hie pair sheet in the cloister to which they have retired,
sad Leonora dies of a broken heart in her lover's arms—to
which we know nothing comparable save the scene of love
sad agony between Raoul and Valentine in the Huguenot*
as represented by the same performers—the dead silence of
the theatre, and the'nowads of suppressed emotion whieb
followed the cataalrephe, were mazy eloquent than the
leudeet thunders of applaime. _ _

We may add that th. diameter d the Mug was admirably
wastained by Faure, who, ia every succeasive part in which
be appeank naked a new claim to pu'olio favour both as an
actor and a anger. •

Mu. W. G. Cratute CONCERT.—Mr. CUAIIIS°
amusing concert at Willies Homy, on Saturday, was cos

1 d ilia wean.

Tae YORKSHIRE CHORAL lINIOIC.-011 Friday
silsoing there was a concert at Buckingham Palace, in the
presence of the Queen, his Royal Highness' the Prince Con-
sort, and a nonsense' party of distinguished gusts, consist-
ing of performances by the mmatees et the above society.
The Yorkshire Choral Union is established at Leeds ; Sir
Peter Fairbairn, ap eminent edam, and late mayor of that
town ia)ts reniteni about IND voices, its
dames of the town and
neighbourhood. "&7.7cii:lcert was • selection of choral
pieces, madrigals, and part-soap, all by English
composers, except two Sue part-songs of Mendebisolan'a.
The performances showed the qualities of the Yorkshire
choristers, the beauty of their individual voices, their sound
taste, their perfect training, and the precision and delicacy
with which they sing—qualities in which they are not ex-
celled by any singers in Europe. The choral music was in-
termixed with two or three pieta for solo voices, particularly
Llnley's , " 0 bid your faithful Ariel fly," snag by
Mn. the well-known Yorkshire puma donna,
and Biehop's quintett, " Blow, gentle piles," by Mite
Whithe, 11.61 Crorand, Mr. Inioneall, Mr.
and Mr. Garner, all members of the union. After the
her Majesty expressed to Sr Peter Fairkeirs, whose yew
seam had been specially invited, and to the singers, the
pleasure she had received from their psdeemenese ; and
the eve terminated with an elegant and joyous au pper.
We have a in recording (as we have done repeatedly)
occurrences of this MINIM court, as they show the atteation
paid by the Queen and the Prince to the encouragement set
only of good but of English music—an example of which
many dames of her Majesty's subjects stand in no small
need.