Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-04 00:00:00

THE COURT.

BALMORAL, August 31.—The
.Queen" and the Prince
Consort visited the Duchess of Kent at_Abergeldie Castle,
yesterday afternoon.
SEPTEMBER 1,--The Queen and Prince, Consort drove
out yesterday, attended by the Earl of Clarendon. The
Dachecs of Kent, Lady Augusta Bruce, and Lord and
Lady Janice Nurray, joined the royal dinner pa_rty
yesterday .

"LE NOZZE Dr FIGARO" AT THE
THEATRE ROYAL.

Madlie. Piecolomini ac'aieved a great triumph lest night
iniSasonea, as we anticipated. character could be
more suited to her powers of acting and singing-, and she
availed herself of the various opportunities for each with
the most consummate skill, and an ease and-grace that
could not have bean. excelled. However animated the ac-
tion, however comic the situation, her voice never faild
her; ao exertion was required, her singing seemed the
spontaneous breaking forth of her felings, instead of a re-
petition of anothor's invention. Her exuberance of fun
was no detriment to her perfect rendering of the music
and there was no interference with ite purity, by orna-
ments introduced to show off her ♦oice. All the singers
in this respect continue to give an accurate repre
sentation of Mozart's Chef d'astorc in the comic line of
Opera. Belletti made a spirited Figaro, and
all the other characters, if not great, were moderately-
well fitted. All the concerted music went admirably,
but some weakness was perceivable in some of the solos.
We expected mere from Mddle. Spezia in Non so Pia
Rosa, and the tremulous fashion of Mddle. Ortolani's
singing or quality of her voice, is unsuited to music of a
sustained character like Mozart's Porgi Actor, and Dove
Sono suffered in consequence. Madame Poma made a
very good Agreeing, and Rossi a very good Bartolo. Be-
neventano was heavy in the gallant Count. Belart, to
whom we paid a compliment yesterday, at the expense of
Giuglini, made an excellent Bassilio, and sang the only
solo allotted to him with great effect. his pure into-
nation and style of singing, his expression and character,
and the sweetness of his voice fully justify our apprecia-
tion of him last night, when mistaking him for Giuglini.
We trust the latter w ill redeem his laurels to-night in
Don Octavio. He did not appear last night. The
audience was not so numerous as it ought to have been,
and we hoped it would be. Whether the deficiency was
caused by the fact of the opera being new to Liverpool,
or because the people " could not afford," we cannot say,
but those who staid away hey° lost a great musical treat.
The encores were not so many as usual. Non pits
Atuired was called for a second time, though far from
his best performance. " Sularia" was also repeated, and
beautifully sung each time, decidedly the best effort of
Mddle. Ortolani. Cr udel_Perche, contrary to custom, was
passed over. The conclusion of the scenery, in which
Figaro is discovered to be the son of Bmrtoto and Marcellina,
was called for again, and great amusement created by the
singers not knowing where to commence the repetition.
Mddle. Piccolotnini was frequently called forward, and at
the end of the first, act, and at the conclusion of the
opera, the whole party were called for and eqshusiasti•
cally cheered, We trust that " Don GioTtinni" to night
will crowd the house,

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