The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-14 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

Yesterday a grand morning concert was given at this
theatre, which was fully and fashionably attended. The
programme was arranged to display the Lull vocal and
instrumental talent of the establishment; and the result
was, a musical treat of a very superior order. The chief
vocalists were Grisi, Persiarti, Miss C. Hayes, Corbari,
Aftgri, Dorus Gras, De Meric, and Madame Macfarren;
Mario, Tamburini, Marini, Massol, Tagliafico, Polonini,
and Lavia; with the powerful chorus of the theatre.
Ronconi, Salvi, and Sims Reeves had also been an-
nounced to sing, but. did not appear; and this necessi-
tated some changes in the programme; Miss Catherine
Ha) es singing " Kathleen Mavourneen" (with exquisite
taste and feeling), in addition to the music allotted to her
in the programme ; Tamburiui, in like manner, giving
hi, atd ( n place of Koncoui) in Figaro's song,
" Largo al factotum" from the Barbie,e; and Mario
singing the senn.tele from Don Pasquale, in which he
was encored. These amply repaid the audience for the
omissions necessitated by the absence of Rouconi, Salvi,
and the. English tenor. The c3r.cert was rich alike in
variety end excellence, many of the pieces aelected not
being from the operas usually played here. Grisi and
Persfuni were encored in the " Sufi' Aria" and in the

"Oh Guardate" from La Provo. Gri,i and .I:tnburTni
product d the usual effect on the risible muscles of the
audience. Ot the rest it is needless to say more than
that there was not a weak piece in the programme, and
that the distinguished artists to whom they were in-
trusted sustained their reputation. The chorusscs were
" The Dervi,hes' Chorm., ' from Beethoven's Ruins of
Athens; the s' Alla Trinita" of Palestrina; and the mag
nificent prayer from Masaniello. The instrumental por-
tion of the programme cgimprised the overtures to
" Der Freischutz" and " Guillaume Tell;" and last,
though not least in excellence, Mendelsshou's grand
concerto in G minor, in which Halle displayed to the
utmost of his power over the pianoforte. The whole'
went off admirably.
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HAYMARKET THEATRE.

Last evening, in the performance of Wild Oats, Miss
P. Horton, as she is still called by dramatic courtesy,
adventured upon a new walk (for her) in the histrionic
art, by undertuking, for the first time, the impersona-
tion of the Lady Amaranth. She looked " the pretty '
Quakeress" to admiration, and went through the whole
Kith a prim gracefulness that would have charmed poor
O'Keefe himself. In other respects the comedy was ad-
mirably " cast," James Wallack being the very embodi-
ment of animation, fun, and gooduature as Rover.
There was the usual unction in the Ephraim Smooth of
Keeley, and a delightful smartness and tartness in his
wife's impersonation of Jane. Webster as Sim was in-
imitable—especially in the famous scene of the inven-
tory, and the other in which he goes into ecstacies about
" Allicock," but says " faither musn't be licked,
though!" Tilbury as Sir George Thunder, James
Bland as John Dory, and H. Vandenhoff as Harry
Thunder, were all respectable. Before Wild Oats, yea.
performed Murton's three-act comedy of 7 own and
Coubtry, which, it is scarcely necessary to say, was ad-
mirably "cast," when we enumerate—James Wallack
as Reuben GlenrOy, Buckstune as Trot; Keeley as
Hawbuck, A. Wigaa as Plastic, Webster as Cosey, Miss
Reynolds as Rontlie Somers, Mrs. Stanley as Mrs. Mo-
reen, Miss P. Horton as the Hon. Mrs. Glenroy, and
Mrs. Glover as Mr. Trot. Keeley's acting as Hawbuck
was a delicious piece of comic stupidity.