The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-26 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,-

The performance of Fide/io on Saturday night by
Mademoiselle Sofie Cruvelli more than justified the
expectations which her performance on Tuesday had
induced us to entertain. It was perfect; her invo•
cation to hope was one of the most exquisite pieces
of poetical acting and singing ever witnessed ; wag-
nificent, too, was her rendering of the far-famed
Canon, "II core la sue ti," exciting a burst of
rapturous applause such as has seldom pro-
ceeded from the ordinarily cold audience of
a fashionable theatre, but Sofie Cruvelli has
excited a perfect furore, and the audience of
Saturday seemed in its enthusiasm more like an
Italian than an English audience. Sims Reeves was
admirable as Florestan, and Madame Giuliani is un-
doubtedly the best Marcellina who has ever appeared.
Coletti threw immense power into the part of Pizar-
ro, and the Rocco of Helena', was very good. The
rendering of the overtures and accompaniments by
the orchestra was perfect, and great credit is due to
Mr. Balfe for the judicious manner in which he
has translated the spoken dialogue into recitative.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
honoured the perfumances with his presence. The Queen's
box was occupied by Lieut.-General Sir Edward Bo-
water and Lady Bowater, Sir Thomas and Ledy Staples,
Mrs. Colonel Barnes, Mrs. Frederic Barnes, and party.
Amongst the noble and distinguished individuals
honouring the theatre with their presence on this occa-
sion were the following:7-1:1's Grace the Duke of Wel-
lington and Lady Charles Wellesley, the Duke of Cleve-
land, Duke and Duchess 01 Norfolk, his Excellency the
Prince Demidoff, his Excellency the Swedish Minister,
his Excellency the Russian Minister, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Ailesbury, Marquis of Clanricarde,
Marquis of Donegal, the Earl of Wilton, Earl and
Countess of Stamford, Earl of Malmesbury, Earl of Car-
digan, Earl of Glengall, the Countess de Murilla, Earl
or Belfast, Earl Mountcharles, Earl of Falmouth,
Earl of Chesterfield, Earl Gifford, Viscount Dupplin,
Viscount Cantilupe, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Oran-
bourne, Viscount Canterbury, Viscount Enfield, the
Gen Oral Trine° Walsneki, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord
and Lady Francis Gordon, Lady Charles Somerset and
Miss Somerset, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lady Seymour, the
Ladies St. Maur, Lord George Paget. Lady do Ores-
pigny, the Blight Hon. Francis Baring, Lady
Egoit, Lady Wetherell Waruetord, Hon. Mr. Talbot,
Hon. Mrs. Gore and Miss Gore, Lieut. General Sir E.
Kerrison, Bart., Lady Kerrison and Miss Kerrison,
Lieut.--General Sir A. W. odfurd, Bart., Lady Wood-
ford end Miss Woodford, Sir H. Webb, Bart., Sir
Charles Shakerley, Bart., Sir P. Aclard, Bart., Lady
Moleswortb, Lady Clay, Lady Palmer and Miss Palmer,
Major the Hon. James Macdonald, Hun. F. Catiogan,
Sir Thomas B. Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Len-
nard, Sir Compton Doraville, Bart., and Lady Danville,
Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P., Hon. A. D'Wiltoughby,
Hon. Miss Howard, Hun. Mrs. Norton, Hon. Mr. Need-
ham, Mr. F. Vivian, the Greek Consul and Madame
Belli, Mrs. Dennistoun, Captain Lyon, Captain Lord,
Colonel Slauter, Mrs. Davis, the Misses Dutton,
Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Captain Moursom, Captain
and Mrs. Dicken, Captain Smitb, Mr. G. Dodd,
M.P., and Mrs. Dodd, Mr. C. J. Palmer, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Palmer, Mr. C. B. Baldwin, .P., Mr. F.
Uzielli, Mr. and Mrs. Tudor, Mr. Felix Pryor, Mr. 0.
Morgan, M.P., Mr. Groigsou, Mr. Lick, Mr. Webster,
Mr. Wies, Mr. Peabody, Mr. Delafield, Mr. Wilson,
Mr. Wyndham, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, Mr. Pole, Mr. B.
Trelawny, Mr. G. Krehmer, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Paul,
Mr. Aboott, Mr. Megan, M.P., Mr. Henniker Wilton,
Mrs. and Miss Hudson, Miss Caroline Bellew, Mr.
Johnson, Mr. Wheeler, Colonel Archdall, M.P., Mr.
and Miss Eeieg, Caftsin and Mrs. Alexander, Mr. F.
Farrel, Mr. Broadley, M.P., Mr. Gordon W hitbread,
Mr. H. Baring, M.P., Mr. and the Misses Lowther, Mr.
F. Vivian, &cr.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.
COVENT-GARDEN.
Lucrezia Borgia was repeated on Saturday,. with.
the same cast as heretofore, save that Signor Bianchi
took the part of the Duke instead of Signor
Salvatore, who has not yet recovered from his hoarse-
ness, and
majestic
Grisi
ecqu i t
wased
in
excellenthimself
with
great credit.
representation of the haughty yet impassioned Borgia.
was sublime (there is no other word that clan fitly
voice,and4r.
describe it). Mario, as Gennaro, was fullofpassion, and
sung the music of the part with exquisite taste and
finish. Angri was the Orsini, and her rendering of
the character was full of spirit. The " Brin-
disi" was superbly sung, and was enthusi-
astically re-demanded. The house was one
of the most numerous and fashionable of
the season. We are told by a Sunday contemporary
that "after the curtain had fallen, some excitement
was occasioned by two or three servants coming for-
ward and looking anxiously about the stage near the
footlights. It soon transpired that Grisi, who had
worn all her magnificent diamonds in representing
the Borgibn Queen, had had the misfortune, during
the excitement of the closing scene, to lose several
valuable stones from her tiara. An active sympathy
pervaded the house until the audience were satisfied
that the missing jewels had been recovered."
The Queen's Dux was occupied on Saturday evening
by the Earl and Countess of Lichfield and the Ladies
Harriet and Gwendoleua Anson and party. The Earl
and Countess Talbot and Lady Victoria Talbot, and
party occupied the Duke of Bedford's box. Among the
fastoonable company honouring the theatre with their
presence, we remarked his Grace the Duke of Devon-
shire, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, the
Marquis of Northampton, the Marchesa Branca-
'coin and Madlle. Brancsleoni, the Marchioness
of Westmeath and Miss Dawson, the Earl and
Countess of Sefton and the. Ladies Molyneux, the
Countess of Strathmore and party, the Earl and
Countess of Beauchamp, the Earl and Countess of Bess-
borough, the Countess Dowager of Essex and Miss John-
son, the Earl Bruce, the Countess of Gleugall, and Lady
Margaret Batler, the Earl Granville, the Earl Cowper,
the Earl .of Durham, Viscount Anson, M.P., Vis-
count Ingestre, Viscountess Duegahnon and Miss
D'Arcy Irvine, Viscount Clirden, Lord and Lady
Carington and the Honourable Miss Carington, Lady
Vernon and the Hon. Miss Vernon, Lady Macfarlane
and Miss Macfarlane, the Ladies Henrietta and Gwen-
dolene Somerset, and Mr. and Lady Rose Lovell, Lord
Adolphus Vane, Lord Arthur Hay, Lady Moles-
worth and the Hon. Misses Blake, Lord Colville,
Lord John Manners, M.P., Baron de Steinberg,
Colonel the Hon. R. Fitzgibbon and Mrs. Fitzgibbon,
Lady Glamis and Lady Victoria Lyon Bowes, Count
Perssoneher, Honourable Mrs. Villiers and party, Hon.
Mr. Anson and Miss Anson, Hon. Theobald Dillon.
Hun. Leopold. Ellis, Hun. John Forteacue M.P.,
Hon. Hugh Ros ley, Captain the Hon. Gerard Noel,
Hon. E. Stuart Wortley, Miss Burdett Coutts and party,
Sir George and Lady Armytage, Sir William and Lady
De Bathe and party, Mrs. Meunijoy Martyrs and party,
Captain the Honourable Charles Halibury, Major Gage
and Mrs. Gage and party, Mr. H. Bingham Baring,
Mr. and Mrs. Baring and party, Mr. Henry Greville,
Mr. Gregory, Mr. Gerard. Stunt, M.P., Mr. C. Standish,
Ca ptain Steel, Captain Talbot Stanley, Captain
Robertson, Captain Shearson, Captain and Mrs. Viiliera
Hatton, Mr. Augustus Lumley, Mr. De Blaquiere, the
Raja of Sarawak, Major Mountjoy Martyn, Hon. Fre-
derick Leveson Gower, Mr. P. Martint au, Mr. and
Mrs. Cithlan, Captain De Horsey, Captain Woodford,
Captain Pe Bathe, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Scott, Mr.
Arcedeckne, Mr. J. Lloyd Clayton, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr.
Le Jostin, Colonel Crowdie, Captain Pakenhara, Captain
Jocelyn, &o.