The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-02 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

We know but little of Herr Flotow as a composer,
in this country, savina through the medium of his
pretty little opera, " Leoline," which was produced
some years ago at the Princesses, while under the
direction of Mr. Maddox. Herr Fleto.v's chief work
is "Martha," which was produced at the Royal
Italian Opera last evening with most decided and
successful effect, being unquestionably one of the
greatest "hits" of the season. Without any strong
claims to originality or etazzatig genius, it presents a
succession of sweet and flawing melody, which is quite
refre hing, and the rapturous applause and numerous
encores which marked the progress of the performance
left no doubt as to the warm appreciation of its merits
by the Engli.l public. The fullest resources of the
company were employed, and with Mrne. Bosio, Mine.
Didida, Mario, Tagliafico, Zelger, and Graziani to sup-
port it, the combined resort was a great triumph. Mme.
Basin atas in fine voice and sang exquisitely, as did also
Madame Didiee, who posseses a contraltoorgan of superb
quality. Mario was himself, and sang the latter part of
the opera with brilliant and fascinating power. We may
calculate on "Martha" being a most attractive feature
for the remainder of the season.
The house was crowded with a mast fashionable
audience, among whom were—The Qaeen and Prince
Consort, accompanied by the King of the Bel-
gians and the Duchess of Brabant. The royal
suite consisted of Lady Churchill, Countess d'Yve
de Bavay, the Earl of Verulaus, Col. Count de
Moerkorke, Major-General Bouverie, Capt. the Hon. D.
de Roe, Dr. Koepl, the Prince Boris Golitzen, the
Duchess of Montrose, the Marquis Townehend, the Earl
of Westmoreland, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Cle-
mentine Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Malunesbury,
Frances Countess Waldegrave, the Earl and Countess of
Durham, the Earl of Gifford, the Earl of Zeeland, the
Counts-s Granard, Viscountess Forbes, Viscount and
Viscountess Exmouth, Viscount Raynham, M.P.,
Lord and Lady Poleiteore, Lard and Lady Arthur Hay,
Lord N orreys, Lady Southampton, Lord Seymour, Lady
Brougham, Lady William Russell, Lady El.zaetti
Russell, Lady Charlotte Denison, Lady O'Connor,
and Miss O'Connor' Lady Henrietta Morant, Lady
Elizabeth Drummond, Lady Augusta Wentworth and
Miss Wentworth, Sir John and Lady Harrington,
Sir Alexander Bannerruan, Capt. the lion. C. W.
Vivian, M.P., Col. the Hon. C. A. Wrottesley, Major
the Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, Col. Btownlow Knox,
M.P , Col. Crombie, Capt. Byng, Cap'. Clayton, Col.
de Bathe, Capt. Turner, Major Cooke, Col. Greville,
the Pe;glit Hoe. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Her-
bert, lion. John Fartescue, Miss Byrne, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Webster, Mr. Francis Baring and Mrs. Baring,
Mr. and Mrs. Caurteney, Mr. Charles Martie, Mr.
Elice, M.P., Mr. Forbes, Mr. G. Kuox, Mr. Penney,
Mr. Arthur Russell, Mr. H. Webster, Mr. 4/. W.
Curtis, Mr. Gyl,s, Mr. Do Cane, M.P., Mr. Kemble,
Mr. Ellice, M.P., Mr. Woodbrd, Mr. Schu ter, Mr.
Eaton, Mr. Turner, Mr. Wickham, M.P., and Mr.
Ooze, Mr. Ewer, &c.

SECOND COWCEUT OF TIE BRADFORD
FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY.

TFIE CRYSTAL PALACE.

The Bradford Choral Society repeated their perform-
ance at the Crystal Palace yesterday, very much to the
gratification of 10,000 auditors, and 'manifestly • very
much also to their own. The effect of this fine mass
of voices in a monotone is of a superb character.
It must bare been some snob csmbination of voices
that Handel imagined in his first idea of the
noble choruses of his oratorins• This choir is a
living evidence of the great advance which has been
made io mu,ic, as a study, in this country. We may
yet hope to rival the great musical unions of Germany,
and we trust that the clergy of the Church of Englanii
willCoutic led: buta 1 1%
ity of calling in this movement
in our services. Who
sdoterotrfu devotiondnay the part song—" Thia world
is ail a fleeting show" (Waley), with is wonderful cres-
cendo, and diminuendo, giving the lights and shades of
f)
I:Yese the
beardeo yesterday
Addison'e inspired poetry, particularly of that grand
alliterative line, "And fancy's flash and reason's ray,"
followed by the sublime rendering of the sequential
lines :

" Serve but to light the troubled way,
There's nothing catm•but Heaven,"
without feeling how great is the aid of music in this
grand simplicity to devotional purposes,
There was a ddicions„ rendering of Jackson's part
song—" May Morning :
MAY SONG.
" GOOD MORROW." •
Pack clouds away and welcome day,
With night we banish sorrow ;
Sweet air blow soft, mount larks aloft,
To give my love good morrow.
Wings from the winds, to please her mind,
Notes from the lark I'll borrow,
Bird plume thy wing, nightingale sing,- -
To bid my love good morrow.
Wake from thy nest, robin redbreast,
Sing birds in every furrow,
And from each hill let music shrill,
Give my fair love good morrow.
Blackbird and thrush, in Wry bush,
Stare, linnet, and cock-sparrow, •
Ye pretty elves, among yourselves,
Sing my fair love good Morrow.
The full orchestral accompaniments made this a joint
triumph of vocalisation and instrumentation. Tee piccolo