The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-07 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

This bijou of a theatre opened for the winter season
on Saturday. Mr. Maddox has taken advantage of
the recess to have the interior renovated, re-painted,
and fitted up in a most costly style of splendour and
magnificence, so that the Princess's still retains its
character as the most elegant of metropolitan theatres.
Opera and ballet, for the production of which this
theatre has acquired such celebrity, will still continue
to be a prominent feature ; but the engagement of
Wallack would seem to indicate an intention on the
part of the management to devote some attention to
comedy and the drama. The corps operatique
.is full
and complete. Signor Schirra continues to wield the
baton of conductor ; Mr. Eames is the leader, and the
choruses are under the efficient superintendence of
Mr. W. L. Phillipps. Allen is still the primo tenore,
Leffler is primo basso, and Mademoiselle Nau,
from the Academie Royal de Musique, is
prima donna. This lady made her debut last even-
ing in the opera of Lucia di Lammermoor, and never
have we witnessed a more successful debut than that
of Mademoiselle Nau. Her person is fine and com-
manding, and her features well formed and expressive.
Her voice is high soprano of the Persiani character;
it has great power, and is cultivated to the highest
pitch of excellence. Her opening cavatina, " Ancor
non giunse," was
_a perfect triumph of art, and at,
once stamped her as the prima donna absoluta. Ex-
pression, power of voice, taste, cultivation, musical
knowledge and immense power of execution, all these
were exhibited by Mademoiselle Nau. It was quite
equal to Persiani in her best days. The "Perche non
ho" was given with sound judgment and taste, and
exhibited the same marvellous powers of execution.
The audience were in raptures, and the applause was
most enthusiastic. Then followed the beautiful duet
with Edgar, which concludes the first act, in which
she was admirably supported by Allen; and the drop-
scene fell amidst the loudest calls for Mademoiselle Nau,
who was led forward, and received with a perfect
shout of triumph. Very exquisitely, too, did she give
the opening scena Of the second act, " Il palls funesta
oviendo," with Enrico, although we could have wished
that she had been more sufficiently supported by
Leffler, who was occasionally hoarse, and who
seemed by no means at home in the part of Enrico.
The concluding scena was also magnificently given,
both as a musical and a histrionic effort ; it was of
the very highest order. The powers of execution
she exhibited were marvellous. Her fioriture was
brilliant in the extreme, but introduced with the
most exquisite taste. The audience were in extacies,
and the repetition of the concluding portion of the
scena was loudly called for. The success of Mademoi-
selle Nau was complete; and Mr. Maddox, to whom
we are indebted for having introduced to the English
musical public Madame Eugenia Garcia and Madame
Anna Thillon, has added greatly to the obligations
we are under to him by introducing to us Madame
Nau, perhaps the most accomplished artiste who has
yet appeared upon the boards of the Princess's. She
was called for at the fall of the curtain, and received
with all the honours; bouquets were showered upon
her, and in fact, never was triumph more complete.
The opera was followed by a new ballet divertissement,
entitled the Slave Market, which introduced to us
Mademoiselle Caroline Rousset and Monsieur J.
Rousset, from the Theatre Royal, Turin. Mademoi-
selle Rousset, is an exceedingly pretty French girl,
with flue sparkling expressive black eyes. She is a
very elegant danseuse ; there was exceeding neatness
about her execution ; everything that was attempted
was accomplished with gracefulness, and isiigwithouter ap-
parentu effort. Her petit pas were
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style of the most graceful elegance.
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icari: The farce is " a screamer," and when
we say that the fun was kept up by Oxberry,
Walter Lacy, and Miss Emma Stanley, we need not
add that its success was complete. The house was
crammed to the ceiling from the commencement of
the evening. The National Anthem was sung at the
conclusion of the opera, the solo parts being sustained
by Madame Feron, Mademoiselle Nau, Allen, and
Leffler.

PROPERTY IN SHARES.—On Friday, at the Auction
Mart, Mr. Shuttleworth put up for sale by auction one
hundred shares in the Thames Tunnel, upon which 501
each had been paid, amounting to 5,000!. The attend-
ance of capitalists was rather numerous, in consequence
of the same auctioneer having several other lots of valu-
able property to dispose of ; but they appeared to " re-
eolve unanimously" that this was a bad lot, and after a
very sluggish and slight competition, they were knocked
down to an extensive shareholder in the undertaking.
at the exceedingly low price of six shillings per 501.
share, realising only 301., and 4,9701. less than had been
paid for them. The sale was a bona fide one, the shares
having ben put up by the executors of a deceased
tlemao.