Star.
London, England, 1822-09-28 00:00:00

HAYMARKET' THEATRE.

That most eccentric and ingenious of Operas, The
Beggars' Opera, was performed last night. Consider-
able expectation had been excited by Miss PATON'S
previous success, and last night her first appear-
ance in Polly was to be sustained by a Macheath, the
pupil of No CIANCHETTINI ; and the peculiar sweet-
ness and taste of whose singing had already attracted
much a. tention in the amateur circles. The House
was filled before the commencement of the Opera,
and Miss I'AToN was received with great favour.—
The singer is not much occupied during the earlier
scenes. Peadiuns and his wife are then discussing
their personal affairs with the grotesque and unspar-
ing satire a hich makes the supremacy of this 0 era.
and Pay is only h fair figure standing between those
two familiars of the dungeon. But she took advan-
tage even of the trivial song, Polly, you might have
Loyd and kiss'd, and in a few cadences exhibited
the power of her voice with a success to which
there was nothing superior in her most ambitious
skill during the night. This song, (f which the
former half is sung by Mrs. I'eachurn, was twice
encored. Her Oh, ponder well, an air of great
beauty, was sung with delicacy and feeling, and
much applauded.—Mnchenth was received by the
audience in the most favourable manner. His figure
is youthful, tall, and well formed : he has not yet
acquired the confidence which is essential to grace in
gesture, and his walk and attitudes exhibited for the
moment some embarrassment. But the first tones of
his voice satisfied the audience that they had before
them that rare exhibition of the Stage, a true singer.
His first song, which begins with " My heart was as
free," gave striking proof of the richness, tenderness,
and facility of his voice. This song was encored, and
the second performance was even more fortunate than
its first.— Then came the delightful old 'duet, Were 1
laid on Greenland's coast, which was encored. When the
heart of a man is oppressed with cares, the song which
allows the first opportunity for display among all the
melodies of this most vocal of high.% ay men, was ad•
mirably sung, and with a still more attractive evi-
' dente of the feeling and expression of this touching
voice. Oa the whole, we recollect no debutant who
gave higher promise of mature excellence. This me-
lody too was encored. Miss PATON shared, and de-
served to share, the applauses of the night. Cease your
funning, is the last of her important songs, and is the
one by which the pretensions of the singer ate usually
tried. She overcame its difficulties with dexterity,
executed the whole crowd of cadences which the ex-
ample of Miss STEPRENS has made popular, shewed
her capability of every shake and ornament of this
most difficult melody, and was encored. The re-
maining airs and harmonies were sung with a truth
and correctness that gave high gratification to the
ear, and, with the able acting of the principal parts;
completed one of the best performances that we have
been indulged with for a long time. The name of
the new singer is DAVIS. He is, we understand,. a
'moan of education, and he has altogether the appear-
ance of a man of cultivated society. His voice is un-
doubtedly of a fine quality, perhaps still impeded by
the natural nervousness of unpractised appearance on
the Stage, and perhaps still requiring some additional
force for the formidable demands of theatrical singing.
But from his youth, and from his tutor, everything
may be expected, both in future volume and in
finished taste. Ci ticurrTmit is already popular as
a professor of the piano ; bis compositionsexhibit early
elegance, and we shall expect to find him and his pre-
sent pupil contributing highly each to the fame of the
other, Term-came forward to announce the rep&
tition of the Opera, and the announcement was re-
ceived with loud plaudits.— Upon the whole we have
the amigo* posed to easseatidate the Theatre upon the hues
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