The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-03-10 00:00:00

THE THEATRES.

The performances at the Italian theatre last week were some-
what irregular, owing to the benefit nights and to the interven-
tion of. Ash Wednesday, when thbv were suspended. The
house on Tuesday (Madame Kyntherfano's benefit night) was
crowded to excess. On this occasion, " Seiniramide" and "11
Barbiere" were each condensed into one act, and the iklarquis
de Muti Papazurri appeared both as an instrumental and vocal
performer. Speaking of his performance on the stage, one of
our contemporaries thus expresses himself:—" It mav be said,
emphatically"—" he sung like a gentleman." " Tancredi"
was repeated on Friday, and on Saturday—au awkward night—
" Giuhetto e Romeo," was performed, or, rather, but indiffe-
rently rehearsed to a very indifferent or thin audience. .The
acting of Signora Cesari, in the part of the love-sick Romeo,
was admirable,' and has excited an unusual degree of anxiety.
for the repetition of the opera when the dramatis persona are
more perfect in their several parts.
The opera, it will be seen, is announced for a second perform-
ance on this night, for the benefit of Signora Cesari, the best,
indeed the only good, female singer the company can boast of.
The best proof' we can give of the high estimation in which the
talents of this lady is held is the fact, that all the boxes are en-
gaged, and that a portion of the pit will be prepared for the
dress-box company, at the price paid for admission to the dress
circle.

" II Coradino" will be performed on Tuesday next for the
benefit of Signor Deval. If extraordinary professional merit
be entitled to any consideration, the house on that night will he
full.

THE LIVER THEATRE.—A great variety of new pieces have
lately been got up at this Theatre, which have all been success-
fully performed. Miss E. Hamilton has sustained the part of
the amorous Don Giovanni, in Dibdin's operatic extravaganza
of that natrie On Monday night the house was crowded, for
the benefit of Mrs. Raymond, and Mr. Carter was equally for-
tunate in his appeal to the public on Thursday. Mrs. Jackson
took her benefit on Friday, on which occasion the house was
full. Between the first and second pieces Miss Hamilton sang,
accompanying herself on the piano, "The Minstrel Boy," and
some other songs. Were her style less florid we should he dis-
posed to give her unqualified praise. The laughable burletta
of "Cupid," brought out in London for the purpose of intro-
ducing John Reeve in that character, closed the performances
of the. night. The opening scene on Mount Ida, where Jupiter
is seen carousing with the gods and goddesses of the ancient
heathen mythology, quaffing brown stout instead of nectar, was
very beautiful, although the plav-wright has mingled the ridi-
culOus with the sublime. The characters of Cupid, W. J. Ham-
mond, Px yeke, Mrs. Raymond, Pan, Leclerq, (this was really
admirable,) Jupiter, Simpson, and Juno, Mrs. Herbert, were
well sit-stained.

Mr., Melville took his benefit last night. On \Vednesday
Miss Chichester bespeaks. the patronage of the town, and Mr.
Shaw on Friday. Great credit is due to the managers of this
pl of public amusement for their unwearied 'industry and
great spirit,