Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-14

The London season IL now approaching its height,
| and so rapidly do balls, and mate uerades and
grand dinners, and musical parties and sources dan
sanies. follow each other, that, in the fashona lie
world, merriment and diver sion to be the bust
ness ct every hour. "from the close of even to the
dawn OF morning."
| TINS DRAsA-OrERA-Mu slc.-The theatres
continue to Ice em,nently attractive. MIR Mastea
dy and Madame Nesris carry bold game oi
competition; and the public enjoy the benefit OF
their enterprise, taste, and talent. Never the
| art OF dramatic representation knosn in so perfect
state as that to which II has been brought under
the wise and well directed hhetality OF thess rva!
managers.
AT Drury LINE, Macready has achieved anoihes
brilliant triumph Tor the English legitimate Drama,
| IN presenting Macbeth. It ought TO be brought
iorward-aS never was exhibited beisre. How
hemble Il mean the illustrious John Ut eourse) CT
Garuck would have glored IN delneating the
rhone OF Cawdor with such accomplishments OF
scenery. costume music, ani appointments OF every
description, under the direction OF Macready,
give their united effect 20 the play, and make the
olluson almost perfect All that the highest power
OF painting, music, ncting and dress can do TO ere
nllze" the scenes and petsonases OF that glorious
| dramatic poem has becn brought into operation by
| MIR MacTeady. There is no lover OF the Divine
Shakespeare, who would not enjoy the representa-.
ton an intellectual feast of the highest kind
You can no longer laugh, las heretofore we have
almost always donel at the witches and the appa .
rtion OF Banquo. They hll you with awe. And
good lesson in history is given by the accurate
pictures presented OF the costume and manners oI
the people OF Scotland in the aye TO which the play
refers.
MIR Macready has announced for Wednesday
next new play IN five acts, called "Plishted
rroih." Thus he labors to sustain the attention oil
the public by every appliance of novelty, as well
| as OF real merit.
At Covsnt Garden, on Monday after E,s,er.
Madame VeStrls produced holiday piece, called
The Wh',e Cat" founded on the well known fairy
legend 81 that name, which have oil heard IN
| our nursery days. IL is quite wonderful how much
Madame rs the playwright, and Mr. Plaushe as
the dosgerei rhymsr, have made OF this old familiar
story. la point OF spectacle costume. dances, &c
It is really one o: the splendid affairs that ever
enchiatei the town. but the dialogue is full OF fun
and polnI-hittng men aud manners, and striking
on the topics OF the day with much patness and
effect, that It may well be pronounced one OF the
| most successful considerations Of puns, jokes,
caSms, ard raery, ever known 10 the catalogue OF
fame. Tie house is crowded every night of its rep
| Tesentation.
Miss Adelaide Kemb,o has laid aside the "Nor.
mn" and "Een Uberti" and, within tho last fort.
night, has appeared Susanna" in the Marriage Of
| Figaro and ".imina" in Somnambua. IL is a thou.
sand pties she did first select one of these last
hne characters Tor her first appearance in London
She never showed her extraordinary powers in the
two pieces first mentioned. But in Susanna" and
still more in "Amna," she took stand both as an
actress and singer from which, she goes in.
| OuslTOuSty Us size laS negun IN Application 10 the
higher pursuits OF her profession, she must steadily
progress until she reaches the highest elevation.
| For the first time on the English stage, the whole
| dialogue OF Somnamhu'a was given musically, as
IN the Italian opera; and the Relatives were accu
rately htted TO the original score. The LbTettO
was given also under a new translation, far more
true to the original, and not deformed by the mbe.
/ Gle and trashy expressions, which make much OF
the tex, Of the most beautiful melodies in the piece
according 10 The old copy) absolutely ridiculous.
wa hav % 4
! produced at the Convent Garden and Drury Lane
/ by the best companies that can be brought from
Germany,
| Charles Kean, and his accomplished wife, (Eller
Tree,l have been well received At the Hay.narkeL
But good acting, without the proper accompaniment
/ at scenery and costume, never stand against
acting OF at least equal equality off by all that
the highest art IN representation, and The pro-
| fuse expenditure can hcstow.
The Italian Opera season has begun with srea,
I eclat. There is, TO be sure. no Rubin nor Tambu
RIM but then the company in general is much more
eminent IN talent, regards all the departments
vocal aud orchestral, than ever assembled in
London before; and to fill the place OF the two illus
trious singers mentioned above, arc Signor Giorsu
Ronconi and Signor Guasco. The former made
his first appearance IN the British metropolis on
Tuesday last, in the Lucia di Lamermoor OF Doni-
zeitt; Madame Pe-sIan playing the part OF Lucia,
ana RancOni that Of | ord Henry Ashton Guaseo
that OF Sir Edgar RavenswOod
Julia GrisI, Mario, and Lablache have arrived;
but the new singers sufficiently attractive for
the present, and the manager keeping the two last
back, hi suresl card. As to Gris, she Is at pc
sent,
As adcs wish 10 be who love their lords"
and cannot appear for month or SIX weeks at
least. She has very graceful cousin, however,
yeiept "cnrotta," who, IN the absence of CeIito
the principal danseuse, and turns the heads of all
the ifequente6s Of "FOP's Alley" rs the space be.
tween the pit aud the stalls IS designltcj, and
whittier resort all the young Don Whskeandos OF
the day.