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as ourselves, Mr. Mitchell embarked in this undertaking ; and if it 

 has not met with all the success it deserves, the idea must be acknow- 

 ledged to be good, and no one can find fault with the mode in which 

 it was carried into effect. Six operas, new to an English audience, 

 have been brought out, and the garland completed by Mozart's gern, 

 which alone is worth the whole produce of the Italian school put to- 



ether. Of these, three, the " Elisir d'Amore," " Un Avventura di 

 caramuccia,'' and " Nina," have been eminently successful ; "Chiara 

 di Rosenberg" was not without its admirers ; "II Furioso" failed, we 

 are inclined to think, owing to the failure of Signora Luini ; and 

 *^Un Anno ed un Giorno" we suppose was produced in compliment 

 to M. Benedict. Besides bringing back to us so accomplished an 

 artiste as Blasis, whose well-known abilities we need not here dilate 

 on, we have had a soprano, a tenor, and a barytone introduced to us, 

 who would otherwise, perchance, have never crossed our channel, 

 and all of whom can boast of qualifications of the highest order ; and 

 as they are all young, especially the two former, we trust their im- 

 provement will keep pace with their growing favour. The names of 

 Giannoni, Catone, ^arid Ronconi, will be ever remembered with 

 delight by those who have visited the Opera Buffa ; nor must we for- 

 get Miss Fanny Wyndham, whose very successful debut was most 

 highly creditable to the native school of song. The performances 

 have taken place too in a salle of moderate dimensions, enabling 

 every one to see and hear perfectly well without the aid of telescope 

 and ear-trumpet, and without compelling the vocalists to strain their 

 organs to a degree which is almost as painful to the spectator as to 

 the actor. The houses have not generally been such as to ensure a 

 proper remuneration to t 'the speculators. We trust, however, they 

 have not been losers by their enterprise, and that they will not be 

 discouraged from presenting a fresh series of operas in the ensuing 

 winter, we hope to a more numerous we are sure to not better satis- 

 fied audiences. 



ADELPHI. 



February IQth. A new melo-drama has been brought out at the 

 Adelphi for the express purpose of introducing the Bedouin Arabs in 

 a new form. 1 heir performances have been with great ingenuity- 

 wrought into the piece, which, independently of its peculiar object, 

 has considerable merits. Its title is, ' c The Yacho ; or the Arab's 

 Leap" the second part being- an allusion to one of the incidents of 

 the drama, one of those vaulters bounding over the lofty palisades of 

 a fortress to the rescue of his chieftain's son with an activity which 

 seems almost superhuman. Reeve had a part which suited him, and 

 which he accordingly made exquisitely funny. The play was given 

 out for repetition with great applause. 



