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Tuesday.
ANNALS OF THE
" Puritani." Elvira, Mdlle. Victoire Balfe ;
Henrietta, Mdme. Tagliafico ; Sir R. Forth, Graziani ;
Sir George, Tagliafico ; Lord Walton, Polonini ; Arthur
Talbot, Gardoni. After which a Scene from " Lucrezia
Borgia " " II Segreto," by Mdme. Didie concluding
with the last Act of " La Favorita."
"
Wednesday. Trovatore," as before.
Thursday, August i3th, 1857, for the benefit of Mdlle.
Victoire Balfe. The First and Third Acts of " La Son-
"
nambula cast as before. Followed ;
by a Concert, as
"
follows : Kathleen Mavourneen," Mdlle. Parepa ;
" The Flowers of the Forest," Signer Neri Baraldi ; "Ah,
mon Fils," Mdme. Didie; Ballad, "You'll remember
me," Gardoni; Ballad, " I dreamt that I dwelt in Marble
halls," Mdlle. Victoire Balfe. On this occasion, Mr. M.
W. Balfe presided at the piano, it being announced as
"his first appearance these ten years." The performance
into one
concluded with " L'Elisir d'Amore," compressed
Act. Adina, Mdlle. Parepa ; Gianetta, Mdme. Tagliafico
; Nemorino, Neri Baraldi ; Belcore, Tagliafico ; Dul-
camara, Ronconi.
Friday, i4th. " Fra Diavolo," " in consequence of the
unprecedented success of the Opera."
Saturday, August i5th, 1857, for the benefit of Mdme.
Bosio, " Lucrezia Borgia," with (as announced) " the
following unprecedented cast, viz. : Lucrezia Borgia,
Mdme. Bosio ; Maffio Orsini, Mdme. Didie ; Gennaro,
Neri Baraldi ; Don Alfonso, Ronconi ; Rustighello (for
this occasion only), Graziani ; Petrucci, Polonini ; Gu-
betta, Signor Tagliafico ; Vitellozo, Herr Zegler.