_Rebecca_ Marguerite Macintyre (Garcia's pupil). _Rowena_ Esther Palliser. _Ivanhoe_ Ben Davies. _Richard Cœur de Lion_ Norman Salmond. _Cedric_ Ffrangçon Davies. _Friar Tuck_ Avon Saxon. _Isaac of York_ Charles Copland. and _The Templar_ Eugene Oudin. While the alternative group of artists included Miss Thudicum (Garcia's pupil), Lucile Hill, Franklin Clive, Joseph O'Mara, and Richard Green. It ran from January 31 till the end of July; then in November the house reopened with "La Basoche," in which David Bispham made his _début_ on the London stage. With the autumn, however, all went wrong, the public stayed away, and finally, on January 16, 1892, the Royal English Opera House was finally closed, to be reopened later as the Palace Theatre of Varieties. Before leaving 1891 we must note the Covent Garden season, where a very remarkable collection of artists appeared, who must have compared favourably with those whom Garcia had heard half a century before. The new-comers included Emma Eames, Sybil Sanderson, Van Dyck, and Plançon; while in the company were the de Rezkés, Lassalle, Maurel, Ravelli, and Montarid; Melba, Nordica, Albani, Zélie de Lussan, Rolla, Bauermeister, Giulia Ravogli, and Mme. Richard. Nor must one pass over Signor Lago's venture of an Italian season, embarked on during the autumn of 1891 at the Shaftesbury Theatre. It was notable chiefly for the first production in England of Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana." In the _première_, which was conducted by Arditi, Marie Brema made her _début_ in opera as Lola, while the cast was made up with-- _Santuzza_ Adelaide Musiani. _Lucia_ Grace Damian. _Alfio_ Brombara. _Turiddu_ Francesco Vignas. In 1892 comes the _début_ in London of Calvé, while Harris engages the great Wagner singers from Bayreuth, to appear for a season of German opera on Wednesday evenings at Covent Garden, with Rosa Sucher as Brunhilde, and Alvary as Siegfried. One must also note the _début_ of Clara Butt in "Orfeo" at the Royal College of Music. In 1893, the year of Gounod's death, opera lovers at Covent Garden made the acquaintance of the younger school of Italian composers in Mascagni and Leoncavallo. The former first appeared at Covent Garden on June 19, when he conducted "L'Amico Fritz" with Calvè, De Lucia, Pauline Joran, and Dufriche. "Pagliacci" was given, with Melba as Nedda and De Lucia as Canio, while Ancona gave a magnificent rendering of the famous prologue. The works of two English composers were also produced during the season,--Isidore de Lara's "Amy Robsart" and Villiers Stanford's "Veiled Prophet."