_Friday._--_Lohengrin._ Wagnerian worshippers in their thousands. What shall she do who comes after _Albani_ in the part of _Elsa_? That is the question, and MAGGIE McINTYRE supplies the answer, which is Uncommonly well. A sweet picture in a gentle frame of mind, so Macintirely pure and simple. A trying, very trying, part. How grand are the DE RESZKES--JEAN and EDOUARD--or more familiarly as we come to know them better, JACK and NED. NED looking well, and singing so too, in spite of recent chill. Warmth of reception to-night would thaw any chill. But what a couple of bores are the characters of _Ortruda_ and _Telramondo_, even when superbly played as to-night, by Madame FURSCH-MADI--(the real Mahdi at last!)--and Signor DAN DRADY, bedad! Fortunately the Opera is considerably curtailed, or we should never hear the last of it. _Saturday._--_Il Trovatore._ Great night for "the big, big D",--that is, for "the high D," on which the new tenor, M. RAWNER, alights with a sudden bound that electrifies the house. His "high D" is quite an _Eiffel tour de force_. Henceforth M. RAWNER must be known as "the High D-iddle-diddle" tenor, and His Highness will be expected to sustain his high reputation. Vocal effort almost eclipsed by wonderful physical force, which enables him to burst through the prison walls and bow to audience, who are enthusiastically applauding the _Miserere_. Unfortunately M. RAWNER, being a stranger in these parts, cannot find his way back again, and so is unavoidably prevented from being present at his own execution, which, in his absence, takes place without him. Madame TETRAZZINA--her first appearance here--not so great, perhaps, as she is good and graceful. DAN DRADY and Madame SCALCHI as "per usual," which is the highest praise. End of first week. General satisfaction. * * * * * THE PLEASURE-SEEKER'S VADE MECUM. _Q._ I trust you have had a delightful time recently? _A._ Indeed I have, with the assistance of Private Views, Special Performances, and Second-rate First Nights. _Q._ Did you assist at the _premiere_ of _Gretna Green_, the new "Comedy Opera" at the Opera Comique? _A._ An Act of it. It had already been played on a previous occasion, when I fancy one of the principal performers, finding that his part was dragging, introduced imitations of popular modern actors. As the period of _Gretna Green_ is the eighteenth century, this innovation must have been at once pleasing and appropriate. _Q._ I think you have also been present at the first performance of the "Wild East," at the Earl's Court Exhibition? _A._ I have had that advantage, and am now thoroughly conversant with the manners and customs of our lively neighbours in some parts of Africa. _Q._ Are those manners and customs what may be termed--quaint?