The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-29 00:00:00

MR. ALBERT SIMMS MONT BLANC,
TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday),
at $ o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings at 3.
Stalls, 3s. ; area, 21. ; gallery, ls.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,
SEASON 1856.

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It is respectfully announced that the OPERA SEASON
will COMMENCE on SATURDAY, the 10th of May.
On resuming the performances which have been suspended
during the last three years, the Director of hor Majesty's
Theatre is anxious to assure the patrons of the Opera and
thepublic. that no exertion shall bo wanting to secure for
this establishment that high position it so long maintained ;
and. he trusts that the renewal of the enterprise under more
prosperous auspices will be accompanied with that favour
and support which no frequenter of the Opera needs to be
reminded were for so many years accorded to a brilliant and
successful management.

Thg secession, in 1847, of many of those performers who
had' long been attached to the Opera House was the com-
mencement of a long and arduous struggle to maintain the
fortttnes of the old house ; and it was not till the wealth of
four successive competitors had been fruitlessly lavished upon
the rival theatre, that Mr. Lumley was reluctantly compelled
to retire from the contest.
From that time to the present Mr. Lumley's efforts have
been unremitting to re-open her Majesty's Theatre upon a
permanent basis, and to restore the Opera to its ancient
home. He has received liberal encouragement from every
side, and, effectually aided by noble and generous support
from a quarter where the refinements of art and taste never
fail fo find a patron, he is now enabled gratefully to announce
the immediate resumption of performances.
At the present moment there are vocalists, of an excellence
seldom surpassed, who have never been heard by an English
public. Of these the elite have been secured for the present
season.

Her Majesty's Theatre is marked out by its size, its situa-
tion, and its convenience of access, no less than by old and
interesting associations, as the appropriate seat of the Opera.
In the acoustic properties, so essential to the effective pro-
duction of the lyrical drama, it is acknowledged to surpass
every other stage in Europe. In consequence of some happy
accident of construction a result has been attained that science
has failed to explain, and that no architect could engage to
,reproduce, by which the faintest tones and the most delicate
vocalisation penetrate with unimpaired clearness to the re-
motest recesses of the vast edifice.
The arrangements completed and in progress, both in Opera
and Ballet, will, it is confidently hoped, be thought worthy
of the former reputution of the Theatre, and of the just ex-
pectations of its distinguished supporters.
In consequence of the late period at which it was resolved
to open the Theatre, the arrangements, satisfactory as it is
hoped they will even now be found, are not yet fully com-
pleted ; and negotiations are in progress from which impor-
tant accessions are expected.

The Subscription will consist of Thirty Nights, and the
Prices will be as follows :
Pit Boxes... l2O to 150 Guineas.
Grand Tier
One Pair
Two Pair 75 to 10) ,
Pit Stalls 25 „

THE THEATRE
Will open on
SATURDAY, the lOrn MAY,
When will be produced
Rossini's Opera of
CENERENTOLA.
Angelina
Don Ramiro
Don Magnifico
and
Dandini
After which will be presented an entirely new
BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT,
entitled
LES QUATRE SAISONS, •
Founded on the
Ballet Divertissement of that name by M. Petipa,
In the Opera of
LES VEPRES SICILIENNES,
Principal Parts by Mdlles. Bellon, Boschetti, Liserean, and

Katrine.

THEATRE ROYAL, DEE-BY-LASE,
Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith.
ENGLISH OPERA.
THIS EVENING will be produced
FRA DIAVOLO.

To con:lade with
THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Bnekstone.
THI3 EVENING,
THE EVIL GENIUS.

Followed by
EL GA3IM.I'3[I'TO; or, The Mexican Go'dseekcr.
n which PER EA NENA and the Spanish Dancers win appe tr
After which,
GUNMAN, 13AG31IAT, AND BRADSHAW.
To conclude with
THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK.