The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-10 00:00:00

ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO
piOW OPEN for the winter season. Principal Cornet
a
s•Boulcourt.—Doors open at R. Admission One Shilling.
Lament's new Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille evety night.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES.
1,,,,, Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character,
c"" Costume, coacluding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as
),?2111e, in " Les 1:1' H
oraces," TO-NIGT and every evening, at 8.
'ate boxes and stalls may be secured in advance, without extra
11/4:l;ge. Polygraphic-hall, King William-street. Charing-cross. A
—'°ll2lance every Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 8.

DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM,
oub„, 4. Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen
and, from 10 till 10, containing upwirds of one thousand models
I,..,"teltrations, illustrating every part of the human frame in
and disease, e race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12,
4nd half-past 7thby Dr. G. SEarots, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and
br3Y-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery
Ilhin4.l4llN, at half-past 8 every evening.—Admission, One

ORIENTAL GALLERY.-GREAT GLOBE,
Leicester-square.—Extensive add iti,ns.—The Arms, Dresses.
,xthnologieal Illustrations of the Manners and Customs of the
ths The Dioramic and Pictorial Tour of Europe, from England to
'Tinley. and ►back.
itt4lh e MODEL of the EARTH. the RIE GE of SEVASTOPOL. CRON-
??, the BALTIC and SWE ABOILG. With Illustrative LEC-
-1411.3. Open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Admission to the whole
14' One Shilling 1 Children and Schools half-price.

11[ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
SEASON 1856.
vrillt le respectfully announced that the OPERA SEASON
COMMENCE THIS EVENING, the 10th of May.
4,,0! resuming the performances which have been suspended
Ti7.ei:g the last three years, the Director of her Majesty's
tre is anxious to assure the patrons of the Opera and
the
ilLPublic that no exertion shall be wanting to secure for
4711. establishment that high position it so long maintained ;
he trusts that the renewal of the 'enterprise under more
UPeroas auspices will be accompanied with that favour
pi support *larch no frequenter of the-Opera needs' to be
.llded were for so many years accorded to a brilliant and
''',„eeessful management.
is_Khe secession, in 1847, of many of those performers who
'4Q. long been attaohed to the Opera house was the cont.
Ilteeeement of a long and arduous struggle to maintain the
oltunes of the old house ; and it was not till the wealth of
Ur successive competitors bad been fruitlessly lavished upon
the rival theatre, that Mr. Lumley was reluctantly compelled
retire from the• contest.
From that time to .the present Mr. Lumley's efforts have
~4 unremitting to re-open her Majesty's Theatre upon a
riorreanent basis, and to restore the Opera te its ancient
ajae• He has received liberal encouragement from every
Ca; and, effectually aided by noble and generous support
fano. cinarter where the refinements of art and taste never
VIA .? fine. a patron, he is now enabled gratefully to announce
"'Mediate resumption of performances.
teictt the present moment there are vocalists, of an excellence
em surpassed, who have never been heard by an English
Public, Of these the elite have been secured for the present
Season.
ti Iler Majesty's Theatre is marked out by its size, its situa-
-4°Bl. and its convenience of access, no less than by old and
47esting associations, as the appropriate seat of the Opera.
the acoustic properties, so essential to the effective pro.
tin
ovoid of the lyrical drama, it is acknowledged to surpass
other stage in Europe. In consequence of some happy
reident of construction a result hasbeen attained that science
te'ltsfailed to explain, and that no architect could engage to
vl)r°thlee, by which the faintest•tones and.the most delicate
~.-41sation penetrate with unimpaired clearness to the re-
Auetest recesses of the vast edifice.
211 e arrangements completed and in progress, both in Opera
‘7.l3allet, will, it is confidently hoped, be thought worthy
e former reputation of the Theatre, and of the just ex.
.„_Lu
17tations of its distinguished supporters.
to'e Consequence of the late period at which it was resolved
)Pell
the Theatre, the arrangements, satisfactory as it is
)1158_ell they will even now be found, are‘not yet fully corn.
tae_Led ; and negotiations are in progress from which impel.•
et accessions are expected.
The following arrangements have been completed :
OPERA.
MADAME ALBONI,
'Her first appearance ix London these five years.
MDLLE. PICCOLOMONI,
Her first appearance.
MDLLE. GIUDITTA RIZZA, MDLLE. FINOLI,
Their first appearance!
MADAME AMADEI, MDLLE. BERTI,
Their first appearance.
And
MADAME ALBERTINI,
Her first appearance.

111 Addition to the above talent, an engagement has been
effected with
ILDLLE. JOHANNA WAGNER,
Her first appearance.
SIGNOR SALVIANI,
Of la, Pergola, Florence, his first appearance.
SIGNOR BOCARDE,
His int appearance in England these six years.
SIGNOR MARIANI,
And
SIGNOR CALZOLARI.

tlf SIGNOR BENEVENTANO,
_ Scala. Milan; of the Italian Opera, Madrid ; and the
0t.14.47 amt appnwraneo.
stalios *mem. • - slabrowisOßTlPm:
taIGIN011; BAILIA31:1, r t• k •
SIGNOR ZUCOONIE- •
Of the Principal Theatres of Italy, his first appearance.
And
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