The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-06 00:00:00

'ITER M AJE S T.Y'S THEATRE.
SEASON 1857.

In announcing the arrangements for another season, the
Ibirector of her Maje,ty's Theatre cannot but refer, with sin-
cere gratitude, to the success which attended his efforts, un-
der very trying circumstances, in the season of 1856.
Dramatic Opera, which in every foreign State is fostered by
Government aid, is, in this country, denied the support which
is extended to other departments of art; and it is to the
patronage of the upper classes, who have rallied round the
establishment, that the country owes the prosperity of a
noble lyrical institution, which no unsupported -individual
efforts could maintain in a manner worthy of its old renown.
In acknowledging the munificent assistance which enabled
him to conquer the unprecedented difficulties of last year, the
Director cannot sufficiently express his grateful appreciation
of the delicacy with which it was bestowed. Support was
freely and nobly accorded for the sole purpose of insuring the
prosp-rity of the institution, and the counsel which added to
its value was never accompanied by a word to shackle the
die metion or impair the authority of the direction. To this
the success of the past season is greatly owing ; and from the
generous confidence w.th which the subscribers have renewed
their subscriptions for the present year, without awaiting the
publication of the annual programme, the Director derives
the assurance that he has not altogether disappointed the
patrons of the theatre, and that he may rely on the continu-
ance of the cordial encouragement by which he has been
hitherto upheld, and under which it is hoped still higher
triumphs may be achieved than were immediately attainable
on the restoration of the establishment.
The enthusiasm which welcomed the re-opening of her Ma-
- lesty's Theatre was not confined to the subscribers. The
hearty interest and genuine appreciation displayed by the
audiences who thronged the house from the first night to the
closing farewell demand the warmest thanks of the Director,
which he will endeavour practically to express by renewed
efforts in the service of the public.
The Director is most anxious to acknowledge how much he
is indebted to Maddle Piccolomini and all the artistes whose
talents contributed to the success of last year, not merely 13r
those efforts of genius which won the sympathy and admira-
• Lion of the subscribers and the public, but for that high
artistic feeling and honourable fidelity which secured the
audience from disappointment, and enabled the Direction to
produce the entertainments promised for each evening with-
out a single change of performance—a fact without precedent
in Operatic history.
The advantages peculiar to her Majesty's Theatre—its cen-
tral position' and associations now more than a century old
—give to it a natural pre-eminence of which no occasional
circumstances can< ever permanently deprive it. These ad-
,' vantages will be turned to account by a Company combining
the prestige of acknowledged genius with the attraction of
new candidates for the highest rank of their profession. Those
who last year won favour at the hands of strangers will re-
appear to claim the cordial recognition which an English
audience never refuses to established favourites ; and the
direction has been further strengthened by an accession of
new aspirants of the highest order, whose merits are already
acknowledged on the stages of Italy, and who only await the
verdict of the subscribers and frequenters of her Majesty's
Theatre to confirm their fame.
Although, in an Establishment especially devoted to Italian
Opera, the compositions of Italy will naturally predominate,
the gems of other schools will not be neglected.
Ballet will continue to be supported by the most famous of
established Artistes and the most promising of those who are
ambitious of the same distinction.
It is hoped that the organisation of every department will
prove completely worthy of that state of renewed prosperity
to which her Majesty's Theatre has now attained.
The following are the arrangements already completed :
OPERA.

Madame ALBONI,
Mdle, MARIA SPEZIA

Mdle. BAILLOU,
Madame FRANCHI,
Mdle. BERTI,
Mdle. POMA,

(Of La. Scala, Milan ; La
Fenice, Venice ; San Carlos,
Lisbon, &c,—her first• ap-
pearance),
Mdle. ANGIOLA ORTOLANI
(Of La Scala, Milan; L'Ori-
eats, Madrid, &c.—her first
appearance),

Mdle. TRENETA RAMOS
(Of the Teatro Regio, Turin
—her first appearance),

AND
Mdle. PICCOLOMINI.

Sig. ANTONIO GIUGLINI,
(Of La Scala, Milan; Carlo
Felice, Genoa ; San Carlos,
&e.—his first appearance),
Sig. JACOPI,
Sig. MERCURIALI, '
Sig. LUIGI BOTTARDI
(Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa,
dtc.---his first appearance),
Sig. BELLETTI,
Sig. BENEVENTANO,
Sig. NAPOLEONE ROSSI,
Big- GIOVANNI CORSI
!6 Director of the Music and C
Sous-Directeur and Maitre d
Snggeritore—Si
BAL

(Of La Scala, Milan, and
Italian Opera, Paris, &c.—
his first appearance),
Sig. BAILLOU,
Sig. DE SOROS,
Sig. GARIBOLDI,

AND
Sig. FILIPPO VIALETTI
(Of La Scala, Milan ; La Fe-
nice, Venice ; L'Oriente,
Madrid, 80.—his first ap-
pearance).

-jonductor—Sig. BONETTI.
lu Chant—Sig. VASCHETTI.
ig. FONTANA.

Mdle. CAROLINA
POCCHINI
(Of the Karnther Thor, Vi-
mina ; La Scala, Milan ;
San Carlos, Naples ; Carlo
Felice, Genoa, &c.—her
first appearance).
Mdle. MARIE TAGLIONI,
Mdle. BOSCHETTI,
Mdle. KATRINE,
Mdle. TERESA ROLLA
(Of La Fenice, Venice—her
first appearance).
Mdle. LUIGIA BRUNETTI
(Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa—
her first appearance),

,LET.
Mdle. ELISA SALVIONE
(Of La Scala, Milan—her first
appearance),
Mdle. GIUSEPPINA
MORLACCHI

(Of the Teatro Regio, Turin—
her first appearance),
Aidle, ISABELLA KAR-
LISKI

(Of the Academie Imperiale,
Paris—her first appearance),
Mdle. CAROLINA PAS-
QUALI
(Of the Imperial Theatres of
Vienna and Milan her
first appearance),
And Madame ROSATI.

M. PAUL TAGLIONI,
Sig—RONZANI,
M. CHARLES,
M. PIERRE MASSOT
(Of the Oriente, Madrid—his
first appearance),
Sig. FILIPO BARATTI
(His first appearance),

Sig. CASARE CHECCHETTI
(His first appearance),
Signori RAFFAELLE GAM-
BARDELLA. LUIGI VA-
RINI. LUIGI TURBINO,
and PIETRO BUZZIO (of
the Teatro Regio, Turin,
and Carlo Felice, Genoa—
their first appearance).
Maitres de Ballet—

M. PAUL TAGLIONI, Sig. RONZANI, and M. MASSOT.
Regisseur de la Danse—M. PETIT.
Master of the School of Instruction—M. MASSOT.

Madlle. PICCOLOMINI
Will arrive early in April, and, in addition to the characters
which last season she made her own, will appear in a varied
and attractive repertoire.

Machle. SPEZIA
Will have the honour to appear for tho First Time at the
Opening of the Season in Donizetti's Opera of
L FAVORITA.

Immediately after
Madlle. ORTOLAN'
Will make her first appearance asElvira, in Bellini's Operaoi

Elvira..
Arturo

I PURITANI.
Ma Tie. ORTOLANI.
Signor GIUGLINI.

Madame ALBONI
Will arrive before the Ist of May, and will make her first ap.
pearance this Season as Azucena, in Verdi's Opera of
IL TROVATORE.

The Union of Three of these distinguished Prime Donne,
%due. SPEZIA, Madlle. ORTOLANI, and Madße. PIC*
COLOMINI,
Will be effected in Mozart's Opera of
IL DON GIOVANNI,

Which will be produced with the perfection of ensemble and
details necessary to realise the intentions of its great author.
All the great Artistes of the Establishment will join in aiding
the efforts of the Director to do honour to the noble work of
the Shakspeare of music.

Signor GIUGLINI.
This charming Tenor will have the, honour of inaugurating
the opening of the Theatre, and will make his first appear-
am* as Fernando, in the Opera of
LA FAVORITA.

The distinguished Basso Profondo,
Signor VIALETTI,
Will also make his first appearance at the opening of the
Theatre.

The admired Tenor,
Signor BOTARDI,
Will make his first appearance early in the season.

Besides the principal execntants of last year, the Orchestra
has been strengthened by the engagement of, amongst others,

Signor PhiZE,
First Violoncello of La Scala, and
Signor GIRALDONI,
First Contrebasso of Bergamo, La Scala, &C.
The Chorus will be numerous and effective.

In addition to the union of operatic talent at the opening
of the season, the inauguration of the Ballet portion will be
Dade by the fascinating Artiste,
Madlle. POCC INI.
The most successful Ballet,
LA ESMERALDA,
Will be revived expressly for her debut.

Early in the season, Madlle. BOSCHETTI and Madlle.
EA.TRINE will appear.
Madlle. MARIE TAGLIONI
Will arrive early in May, and will shortly afterwards appear
in a New Ballot, composed expressly for her by M. Paul
Taglioni. _ .

Madame ROSATI
Will appear in a Ballet Divertissement from Anber and Scribe's

New Ballet of
MARCO SPADA,
Now preparing for her at the Academie Imperials, Paris,

Principal Artist to the Establishment—
Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL.
The Costume Department under the sole direction of
Mme. COPERE.
Executed by M. LAUREYS and Mrs. MASTERMAN.
Principal Machinist-• Mr. D. SLOMAN.
Head of tho Property Department—Mr. BRADWELL

The Subscription wi:l consist of Thirty Nights, and the
terms will be as fol'ow :
Pit Boxes ..
Grand Tier
Ono Pair
Two Pair
Pit Stalls

• 150 guineas.
• 200 „
150 „
100 „ '

LA FAVORITA.
•
Leonora
Baldassare Signor VIALETTI.
Fernando Signor GIUGLINI.
To be followed (first time these 10 years) by the favourite
Ballet of LA ESMERALDA.
Founded on. Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame de Paris."
La Esmeralda Madlle. POCCHINI.
Claude Frollo Signor RONZANI.
AND

Pierre Gringoire M. MASSOT.

The THEATRE will OPEN on TUESDAY, April 14, when
Rill be presented Donizetti's Opera of

All the Boxes and Stalls having been disposed of for the
Subscription or Opening Night, the same Opera and Ballet
will be Repeated on THURSDAY, April 16 (it being an extra
night not included in the subscription).
A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle. Tier have
been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap-
plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay-
market. Price Ono Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each.
The doors will open at half-past seven ; the Opera com-
tizengaa at eight.