The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-07 00:00:00

In announcing the arrangements for another season, the
Director of her Aaje-ty's Theatre cannot but refer, with sin-
ezre 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
prosperity of the institution, and the counsel which added to
its value was never accompanied by a word to shackle the
dis zetion 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
en the restoration of the establishment.
The enthusiasm which welcomed the re-opening of her Ma-
iesty'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 Meddle. Piccolomini-and all the artistes whose
talents contributed to the success of last year, not merely far
those efforts of genius which won the sympathy and admira-
tion 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 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
sudience 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 Theatro 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
Felice, Venice; San Carlos,
Lisbon, &c.—her first ap-
pearance),
ANGIOLA ORTOLANI
(Of La Scala, Milan ; L'Ori-
ente, Madrid, &c.—her first
appearance),

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

ANT
Mdle. PICCOLOM !NI.

Sig. ANTONIO GIUGLINI,
(Of La Scala, Milan ; Carlo
Felice, Genoa ; San Carlos,
&e.—his first appearance),
Sig. JACOPI,
Sig. MERCURIAL!,
Sig. LUIGI BOTTARDI
(Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa,
itc.—his first appearance),
Sig. BELLETTI,
Sig. BENEVENTANO,
Sig. NAPOLEONE ROSSI,
Sig. GIOVANNI CORSI
Director of the Music and C
Sons.Directeur and Maitre di
Suggeritore—Si,

(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'Orientc,
Madrid, &c.—his first ap-
pearance).

!onductor—Sig. BONETTI.
a Chant—Sig. VASCHETTL
g. 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 firs'
appearance),
Mdle, GIUSEPPINA
MORLACCHI_

(Of the Teatro Begin, Turin—

her first appearance),

ISAB.FILLA KAR-
LISKI

(Of the Academie Imperial°,
Paris—her first appearance),
Mdle. CAROLINA PAS.
QUALI

(Of the Imperial Theatres of
Vi2nna 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),
Rig. 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).
3 Ballet--
lONZANI, and M. MASSOT.
oanse—M. PETIT.
ustrnetion—M. MASSOT.

Maitres de
M. PAUL TAGLIONI, Sig. 13
Regissenr do la Di
Master of the School of In

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.

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

Immediately after
Madlle. ORTOLAN'
Will make her first appearance asElvira, in BeninPs Operao:
I PURITAN'.
Madlle. ORTOLAN'.
Signor GIUGLINI.

Arturo

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

The Union of Three of these distinguished Prime Donne,
Madlle. SPEZIA, Madlle. ORTOLANI, and Mo.dlle. PIC-
. COLOMINI,
Will be effected in Mozart's Opera of
IL DON GIOVANNI,
Which will be produced with the peifection of ensemble acid
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 horour of inaugurating
the opening of the Theatre, and will make his first appear-
ance 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 appearane3 early in the season.

Besides the principal executants of last year, the Orchestra
has been strengthened by the engagement of, amongst others,
Signor PEZZE,
First Violoncello of La Scala, and
Signor GIRALDONI,
First Contrebasso of Bergamo, La Scala, die.
The Chorus will be numerous and effective.

Principal Artist to the E.tablishmont—
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 the Property Department—Mr. BRADWELL,

. 150 guineas,
200 „
150 ~
100 „
25 „

Ballet of LA ESHER kIDA:
Founded on Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame de Paris,
La Esmeralda Madlle, POCCHIN:
Claude Frollo Signor RONZANI.

Pierre Giingoire M. MASSOT.

In addition to the union of operatic talent at the opening
Of the season, the inauguration of the Ballet portion will be
made by the faseinatipg Artiste,
Mad POCCEIINI.
The most successful Ballet,
LA ESMERALDA,
Will be revived expressly for her debut.

Early in tho season, Madlle. BOSCHETTI and MadUe.
KATRINE will appear.
Radii°. MARIE TAGLIONI
Will arrive early in May, and will shortly afterwards appear
in a New Ballot, composed expressly for her by M. Paul
Taglioul.

Madame ROSATI
Will appear n a Ballet Divertissement from Auber and Scribe's
New Ballet of
MARCO SPADA,
Nov preparing for her at the Academie Imperialo, Paris.

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

The THEATRE will OPEN on TUESDAY, April 14, when
will be presented Donizetti's Open►' of
LA FAVORITA.

Leonora Madlle. SPEZIA.
Baldassare ... Signor VIALETTI.
Fernando .. Signor GIIJOLINI.
To be followed (first time these 10 you sl by the favourite

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-
niarket, Price One Guinea and Ono Guinea and a Half each.
The doors will open at half-past seven ; the Opera com-
mences at eight. ,