The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-02 00:00:00

In announcing the arrangements for another season, the
Director 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
prosperity of the institution, and the counsel which added to
its value was never accompanied by a word to shackle the
dis -retion 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-
jesty'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 acknewledge how much he
is indebted to Meddle Piccolomini and all the artistes whose
Went; 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 a natural pre-emirence 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 tb 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 guns of other schools will not be neglected.
Ballet will continue to be supported by the most famous of
established Artistes and the most premising 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
(Of La Scala, Milan ; La
Felice, Venice; San Carlos,
Lisbon, &c.—her first ap-
pearance),
Mdle. ANGIOLA ORTOLAN'
(Of La Scala, Milan; L'Ori-
ente, Madrid, &c.—her first
appearance),

Mdle. BAILLOU,
Madame FRANCHI,
Mdle. BERTI,
Mdle. PoIVIA, _ _

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

AND
Mdle. PICCOLOMINI.

Sig. ANTONIO GI*GLINI,
(Of La Scala, Milan ;iiirlo
Felice, Genoa ; San s,
&c.—his first appear ),

(Of La Scala, Milan, and
Italian Opera, Paris, &c.—
his first appearance),
Sig. BAILLOII,
Sig. DE SOROS,
Sig. GARIBOLDI,
AND
Sig. FILIPPO VIALETTI
(Of La Scala, Milan ; La Fe.
nice Venice ; L'Oriente,

Sig. JACOPI,
Sig. MERCURIALI,
Sig. LUIGI BOTTARDI
(Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa,
drc.—his first appearance),
Sig; BELLETTI,
Si g.'BENEVENTANO,
Sig. *NAPOLEONE ROSSI,
Sig. GIOVANNI CORSI
Director of the Music and Conductor—Sig. BONETTI.
Sous-Directeur and Maitre du Chant—Sig. VASCHETTI.
Suggeritore—Sig. FONTANA.
BALLET.
Mdle. ELISA SALVIONE
(Of La Scala, Milan—her first
appearance),
Mdle. GIUSEPPINA
MORLACCHI
(Of the Teatro•Regio, Turin—
her first appearance),
Mdle. ISABELLA KAR-
LISKI

Madrid, &c.-his first ap:
pearance).

Mdle. CAROLINA
POCCHINI
(Of the Karnther Thor. Vi-
anna ; 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, Cenoa--
her first appearance),

(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—lds
Bret appearance),
Sig. FILIPO BARATTI
(His first appearance),

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

Maitres do
M. PAUL TAGLIONI Sig. B
Regisseur ae la, Ds
Master of the School of In

3 Ballet—
lONZANI, and M. MASSOT.
oanse—M. PETIT.
Istruction—M. MASSOT.

Madlle. PICCOLOMINI

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

IMadlle. 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. ORTOLANI
Will make her first appearance as Elvira, in Be Opera of
I PURITANI.
Elvira Madlle. ORTOLANI.
Arturo

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

The Union of Three of these distinguished Prime Donne,
Madlie. SPEZIA, Madlle. ORTOLANI, and Madlle.
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.