The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-27 00:00:00

TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
SEASON 1857.
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 suppr,rt which
is extended to other departments of art; and it is to the
patronage of the upper classes, who have rallied round tilt
establishment, that the country owes the prosperity of a
noble lyrical institution, which no unsupported individual
efforts cou'd maintain in a manner worthy of its old renown.
In acknowledging the munificent assistance which enabled
bins 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 wa,
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
dis retion or impair the authority of the direction. To this
the success of the past season is greatly owing ; and from the
generals confidence w.th which the subscribers have renewed'
their subscriptions for the present year, without awai ing 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 est tblishment.

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 acknowledge how much he
is indebted to :Waddle Piccolomini and all the artistes whose
talents contribut,,d to the success of last year, not merely fn.
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-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 cif acknowledged genius with the attraction of
sew 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
ackn ,wledged on th, 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

(Of La Scala, Milan ; La
Fenice, Venice; San Carlos,
Lisbon, &c.—her •first ap-
pearance).

Sidle. ANGIOLA ORTOLANI
(Of La Scala, Milan ; L'Ori.
ente, Madrid, &c. —her first
appearance),

Mdle. BAILLOIT,
Madame FRANCHI,
Mdle. BERTI,
Mdle. POMA,

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

AND
31(11e. PICCOLOMINI.

Rig. 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,
fir:t appearance),
Si?. BELLETTI,
Sig. lIENEVENTANO,
NAPOLEONE ROSSI,
Sig. GIOVANNI CORSI
Director of the Music and Conductor—Sig. BONETTI.
Sous-Directeur and Maitre du Chant—Sig. VASCHETT
g. FONTANA.
LET.

(Of La Scala, Milan, and
Italian Opera, Paris, &c.—
his first appearance),
Sig. BAILLOU,
Sig DE SOROS,
Sig. GA RIBOLDI,
AND
Sig, FILIPPO VIALETTI
(Of La S'a'a, Milan ; La Fe-
nice, Venice ; L'Oriente,
Madrid, &c.—his first ap-
pearance).

Suggeritore—Si;
BALI

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

M. PAUL TAGLIONI,
Cie. RONZANI,
M. CHARLES,
M. PIERRE MASSOT
(Of the Oriente, Madrid—his
first arpea.rancel,
Sir. FILTPO BARATTI
(His first appearance),

Mille. ELISA SALVIONE
(Of La Scala, Milan—her first
appearance),
Mdlc. GIUSEPPINA
MORLACC HI
(Of the Teatro Eegio, Turin—
her first appearance),
Mdle. ISABI'LLA KAR-
LISKI

'Of the Academie Imperiale,
Paris—her first appearance),
Mdle. CAROLINA PAS-
QuALr

(Of the Imperial Theatres of
Vienna and Milan her
first appearance)

And Madame ROSATI.

Sig. C...,VARE CHECCHETTI
(His first appearance).
Signori RAFFAELLP. GAM-
BAR!,ELT.A, LUIGI VA-
RINI. LUIGI TURBINO,
and PIETRO BUZZIO (01
the Teatro Regio, Turin,
and Carlo Felice, Genoa—
their first appearance).

‘raftros de Ballet--
3f. PAUL TAGIIONI, Sig. RONZANI. and 3fASSOT,

Regisseur (le la Danse—M. PETIT.
Master of the School of lustructioo--M. MASSOT.

Madlle. PICCOLOMINI

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

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

Immediately after
lle. ORTOLAN'
Will make her first appearance asElvira, in Bellini's Operao

Elvira.
Arturo

I PURITANI.
Madlle. ORTOLANI.
Signor GIUGLINI.

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

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

COLOMINI,
[Will be effected in 'Mozart's Opera of
IL DON GIOVANNI,

Which will he 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•
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.
-rile 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
made by the fascinating Artiste,
Madge. POCCFIINI.
The most successful Ballet,
LA ESMERALDA,
Will be revived expressly for her debut.
Early in the season, Madlle. BOSCHETTI and Madlle.
KATRINE will appear
;Madlle. MARIE TAfILIONI

Will arrive early in May, and wit shortly afterwards appear
in a New Ballet, composed expressly for her by M. Paul
Taglioni.

Madame ROSATI

Will appear in a Ballet Divertissement from A über and Seribe'b

New Ballet of
MARCO SPADA,
Now Preparing for her at the Academic Imperitle` Paris.
Principal Artist to the E tablishment
Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL
The-Coatame Department under the sole direction of
Mme. COPERE.
Executed by 10. LAUREYS and Mrs. MASTERMAN.
Principal Machinist-- Mr. D. SLOMAN.
Iffead e the Property Department Mr. BRADWELL.

The Subscription consist of Thirty Nights, and the
terms will be as fol' ow :
Pit Boxes ........................ ......... 150 guineas.
Grand Tier ................................. 20
One Pair .......... . ......................... 150
Tw^ Pair .................................... 100
Pit Stalls ..................

.............. 25 "

April li, when
The THEATRE will OPEN on TUESDAY,
will be presented Donizetti's Opera of
LA FAVORITA.
Leonora
Baldassare
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.
elands Frollo Signor RONZANL

IJ
Pierre Gringoire i•
M. MASSOT.
Applications for Boxes and Stalls to be made at the Open,
Box-otce, Colonnade, Haymarket.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will be performed the new Piece d-
Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs. Bar-
ney Williams.
Followed by THE HAPPY MAN. Mr. ParneyWilliams.
After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in whic
Mr. Wright and Panl Bedford will appear.
To which will be added OUR GAL. Mrs. B. Williams.
BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney

IG►H WATER AT LONDON BR11)(14,.
Mitzi DAT—Morn. 42 min. aft. 2—Evening 2 mid. aft. 3
:',l-MOBItOW—Morn. 23 min. aft. 3—Evening 42 min.aft 3