The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-22 00:00:00

HER 111AJESTX'S THFIATBE.

Mademoiselle Pico°lorni; has re-appeared, with all
the eclat which attended her debut last season. Last
night there was an immense house, attracted by the an-
nouncement of the " Figlia del Reggimento," and the
young prima donna was received with the most cordial
warmth. On her entrance peals of applause burst from
every part of the theatre, and for several minutes she
could only curtsey her ackwaledgments, which she did
very gracefully, and with the appearance of much feel-
inv. Her aria d'intrata, " Apparvi alla Luce," which
she sang very nicely, was listened to with demonstra-
tions of pleasure, which became still stronger when the
same melody recurred in the form of a dnett with the
oil sergeant Sulpizio, performed by Belletti. The
famous " Ciascun lo dice," the " Song of the regi-
ment," which she sang with infinite spirit, was received,
as it was last year, with acclamations ; and the enthu-
siastic feelings of the audience remained unabated to the
end of the performance. When the curtain fell, and
she presented herself before it, she was greeted with
thunders of applause, cries, and showers of bouquets—a
regular " ovation" in short, in all forms.
Such was her reception ; and certainly it was deserved,
taking her performance altogether.

The opera itself is but a trifle. There is only one
morceau in the whole opera which possesses real beauty
and expression—the melancholy little air, " Convien
partir," which Maria addresses, by way of farewell, to
the military friends and protectors of her childhood.
This air Madlle. Piccolomini sang very charmingly. She
sang it from the heart, and
.every tone of her voice
seemed full of tears. ,This was her best vocal effort ;
and next to it was the "singing lesson" at the beginning
of the second act, where Maria, weary of her task, bursts
out into the old " Rataplan " of her dear regiment, to
the amazement of the stately Marchioness. The
buoyant joyousness of this escapade was irresistible, and
threw the audience into transports. A new tenor,
Signor Bottardi, appeared in the part of Tonio.
The Queen's box was occupied by Colonel the Hon.
C. B. Phipps, Mrs. Phipps, and Miss Phipps ; Lord
Rokeby, Mrs. Wellesley, Mr. Romaine, and party.
Amongst the company also honouring the theatre with
their presence on this occasion we observed his Grace
the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Cleveland, and
Lady Augusta Peulet, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Clanricarde ; Frances Countess of Waldegrave and Mr.
V. Harcourt ; the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of
Lonsdale, the Earl of Cork and Orrery, the Earl of Wil-
ton, the Earl of Lucan, the Earl and Countess of Mount-
charles, the Countess Dowager of Harrington and party,
the Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington, his
Excellency the Mexican Minister, the Countess Dowager
of Beauchamp, the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's
Bench and party, the Earl of Westmoreland, Lord
Burghersh, the Viscount Powerscourt, the Countess
C,troline Bellew, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Gore Lang-
ton, the Viscount Chelsea, the Viscount Clifden, the
Viscount Exmouth, the Hon. Augustus Lumley, Lord
Muncaster, the Countess Charlotte Schreberg, Sir F.
Pottinger, Bart., Sir Peter Cautley, Bart., Sir John
Lowther, Bart., M.P., the Hon. Ottway Toler, the
Hon. Dudley Ward, Lady Henrietta Vane, Sir George
Wombwell, Bart., Lady Emily Hesketh, Lady Anne
Beckett, Sir John Lister Kaye, Bart., General the Hon.
H. Cavendish, General Sir David Baird, Sir Henry
Webb, Bart., Major• General Sir George Bowles, Colonel
Brownlow Knox, Sir J. Bayley, Bart., and Lady Bayley,
the Hon. Mr. Craven, the Hon. C. Duncombe, Mr. H.
de Burgh, Captain Wyndham, M.P., Captain Bateson,
Mr. Curry, Lady Flower, Admiral Ryder Burton, Mrs.
Stuart Wortley, Hon. Mr. Fane, Mr. Barry, Captain
Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Moffat, Mrs. Guest,. Mr.
and Mrs. Trelawny, Mr. Griffith, Colonel Dunson,
General Sir Alex. Woodford, Bart., and Lady Woodford,
Mrs. P. Lyon Barrington, Captain the Hon. Frederic
Fitzclarence and Mrs. Fitzclarence, Captain Woodgate,
Colonel Longden, Mr. M‘Lean, Major Pole, Captain
Ferguson, Mr. Ogles Hunt, Captain Newdegate, Dr.
Edward Cutler, Captain Hanbury, Captain Marshall,
Captain Hamilton, Captain Hogg, Captain Wynne,
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Palmer, Mr. B. B. Williams, Mr.
and Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Gilbert Cohen, Mr. Kaye, Mr.
and Mrs. Watts, Mr. Harvey Lewis, Mr. Money Wi-
gram, M.P., Mr. B. Oliveira, Captain Torrens, Mr.
Magan, Colonel Lockyer Freestun, M.P., and Mrs.
Lockyer Freestun, Mr. and Lady Selina Vernon, Major
Stour, Mr. and Mrs. Barclay, Colonel and Mrs. Mon-
, arieffe.