The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-28 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
SEASON 1857.
..

In announcing the arrangements for another season, the
Director of her Majesty'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
hint 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
discretion or impair the authority of the direction: To tl Is
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 acknowledge how much he
is indebted to Maddle Piccolomini and all the artistes whose
talents contributed to the success of last year, not merely f)r
these 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
I a 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

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

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

Mdle. BAILLOU,
Madame FRANC HI,
Mdle. BERTI,
Mdle. POMA,

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

AND
Mdle. PICCOLOMIN

(Of La Scala, Milan, and
Italian Opera, Paris, Sze.—
his first appearance),
Sig. BAILLOU,
Sig. DE SOROS,
Sig. GARIBOLDI,
AND
Sig, FILIPPO VIALETTI
(Of, La Scala, Milan ; L 4 Fe-
nice. Venice ; L'Oriente,
Madrid, &c. —his first ap-
pearance).

Sig. ANTONIO GIUGLINI
(Of La Scala, Milan ; Carlo
Felice, Genoa ; San Carlos,
&c.—his first appearance),
Sig. JACOPI,
Sig MERCURIALL
Sig. LUIGI BOTTARDI
(Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa,
&c.—his first appearance),
Sic. BELLETTI,
Sig. BENEVENTANO,
Sig. NAPOLEONE ROSSI,
Sig. GIOVANNI CORSI
Director of the Music and Conductor—Sig. BONETT -
Sous-Directeur and Maitre du Chant—Sig. VASCHETTL
Suggeritore—Sig. FONTANA.
BALLET.

(Mille. CAROLINA
POCCHINI
(Of the Karnther Thor, Vi-
enna ; I,a Scala, Milan ;
San Carlos, Naples ; Carlo
Felice, Genoa, &c.—her
first appearance),
Mdle. MARIE TAGLIONI,
Mdle. BO'zOFIETTI,
Mdle. KATRINE,
Mdle. TERESA ROLLA
(Of La Fenice, Venice—her
first appearance).
Mdle. LUIGIA I3RUNETTI
(Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa—
her first appearance),

If. PAUL TAGLIONI,
Sig, RONZANI,
M. CRARLES,
M. PIERRE MASSOT
(Of the Oriente, Madrid—his
first appearance),
Sir. FILIPO BARA TTI
(His first appearance),

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

(Of the Teatro Regio, Turin-
her first appearance),

Mdl©. ISATI-OLLA KAR
LISKI

(Of the Academie Imperiale,
Paris—her first appearance),
CAROLINA PAS-
QUALI

(Of the Imperial Theatres of
Vienna and Milan her
first appearance).
And Madame ROSATI.

Sig. CAgARE CHECCHETTI
(His first appearance).
Signori RAFFAELLR GAM-
BARnELI.A. 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 TAOLIONI, Sig. RONZANI, and M. MASSOT.

Regissenr de la Danse—M. PETIT.
Master of the School of Instruction—M. MASSOT.

Madlle. PICCOLOMINI

Will arrive early in April, .In(i,ij;daiiiOn to the characters
which last season she_made her own, will appear in a varied
ndattractivo 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. ORTOLANI
Will make her first appearance asElvira, in Bellini's Operao,
I PURITAN'.
Elvira Madlle. ORTOLANI.
Arturo

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

The Union of Three of these distinguished Prime Donne,
Madlle. SPEZIA, Madlle. ORTOLANI, and Madlle. PIC.
COLOMINI,
LWill 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-
ance u Fernando, in the Opera of_

LA FAVORITA.

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

The admired Tenor,
Signor BOTARDI,
Will make his first appearane3 early in the seamen.

Besides the principal execntants of last year, the Oechcstra
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, &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
made by the fascinating Artiste,
Madlle. POCCIIINI. •
The most successful Ballet,
LA ESMERALDA,
Will be revived expressly for her debut.

Early in the season, Madlle. BOSCHETTI and Madlle,
KATRINE will appear

oMEidlle. 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,
Row preparing for her at the Aca lemie Imperiale Paris.
Principal Artist to the E•tahlishment
Mr CHARLES MARSHALL.
The'Costame Depa-tment ender the sole direction of
Mme. COPERE.
ExeclitelbY LAUREYS and Mrs. MASTERMAN.
Principal Machinist— Mr. D. SLOMAN.
Head of the Property Department Mr. BRADWELL.

l
terms will bsubscriptfelionew consist of Thirty Nights, and the
o as :
Pit Boxes ....
Grand Tier .
One Pair

150 guineas.
20
150 „
10()

Twf. Pair ......
Pit Stalls ......

The THEATRE will OPEN on TUESDAy, April 14, when
Rill be presented Donizetti's Opera of
LA FAVORITA.
Leonora,
Baldassare .
Fernando
Signor GIUGLINI.
To be followed (first time these 10 ye,ls) by the favourite
Ballet of LA ESMERALDA.
Founded on Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame do Paris."
La Esmeralda Madlle, POCCHINI.
Claude Frolic).

Y LI
Pierre Gringoire o
31. MASSOT.
Applications for Boxes and Stalls to be made at the Opera
Box-oface, Colonnade, Haymarket.

TUEATRE. ROYAL, 'ADELPIII.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the now Piece do
Caractere, entitled IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs. Bar-
ney Williams.
Followed by THE HAPPY MAN. Mr. Barney Williams.
After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paal Bedford will appear.
To which will be added OUR GAL. Mrs. B. Williams.
BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.
THIS EVENING, HAMLET. Mr. Charles Dillon, Mr.
Stuart, Mr. J. L. Toole, Miss Woolgar.
Followed by the gorgeous burlesque of CONRAD AND
MEDORA. Miss Woolgar, Mr. J. L. Toole, &c.
The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super.
intendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun.
Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set
down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, will be performed
Shakespere's tragedy of
KING RICHARD THE SECOND.
King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS.

HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
TaIS EVENING, to commence at Seven,
A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstono, Compton, Howe,
W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil-
liam,
After which, A WICKED WIFE.
To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.

qOYAL SURREY THEATRE
4 , Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.
THIS EVENING, a new drama, entitled FRAUD AND
ITS VICTIqS. Messrs Creswick, Shepherd. drc,
To conclude with TWO COLLEGE FRIENDS,

TRAND THEATRE.—Manager, Mc. T.
Payne.—This Evening will be performed
TOM TIT, THE SLAVE BOY.
After which, DO SjAKK HANDS.
Followed by COUSIN CHERRY.
To conclude with NO SONG NO SUPPER.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ;
Gallery, 6d.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, a new drama, called DADDY
HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &e.
The new drama, by Torn Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN
WOLF'S CLOTHING.
Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq.,
called A SPLENDID INVESTMENT,
Commence at half-past Seven.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
L Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.

THIS EVENING, Shakspere'; Play of KING HENRY
THE FOURTH, with the highly successful equestrian illus-
trations invented and arranged by Mr. Wm. Cooke. Hot-
spur, Mr. James Holloway; Prince Henry, Mr. W. Cooke,
jun.; Falstaff, Mr. Anson.

After which, a combination of Skill, Ease, and Elegance,
and the Equestrian EXER( ISES in the CIRCLE
To conclude with A MORCEAU CHOISI of an amusing
nature.

Commetco at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
3oxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ;
Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.
box•offico open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ng company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunel], Miss Slimmers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J.
'aulfield, Herr F. longhmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S.
Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M.
de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and
torri; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins.
Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
lirector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre.
cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock.

HIGH WATEa AT LONDON BRIDGE.

DUB DAT—Morn. 23 min. aft. 3—Evening 42 mid. aft. 3
.'n-Moszow—Morn. 2 min. aft. 4—Evening 23 min.ait. 4

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 28.
THERMOMETER, IN TIM SHADE.
51—highest singe noon yesterday
44 —lowest this morning and during the night.
53 —this day at noon.

BAi:ONITZB, 30'05.
WIND, E. to E.S.E.—Moderate, with fine weather.

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