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

MAJESTY'SjER THEATRE
lj SEASON 1837.

In announcing the arrangements for another season. ti
Director of her Maje-ty's Theatre cannot but refer, with s'n
sere 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 br
Government aid, is, in this country, denied the support whit}
is ext3nded to other departments of art; and it is to tht-
patronage of the upper classes, who have rallied round th,
establishment, that the country owes the prosperity of
noble lyrical institution, which no unsupported individuu
efforts could maintain in a manner worthy of its old renown.
In acknowledgi-g the munificent assistance which enabled
him to conquer the unprecedented difficulties of last year, th:
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 tbc.
prosp 'city 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 thi,
the success of the past season is greatly owing • and from thr

generals confidence w th which the suhscribers have renewed
their subscriptions for the present year, without awaiting th,
publication of the annual programme, the Director derive
the assurance that he has not altogether disappointed the
patrons of the thektre, and that he may rely on the continu-
ance of thra cordi-al 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 resto'ation of the est ,blisliment.

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 disT.layed 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
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-
ont 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 of acknowledged genius with the attraction of
inew 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 acces.ion of
new aspirants of the highest order, whose merits are already
ackn wledged on tho 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 Establ:sliment 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 awl 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 arran7o
OPE

ements already completed
:RA.

Madame A LBONI,
Mdle. MARIA SPEZIA

BAILLOIT,
Madame FRANCHI,
BERTI,
31,11 e. POMA,

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

Sidle. TRENETA RAMOS
(Of the Teatro Redo, Turin
—her first appearance),

ANGIOLA ORTOLAN'
(Of La Scala, Milan L'Ori-
ente, Madrid, &c,—her first
appearance),

AND
Mdle. PICCOLOM:N:

9g. ANTONIO GIUGLINI
(Of La Scala, Milan ; Carlo
Felice, c enea ; San Carlos,
&c.—his first appearance),

(Of La Scala, Milan, and
Italian Opera, Paris, &c.—
his first appearance),
Sig. BAILLOU,
Sig DE SOROS,
Sig. GARIBOLDI,

Sig. JACOPI,
S'g MERCURJALT,
Sig. LUIGI BOTTARDI
(Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa,
&c.—his first appearance),
Sir. BELT,ETTI,
Sig. BENEVENTANO,
Sig. NAPOLE')NE ROSSI,
Sig. GIOVANNI CORSI
Director of the Mnsic and Conductor—Sig. BONETT_.
Sous-Directeur and Maitre du Chant—Sig. VASCHETTI.
Suggeritore—Sig. FONTANA.
BALLET.

Sig. FILIPPO VIALETTI
(Of La Sca.a, Milan ; La Fe•
nice, Venice ; L'Oriente,
Madrid, &c.—his first ar•
pearance).

Piffle. CAROLINA
POCCHINI
(Of the Karnther Thor, Vi-
enna ; La Sc 4la Milan ;
San Carlos, Naples ; Carlo
Felice, Genoa, &c.—her
first appearance).
Mdle. MARIE TAGLIONI,
Mdle. BO',CHETTI,
Mdle. KATRINE,
Mdle. TERESA ROLLA
(Of La Fenice, Venice—her
first appearance).
Mdle. LUIGIA BRUNETTI
(Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa—
her first appearance),

Mdle. ELTSA SALVIONE
(Of La Scala, Milan—her first
appearance),
Mdle. GIUSEPPINA
MORLACCHI
(Of the Teatro Regio, Turin—
her first appearance),
Mdle. IS LLA KAR-
LISKI

(Of the Academie Imperials,
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,
P ON ZANI,
M CHARLES,
M. PIERRE MASSOT
(Of the Oriente, Madrid—his
first appearance),
FILIPO BARATTI
(His first appearance),

S'g. CAsARE CHECCHETTI
(His first appearance).
Signori RAFFAELLF. GAM-
BAR:kELf.A. LUIGI VA.
RINI, LUIGI TURBINO,
and PIETRO BUZZIO (01
the Teatro Regio, Turin,
and Carlo Felice, Genoa—
their first appearance).

Valtres de Ballet—
M. PAUL TACLIONI, Sig. RONZANI, and M. MASSOT.
Regisseur de la Danse—M. PETIT.
Master of the School of Instruction--M. MASSOT.

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
ndattractive repertoire.

Madlle. SPEZIA
Will have the honour to a 'pear for the Fir,t Time at the
Opening of the S:,tArn ir. Donizetti's Opera of
LA F.‘VOItITA.

Imm, diat,,lr after
Madlle. ORTOLANI
Will make her first appearance asElvir,t, 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
pearance this Season as Azneena, in Verdi's Opera of
IL TROVATORE.

The Union of Three of theQe d'Ainrsnishe 1 Prime Donne,
Madlle, SPEZIA, Madlle. ORTOLANI, and Madlle. PIC.
COLOMINI,
Will be effected in Mnz:trt's Opera of
IL DON GIOVANNI,

Which will he produced with the perfection of ensemble and
details necessary to realist• the intentins of its great author.
All the great Artistes of the Establishment will j in 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