The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-25 00:00:00

ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.I

SEASON 1857.

In announcing the arrangements for another season, the
Director of her Maje-ty's Theatre cannot but refer, with sin •
care gratitude, to the success which attended his efforts, un-
der very trying circumstances, in the season of 1556.
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 zretion or impair the authority of the direction. To tb's
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 be 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 be will endeavour practically to express by renewed
efforts in the service of the public.
The Director is most anxious to acknowledge how much lie
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-
out a single change of performance—a fact without precedent
is 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
trove 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

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

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

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

Mdle. ANGIOLA ORTOLANI
(Of La Seala, Milan ; L'Ori-
ente, Madrid, &c.—licr first
appearance),

AND
PICCOLOMINI.

Fig. ANTONIO GIUGLINI,
(Of La Scala, Milan ; Carlo
Felioe, Genoa ; San Carlos,
&c.—his first appearance),
Sig. JACOPI,
Sig MERCURIALI,
Sig. LUIGI BOTTARDI
(0,7 the Carlo Felice, Genoa,
&c.—his first appearance),
Sig. BELLETTI,
Sig. 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
MORLA:CCHI
(Of the Teatro Regio, Turin—
her first pppearance),
Mdle. ISABELLA KAR-
LISKI

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

Madrid, &c.—his first ap•
pearancc).

Mdle. CAROLINA
POCCHINI
(Of the Karnther Thor, Vi-
enna ; La Sella, Milan ;
San Carlos, Naples ; Carlo
Felice, Genoa, &c.—her
first appearance),
Mile. MARIE TAGLIONI,
Me. BOSCHETTI,
Mdle. KATRINE,
Mdle. TERESA ROLL A_
(Of La Fenice, Venice—her
first appearance).
Mdle. LUIGIA BRUNETTI
(Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa—
her first appearance),

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

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

And Mada'me ROSATI.

M. PAUL TAGLIONI,
Sig. RON ZAN I ,
M. CHARLES,
M. PIERRE MASSOT
(Of the Oriente, Madrid—ids
first appearance),
Sig. FILIPO BARATTI
(His first appearance),

Sig. CASARE CHECCUETTI
(llis first appearance).
Signori ItAFFAELLE GAM-
BARDELLA, LUIGI VA-
-1 RINI, LUIGI TURBINO,
and PIETRO I3UZZIO (of
the Teatro Regio, Turin,
and Carlo Felice, Genoa—
their first appearance).