The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-31 00:00:00

In announcing the arrangemnits for another season. ti c
Director of her Nl* ty's Theatre cannot •but refer, with sir -
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
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
prosp rity of the institution, and the counsel which added to
its value was never accompanied by a word to shackle the
dis Totion or impair the authority of the direction. To this
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 awai' ing the
publication of the annual programme, the Director derives
the mull-awe 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-
iesty's,Theatre was not confined to the subscribers. The
hearty' interest and genuine appreciation displayed by the
audienFes who thronged the house from the first night to the
"lillrAlarsw4lbdeuland the warmest thanks of the Director,
whickbet wilbendeavonr, practically to express by renewed
• ifforils;iirthiiiiervice of the public.
The Director is most 'anxious' to acknoWledge how much he
Is .indebted to Maddle Piecolomini 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 premised for each evening with-
out a single change of performance-La fact without precedent
in Operatic history. . •
Tho 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
hew auspiran.
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, the
the subscribers and frequenters of her Majesty's
Theatre to confirm their fame. '
Although, in atrEstablishment 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 thowwho are
ambitious of the same 4lisiinattea-.-- •
• 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 as now attained. •
iklielfollowilig are the arrangements already completed :

OPERA.

• MadameALBONI,
Mdle. MARIA SPEZIA
(Of La Scala, Milan ; La,
Fencice, Venice ; San Carlos,'
Lisbon, drc.;--lier first ap-
pearance).
Mdle. ANGIOLA ORTQLANI
(Of La Scala, Milan;
.L'Ori-
ente, Madrid, &c.—her first
appearance), .

Mdle. BAILLOU,
Madame FRANCIII,
Mdle. BERTI,
. Mille.-POMA, -

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

AND
Mdl©. PI ccptomi NI.

Sig. ANTONIO GIUGLINI,
(of, La Scala, Min.; Carlo
clice,.Genoa ; San Carlos,
SO.-7Na first appearance),
'Sig. JACOPI,
Sig "MERCURIALI,
Sig, LUIGI BOTTARDI
(Of the Carlo Eeliee, Genoa,
ite.—his_first appearance),
Sig. BELLTTI,

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

ig,, 15rAuL,........._
Sig. BENEVENTANO, AMactrid, Sz6. =his first ap,
Sig. NAPOLEONE TIOS%, •pbaralice). .
Sig. GIOVANNI COBS!, • -
Director of the Music and Condu'cto'r—Sig. BONETTI.
Sous-Directeur and Maitre du Chant—:Sig. YASCHETTI.
Suggeritore—Sig. FON- TANA.
BALLET.

Mdle. CAROLINA
POCCHINI

Mdle. ELISA SALVIONE
(Of LalScala, Milan—her first
appearance),
• Mdle. GIUSEPPINA
MORLACCHI
(Of the Teatrq Regio, Turin—
her first appearance),
Mdle. ISABELLA KAR-
- . LISKI
(Of the Academic Jrnperiale,
Paris--7,-her first appearance),
Mdle. OARPLINA. PAS-
QUALII
(Of the • Imperial 9heatres of
Vienna, sad Milan her
first appearance).. ,
And Madaine‘OSATl,

(Of the Karuthor Thor, Vi-
a/Ina ; La Scala, Milan • ,

San Carlos, Naples ; Carlo
Felice, Genoa, Sec.—her
first appearance).
Mdle. MARIE TAGLIONI,
Mdle. BOSOHETTI,
Mdle. KATRINE,

Mdle, TERESA ROLLA
(Of La Fenice, Venice—her
.first appearance),
Mdle. LUIGIA BRUNETTI
(Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa—
her first appearance), _

44

M. PAUL TAGLIONI,,
• 'Sig. RONZANI,
M. CHARLES,
M. PIERRE MASSOT
(Of the' Oriente, Madrid—his
first appoarauce),

Sig. CASARE CHECVETT]
first appe4ranse),
Signori. RAFFAELL VAR
BARDELLA, LU VA.
LUIGI TU 0,
• and PIETRO BU
. . _ .

T.-. and Carlo Fe ijenoa-
their firat appearance).
e BaIIet—
IONZANI, and M. MASSOT.
oanse—M. PETIT.
)struction—M. MASSOT.

Maitres de
M. PAUL TAGLIONI, Sig. II
Regisseur de la D;
Master of the School of In,

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

IMadlle. 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 as Elvira, in Bellini's Oporaof
I PURITAN'.
Madile. ORTOLANI.
Signor GIUGLINI.

Elvira..
Arturo

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

The Union of Three of these distinguished Prime Donne,
Madlle. SPEZIA, Madße. ORTOLAN', and Madlle. PIC-
COLOMINI,
Will 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 GIUGLINL
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 appearance early in the season.

Besides the principal executants of last year, the Orchestra
has been strengthened by the engagement of, amongst others,
Signor PEZZ'E,
First Violoncello of La Scala, and
Signor GIRALDONI,
'First Contrebasso of Bergamo, La Scala, dm
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. POCCEIINI.
The most successful Ballet,
LA ESMERALDA,
Will be revived expressly for her debut.
Early in the season, Nada. BOSCHETTI and Madlle.
KATRINE will appear

Madllc. MARIE TAGLIONI
Win arrive early in May, and will shortly afterwards appear
in a New Ballet, eomposed expressly for ber by 32„ Paul

Madame ROSATI

Will appear in a Ballet Divertsse let of from and Scribe's
Bal
MARCO SPADA,
Now preparing for her at the Academie Imperialo ,Paris.
Principal Artist to the Establishment—.
Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL.
The Costume Department under the sole direction of
Mine. COPERE.
Executed by M. LAUREYS and Mrs. MASTERMAN.
Principal Machinist— Mr. D. SLOMAN.
Head of the Property Department Mr. BRADWELL.

The Subscription consist of Thirty Nights, and the
terms will be as fol ow :
Pit Poses ..................
Grand Tier ...............
One Pair
Twc, Pair ............ . ... . .....
Pit Stalls ................ .................. -25 ............ 19

150 guineas.
200 ~
150 ~
100 ~

The THEATRE will OPEN on
TUESDAY, April Id, when
will be presenttd Donizetti's Opera of
- LA EAVORITA.
Leonora
Baldassare
Fernando -
ri
Signer GIUGLINI.
to
To be followed (first timn these 10 years) by the favou
Ballet of LA ESMERALDA.
Founded on Victor Jingo's "Notre Dame do Nos:,
• La Esmeralda
Madlle. ,POCCRINL
Claude Frollo
• ---

Pierre Gringoiro M, MASSOT,
Applications for Boxes and Stalls to be made at the Opera
Box-ofqee, Colonnade, Haymarket.

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND
EXTRA NIGHT.—THURSDAY, Aprill6.
SPEZIA, GIUGLINI, VIALETTI, BENEVENTANO,
POCCHINI.
Opera—LA FAVORITA.
itallet—LA ESMERALDA.
(For particulars see bills.)

iimited number a boxes in the Half Circle Tier have
been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap-
plication at the Box-office • at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay-
market. Price One Guinea and Ono Guinea and a Half each,
The doors will be opened at half-past seven ; the Opera
C =mimeo at eight.