Theater playbill for Lafayette Square Opera House, Washington, D.C., week beginning January 2, 1899
Contributors: Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950, conductor; Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893; Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883; Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875; Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945; Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868; Lafayette Square Opera House (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Publisher not identified
Published: 1899
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Other titles: Romeo et Juliette.; Tannhauser.; Carmen.; Cavalleria Rusticana.; Barber of Seville.
Description: Lafayette Sq. Opera House. Absolutely fireproof. Nixon & Zimmerman, sole lessees and managers. Week beginning Monday, Jan. 2, 1899. Saturday matinee. The Washington season of grand opera under the direction of Charles A. Ellis. Evening performance at 8 o'clock. Matinees at  o'clock. Tuesday evening, January 3, Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette" (in French) ... Conductor, Sepilli. Thursday evening, January 5, Wagner's "Tannhauser" (In German) ... Conductor: Damrosch. Friday evening, January 6, triple bill. Act II. Wagner's "Flying Dutchman" (In German) ... Conductor: Fried. Bizet's "Carmen" (In French) Act II ... Conductor: Fried. Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" (In Italian) ... Conductor: Fried. Saturday afternoon, January 7, Rossini's "Barber of Seville" (In Italian) ... Conductor, Seppilli ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item caption.

Cast: Romeo et Juliette: Julutte: Melba, Stephano: Mattfeld, Gertrude: Van Cauteren, Romeo: Bonnard, Mercutio: Bensaude, Friar Laurence: Boudouresque, Capulet: De Vries, Duc de Verona: Rains, Tybalt: Van Hoose, Renvolio: Del Sol, Gregorio: Viviani, Paris: Cassi.

Cast: Tannhauser: Elizabeth: Gadski, Venus: Brandes, Shepherd: Mattfeld, Tannhauser): Dippel, Landgrave: Stehmann, Walter: Van Hoose, Wolfram: Stury, Biterolf: Rains, Reinmar: Cass, Heinrich: Lellman.

Cast: Flying Dutchman, Act II: Senta: Gadski, Mary: Mattfeld, Flying Dutchman: Stury, Daland: Stehmann, Erik: Van Hoose.

Cast: Carmen, Act II: Carmen: De Lussan, Frasquita: Mattfeld, Mercedes: Van Cauteren, Don Jose: Pandolfini, Escamillo: Bensaude, Zuniga: Viviani, Dancairo: Stehmann, Remendado: Del Sol.

Cast: Cavalleria Rusticana: Santuzza: Chalia, Lola: Mattfeld, Lucia: Van Cauteren, Turiddu: Pandolfini, Alfio: Bensaude.

Cast: Barber of Seville: Rosina: Melba, Bertha: Van Cauteren, Almavira: Bonnard, Figaro: Bensaude, Bartolo: Rosa, Basilio: Boudouresque, Fiorello: Viviani.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).