La traviata
Contributors: Moranzoni, Roberto, 1880-1959; Ordynski, Richard; Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876; Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.); Metropolitan Opera House (Organization : Philadelphia, Pa.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1918
Language: eng
Description: Metropolitan Opera House, Broad and Poplar Streets, Metropolitan Opera House Co. of Philadelphia. Presented by the entire ensemble of the Metropolitan Opera Company from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Giulio Gatti-Casazza, general manager, "La Traviata," opera in four acts, book by F.M. Piave (in Italian), music by Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Roberto Moranzoni, stage director Richard Ordynski, chorus master, Giulio Setti, technical director Edward Siedle, stage manager Armando F. Agnini, premiére danseuse Rosina Galli, solo dancer Giuseppe Bonfiglio, ballet mistress Pauline Verhoeven.
Notes: Metropolitan Opera House, Broad and Poplar Streets, Metropolitan Opera House Co. of Philadelphia, grand-opera season, 1917-1918. Tuesday evening, February 5, at 8 o'clock.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Frieda Hempel, Minnie Egener, Marie Mattfeld, Fernando Carpi, Giuseppe De Luca, Angelao Bada, Vincenzo Reschiglian, Mario Laurenti, Giulio Rossi.

LC copy imperfect: 5 piece fragment of program. Has handwritten note in pencil "I Guest of Dr. & Mrs. Ziegler, a charming evening. Mr. & Mrs. English with us".

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