Theater playbill for "Il Trovatore, or, The Gipsy's Vengeance" at the Washington Theatre, January 30 1860
Contributors: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; H. C. Cooper's English Opera Troupe; Polkinhorn's Steam Printing Office; Washington Theatre (Washington, D.C. : 19th century); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: H. Polkinhorn's Steam Job Printing Office, D street, bet. 6th & 7th sts.
Published: 1860
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Other titles: Trovatore, or, The Gipsy's Vengeance; Trovatore; Gipsy's vengeance; For six nights only the celebrated Cooper Opera Troupe
Description: Washington Theatre! Lessee: Mr. W. Rullman, Stage manager: Mr. Aynsley Cook, Leader: Mr. H.C. Cooper. Doors open at 7 o'clock. Curtain will rise at quarter to 8 o'clock. For six nights only the celebrated Cooper Opera Troupe, universally pronounced by the musical critics of the South and West to be the finest combination of lyric artists in the union. Annie Milner (prima Donna Assoluta,) ... A powerful chorus. The orchestra will be efficient and complete, the whole under the direction of H.C. Cooper, late leader of the London Philharmonic Society, Italian Opera, &c. Monday evening, January 30, '60 will be presented Verdi's grand romantic opera, in 4 acts, entitled "Il Trovatore, or, The Gipsy's Vengeance!" ...
Notes: Title devised by Library staff from item.

Cast: Lady Leonora: Annie Milner, Inez: Miss Annie Kemp, Azucena: Miss H. Payne, Count di Luna: Mr. Aynsley Cook, Manrico (the Troubadour): Mr. Bowler, Ferrando: Mr. Sugden, Ruis: Mr. Bruno, Retainers, Gipsies, Soldiers, &c.

"Tuesday, 'Norma'."

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