Title: The four ruffians
Description: New York City Center of Music and Drama, Fall season, 1951, New York City Opera Company, first performance by the New York City Opera Company of "The Four Ruffians," (I Quattro Rusteghi), comic opera in three acts, music by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, based on Carlo Goldoni's comedy, words by Giuseppe Pizzolato, English version by Edward J. Dent, conductor: Laszlo Halasz, staged by Otto Erhardt, stage director: Otto Erhardt, choreogrpher: Charles Weidman, scenery by Mstislav Dobujinsky, costumes and masks designed by Ruth Morley, costumes executed by Kate Friedheim, masks and makeup executed by Michael Arshansky.