Title: Theater playbill for Lafayette Square Opera House, Washington, D.C., week beginning January 2, 1899
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 ...