Title: Theater playbill for Carlotta Patti and the Beautiful Cubas at the Academy of Music, Boston, November 5, 1861
Description: Academy of Music. Lessee and manager James M. Nixon, stage manager John B. Wright. Tuesday evening, Nov. 5th, 1861, Grand Entertainment! By the following eminent artists, who have been engaged at great cost to assist in this extraordinary entertainment: Carlotta Patti, the popular Prima Donna; Mad. Von Berkel, Mad. Strakosch, Signor Scola, Signor Pietro Centemeri, (1st appearance in Boston) M. Lehmann, (1st time in Boston,) and Mr. Sanderson, (1st time in Boston,) the great American pianist with other artists from the Italian Opera, and that with a continuance of the valuable services of that charming Spanish danseuse, The Beautiful Cubas, aided by Senor Ximenes. Conductors: Carl Zerrahn and John P. Cook. Overture commences at 1/4 to 8 o'clock.