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Poster for the Royal Italian Opera performance of the opera 'La sonnambula' and an act of the opera 'Robert le diable' on 22 May 1849 at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden

Collection: Poster Collection
Object number: ROH/MAR/POS/2249
Date: 22 May 1849
Date notes: Date of the performance, rather than of the poster's creation.
Description: Poster with black and green text, listing the casts as below. The performance of 'Robert le diable' includes 'the celebrated cloister scene, resuscitation and dances of the nuns by Mademoiselle Wuthier and one hundred coryphées'. The poster also announces the performance of the opera 'Les Huguenots' on 24 May.
Printer: M S Francis
Conductor: Michael Costa
Singer: Fanny Persiani
Singer: Luigina Bellini
Singer: Amalia Corbari
Singer: Antonio Tamburini
Singer: Entimio Polonini
Singer: John Sims Reeves
Dancer: Wuthier
Company: Royal Italian Opera
Language: English
Dimensions: height 76 cm; width 51 cm
Condition: Fair.Poster has been cleaned and conserved.
Related work: La sonnambula
Robert le diable
Les Huguenots