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Poster for the Royal Italian Opera performance of the operas 'Lucrezia Borgia' and 'La sonnambula' (Act II) on 26 May 1849 at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden

Collection: Poster Collection
Object number: ROH/MAR/POS/2250
Date: 26 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. A military band played with the orchestra in the Grand Chorus of Masques in the Prologue. The poster notes that 'in consequence of the severe Indisposition of Signor Marini, the Opera of 'Les Huguenots' cannot be performed To-Night'.
Printer: M S Francis
Conductor: Michael Costa
Singer: Giulia Grisi
Singer: Elena d' Angri
Singer: Antonio Tamburini
Singer: Entimio Polonini
Singer: Salvatore Lavià
Singer: Rache
Singer: Soldi
Singer: Joseph Dieudonné Tagliafico
Singer: Luigi Mei
Singer: Giovanni Matteo Mario
Singer: Fanny Persiani
Singer: Bellini
Singer: Amalia Corbari
Singer: Antonio Tamburini
Singer: Entimio Polonini
Singer: John Sims Reeves
Company: Royal Italian Opera
Language: English
Dimensions: height 76 cm; width 51 cm
Condition: Good.Poster has been cleaned and conserved.
Related work: Lucrezia Borgia
La sonnambula