MusicalComedyOperaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 20, 1896
Closing Date
Jul 25, 1896
Performances
112
MusicalComedyOperaOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Broadway Theatre
(Apr 20, 1896 - Jul 25, 1896)
Description
A comic opera in three acts.
Setting
Sixteenth century Peru.
  • People
    Produced by DeWolf Hopper Comic Opera Company
    Book by Charles Klein; Music by John Philip Sousa; Lyrics by Charles Klein and Tom Frost; Musical Director: J.S. Hiller
    Produced under the stage direction of H.A. Cripps
    Scenic Design by Ernest Gros; Costume Design by Caroline F. Siedle
    Louise Carlisle
    Taciturnez
    Thomas Guise
    Don Luis Cazarro
    ex-Viceroy
    DeWolf Hopper
    Don Errico Medigua
    recently appointed Viceroy of Peru
    Edna Wallace Hopper
    Estrelda
    Cazarro's daughter
    Alice Hosmer
    Princess Marghanza
    Medigua's wife
    Alfred Klein
    Senor Amabile Pozzo
    Chamberlain
    John Parr
    Scaramba
    an insurgent
    Robert Pollard
    Nevado
    Scaramba's companion
    Louis Schrader
    General Herbana
    Commander of King Philip's forces
    Edmund Stanley
    Count Hernando Verrada
    a Peruvian gentleman
    Harry P. Stone
    Montalba
    Scaramba's companion
    Bertha Walzinger
    Isabel
    Medigua's daughter
  • Songs
    music by John Philip Sousa; lyrics by Charles Klein and Tom Frost
    Act 1
    Sung By
    Nobles of Castilian Birth
    Oh, beautiful land of Spain
    From Peru's majestic mountains
    Isabel, Princess Marghanza, Count Hernando Verrada and Mixed Chorus
    Don Medigua, all for thy coming wait
    If you examine human kind
    Isabel, Princess Marghanza, Don Errico Medigua and Chorus
    When we hear the call for battle
    Don Errico Medigua, Don Luis Cazarro and Mixed Chorus
    Oh, spare a daughter
    Isabel and Mixed Chorus
    Lo, the awful man approaches
    You see in me
    Don Errico Medigua, Estrelda, Don Luis Cazarro, Scaramba and Chorus
    Bah! Bah!
    Estrelda, Don Errico Medigua, Don Luis Cazarro, Senor Amabile Pozzo and Chorus
    Act 2
    Sung By
    Ditty of the Drill
    Scaramba and Chorus
    Behold El Capitan
    Don Errico Medigua and Men
    I've a most decided notion
    Estrelda and Don Errico Medigua
    Bowed with tribulation
    Isabel, Princess Marghanza, Estrelda, Don Errico Medigua and Spanish and Peruvian Ladies
    Oh, Warrior Grim!
    Isabel and Chorus
    Don Medigua, here's your wife
    Isabel, Princess Marghanza, Estrelda, Don Errico Medigua, Senor Amabile Pozzo and Don Luis Cazarro
    He can not, must not, shall not
    Principals and Chorus
    Act 3
    Sung By
    Sweetheart, I'm Waiting
    Isabel, Count Hernando Verrada and Chorus
    When some serious affliction
    Don Errico Medigua
    A typical tune of Zanzibar
    Don Errico Medigua, Estrelda and Scaramba
    We beg your kind consideration
    Principals and Chorus
Produced by DeWolf Hopper Comic Opera Company
Book by Charles Klein; Music by John Philip Sousa; Lyrics by Charles Klein and Tom Frost; Musical Director: J.S. Hiller
Produced under the stage direction of H.A. Cripps
Scenic Design by Ernest Gros; Costume Design by Caroline F. Siedle
Louise Carlisle
Taciturnez
Thomas Guise
Don Luis Cazarro
ex-Viceroy
DeWolf Hopper
Don Errico Medigua
recently appointed Viceroy of Peru
Edna Wallace Hopper
Estrelda
Cazarro's daughter
Alice Hosmer
Princess Marghanza
Medigua's wife
Alfred Klein
Senor Amabile Pozzo
Chamberlain
John Parr
Scaramba
an insurgent
Robert Pollard
Nevado
Scaramba's companion
Louis Schrader
General Herbana
Commander of King Philip's forces
Edmund Stanley
Count Hernando Verrada
a Peruvian gentleman
Harry P. Stone
Montalba
Scaramba's companion
Bertha Walzinger
Isabel
Medigua's daughter
music by John Philip Sousa; lyrics by Charles Klein and Tom Frost
Act 1
Sung By
Nobles of Castilian Birth
Oh, beautiful land of Spain
From Peru's majestic mountains
Isabel, Princess Marghanza, Count Hernando Verrada and Mixed Chorus
Don Medigua, all for thy coming wait
If you examine human kind
Isabel, Princess Marghanza, Don Errico Medigua and Chorus
When we hear the call for battle
Don Errico Medigua, Don Luis Cazarro and Mixed Chorus
Oh, spare a daughter
Isabel and Mixed Chorus
Lo, the awful man approaches
You see in me
Don Errico Medigua, Estrelda, Don Luis Cazarro, Scaramba and Chorus
Bah! Bah!
Estrelda, Don Errico Medigua, Don Luis Cazarro, Senor Amabile Pozzo and Chorus
Act 2
Sung By
Ditty of the Drill
Scaramba and Chorus
Behold El Capitan
Don Errico Medigua and Men
I've a most decided notion
Estrelda and Don Errico Medigua
Bowed with tribulation
Isabel, Princess Marghanza, Estrelda, Don Errico Medigua and Spanish and Peruvian Ladies
Oh, Warrior Grim!
Isabel and Chorus
Don Medigua, here's your wife
Isabel, Princess Marghanza, Estrelda, Don Errico Medigua, Senor Amabile Pozzo and Don Luis Cazarro
He can not, must not, shall not
Principals and Chorus
Act 3
Sung By
Sweetheart, I'm Waiting
Isabel, Count Hernando Verrada and Chorus
When some serious affliction
Don Errico Medigua
A typical tune of Zanzibar
Don Errico Medigua, Estrelda and Scaramba
We beg your kind consideration
Principals and Chorus
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