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El Capitan
Musical
Comedy
Opera
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Apr 20, 1896
Closing Date
Jul 25, 1896
Performances
112
Musical
Comedy
Opera
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Apr 20, 1896
Close Date: Jul 25, 1896
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
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
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
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
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
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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