This is a vintage 1959 or 1960 program from the Volksoper Wien (Vienna People's Opera), a significant piece of Austrian performing arts ephemera from the mid-century period. The cover, designed by Schenker Langer, exemplifies the clean, modernist graphic design of the era, featuring the opera house's name in a vibrant, flowing red script set against a subtle background of handwritten musical notation. The program's three-hole punch binding indicates it was part of a formal archival or reference collection. Internally, the content captures a fascinating moment in Viennese cultural history, blending traditional repertoire with contemporary influences. It includes production details and a performance photograph of bass Oskar Czerwenka in Albert Lortzing's opera Zar und Zimmermann, alongside essays on topics such as The Tasks of the Director in Operetta by Otto Fritz and The Philosophy of the Waltz by the noted critic Ernst Decsey. A page of popular operetta refrains provided for the audience underscores the interactive nature of the genre. The program's commercial advertisements offer a vivid snapshot of everyday Viennese life and international pop culture circa 1959. A prominent ad promotes the film adaptation of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge, then showing at the Gartenbau-Kino. Other period advertisements include Austrian Airlines, promoting its network across Europe and the Middle East, and local Viennese businesses like Kothbauer’s Café, the Gerricht Institute for weight loss, and the Ludwig Gründl fabric store. This combination of high art and contemporary commerce-from operetta lyrics to American musicals and local services-documents the Volksoper's role at the intersection of tradition and modernity in post-war Austria. The item shows expected age-related patina, including mild edge wear and paper toning, consistent with its era and archival storage.