[Met Concert/Gala] CID:110950
Easter Sunday Concert. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/27/1932.
Metropolitan Opera House
March 27, 1932
EASTER SUNDAY CONCERT
Scenery for Peter Ibbetson
designed by Joseph Urban
James P. Dunn: Overture on Negro Themes
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
W. A. Fisher: Spanish Gold
Jacques Wolfe: Short'nin' Bread
Joseph Macpherson [Last appearance]
Kurt Ruhrseitz, Piano
Daniel Wolf: Iris
Lieurance: By the Waters of Minnetonka
Marion Bauer: Oriental
Harry Rowe Shelley: Love's Sorrow
Leonora Corona
Kurt Ruhrseitz, Piano
Gena Branscombe: At the Postern Gate
Kathleen Lockhart Manning: Hop-li the Rickshaw Man
Frederick Jagel
Edwin McArthur, Piano
Cadman: From the Land of the Sky Blue Water
Jacobowski: Lullaby
Mlle. Modiste: Kiss me again
Nannette Guilford [Last appearance]
Kurt Ruhrseitz, Piano
Peter Ibbetson: Act II, Scene 3, Duet
Queena Mario
Edward Johnson
Jacques Wolfe: De Glory Road
Lawrence Tibbett
Stewart Wille, Piano
Deems Taylor: Song for Lovers
Clara Edwards: The Fisher's Widow
Gladys Swarthout
New Moon: Wanting you
Grace Moore
Lawrence Tibbett
PART II
Scenery for Act I of PETER IBBETSON by Joseph Urban
FAVORITE AMERICAN SONGS
Arranged for voices and Jazz Band by Nathaniel Shilkret
["Jazz Band," a presentation of the National Broadcasting Company]
Sung by the American Ensemble of the Metropolitan Opera Company
Queena Mario, Grace Moore, Gladys Swarthout, Frederick Jagel, Edward Johnson, Lawrence Tibbett, Arthur Anderson
[The seven singers sang in chorus for the songs by Stephen Foster, while members of the group took turns as soloist.]
Thomas Griselle: Nocturne; March
[Thomas Griselle was First Prize Winner of the Victor Talking Machine Co.
contest for American Composition]
STEPHEN FOSTER SONGS
O Ring de Banjo
Banjo Solo
O Lemuel
Grace Moore
Nelly Bly
American Ensemble
O Boys, Carry Me 'Long
Edward Johnson
American Ensemble
Louisiana Belle
American Ensemble
De Camptown Races
Lawrence Tibbett
American Ensemble
Foster: Old Folks at Home
Gladys Swarthout
American Ensemble
Foster: Old Black Joe
Lawrence Tibbett
Arthur Anderson
Naughty Marietta: Italian Street Song
Queena Mario
American Ensemble
Ethelbert Nevin: My Desire
Frederick Jagel
Ethelbert Nevin: Mighty Lak a Rose
Grace Moore
Show Boat: Ol' man river
Lawrence Tibbett
American Ensemble
Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier
Organ...................Erich Riede
Photograph of Wilfred Pelletier rehearsing artists for the Easter Sunday Concert.
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1931-32
- Concert: Conductor [Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Concert: Piano [McArthur, Edwin]
- Concert: Piano [Ruhrseitz, Kurt]
- Concert: Piano [Wille, Stewart]
- Concert: [Riedel, Karl]
- Concert: [Jagel, Frederick]
- Concert: [Guilford, Nannette]
- Concert: [Macpherson, Joseph]
- Concert: [Tibbett, Lawrence]
- Concert: [Corona, Leonora]
- Concert: [Swarthout, Gladys]
- Concert: [Moore, Grace]
- Concert: [Mario, Queena]
- Concert: [Johnson, Edward]
- Concert: [Anderson, Arthur]
- Johnson/Jagel/Moore/Mario/Chapman/Swarthout/Tibbett/Pelletier: Photograph: American Ensemble of the Metropolitan Opera at Easter Sunday Concert
Selection/Excerpt
- James P. Dunn: Overture on Negro Themes [Pelletier, Wilfred]
- W. A. Fisher: Spanish Gold [Macpherson, Joseph/Ruhrseitz, Kurt]
- Jacques Wolfe: Short'nin' Bread [Macpherson, Joseph/Ruhrseitz, Kurt]
- Daniel Wolf: Iris [Corona, Leonora/Ruhrseitz, Kurt]
- Lieurance: By the Waters of Minnetonka [Corona, Leonora/Ruhrseitz, Kurt]
- Marion Bauer: Oriental [Corona, Leonora/Ruhrseitz, Kurt]
- Harry Rowe Shelley: Love's Sorrow [Corona, Leonora/Ruhrseitz, Kurt]
- Gena Branscombe: At the Postern Gate [Jagel, Frederick/McArthur, Edwin]
- Kathleen Lockhart Manning: Hop-li the Rickshaw Man [Jagel, Frederick/McArthur, Edwin]
- Cadman: From the Land of the Sky Blue Water [Guilford, Nannette/Ruhrseitz, Kurt]
- Jacobowski: Lullaby [Guilford, Nannette/Ruhrseitz, Kurt]
- Mlle. Modiste: Kiss me again [Guilford, Nannette/Ruhrseitz, Kurt]
- Peter Ibbetson: Act II, Scene 3, Duet [Mario, Queena/Johnson, Edward/Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Jacques Wolfe: De Glory Road [Tibbett, Lawrence/Wille, Stewart]
- Deems Taylor: Song for Lovers [Swarthout, Gladys/Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Clara Edwards: The Fisher's Widow [Swarthout, Gladys/Pelletier, Wilfred]
- New Moon: Wanting you [Moore, Grace/Tibbett, Lawrence/Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Thomas Griselle: Nocturne; March [Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Stephen Foster: O Ring de Banjo [Banjo Solo]
- Stephen Foster: O Lemuel [Moore, Grace/Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Stephen Foster: Nelly Bly [Mario/Moore/Swarthout/Jagel/Johnson/Tibbett/Anderson]
- Stephen Foster: O Boys, Carry Me 'Long [Johnson, Edward/Mario/Moore/Swarthout/Jagel/Tibbett/Anderson Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Stephen Foster: Louisiana Belle [Mario/Moore/Swarthout/Jagel/Johnson/Tibbett/Anderson Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Stephen Foster: De Camptown Races [Tibbett, Lawrence/Mario/Moore/Swarthout/Jagel/Johnson/Anderson]
- Stephen Foster: Old Folks at Home [Swarthout, Gladys/Mario/Moore/Jagel/Johnson/Tibbett/Anderson]
- Stephen Foster: Old Black Joe [Tibbett, Lawrence/Anderson, Arthur Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Naughty Marietta: Italian Street Song [Mario, Queena/Moore/Swarthout/Jagel/Johnson/Tibbett/Anderson]
- Ethelbert Nevin: My Desire [Jagel, Frederick Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Ethelbert Nevin: Mighty Lak a Rose [Moore, Grace/Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Show Boat: Ol' man river [Tibbett, Lawrence/Mario/Moore/Swarthout/Jagel/Johnson/Anderson Pelletier, Wilfred]
Met Careers
- Anderson, Arthur [Bass]
- Corona, Leonora [Soprano]
- Guilford, Nannette [Soprano]
- Jagel, Frederick [Tenor]
- Johnson, Edward [Tenor]
- Macpherson, Joseph [Bass]
- Mario, Queena [Soprano]
- McArthur, Edwin [Piano]
- Moore, Grace [Soprano]
- Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
- Riede, Erich [Organ]
- Riedel, Karl [Piano]
- Ruhrseitz, Kurt [Piano]
- Swarthout, Gladys [Mezzo Soprano]
- Tibbett, Lawrence [Baritone]
- Wille, Stewart [Piano]
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