[Met Concert/Gala] CID:118670
Gala Program /
Serenade {1} Metropolitan Opera House: 02/9/1936.

(Debut: Jean Lurçat)


Metropolitan Opera House
February 9, 1936


GALA PROGRAM

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I

Faust: Avant de quitter ces lieux
George Cehanovsky

Faccio: Amleto: Dubita pur
Charlotte Symons

Roméo et Juliette: Act IV Excerpts (In Costume)
Edith Mason
Joseph Bentonelli

Nabucco: Vieni, o Levita!
Ezio Pinza

Robert le Diable: Suore che riposate
Ezio Pinza

Der Freischütz: Leise, leise
Elisabeth Rethberg

Iphigénie en Aulide: Overture (Gluck/Wagner)


SERENADE {1}
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
I. Sonatina: American Ballet Ensemble
II. Waltz: American Ballet Ensemble
III. Elegy: Kathryn Mullowny, Heidi Vosseler, Charles Laskey, American Ballet Ensemble

Jean Lurçat [Debut], Costume Designer
George Balanchine, Choreographer

Serenade received four performances this season.


La Forza del Destino: Act II, Scene 2 Duet
Elisabeth Rethberg
Ezio Pinza

Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai
Joseph Bentonelli

Roméo et Juliette: Waltz
Edith Mason

The Bartered Bride: Excerpts (In Costume)

The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians
Rabana Hasburgh, Gisella Caccialanza, Helen Leitch [First Appearance], Kyra Blank, Leda Anchutina, Anatol Vilzak, William Dollar, American Ballet Ensemble
George Balanchine, Choreographer

The Bartered Bride: Wenzel's Aria
Marek Windheim

The Bartered Bride: Marie - Wenzel Duet
Editha Fleischer
Marek Windheim

Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier


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