[Met Concert/Gala] CID:118770
Gala Concert. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/16/1936.


Metropolitan Opera House
February 16, 1936


GALA CONCERT

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

Faust: Soldiers' Chorus
Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade)
Chase Baromeo

Faust: Que voulez-vous messieurs
Joseph Bentonelli
Désiré Defrère
Chase Baromeo

Faust: Death of Valentin
Charlotte Symons
Helen Olheim
Désiré Defrère

La Juive: Rachel quand du Seigneur
Frederick Jagel

Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Charlotte Symons

Duparc: L'extase
Fourdrain: Celle que je préfère
Coates: I Heard You Singing
Charles Hackett
Pietro Cimara, piano

The Maid of Orleans: Adieu, forêts
Rosa Ponselle

Götterdämmerung: Funeral March

La Forza del Destino: La Vergine degli Angeli
Carmen: Habañera
Rosa Ponselle

Siegfried: Forging Song
Lauritz Melchior

Wagner: Träume
Leo Blech: Heine
Michael Head: Slumber Song of the Madonna
Eckert: Swiss Echo Song
Rosa Ponselle
Pietro Cimara, piano

Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai
Julius Huehn

Roméo et Juliette: Act III, Scene 2
Stephano................Helen Olheim
Roméo...................Charles Hackett
Mercutio................Désiré Defrère
Tybalt..................Angelo Badà
Gregorio................Dudley Marwick
Duke....................Hubert Raidich
Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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

[The excerpts from Faust and Roméo et Juliette were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1935-36
• Concert: Conductor [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Ponselle, Rosa]
• Concert: [Jagel, Frederick]
• Concert: [Melchior, Lauritz]
• Concert: Piano [Cimara, Pietro]
• Concert: [Symons, Charlotte]
• Concert: [Bentonelli, Joseph]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Huehn, Julius]
• Concert: [Defrère, Désiré]
• Concert: [Baromeo, Chase]
• Concert: [Hackett, Charles]
• Concert: [Badà, Angelo]
• Concert: [Marwick, Dudley]
• Concert: [Raidich, Hubert]
Selection/Excerpt
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Faust: Soldiers' Chorus [Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade) [Baromeo, Chase/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Faust: Que voulez-vous messieurs [Bentonelli, Joseph/Defrère, Désiré/Baromeo,Chase /Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Faust: Death of Valentin [Symons, Charlotte/Olheim, Helen/Defrère, Désiré/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Juive: Rachel, quand du Seigneur [Jagel, Frederick/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Symons, Charlotte/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Duparc: Extase [Hackett, Charles/Pietro Cimara]
• Fourdrain: Celle que je préfère [Hackett, Charles/Pietro Cimara]
• Coates: I Heard You Singing [Hackett, Charles/Pietro Cimara]
• The Maid of Orleans: Adieu, forêts [Ponselle, Rosa/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Götterdämmerung: Funeral March [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Forza del Destino: La Vergine degli Angeli [Ponselle, Rosa/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Carmen: Habañera [Ponselle, Rosa/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Siegfried: Forging Song [Melchior, Lauritz/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder: Träume [Ponselle, Rosa/Cimara, Pietro]
• Leo Blech: Heine [Ponselle, Rosa/Cimara, Pietro]
• Michael Head: Slumber Song of the Madonna [Ponselle, Rosa/Cimara, Pietro]
• Eckert: Swiss Echo Song [Ponselle, Rosa/Cimara, Pietro]
• Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai [Huehn, Julius/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Roméo et Juliette: Act III, Scene 2 [Olheim, Helen/Hackett, Charles/Defrère, Désiré/Badà/Marwick/Raidich/Pelletier]
Met Careers
• Badà, Angelo [Tenor]
• Baromeo, Chase [Bass]
• Bentonelli, Joseph [Tenor]
• Cimara, Pietro [Piano]
• Defrère, Désiré [Baritone]
• Hackett, Charles [Tenor]
• Huehn, Julius [Baritone]
• Jagel, Frederick [Tenor]
• Marwick, Dudley [Bass]
• Melchior, Lauritz [Tenor]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
• Ponselle, Rosa [Soprano]
• Raidich, Hubert [Bass]
• Symons, Charlotte [Soprano]