[Met Concert/Gala] CID:120260
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/10/1937.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 10, 1937


GALA PROGRAM

Massenet: Phèdre: Overture

Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amo
Norman Cordon

Lakmé: Quintet
Natalie Bodanya
Lucielle Browning
Ina Bourskaya
Nicholas Massue
George Cehanovsky

Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Arthur Carron

Schubert: Die Allmacht
Kerstin Thorborg

La Gioconda: Cielo e mar
Nicholas Massue

Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2 Trio
Elda Vettori
Arthur Carron
George Cehanovsky

Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Terana: Elise Reiman
Rektah: William Dollar, Joseph Levinoff, Serge Temoff
Persane: Holly Howard, Charles Laskey
Bayaders: Ruthanna Boris, Gisella Caccialanza, Rabana Hasburgh
Finale: American Ballet Ensemble
George Balanchine, Choreographer

The Bartered Bride: Polka, Furiante, Dance of the Comedians
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

La Forza del Destino: Solenne in quest'ora
Nicholas Massue
Norman Cordon

Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!
Kerstin Thorborg

Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Au fond du temple saint
Nicholas Massue
Norman Cordon

Aida: Nile Scene
Elda Vettori [Last appearance]
Arthur Carron
George Cehanovsky

Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier
Director................Désiré Defrère

[The Aida excerpts were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1936-37
• Concert: Conductor [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Balanchine, George]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Bodanya, Natalie]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Bourskaya, Ina]
• Concert: [Massue, Nicholas]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Thorborg, Kerstin]
• Concert: [Vettori, Elda]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Howard, Holly]
• Concert: [Caccialanza, Gisella]
• Concert: [Hasburgh, Rabana]
• Concert: [Reiman, Elise]
• Concert: [Dollar, William]
• Concert: [Levinoff, Josef]
• Concert: [Laskey, Charles]
• Concert: [Ternoff, Sergei]
Selection/Excerpt
• Massenet: Phèdre: Overture [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amò [Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Lakmé: Quintet [Bodanya, Natalie/Browning, Lucielle/Bourskaya, Ina/Massue, Nicholas/Cehanovsky, George/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [Carron, Arthur/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Schubert: Die Allmacht [Thorborg, Kerstin/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Gioconda: Cielo e mar! [Massue, Nicholas/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2 Trio [Vettori, Elda/Carron, Arthur/Cehanovsky, George/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Lakmé: Hindu Dances [Reiman/Dollar/Levinoff/Temoff/Howard/Laskey/Boris/Caccialanza/HasburghAmerican Ballet Ensemble/Pelletier
• The Bartered Bride: Polka, Furiante, Dance of the Comedians [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Forza del Destino: Solenne in quest'ora [Massue, Nicholas/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! [Thorborg, Kerstin/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Au fond du temple saint [Massue, Nicholas/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Aida: Nile Scene [Vettori, Elda/Carron, Arthur/Cehanovsky, George/Pelletier, Wilfred]
Met Careers
• Balanchine, George [Choreographer]
• Bodanya, Natalie [Soprano]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Bourskaya, Ina [Mezzo Soprano]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Caccialanza, Gisella [Dancer]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dollar, William [Dancer]
• Hasburgh, Rabana [Dancer]
• Howard, Holly [Dancer]
• Laskey, Charles [Dancer]
• Levinoff, Josef [Dancer]
• Massue, Nicholas [Tenor]
• Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
• Reiman, Elise [Dancer]
• Temoff, Sergei [Dancer]
• Thorborg, Kerstin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Vettori, Elda [Soprano]