[Met Performance] CID:120460
La Traviata {214} Mosque Theater, Newark, New Jersey: 01/26/1937.
(Review)
Newark, New Jersey
January 26, 1937
LA TRAVIATA {214}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave
Violetta................Vina Bovy
Alfredo.................Nino Martini
Germont.................Lawrence Tibbett
Flora...................Charlotte Symons
Gastone.................Angelo Badà
Baron Douphol...........Wilfred Engelman
Marquis D'Obigny........George Cehanovsky
Dr. Grenvil.............Norman Cordon
Annina..................Lucielle Browning
Dance...................Ruthanna Boris
Dance...................Monna Montes
Dance...................William Dollar
Dance...................Josef Levinoff
Dance...................Eugene Loring
Conductor...............Ettore Panizza
Review of Sylvia Smith in the Newark Star Ledger
HIT SCORED BY TIBBETT, MARTINI
"La Traviata" was presented by L. Bamberger and Company as the third event in its musical season at the Mosque Theater last night, before a brilliant audience that packed the house.
The beautiful Verdi opera, with Lawrence Tibbett, Nino Martini and Vina Bovy in the leading roles, was never more magnificently rendered, nor, for that matter, enthusiastically received.
Miss Bovy made a lovely Violetta, and as the unhappy lady of the camellias gave a fine performance.
Her voice is limpid, clear and of an incredibly rich tonal quality which was manipulated adroitly and with great effectiveness throughout the opera.
Martini as Alfredo the lover, was both charming and in excellent voice while Tibbett as the elder Germont who interrupts the love of the two young people, was in magnificent form.
In keeping with the high quality of the performance was the ballet which opened the third act. The orchestra was led by Ettore Panizza.
Proceeds will be contributed to the Hospital and Home for Crippled Children.
Two concerts are scheduled for the balance of the Bamberger series, with Kirsten Flagstad appearing as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Feb. 15, and John McCormack as soloist with the same organization March 12.