[Met Concert/Gala] CID:120720
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/14/1937.


Metropolitan Opera House
February 14, 1937


GALA PROGRAM

Tannhäuser: Overture

Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn
Hilda Burke
Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Je crois entendre encore
Nicholas Massue

Aida: Fu la sorte
Irene Jessner
Anna Kaskas

Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito
Chase Baromeo

Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream
Hilda Burke

Il Trovatore: Miserere
Irene Jessner
Arthur Carron

Rigoletto: Cortigiani
Lawrence Tibbett

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

Lohengrin: In fernem Land
Lauritz Melchior

Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts
Gilda...................Josephine Antoine
Maddalena...............Anna Kaskas
Duke of Mantua..........Sydney Rayner
Rigoletto...............George Cehanovsky
Sparafucile.............John Gurney

Otello: Dio mi potevi
Arthur Carron

Debussy: L'Enfant Prodigue: Air de Lia
Irene Jessner

Tannhäuser: O du, mein holder Abendstern
Lawrence Tibbett

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 2
Violetta................Stella Andreva
Flora...................Thelma Votipka
Alfredo.................Nicholas Massue
Germont.................George Cehanovsky
Gaston..................Giordano Paltrinieri
Baron Douphol...........Louis D'Angelo
Marquis d'Obigny........Wilfred Engelman
Dr. Grenvil.............Norman Cordon
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
American Ballet Ensemble

Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........George Balanchine

[The excerpts from Il Trovatore, Rigoletto and La Traviata were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1936-37
• Concert: Conductor [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Balanchine, George]
• Concert: [Tibbett, Lawrence]
• Concert: [Melchior, Lauritz]
• Concert: [Baromeo, Chase]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Antoine, Josephine]
• Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Paltrinieri, Giordano]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Massue, Nicholas]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Gurney, John]
• Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
• Concert: [Andreva, Stella]
• Concert: [Rayner, Sydney]
• Concert: [Engelman, Wilfred]
• Concert: [D'Angelo, Louis]
Selection/Excerpt
• Cavalleria Rusticana: Easter Hymn [Burke, Hilda/Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Je crois entendre encore [Massue, Nicholas/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Aida: Fu la sorte [Jessner, Irene/Kaskas, Anna/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito [Baromeo, Chase/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream [Burke, Hilda/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Il Trovatore: Miserere [Jessner, Irene/Carron, Arthur/Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Rigoletto: Cortigiani [Tibbett, Lawrence/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Lohengrin: In fernem Land [Melchior, Lauritz/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts [Antoine, Josephine/Kaskas, Anna/Rayner, Sydney/Cehanovsky, George/Gurney, John/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Otello: Dio! mi potevi scagliar [Carron, Arthur/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• L'Enfant Prodigue: Air de Lia [Jessner, Irene/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Tannhäuser: O du, mein holder Abendstern [Tibbett, Lawrence/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Traviata: Act II, Scene 2 [Andreva/Votipka/Massue/Cehanovsky/Paltrinieri/D'Angelo/Engelman/Cordon/Chorus/Ballet Ensemble/Pelletier, Wilfred]
Met Careers
• Andreva, Stella [Soprano]
• Antoine, Josephine [Soprano]
• Balanchine, George [Choreographer]
• Baromeo, Chase [Bass]
• Burke, Hilda [Soprano]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Engelman, Wilfred [Baritone]
• Gurney, John [Bass]
• Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Massue, Nicholas [Tenor]
• Melchior, Lauritz [Tenor]
• Paltrinieri, Giordano [Tenor]
• Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
• Rayner, Sydney [Tenor]
• Tibbett, Lawrence [Baritone]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]