[Met Concert/Gala] CID:120990
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/7/1937.
Metropolitan Opera House
March 7, 1937
GALA PROGRAM
William Tell: Overture
Faust: Act I, Scene 1
Joseph Bentonelli
Chase Baromeo
Carmen: Micaela's Aria
Natalie Bodanya
Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Excerpts
Antonia.................Hilda Burke
Mother's Voice..........Anna Kaskas
Dr. Miracle.............Norman Cordon
Pugnani/Kreisler: Preludium and Allegro
J. Nin-Kochanski: Saeta; Granadina
Wieniawski: Polonaise in D Major
Roman Totenberg, violin
Charles Pozniak, piano
Pagliacci: Vesti la guibba
Giovanni Martinelli
The Bartered Bride: Excerpts
Marie...................Hilda Burke
Agnes...................Anna Kaskas
Kathinka................Lucielle Browning
Esmeralda...............Natalie Bodanya
Hans....................Mario Chamlee
Wenzel..................George Rasely
Kezal...................Louis D'Angelo
Micha...................John Gurney
Kruschina...............Wilfred Engelman
Springer................Norman Cordon
Muff....................Ludwig Burgstaller
American Ballet Ensemble
Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........George Balanchine
[The excerpts from Faust, Les Contes d'Hoffmann and The Bartered Bride were performed in costume.]