[Met Concert/Gala] CID:121090
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/14/1937.


Metropolitan Opera House
March 14, 1937


GALA PROGRAM

Semiramide: Overture

Lucia di Lammermoor: Verranno a te
Josephine Antoine
Joseph Bentonelli

Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Constanze Aria
Natalie Bodanya

La Juive: Si la rigueur
Emanuel List

Deep River (traditional/Pelletier)
Natalie Bodanya
Helen Olheim
Joseph Bentonelli
George Cehanovsky
Norman Cordon

Hérodiade: Ne pouvant réprimer
René Maison

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
John Brownlee

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


Romano Romani: Fedra: O divina Afrodite
Rosa Ponselle
Romano Romani, Conductor [Last appearance]

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

Aida: Celeste Aida
Charles Kullman

Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Au fond du temple saint
René Maison
John Brownlee

La Vestale: O nume tutelar
Schubert: Erlkönig
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Nightingale and the Rose
Herbert Brewer: Fairy Piper
Ernest Charles: When I Have Sung My Songs
Buzzi-Peccia: El morenito
Rosa Ponselle
Romano Romani, piano

Carmen: Parle-moi de ma mère!
Natalie Bodanya
Charles Kullman

Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts
Gilda...................Josephine Antoine
Maddalena...............Helen Olheim
The Duke................Joseph Bentonelli
Rigoletto...............George Cehanovsky

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

[The excerpts from Lucia di Lammermoor and Rigoletto were performed in costume. Deep River was also sung in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1936-37
• Concert: Conductor [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Concert: Conductor [Romani, Romano]
• Concert: [Balanchine, George]
• Concert: [Ponselle, Rosa]
• Concert: [List, Emanuel]
• Concert: [Bodanya, Natalie]
• Concert: [Bentonelli, Joseph]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Kullman, Charles]
• Concert: [Antoine, Josephine]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Howard, Holly]
• Concert: [Caccialanza, Gisella]
• Concert: [Hasburgh, Rabana]
• Concert: [Reiman, Elise]
• Concert: [Maison, René]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Levinoff, Josef]
• Concert: [Ternoff, Sergei]
• Concert: [Laskey, Charles]
• Concert: [Brownlee, John]
• Concert: [Loring, Eugene]
• Concert: [Romani, Romano]
Selection/Excerpt
• Semiramide: Overture [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Lucia di Lammermoor: Verranno a te [Antoine, Josephine/Bentonelli, Joseph/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Constanze Aria [Bodanya, Natalie/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Juive: Si la rigueur [List, Emanuel]
• Traditional/Pelletier: Deep River [Bodanya, Natalie/Olheim, Helen/Bentonelli, Joseph/Cehanovsky, George/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Hérodiade: Ne pouvant réprimer [Maison, René/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu [Brownlee, John]
• Romano Romani: Fedra: O divina Afrodite [Ponselle, Rosa/Romani, Romano]
• Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Reiman/Dollar/Loring/Temoff//Howard/Laskey/Boris/Caccialanza/Hasburgh/American Ballet Ensemble/Pelletier]
• Aida: Celeste Aida [Kullman, Charles/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Au fond du temple saint [Maison, René/Brownlee, John/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Vestale: O nume tutelar [Ponselle, Rosa/Romani, Romano]
• Schubert: Erlkönig [Ponselle, Rosa/Romani, Romano]
• Rimsky-Korsakov: The Nightingale and the Rose [Ponselle, Rosa/Romani, Romano]
• Herbert Brewer: Fairy Piper [Ponselle, Rosa/Romani, Romano]
• Ernest Charles: When I Have Sung My Songs [Ponselle, Rosa/Romani, Romano]
• Buzzi-Peccia: El morenito [Ponselle, Rosa/Romani, Romano]
• Carmen: Parle-moi de ma mère! [Bodanya, Natalie/Kullman, Charles/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts [Antoine, Josephine/Olheim, Helen/Bentonelli, Joseph/Cehanovsky, George/Pelletier, Wilfred]
Met Careers
• Antoine, Josephine [Soprano]
• Balanchine, George [Choreographer]
• Bentonelli, Joseph [Tenor]
• Bodanya, Natalie [Soprano]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Brownlee, John [Baritone]
• Caccialanza, Gisella [Dancer]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Hasburgh, Rabana [Dancer]
• Howard, Holly [Dancer]
• Kullman, Charles [Tenor]
• Laskey, Charles [Dancer]
• Levinoff, Josef [Dancer]
• List, Emanuel [Bass]
• Loring, Eugene [Dancer]
• Maison, René [Tenor]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
• Ponselle, Rosa [Soprano]
• Reiman, Elise [Dancer]
• Romani, Romano [Conductor]
• Romani, Romano [Piano]
• Temoff, Sergei [Dancer]