[Met Concert/Gala] CID:121290
Gala Easter Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/28/1937.


Metropolitan Opera House
March 28, 1937


GALA EASTER PROGRAM

N. Laucella: Prelude and Temple Dance

Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Excerpts
Susanne Fisher
Anna Kaskas
Norman Cordon

La Gioconda: Cielo e mar!
Joseph Bentonelli [Last appearance]

Lakmé: Viens, Mallika
Natalie Bodanya
Lucielle Browning

Rigoletto: Pari siamo
Carlo Morelli

La Favorita: O mio Fernando
Anna Kaskas

Otello: Love Duet
Elisabeth Rethberg
Arthur Carron

Deep River (traditional/Pelletier)
Natalie Bodanya
Lucielle Browning
Joseph Bentonelli
Wilfred Engelman
Norman Cordon

Roméo et Juliette: Waltz
Bidú Sayao

Il Trovatore: Act IV, Scene 1
Leonora.................Rose Bampton
Manrico.................Arthur Carron
Count di Luna...........Carlo Morelli
Ruiz....................Giordano Paltrinieri

Otello: Dio mi potevi scagliar
Arthur Carron

Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle
Elisabeth Rethberg

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Dunque io son
Bidú Sayao
Carlo Morelli

La Gioconda: Act III
Elda Vettori [Last appearance]
Anna Kaskas
Joseph Bentonelli
Wilfred Engelman
Norman Cordon

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

[The excerpts from Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Il Trovatore and La Gioconda 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: [Balanchine, George]
• Concert: [Rethberg, Elisabeth]
• Concert: [Morelli, Carlo]
• Concert: [Bampton, Rose]
• Concert: [Bentonelli, Joseph]
• Concert: [Fisher, Susanne]
• Concert: [Paltrinieri, Giordano]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Bodanya, Natalie]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Vettori, Elda]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Engelman, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Sayão, Bidú]
Selection/Excerpt
• N. Laucella: Prelude and Temple Dance [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Excerpts [Fisher, Susanne/Kaskas, Anna/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Gioconda: Cielo e mar! [Bentonelli, Joseph]
• Lakmé: Viens, Mallika [Bodanya, Natalie/Browning, Lucielle/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Rigoletto: Pari siamo [Morelli, Carlo/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Favorita: O mio Fernando [Kaskas, Anna/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Otello: Love Duet [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Carron, Arthur/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Traditional/Pelletier: Deep River [Bodanya, Natalie/Browning, Lucielle/Bentonelli, Joseph/Engelman, Wilfred/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Roméo et Juliette: Juliette's Waltz [Sayao, Bidú/Pelletier, Wildred]
• Il Trovatore: Act IV, Scene 1 [Bampton, Rose/Carron, Arthur/Morelli, Carlo/Paltrinieri, Giordano/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Otello: Dio! mi potevi scagliar [Carron, Arthur/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Dunque io son [Sayao, Bidú/Morelli, Carlo/Pelletier, Wildred]
• La Gioconda: Act III [Vettori, Elda/Kaskas, Anna/Bentonelli, Joseph/Engelman, Wilfred/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
Met Careers
• Balanchine, George [Choreographer]
• Bampton, Rose [Soprano]
• Bentonelli, Joseph [Tenor]
• Bodanya, Natalie [Soprano]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Engelman, Wilfred [Baritone]
• Fisher, Susanne [Soprano]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Morelli, Carlo [Baritone]
• Paltrinieri, Giordano [Tenor]
• Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
• Rethberg, Elisabeth [Soprano]
• Sayão, Bidú [Soprano]
• Vettori, Elda [Soprano]