[Met Concert/Gala] CID:122070
Gala Opening Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/5/1937.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 5, 1937


GALA OPENING PROGRAM

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I

Le Cid: O souverain, ô juge, ô père
Nicholas Massue

La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Anna Kaskas

Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Excerpts (In Costume)
Antonia.................Susanne Fisher
Mother's Voice..........Lucielle Browning
Dr. Miracle.............Norman Cordon

Cavalleria Rusticana: Excerpts (In Costume)
Santuzza................Hilda Burke
Lola....................Helen Olheim
Mamma Lucia.............Lucielle Browning
Turiddu.................Sydney Rayner
Alfio...................George Cehanovsky

Otello: Dio mi potevi scagliar
Arthur Carron

Sapho: Ô ma lyre immortelle (Gounod)
Marjorie Lawrence

Tannhäuser: O du mein holder Abendstern
Friedrich Schorr

Samson et Dalila: Je viens célébrer la victoire
Anna Kaskas
Arthur Carron
Norman Cordon

Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts (In Costume)
Gilda...................Natalie Bodanya
Maddalena...............Lucielle Browning
Duke of Mantua..........Nicholas Massue
Rigoletto...............George Cehanovsky

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

There were fourteen concerts this season.


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1937-38
• Concert: Conductor [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Schorr, Friedrich]
• Concert: [Lawrence, Marjorie]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Fisher, Susanne]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Massue, Nicholas]
• Concert: [Bodanya, Natalie]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Rayner, Sydney]
• 1937-38: Concert: 14 performances: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
• Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Le Cid: O souverain, ô juge, ô père [Massue, Nicholas/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Gioconda: Voce di donna [Kaskas, Anna]
• Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Excerpts [Fisher, Susanne/Browning, Lucielle/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Cavalleria Rusticana: Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Olheim, Helen/Browning, Lucielle/Rayner, Sydney/Cehanovsky, George/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Otello: Dio! mi potevi scagliar [Carron, Arthur/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Gounod: Sapho: Ô ma lyre immortelle [Lawrence, Margorie/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Tannhäuser: O du, mein holder Abendstern [Schorr, Friedrich/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Samson et Dalila: Je viens célébrer la victoire [Kaskas, Anna/Carron, Arthur/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts [Bodanya, Natalie/Browning, Lucielle/Massue, Nicholas/Cehanovsky/Pelletier, Wilfred]
Met Careers
• Bodanya, Natalie [Soprano]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Burke, Hilda [Soprano]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Fisher, Susanne [Soprano]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Lawrence, Marjorie [Soprano]
• Massue, Nicholas [Tenor]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
• Rayner, Sydney [Tenor]
• Schorr, Friedrich [Baritone]