[Met Concert/Gala] CID:122420
Special Holiday Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/2/1938.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 2, 1938


CSPECIAL HOLIDAY PROGRAM

William Tell: Overture

Faust: Street Scene, Excerpts (In Costume)
Faust...................Nicholas Massue
Valentine...............George Cehanovsky
Méphistophélès..........Norman Cordon

Salvator Rosa (Gomez): Di sposo, di padre (Gomez)
Nicola Moscona

Carmen: Habañera; Seguidilla
Irra Petina

Aida: Celeste Aida
Sydney Rayner

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 Excerpts (In Costume)
Violetta................Bidú Sayao
Germont.................Robert Weede

New Year's Carols (In Costume)
Natalie Bodanya
Helen Olheim
Irra Petina
Nicholas Massue
Wilfred Engelman
Norman Cordon

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Nicola Moscona

Aida: Act III Excerpts
Marjorie Lawrence
George Cehanovsky

L'Africaine: O paradiso
Sydney Rayner

La Traviata: Ah fors'è lui
Bidú Sayao

Carmen: Act IV Dances
Rosita Ortega
Annabelle Lyon
César Tapià
American Ballet Ensemble

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


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1937-38
• Concert: Conductor [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Balanchine, George]
• Concert: [Petina, Irra]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Massue, Nicholas]
• Concert: [Bodanya, Natalie]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Rayner, Sydney]
• Concert: [Engelman, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Sayão, Bidú]
• Concert: [Weede, Robert]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [Lawrence, Marjorie]
• Concert: [Ortega, Rosita]
• Concert: [Lyon, Annabelle]
• Concert: [Tapià, César]
Selection/Excerpt
• William Tell: Overture [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Faust: Act III Street Scene [Massue, Nicholas/Cehanovsky, George/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Gomes: Salvator Rosa: Di sposo, di padre [Moscona, Nicola/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Carmen: Habañera [Petina, Irra/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Carmen: Seguidilla [Petina, Irra/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Aida: Celeste Aida [Rayner, Sydney/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 Excerpts [Sayao, Bidú/Weede/Robert/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• New Year's Carols [Bodanya, Natalie/Olheim, Helen/Petina, Irra/Massue, Nicholas/Engelman, Wilfred/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia [Moscona, Nicola/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Aida: Act III Excerpts [Lawrence, Marjorie/Cehanovsky, George/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• L'Africaine: O paradiso! [Rayner, Sydney/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Traviata: Ah fors'è lui [Sayao, Bidú]
• Carmen: Act IV Dances [Ortega, Rosita/Lyon, Annabelle/Tapia, César/American Ballet Ensemble/Pelletier, Wilfred]
Met Careers
• Balanchine, George [Choreographer]
• Bodanya, Natalie [Soprano]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Engelman, Wilfred [Baritone]
• Lawrence, Marjorie [Soprano]
• Lyon, Annabelle [Dancer]
• Massue, Nicholas [Tenor]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Ortega, Rosita [Dancer]
• Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
• Petina, Irra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Rayner, Sydney [Tenor]
• Sayão, Bidú [Soprano]
• Tapià, César [Dancer]
• Weede, Robert [Baritone]