[Met Concert/Gala] CID:122680
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/23/1938.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 23, 1938


GALA PROGRAM

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture

Lakmé: Act I Excerpts
Natalie Bodanya
Lucielle Browning
Thelma Votipka
Nicholas Massue
George Cehanovsky

Hérodiade: Il est bon, il est doux
Muriel Dickson

Rigoletto: Cortigiani
Carlo Tagliabue

Don Carlo: O don fatale
Lucielle Browning

Ernani: Infelice!... e tuo credevi
Nicola Moscona

La Gioconda: Suicidio
Zinka Milanov

Manon: St. Sulpice Scene
Manon...................Vina Bovy
Des Grieux..............Sydney Rayner

Rigoletto: Act III
Gilda...................Natalie Bodanya
Maddalena...............Lucielle Browning
Duke of Mantua..........Nicholas Massue
Rigoletto...............George Cehanovsky
Sparafucile.............Nicola Moscona

Jordon: Hörst du
Grieg: Jeg elsker dig
Richard Strauss: Zueignung
Die Walküre: Winterstürme
Lauritz Melchior

Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete
Zinka Milanov

The Bartered Bride: Act II Excerpts
Muriel Dickson
Sydney Rayner
George Rasely
Louis D'Angelo
Madeline Leweck

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

[The excerpts from Lakmé, Manon, Rigoletto Act III and The Bartered Bride were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1937-38
• Concert: Conductor [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Balanchine, George]
• Concert: [Melchior, Lauritz]
• Concert: [Tagliabue, Carlo]
• Concert: [Milanov, Zinka]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Rasely, George]
• Concert: [Massue, Nicholas]
• Concert: [Bodanya, Natalie]
• Concert: [Dickson, Muriel]
• Concert: [Bovy, Vina]
• Concert: [Rayner, Sydney]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [D'Angelo, Louis]
• Concert: [Leweck, Madeline]
Selection/Excerpt
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Lakmé: Act I Excerpts [Bodanya, Natalie/Browning, Lucielle/Votipka, Thelma/Massue, Nicholas/Cehanovsky/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon [Dickson, Murie/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Rigoletto: Cortigiani [Tagliabue, Carlo/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Don Carlo: O don fatale [Browning, Lucielle/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Ernani: Infelice!... e tuo credevi [Moscona, Nicola/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Gioconda: Suicidio [Milanov, Zinka/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Manon: St. Sulpice Scene [Bovy, Vina/Rayner, Sydney/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Rigoletto: Act III [Bodanya, Natalie/Browning, Lucielle/Massue, Nicholas/Cenhanovsky, George/Moscona, Nicola/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Jordon: Hörst du [Melchior, Lauritz/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Grieg: Jeg elsker dig [Melchior, Lauritz/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Strauss: Zueignung [Melchior, Lauritz/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Die Walküre: Winterstürme [Melchior, Lauritz/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete [Milanov, Zinka/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• The Bartered Bride: Act II Excerpts [Dickson, Muriel/Rayner, Sydney/Rasely, George/D'Angelo, Louis/Leweck, Madeline/Pelletier, Wilfred]
Met Careers
• Balanchine, George [Choreographer]
• Bodanya, Natalie [Soprano]
• Bovy, Vina [Soprano]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dickson, Muriel [Soprano]
• Leweck, Madeline [Dancer]
• Massue, Nicholas [Tenor]
• Melchior, Lauritz [Tenor]
• Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
• Rasely, George [Tenor]
• Rayner, Sydney [Tenor]
• Tagliabue, Carlo [Baritone]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]