[Met Concert/Gala] CID:123050
Gala Operatic Program

Serenade {8} Metropolitan Opera House: 02/20/1938.


Metropolitan Opera House
February 20, 1938


GALA OPERATIC PROGRAM

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

La Juive: Si la rigueur
Emanuel List

Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Excerpts
Hilda Burke
Anna Kaskas
Norman Cordon

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
George Cehanovsky

Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Charlotte Symons

Lohengrin: Act II Excerpts
Kirsten Flagstad
Marjorie Lawrence
Norman Cordon



SERENADE {8}
Music of Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings
I. Sonatina: American Ballet Ensemble
II. Waltz: Annabelle Lyon, William Dollar, American Ballet Ensemble
III. Elegy: Heidi Vosseler, Kathryn Mullowny, Charles Laskey, American Ballet Ensemble
Jean Lurçat, Costume Designer
George Balanchine, Choreographer


Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

Mignon: Act III Excerpts
Bruna Castagna
Bruno Landi
Norman Cordon

Die Zauberflöte: In diesen heil'gen Hallen
Ludwig Hofmann

Tristan und Isolde: Excerpts
Isolde..................Kirsten Flagstad
Brangäne................Helen Olheim
Tristan.................Paul Althouse

Carmen: Act IV Dances - Arranged by George Balanchine
a) Gitane: Rosita Ortega
b) Farucca: César Tapià, American Ballet Ensemble
c) Menuetto: Annabelle Lyon
d) Farandole: Rosita Ortega, César Tapià, American Ballet Ensemble

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

[The excerpts from Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Lohengrin, Mignon and Tristan und Isolde were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1937-38
• Concert: Conductor [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Hofmann, Ludwig]
• Concert: [List, Emanuel]
• Concert: [Symons, Charlotte]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Althouse, Paul]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Castagna, Bruna]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Lawrence, Marjorie]
• Concert: [Ortega, Rosita]
• Concert: [Tapià, César]
• Concert: [Flagstad, Kirsten]
• Concert: [Landi, Bruno]
• Concert: [Anchutina, Leda]
• Concert: [Lyon, Annabelle]
• Concert: [Dollar, William]
• Concert: [Vosseler, Heidi]
• Concert: [Mullowny, Kathryn]
• Concert: [Laskey, Charles]
• Concert: [Balanchine, George]
Selection/Excerpt
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Juive: Si la rigueur [List, Emanuel]
• Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Kaskas, Anna/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu [Cehanovsky, George]
• Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Symons, Charlotte/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Lohengrin: Act II Excerpts [Flagstad, Kirsten/Lawrence, Marjorie/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Serenade [American Ballet Ensemble/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Mignon: Act III Excerpts [Castagna, Bruna/Landi, Bruno/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Die Zauberflöte: In diesen heil'gen Hallen [Hofmann, Ludwig/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Tristan und Isolde: Excerpts [Flagstad, Kirsten/Olheim, Helen/Althouse, Paul/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Carmen: Act IV Dances [Ortega, Rosita/Tapià, César/Lyon, Annabelle/American Ballet Ensemble/Pelletier, Wilfred]
Met Careers
• Althouse, Paul [Tenor]
• Anchutina, Leda [Dancer]
• Balanchine, George [Choreographer]
• Burke, Hilda [Soprano]
• Castagna, Bruna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dollar, William [Dancer]
• Flagstad, Kirsten [Soprano]
• Hofmann, Ludwig [Bass]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Landi, Bruno [Tenor]
• Laskey, Charles [Dancer]
• Lawrence, Marjorie [Soprano]
• List, Emanuel [Bass]
• Lurçat, Jean [Costume Designer]
• Lyon, Annabelle [Dancer]
• Mullowny, Kathryn [Dancer]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Ortega, Rosita [Dancer]
• Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
• Symons, Charlotte [Soprano]
• Tapià, César [Dancer]
• Vosseler, Heidi [Dancer]