[Met Concert/Gala] CID:123140
Gala Program

Serenade {9} Metropolitan Opera House: 02/27/1938.


Metropolitan Opera House
February 27, 1938


GALA PROGRAM

Carmen: Act I Prelude

Carmen: Act II Excerpts
Irra Petina
Thelma Votipka
Helen Olheim
Sydney Rayner
Giordano Paltrinieri
George Cehanovsky
Norman Cordon


La Traviata: Di Provenza
Richard Bonelli

La Clemenza di Tito: Deh per questo istante solo
Karin Branzell

Rigoletto: Act III Duet
Josephine Antoine
Richard Bonelli

Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba
Arthur Carron



SERENADE {9}
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


Martha: M'appari
Rigoletto: La donna è mobile
Bruno Landi

Il Trovatore: Il balen
Carlo Tagliabue

Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream
Hilda Burke

Otello: Sì, pel ciel
Arthur Carron
Carlo Tagliabue

Faust: Prison Scene
Marguerite..............Hilda Burke
Faust...................Sydney Rayner
Méphistophélès..........Norman Cordon

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

[The excerpts from Carmen and Faust were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1937-38
• Concert: Conductor [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Anchutina, Leda]
• Concert: [Lyon, Annabelle]
• Concert: [Dollar, William]
• Concert: [Vosseler, Heidi]
• Concert: [Mullowny, Kathryn]
• Concert: [Laskey, Charles]
• Concert: [Branzell, Karin]
• Concert: [Bonelli, Richard]
• Concert: [Tagliabue, Carlo]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Antoine, Josephine]
• Concert: [Petina, Irra]
• Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Paltrinieri, Giordano]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Rayner, Sydney]
• Concert: [Landi, Bruno]
Selection/Excerpt
• Carmen: Act I Prelude [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Carmen: Act II Excerpts [Petina, Irra/Votipka, Thelma/Olheim, Helen/Rayner, Sydney/Paltrinieri/Cehanovsky, George/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier]
• La Traviata: Di Provenza [Bonelli, Richard/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Clemenza di Tito: Deh per questo istante solo [Branzell, Karin/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Rigoletto: Act III Duet [Antoine, Josephine/Bonelli, Richard/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba [Carron, Arthur/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Serenade [American Ballet Ensemble/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Martha: M'appari [Landi, Bruno/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Rigoletto: La donna è mobile [Landi, Bruno/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Il Trovatore: Il balen [Tagliabue, Carlo/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream [Burke, Hilda/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Otello: Sì, pel ciel [Carron, Arthur/Tagliabue, Carlo/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Faust: Prison Scene [Burke, Hilda/Rayner, Sydney/Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
Met Careers
• Anchutina, Leda [Dancer]
• Antoine, Josephine [Soprano]
• Bonelli, Richard [Baritone]
• Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Burke, Hilda [Soprano]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dollar, William [Dancer]
• Landi, Bruno [Tenor]
• Laskey, Charles [Dancer]
• Lyon, Annabelle [Dancer]
• Mullowny, Kathryn [Dancer]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Paltrinieri, Giordano [Tenor]
• Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
• Petina, Irra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Rayner, Sydney [Tenor]
• Tagliabue, Carlo [Baritone]
• Vosseler, Heidi [Dancer]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]