[Met Concert/Gala] CID:124080
Grand Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 11/27/1938.


Metropolitan Opera House
November 27, 1938


GRAND PROGRAM

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I

La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Helen Olheim

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Norman Cordon

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 Duet
Marisa Morel
Leonard Warren [First appearance]

L'Africaine: O paradiso
Giovanni Martinelli

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 2 Ballet
Ruth Chanova and Corps de Ballet

Carmen: Habañera; Seguidilla
Bruna Castagna

Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amo
Norman Cordon

Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Helen Olheim

Pagliacci: Excerpts
Nedda...................Hilda Burke
Canio...................Giovanni Martinelli
Tonio...................Leonard Warren
Silvio..................George Cehanovsky
Beppe...................Giordano Paltrinieri

Prologue: Leonard Warren
Ballatella: Hilda Burke
Nedda - Tonio Duet: Hilda Burke, Leonard Warren
Nedda - Silvio Duet: Hilda Burke, George Cehanovsky
Vesti la giubba: Giovanni Martinelli

Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier

Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

[The excerpts from Pagliacci were performed in costume.]

There were sixteen concerts this season.



Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1938-39
• Concert: Conductor [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Martinelli, Giovanni]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Paltrinieri, Giordano]
• Concert: [Castagna, Bruna]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Morel, Marisa]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Chanova, Ruth]
• 1938-39: Concert: 16 performances: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
• Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I [Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Gioconda: Voce di donna [Olheim, Helen/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia [Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 Duet [Morel, Marisa/Warren, Leonard/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• L'Africaine: O paradiso! [Martinelli, Giovanni/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• La Traviata: Act II, Scene 2 Ballet [Chanova, Ruth/Corps de Ballet/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Carmen: Habañera [Castagna, Bruna/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Carmen: Seguidilla [Castagna, Bruna/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amò [Cordon, Norman/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix [Olheim, Helen/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Pagliacci: Prologue [Warren, Leonard/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Pagliacci: Ballatella [Burke, Hilda/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Pagliacci: Nedda - Tonio Duet [Burke, Hilda/Warren, Leonard/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Pagliacci: Nedda - Silvio Duet [Burke, Hilda/Cehanovsky, George/Pelletier, Wilfred]
• Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba [Martinelli, Giovanni/Pelletier, Wilfred]
Met Careers
• Burke, Hilda [Soprano]
• Castagna, Bruna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Chanova, Ruth [Dancer]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Martinelli, Giovanni [Tenor]
• Morel, Marisa [Soprano]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Paltrinieri, Giordano [Tenor]
• Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]