[Met Concert/Gala] CID:124350
Grand Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/18/1938.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 18, 1938


GRAND SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM


Hänsel und Gretel: Overture

Hänsel und Gretel: Act I, Scene 2
Hänsel..................Helen Olheim
Gretel..................Natalie Bodanya
Sandman.................Lucielle Browning
Corps de Ballet

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
Leonard Warren

Pagliacci: Ballatella
Hilda Burke

Foster: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
Oley Speaks: Morning
John Carter
Karl Kritz, piano

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I Excerpts
Count Almaviva..........Alessio De Paolis
Figaro..................Carlo Tagliabue

Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav

Mignon: Gypsy Dance
Ruth Chanova, Dancer
Corps de Ballet

Le Prophète: Ah! mon fils
Lucielle Browning

La Bohème: Act III Excerpts
Mimí....................Hilda Burke
Musetta.................Natalie Bodanya
Rodolfo.................Charles Kullman
Marcello................Carlo Tagliabue

Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Au fond du temple saint
John Carter
Leonard Warren

Faust: Prison Scene
Hilda Burke
Charles Kullman
Nicola Moscona

Conductor...............Fausto Cleva
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

[The scenes from Hänsel und Gretel, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and La Bohème were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1938-39
• Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Chanova, Ruth]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Bodanya, Natalie]
• Concert: [Carter, John]
• Concert: [Kritz, Karl]
• Concert: [De Paolis, Alessio]
• Concert: [Tagliabue, Carlo]
• Concert: [Kullman, Charles]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
Selection/Excerpt
• Hänsel und Gretel: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
• Hänsel und Gretel: Act I, Scene 2 [Olheim, Helen/Bodanya, Natalie/Browning, Lucielle/Corps de Ballet/Cleva, Fausto]
• Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu [Warren, Leonard/Cleva, Fausto]
• Pagliacci: Ballatella [Burke, Hilda/Cleva, Fausto]
• Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair [Carter, John/Kritz, Karl]
• Morning [Carter, John/Kritz, Karl]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I Excerpts [De Paolis, Alessio/Tagliabue, Carlo/Cleva, Fausto]
• Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav [Cleva, Fausto]
• Mignon: Gypsy Dance [Chanova, Ruth/Corps de Ballet/Cleva, Fausto]
• Le Prophète: Ah! mon fils [Browning, Lucielle/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Bohème: Act III Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Bodanya, Natalie/Kullman, Charles/Tagliabue, Carlo/Cleva, Fausto]
• Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Au fond du temple saint [Carter, John/Warren, Leonard/Cleva, Fausto]
• Faust: Prison Scene [Burke, Hilda/Kullman, Charles/Moscona, Nicola/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
• Bodanya, Natalie [Soprano]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Burke, Hilda [Soprano]
• Carter, John [Tenor]
• Chanova, Ruth [Dancer]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Kritz, Karl [Piano]
• Kullman, Charles [Tenor]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Tagliabue, Carlo [Baritone]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]