[Met Concert/Gala] CID:124440
Grand Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/25/1938.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 25, 1938


GRAND SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Martha: Overture

Samson et Dalila: Act II Excerpts
Dalila..................Bruna Castagna
High Priest.............Julius Huehn

Pagliacci: Ballatella
Marita Farell

Thomas: Le Caïd: Air du tambour major
Ezio Pinza

La Gioconda: Suicidio
Zinka Milanov

Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts
Gilda....................Natalie Bodanya
Maddalena................Lucielle Browning
Duke of Mantua...........Nicholas Massue
Rigoletto................Leonard Warren
Sparafucile..............John Gurney

Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Felia Dubrovska
Ruth Chanova
Maria Gambarelli
Grant Mouradoff
Corps de Ballet

La Gioconda: L'amo come il fulgor del creato!
Zinka Milanov
Bruna Castagna

Carmen: Toreador's Song
Julius Huehn

Don Giovanni: Là ci darem la mano
Marita Farell
Ezio Pinza

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II Excerpts
Rosina..................Josephine Antoine
Berta...................Irra Petina
Count Almaviva..........Alessio De Paolis
Figaro..................John Brownlee
Dr. Bartolo.............Louis D'Angelo
Don Basilio.............Norman Cordon
Official................Giordano Paltrinieri

Conductor...............Pietro Cimara

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

[The excerpts from Samson et Dalila, Rigoletto, Lakmé, and Il Barbiere di Siviglia were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1938-39
• Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Pinza, Ezio]
• Concert: [Farell, Marita]
• Concert: [Milanov, Zinka]
• Concert: [Huehn, Julius]
• Concert: [Castagna, Bruna]
• Concert: [Bodanya, Natalie]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Massue, Nicholas]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Gurney, John]
• Concert: [Dubrovska, Felicia]
• Concert: [Chanova, Ruth]
• Concert: [Gambarelli, Maria]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Antoine, Josephine]
• Concert: [Petina, Irra]
• Concert: [De Paolis, Alessio]
• Concert: [Brownlee, John]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Paltrinieri, Giordano]
• Concert: [D'Angelo, Louis]
Selection/Excerpt
• Martha: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
• Samson et Dalila: Act II Excerpts [Castagna, Bruna/Huehn, Julius/Cimara, Pietro]
• Pagliacci: Ballatella [Farell, Marita/Cimara, Pietro]
• Thomas: Le Caïd: Air du tambour major [Pinza, Ezio/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Gioconda: Suicidio [Milanov, Zinka/Cimara, Pietro]
• Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts [Bodanya, Natalie/Browning, Lucielle/Massue, Nicholas/Warren, Leonard/Gurney, John/Cimara, Pietro]
• Lakmé: Hindu Dances [Dubrovska, Felia/Chanova, Ruth/Gambarelli, Maria/Mouradoff, Grant/Corps de Ballet/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Gioconda: L'amo come il fulgor del creato! [Milanov, Zinka/Castagna, Bruna/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Toreador Song [Huehn, Julius/Cimara, Pietro]
• Don Giovanni: Là ci darem la mano [Farell, Marita/Pinza, Ezio/Cimara, Pietro]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II Excerpts [Antoine/Petina/De Paolis/Brownlee/D'Angelo/Cordon/Paltrinieri/Cimara]
Met Careers
• Antoine, Josephine [Soprano]
• Bodanya, Natalie [Soprano]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Brownlee, John [Baritone]
• Castagna, Bruna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Chanova, Ruth [Dancer]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dubrovska, Felia [Dancer]
• Farell, Marita [Soprano]
• Gambarelli, Maria [Dancer]
• Gurney, John [Bass]
• Huehn, Julius [Baritone]
• Massue, Nicholas [Tenor]
• Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Paltrinieri, Giordano [Tenor]
• Petina, Irra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Pinza, Ezio [Bass]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]