[Met Concert/Gala] CID:124640
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/8/1939.
Metropolitan Opera House
January 8, 1939
GALA PROGRAM
La Forza del Destino: Overture
Lohengrin: Bridal Chamber Scene
Irene Jessner
René Maison
Flégier: Le cor
John Gurney
Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Frederick Jagel
Rigoletto: Caro nome
Bidú Sayao
Mignon: Act III
Mignon..................Risë Stevens
Philine.................Marisa Morel
Wilhelm.................John Carter
Lothario................Nicola Moscona
Antonio.................John Gurney
La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Ruth Chanova
Grant Mouradoff
George Chaffee
Corps de Ballet
La Forza del Destino: Solenne in quest'ora
Frederick Jagel
Carlo Tagliabue
Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice?
Risë Stevens
Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller?
Frederick Jagel
La Bohème: Act III
Mimí.....................Bidú Sayao
Musetta..................Marisa Morel
Rodolfo..................Galliano Masini
Marcello.................Carlo Tagliabue
Conductor...............Fausto Cleva
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff
[The excerpts from Lohengrin, Mignon, La Gioconda, 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: [Jagel, Frederick]
- Concert: [Gurney, John]
- Concert: [Sayão, Bidú]
- Concert: [Chanova, Ruth]
- Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
- Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
- Concert: [Maison, René]
- Concert: [Stevens, Risë]
- Concert: [Morel, Marisa]
- Concert: [Carter, John]
- Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
- Concert: [Chaffee, George]
- Concert: [Tagliabue, Carlo]
- Concert: [Masini, Galliano]
Selection/Excerpt
- La Forza del Destino: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
- Lohengrin: Bridal Chamber Scene [Jessner, Irene/Maison, René/Cleva, Fausto]
- Flégier: Le cor [Gurney, John/Cleva, Fausto]
- Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [Jagel, Frederick/Cleva, Fausto]
- Rigoletto: Caro nome [Sayao, Bidú/Cleva, Fausto]
- Mignon: Act III [Stevens, Risë/Morel, Marisa/Carter, John/Moscona, Nicola/Gurney, John/Cleva, Fausto]
- La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Chanova, Ruth/Mouradoff, Grant/Chaffee, George/Corps de Ballet/Cleva, Fausto]
- La Forza del Destino: Solenne in quest'ora [Jagel, Frederick/Tagliabue, Carlo/Cleva, Fausto]
- Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice? [Stevens, Risë/Cleva, Fausto]
- Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller? [Jagel, Frederick/Cleva, Fausto]
- La Bohème: Act III [Sayao, Bidú/Morel, Marisa/Masini, Galliano/Tagliabue, Carlo/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
- Carter, John [Tenor]
- Chaffee, George [Dancer]
- Chanova, Ruth [Dancer]
- Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Gurney, John [Bass]
- Jagel, Frederick [Tenor]
- Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
- Maison, René [Tenor]
- Masini, Galliano [Tenor]
- Morel, Marisa [Soprano]
- Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
- Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
- Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
- Sayão, Bidú [Soprano]
- Stevens, Risë [Mezzo Soprano]
- Tagliabue, Carlo [Baritone]
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