[Met Concert/Gala] CID:124720
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/15/1939.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 15, 1939


GALA PROGRAM

Mignon: Overture

Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Excerpts
Antonia.................Hilda Burke
Voice...................Anna Kaskas
Dr. Miracle.............Norman Cordon

Rigoletto: Pari siamo
Carlo Tagliabue

La Favorita: O mio Fernando
Anna Kaskas

Madama Butterfly: Act III Excerpts
Cio-Cio-San.............Hilda Burke
Suzuki..................Lucielle Browning
Kate Pinkerton..........Pearl Besuner
B.F. Pinkerton..........Giovanni Martinelli
Sharpless...............George Cehanovsky

Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2
Leonora.................Zinka Milanov
Inez....................Pearl Besuner
Manrico.................Arthur Carron
Count di Luna...........Leonard Warren

Selections
John Carter
Victor Trucco, piano

Aida: Fu la sorte
Zinka Milanov
Anna Kaskas

Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade)
Norman Cordon

Otello: Sì, pel ciel
Arthur Carron
Carlo Tagliabue

La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Felia Dubrovska
Grant Mouradoff
George Chaffee

Conductor...............Fausto Cleva

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

[The excerpts from Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Madama Butterfly, Il Trovatore, and La Gioconda were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1938-39
• Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Tagliabue, Carlo]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Dubrovska, Felia]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Milanov, Zinka]
• Concert: [Carter, John]
• Concert: [Chaffee, George]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Besuner, Pearl]
• Concert: [Martinelli, Giovanni]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Trucco, Victor]
Selection/Excerpt
• Mignon: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
• Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Kaskas, Anna/Cordon, Norman/Cleva, Fausto]
• Rigoletto: Pari siamo [Tagliabue, Carlo]
• La Favorita: O mio Fernando [Kaskas, Anna/Cleva, Fausto]
• Madama Butterfly: Act III Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Browning, Lucielle/Besuner, Pearl/Martinelli, Giovanni/Cehanovsky, George/Cleva, Fausto]
• Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2 [Milanov, Zinka/Besuner, Pearl/Carron, Arthur/Warren, Leonard/Cleva, Fausto]
• Selections [Carter, John/Trucco, Victor]
• Aida: Fu la sorte [Milanov, Zinka/Kaskas, Anna/Cleva, Fausto]
• Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade) [Cordon, Norman/Cleva, Fausto]
• Otello: Sì, pel ciel [Carron, Arthur/Tagliabue, Carlo]
• La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Dubrovska, Felia/Mouradoff, Grant/Chaffee, George/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
• Besuner, Pearl [Soprano]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Burke, Hilda [Soprano]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Carter, John [Tenor]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Chaffee, George [Dancer]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dubrovska, Felia [Dancer]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Martinelli, Giovanni [Tenor]
• Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Tagliabue, Carlo [Baritone]
• Trucco, Victor [Piano]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]