[Met Concert/Gala] CID:124810
Grand Operatic Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/22/1939.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 22, 1939


GRAND OPERATIC PROGRAM


Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture

Lucia di Lammermoor: Act I Excerpts
Lucia...................Marisa Morel
Alisa...................Pearl Besuner
Edgardo.................Frederick Jagel

Don Carlo: O don fatale
Anna Kaskas

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
John Brownlee

La Gioconda: Act II Duet
Zinka Milanov
Anna Kaskas

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

La Bohème: Act I Excerpts
Mimí....................Bidú Sayao
Rodolfo.................Frederick Jagel
Marcello................John Brownlee
Schaunard...............George Cehanovsky
Colline.................Norman Cordon
Benoit..................Louis D'Angelo

La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio
Zinka Milanov

Lohengrin: In fernem Land; Mein lieber Schwan
Frederick Jagel

Die Walküre: Act III Conclusion
Brünnhilde..............Kirsten Flagstad
Wotan...................Julius Huehn

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

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

[The excerpts from Lucia di Lammermoor, Lakmé, La Bohème, and Die Walküre 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: [Milanov, Zinka]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Brownlee, John]
• Concert: [Morel, Marisa]
• Concert: [Besuner, Pearl]
• Concert: [Dubrovska, Felia]
• Concert: [Chanova, Ruth]
• Concert: [Gambarelli, Maria]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Sayão, Bidú]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [D'Angelo, Louis]
• Concert: [Flagstad, Kirsten]
• Concert: [Huehn, Julius]
Selection/Excerpt
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
• Lucia di Lammermoor: Act I Excerpts [Morel, Marisa/Besuner, Pearl/Jagel, Frederick/Cleva, Fausto]
• Don Carlo: O don fatale [Kaskas, Anna/Cleva, Fausto]
• Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu [Brownlee, John/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Gioconda: Act II Duet [Milanov, Zinka/Kaskas, Anna/Cleva, Fausto]
• Lakmé: Hindu Dances [Dubrovska, Felia/Chanova, Ruth/Gambarelli, Maria/Mouradoff, Grant/Corps de Ballet/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Bohème: Act I Excerpts [Sayao, Bidú/Jagel, Frederick/Brownlee, John/Cehanovsky, George/Cordon, Norman/D'Angelo, Louis/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! [Milanov, Zinka/Cleva, Fausto]
• Lohengrin: In fernem Land; Mein lieber Schwan [Jagel, Frederick/Cleva, Fausto]
• Die Walküre: Act III Conclusion [Flagstad, Kirsten/Huehn, Julius/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
• Besuner, Pearl [Soprano]
• Brownlee, John [Baritone]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Chanova, Ruth [Dancer]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dubrovska, Felia [Dancer]
• Flagstad, Kirsten [Soprano]
• Gambarelli, Maria [Dancer]
• Huehn, Julius [Baritone]
• Jagel, Frederick [Tenor]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
• Morel, Marisa [Soprano]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Sayão, Bidú [Soprano]