[Met Concert/Gala] CID:124990
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/5/1939.


Metropolitan Opera House
February 5, 1939


GALA PROGRAM


Oberon: Overture

Don Giovanni: Madamina
Norman Cordon

Rigoletto: Act III Scene
Gilda...................Lina Aimaro
Rigoletto...............Carlo Morelli
Monterone...............George Cehanovsky

Mignon: Connais-tu le pays
Risë Stevens

L'Africaina: O paradiso
Frederick Jagel

Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream
Elisabeth Rethberg

Aida: Act II, Scene 2 Ballet
Maria Gambarelli, Dance
Corps de Ballet

Lohengrin: Act II, Scene 2
Elsa....................Elisabeth Rethberg
Ortrud..................Kerstin Thorborg

La Gioconda: Enzo Grimaldo
Frederick Jagel
Carlo Morelli

La Gioconda: O monumento
Carlo Morelli

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II
Rosina..................Lina Aimaro
Berta...................Irra Petina
Count Almaviva..........Charles Hackett [Last appearance]
Figaro..................Carlo Tagliabue
Dr. Bartolo.............Virgilio Lazzari
Don Basilio.............Norman Cordon
Official................Wilfred Engelman

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

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

[The scenes from Rigoletto, Aida, Lohengrin 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: [Jagel, Frederick]
• Concert: [Rethberg, Elisabeth]
• Concert: [Morelli, Carlo]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Gambarelli, Maria]
• Concert: [Stevens, Risë]
• Concert: [Aimaro, Lina]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Thorborg, Kerstin]
• Concert: [Petina, Irra]
• Concert: [Hackett, Charles]
• Concert: [Tagliabue, Carlo]
• Concert: [Lazzari, Virgilio]
• Concert: [Engelman, Wilfred]
Selection/Excerpt
• Oberon: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
• Don Giovanni: Madamina [Cordon, Norman/Cimara, Pietro]
• Rigoletto: Act III Scene [Aimaro, Lina/Morelli, Carlo/Cehanovsky, George/Cimara, Pietro]
• Mignon: Connais-tu le pays [Stevens, Risë/Cimara, Pietro]
• L'Africaine: O paradiso! [Jagel, Frederick/Cimara, Pietro]
• Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Cimara, Pietro]
• Aida: Act II, Scene 2 Ballet [Gambarelli, Maria/Corps de Ballet/Cimara, Pietro]
• Lohengrin: Act II, Scene 2 [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Thorborg, Kerstin/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Gioconda: Enzo Grimaldo [Jagel, Frederick/Morelli, Carlo/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Gioconda: O monumento [Morelli, Carlo/Cimara, Pietro]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II [Aimaro/Petina/Hackett/Tagliabue/Lazzari/Cordon/Engelman/Cimara, Pietro]
Met Careers
• Aimaro, Lina [Soprano]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Engelman, Wilfred [Baritone]
• Gambarelli, Maria [Dancer]
• Hackett, Charles [Tenor]
• Jagel, Frederick [Tenor]
• Lazzari, Virgilio [Bass]
• Morelli, Carlo [Baritone]
• Petina, Irra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Rethberg, Elisabeth [Soprano]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Stevens, Risë [Mezzo Soprano]
• Tagliabue, Carlo [Baritone]
• Thorborg, Kerstin [Mezzo Soprano]