[Met Concert/Gala] CID:125100
Gala Operatic Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/12/1939.
Metropolitan Opera House
February 12, 1939
GALA OPERATIC PROGRAM
Tannhäuser: Overture
Tannhäuser: Act I, Scene 1
Venus...................Dorothee Manski
Tannhäuser..............Arthur Carron
Solo Dancers: Felia Dubrovska, Ruth Chanova, Beatrice Weinberger, Doris Neal
Three Graces: Ruth Harris, Grant Mouradoff, George Chaffee
Corps de Ballet
Der Fliegende Holländer: Die Frist ist um
Julius Huehn
Conductor...............Karl Riedel
Faust: Act IV Excerpts
Marguerite..............Maxine Stellman
Siebel..................Helen Olheim
Faust...................Nicholas Massue
Valentin................George Cehanovsky
Mephistopheles..........Norman Cordon
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Thaïs: Act II Ballet
Felia Dubrovska
Monna Montes
Lillian Moore
Grant Mouradoff
George Chaffee
Corps de Ballet
Il Trovatore: Act IV Excerpts
Leonora.................Zinka Milanov
Manrico.................Arthur Carron
Ruiz....................Giordano Paltrinieri
Conductor...............Fausto Cleva
Rienzi: Gerechter Gott
Karin Branzell
Karl Riedel, Conductor
Tannhäuser: O du mein holder Abendstern
Julius Huehn
Karl Riedel, Conductor
Aida: Act III
Aida.....................Zinka Milanov
Amneris..................Anna Kaskas
Radames..................Arthur Carron
Amonasro.................George Cehanovsky
Ramfis...................Norman Cordon
Conductor...............Fausto Cleva
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff
[The scenes from Tannhäuser, Faust, Thaïs, Il Trovatore, and Aida were performed in costume.]
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Subjects:
- 1938-39
- Concert: Conductor [Riedel, Karl]
- Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
- Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
- Concert: [Huehn, Julius]
- Concert: [Manski, Dorothee]
- Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
- Concert: [Dubrovska, Felia]
- Concert: [Chanova, Ruth]
- Conert: [Weinberger, Beatrice]
- Concert: [Neal, Doris]
- Concert: [Harris, Ruth]
- Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
- Concert: [Chaffee, George]
- Concert: [Stellman, Maxine]
- Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
- Concert: [Massue, Nicholas]
- Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
- Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
- Concert: [Cleva, Fausto]
- Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
- Concert: [Milanov, Zinka]
- Concert: [Branzell, Karin]
- Concert: [Paltrinieri, Giordano]
- Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
- Concert: [Montes, Monna]
Selection/Excerpt
- Tannhäuser: Overture [Riedel, Karl]
- Tannhäuser: Act I, Scene 1 [Manski/Carron/Dubrovska/Chanova/Weinberger/Neal/Harris/Mouradoff/Chaffee/Corps de Ballet/Riedel]
- Der Fliegende Holländer: Die Frist ist um [Huehn, Julius/Riedel, Karl]
- Faust: Act IV Excerpts [Stellman/Olheim/Massue/Cehanovsky/Cordon/Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Cleva, Fausto]
- Thaïs: Act II Ballet [Dubrovska, Felia/Montes, Monna/Moore, Lillian/Mouradoff, Grant/Chaffee, George/Corps de Ballet/Cleva, Fausta]
- Il Trovatore: Act IV [Milanov, Zinka/Carron, Arthur/Paltrinieri, Giordano/Cleva, Fausto]
- Rienzi: Gerechter Gott [Branzell, Karin/Riedel, Karl]
- Tannhäuser: O du, mein holder Abendstern [Huehn, Julius/Riedel, Karl]
- Aida: Act III [Milanov, Zinka/Kaskas, Anna/Carron, Arthur/Cehanovsky, George/Cordon, Norman/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
- Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
- Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
- Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
- Chaffee, George [Dancer]
- Chanova, Ruth [Dancer]
- Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
- Cordon, Norman [Bass]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Dubrovska, Felia [Dancer]
- Harris, Ruth [Dancer]
- Huehn, Julius [Baritone]
- Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
- Manski, Dorothee [Soprano]
- Massue, Nicholas [Tenor]
- Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
- Montes, Monna [Dancer]
- Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
- Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
- Neal, Doris [Dancer]
- Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
- Paltrinieri, Giordano [Tenor]
- Riedel, Karl [Conductor]
- Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
- Stellman, Maxine [Soprano]
- Weinberger, Beatrice [Dancer]
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