[Met Concert/Gala] CID:125200
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/19/1939.
Metropolitan Opera House
February 19, 1939
GALA PROGRAM
La Bohème: Act I Excerpts
Mimí....................Hilda Burke
Rodolfo.................Jan Kiepura
Marcello................Carlo Tagliabue
Schaunard...............George Cehanovsky
Colline.................John Gurney
Benoit..................Louis D'Angelo
Roméo et Juliette: Stephano's Aria
Helen Olheim
La Forza del Destino: Act II Excerpts
Leonora.................Rose Bampton
Padre Guardiano.........Norman Cordon
Fra Melitone............Daniel Harris
Manon: St. Sulpice Scene
Manon...................Marisa Morel
Des Grieux..............Jan Kiepura
Pagliacci: Ballatella
Hilda Burke
Leó Delibes: Snowflake
Maria Gambarelli, Dance Soloist
Carmen: Act II Excerpts
Carmen..................Bruna Castagna
Frasquita...............Thelma Votipka
Mercédès................Helen Olheim
Don José................Armand Tokatyan
Escamillo...............Carlo Tagliabue
Zuniga..................Norman Cordon
Remendado...............Giordano Paltrinieri
Dancaïre................George Cehanovsky
Dance: Lillian Moore, Doris Neal, Beatrice Weinberger, Ruth Harris, Monna Montes, George Chaffee
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Conductor...............Fausto Cleva
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff
Director................Désiré Defrère
The excerpts from La Bohème, La Forza del Destino, Manon, and Carmen were performed in costume.]
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1938-39
- Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
- Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
- Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
- Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
- Concert: [Kiepura, Jan]
- Concert: [Tagliabue, Carlo]
- Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
- Concert: [Gurney, John]
- Concert: [D'Angelo, Louis]
- Concert: [Bampton, Rose]
- Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
- Concert: [Harris, Daniel]
- Concert: [Morel, Marisa]
- Concert: [Castagna, Bruna]
- Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
- Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
- Concert: [Paltrinieri, Giordano]
- Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
- Concert: [Neal, Doris]
- Concert: [Weinberger, Beatrice]
- Concert: [Harris, Ruth]
- Concert: [Montes, Monna]
- Concert: [Chaffee, George]
Selection/Excerpt
- La Bohème: Act I Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Kiepura, Jan/Tagliabue, Carlo/Cehanovsky, George/Gurney, John/D'Angelo, Louis/Cleva, Fausto]
- Roméo et Juliette: Stephano's Aria [Olheim, Helen/Cleva, Fausto]
- La Forza del Destino: Act II Excerpts [Bampton, Rose/Cordon, Norman/Harris, Daniel/Cleva, Fausto]
- Manon: St. Sulpice Scene [Morel, Marisa/Kiepura, Jan/Cleva, Fausto]
- Pagliacci: Ballatella [Burke, Hilda/Cleva, Fausto]
- Leó Delibes: Snowflake [Gambarelli, Maria/Cleva, Fausto]
- Carmen: Act II Excerpts [Castagna/Votipka/Olheim/Tokatyan/Tagliabue/Cordon/Paltrinieri/Cehanovsky/Corps de Ballet/Chorus/Cleva]
Met Careers
- Bampton, Rose [Soprano]
- Burke, Hilda [Soprano]
- Castagna, Bruna [Mezzo Soprano]
- Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
- Chaffee, George [Dancer]
- Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
- Cordon, Norman [Bass]
- D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Gambarelli, Maria [Dancer]
- Gurney, John [Bass]
- Harris, Daniel [Baritone]
- Harris, Ruth [Dancer]
- Kiepura, Jan [Tenor]
- Montes, Monna [Dancer]
- Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
- Morel, Marisa [Soprano]
- Neal, Doris [Dancer]
- Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
- Paltrinieri, Giordano [Tenor]
- Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
- Tagliabue, Carlo [Baritone]
- Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
- Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]
- Weinberger, Beatrice [Dancer]
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