[Met Concert/Gala] CID:125290
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/26/1939.


Metropolitan Opera House
February 26, 1939


GALA PROGRAM

Mignon: Overture

La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Felia Dubrovska, Grant Mouradoff, George Chaffee
Corps de Ballet

Tosca: Vissi d'arte
Zinka Milanov

Don Giovanni: Là ci darem la mano
Marita Farell
Ezio Pinza

La Juive: Rachel, quand du Seigneur
Armand Tokatyan

Carmen: Habañera; Seguidilla
Bruna Castagna

Rigoletto: Act IV Excerpts
Gilda...................Lina Aimaro
Maddalena...............Helen Olheim
Duke of Mantua..........Charles Kullman
Rigoletto...............Carlo Tagliabue
Sparafucile.............John Gurney

Madama Butterfly: Act III Excerpts
Cio-Cio-San.............Hilda Burke
Suzuki..................Lucielle Browning
Kate Pinkerton..........Maxine Stellman
B.F. Pinkerton..........Armand Tokatyan
Sharpless...............Daniel Harris [Last appearance]

Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Marita Farell

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Carlo Tagliabue

La Gioconda: L'amo come il fulgor del creato!
Zinka Milanov
Bruna Castagna

Mignon: Act III Excerpts
Mignon..................Risë Stevens
Wilhelm.................Armand Tokatyan
Lothario................Ezio Pinza
Antonio.................John Gurney

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

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

[The excerpts from La Gioconda, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, and Mignon were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1938-39
• Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Farell, Marita]
• Concert: [Tagliabue, Carlo]
• Concert: [Milanov, Zinka]
• Concert: [Castagna, Bruna]
• Concert: [Gurney, John]
• Concert: [Harris, Daniel]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Chaffee, George]
• Concert: [Dubrovska, Felia]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Pinza, Ezio]
• Concert: [Aimaro, Lina]
• Concert: [Kullman, Charles]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Stellman, Maxine]
• Concert: [Stevens, Risë]
Selection/Excerpt
• Mignon: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
• La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Dubrovska, Felia/Mouradoff, Grant/Chaffee, George/Corps de Ballet/Cimara, Pietro]
• Tosca: Vissi d'arte [Milanov, Zinka/Cimara, Pietro]
• Don Giovanni: Là ci darem la mano [Farell, Marita/Pinza, Ezio/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Juive: Rachel, quand du Seigneur [Tokatyan, Armand/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Habañera [Castagna, Bruna/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Seguidilla [Castagna, Bruna/Cimara, Pietro]
• Rigoletto: Act IV [Aimaro, Lina/Olheim, Helen/Kullman, Charles/Tagliabue, Carlo/Gurney, John/Cimara, Pietro]
• Madama Butterfly: Act III Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Browning, Lucielle/Stellman, Maxine/Tokatyan, Armand/Harris, Daniel/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Farell, Marita/Cimara, Pietro]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum [Tagliabue, Carlo/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Gioconda: L'amo come il fulgor del creato! [Milanov, Zinka/Castagna, Bruna/Cimara, Pietro]
• Mignon: Act III Excerpts [Stevens, Risë/Tokatyan, Armand/Pinza, Ezio/Gurney, John/Cimara, Pietro]
Met Careers
• Aimaro, Lina [Soprano]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Burke, Hilda [Soprano]
• Castagna, Bruna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Chaffee, George [Dancer]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dubrovska, Felia [Dancer]
• Farell, Marita [Soprano]
• Gurney, John [Bass]
• Harris, Daniel [Baritone]
• Kullman, Charles [Tenor]
• Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Pinza, Ezio [Bass]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Stellman, Maxine [Soprano]
• Stevens, Risë [Mezzo Soprano]
• Tagliabue, Carlo [Baritone]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]