[Met Concert/Gala] CID:125380
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/5/1939.


Metropolitan Opera House
March 5, 1939


GALA PROGRAM

Semiramide: Overture

Otello: Love Duet
Irene Jessner
Arthur Carron

Samson et Dalila: Dalila Aria
Helen Olheim

La Traviata: Ah fors'è lui
Helen Jepson

Gershwin: RHAPSODY IN BLUE
Maria Gambarelli, Solo Dancer
Arthur Norris, Piano

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
Leonard Warren

Tosca: Vissi d'arte
Irene Jessner

Tosca: Act III Excerpts
Tosca...................Irene Jessner
Cavarodossi.............Armand Tokatyan
Spoletta................Alessio De Paolis
Sciarrone...............Wilfred Engelman
Jailer..................Arnold Gabor


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

La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Anna Kaskas

Rigoletto: Act III
Gilda...................Lina Aimaro
Maddalena...............Lucielle Browning
Duke of Mantua..........Frederick Jagel
Rigoletto...............Leonard Warren
Sparafucile.............Douglas Beattie

La Bohème: O soave fanciulla
Helen Jepson
Armand Tokatyan

Torelli: Tu lo sai
Arne: Comus: Air
Duparc: Phidylé
Marx: Der Ton
John Charles Thomas
Carroll Hollister, piano

Lakmé: Bell Song
Lina Aimaro

Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Felia Dubrovska, ,Ruth Chanova, Maria Gambarelli, Grant Mouradoff

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

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

[The excerpts from Otello, Tosca, La Gioconda, Rigoletto, and Lakmé were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1938-39
• Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
• Concert: Piano [Norris, Arthur]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Jepson, Helen]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Aimaro, Lina]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Chaffee, George]
• Concert: [Dubrovska, Felia]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [De Paolis, Alessio]
• Concert: [Engelman, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Gabor, Arnold]
• Concert: [Jagel, Frederick]
• Concert: [Beattie, Douglas]
• Concert: [Thomas, John Charles]
• Concert: [Hollister, Carroll]
• Concert: [Chanova, Ruth]
Selection/Excerpt
• Semiramide: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
• Otello: Love Duet [Jessner, Irene/Carron, Arthur/Cimara, Pietro]
• Samson et Dalila: Dalila Aria [Olheim, Helen/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Traviata: Ah fors'è lui [Jepson, Helen/Cimara, Pietro]
• Rhapsody in Blue [Gambarelli, Maria/Norris, Arthur/Cimara, Pietro]
• Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu [Warren, Leonard/Cimara, Pietro]
• Tosca: Vissi d'arte [Jessner, Irene/Cimara, Pietro]
• Tosca: Act III Excerpts [Jessner, Irene/Tokatyan, Armand/De Paolis, Alessio/Engelman, Wilfred/Gabor, Arnold/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Dubrovska, Felia/Mouradoff, Grant/Chaffee, George/Corps de Ballet/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Gioconda: Voce di donna [Kaskas, Anna/Cimara, Pietro]
• Rigoletto: Act III [Aimaro, Lina/Browning, Lucielle/Jagel, Frederick/Warren, Leonard/Beattie, Douglas/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Bohème: O soave fanciulla [Jepson, Helen/Tokatyan, Armand/Cimara, Pietro]
• Torelli: Tu lo sai [Thomas, John Charles/Hollister, Carroll]
• Comus (Arne): Air [Thomas, John Charles/Hollister, Carroll]
• Duparc: Phidylé [Thomas, John Charles]
• Marx: Der Ton [Thomas, John Charles/Hollister, Carroll]
• Lakmé: Bell Song [Aimaro, Lina/Cimara, Pietro]
• Lakmé: Hindu Dances [Dubrovska, Felia/Chanova, Ruth/Gambarelli, Maria, Mouradoff/Cimara, Pietro]
Met Careers
• Aimaro, Lina [Soprano]
• Beattie, Douglas [Bass]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Chaffee, George [Dancer]
• Chanova, Ruth [Dancer]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dubrovska, Felia [Dancer]
• Engelman, Wilfred [Baritone]
• Gabor, Arnold [Baritone]
• Gambarelli, Maria [Dancer]
• Hollister, Carroll [Piano]
• Jagel, Frederick [Tenor]
• Jepson, Helen [Soprano]
• Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Norris, Arthur [Piano]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Thomas, John Charles [Baritone]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]