[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]
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