[Met Concert/Gala] CID:125480
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/12/1939.


Metropolitan Opera House
March 12, 1939


GALA PROGRAM

Carmen: Acts I, III, IV Preludes

Carmen: Act IV Dances
Monna Montes
Maria Gambarelli
Grant Mouradoff
Corps de Ballet

Pagliacci: Prologue
Robert Weede

Madama Butterfly: Act I Excerpts
Hilda Burke
Frederick Jagel

Rigoletto: Caro nome
Lina Aimaro

Il Trovatore: Act IV Excerpts
Leonora.................Zinka Milanov
Azucena.................Bruna Castagna
Manrico.................Frederick Jagel
Count Di Luna...........Leonard Warren

Manon: Act III Excerpts, St. Sulpice Scene
Manon...................Marisa Morel
Des Grieux..............Jan Kiepura
Count des Grieux........Norman Cordon

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Zinka Milanov

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 2 Ballet
Ruth Chanova [Last appearance]
Corps de Ballet

L'Africaine: O paradiso
John Carter

Rigoletto: Act III
Gilda...................Lina Aimaro
Maddalena...............Lucielle Browning
Duke of Mantua..........Jan Kiepura
Rigoletto...............Robert Weede
Sparafucile.............Norman Cordon

Conductor...............Fausto Cleva
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

[The excerpts from Camen, Madam Butterfly, Il Trovatore, Manon, La Traviata, and Rigoletto were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1938-39
• Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Milanov, Zinka]
• Concert: [Weede, Robert]
• Concert: [Chanova, Ruth]
• Concert: [Carter, John]
• Concert: [Aimaro, Lina]
• Concert: [Kiepura, Jan]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Morel, Marisa]
• Concert: [Castagna, Bruna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Jagel, Frederick]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Gambarelli, Maria]
Selection/Excerpt
• Carmen: Preludes to Acts I, III, and IV [Cleva, Fausto]
• Carmen: Act IV Dances [Montes, Monna/Gambarelli Maria/Mouradoff, Grant/Corps de Ballet/Cleva, Fausto]
• Pagliacci: Prologue [Weede, Robert/Cleva, Fausto]
• Madama Butterfly: Act I Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Jagel, Frederick/Cleva, Fausto]
• Rigoletto: Caro nome [Aimaro, Lina/Cimara, Pietro]
• Il Trovatore: Act IV Excerpts [Milanov, Zinka/Castagna, Bruna/Jagel, Frederick/Warren, Leonard/Cleva, Fausto]
• Manon: Act III Excerpts, St. Sulpice Scene [Morel, Marisa/Kiepura, Jan/Cordon, Norman/Cleva, Fausto]
• Aida: Ritorna vincitor [Milanov, Zinka/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Traviata: Act II, Scene 2 Ballet [Chanova, Ruth/Cleva, Fausto]
• L'Africaine: O paradiso! [Carter, John/Cleva, Fausto]
• Rigoletto: Act III [Aimaro, Lina/Browning, Lucielle/Kiepure, Jan/Weede, Robert/Cordon, Norman/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
• Aimaro, Lina [Soprano]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Burke, Hilda [Soprano]
• Carter, John [Tenor]
• Castagna, Bruna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Chanova, Ruth [Dancer]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Gambarelli, Maria [Dancer]
• Jagel, Frederick [Tenor]
• Kiepura, Jan [Tenor]
• Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Morel, Marisa [Soprano]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
• Weede, Robert [Baritone]