[Met Concert/Gala] CID:127080
Grand Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/3/1939.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 3, 1939


GRAND SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Russlan and Ludmila: Overture

Faust: Soldier's Chorus; Valentin's Death (In Costume)
Marguerite..............Maxine Stellman
Siebel..................Lucielle Browning
Faust...................Nicholas Massue
Valentin................Leonard Warren
Mephistopheles..........John Gurney


Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!
Bruna Castagna


Tannhäuser: Overture; Act I, Scene 1 (In Costume)
Venus...................Dorothee Manski
Tannhäuser..............Arthur Carron
Dance: Ruthanna Boris, Monna Montes, Lillian Moore, Beatrice Weinberger, Doris Neal, Ruth Harris, Grant Mouradoff, George Chaffee

Boris Godunov: Polonaise

Rigoletto: Cortigiani
Lawrence Tibbett

La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Bruna Castagna

La Traviata: Di Provenza; Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Lawrence Tibbett

Aida: Act II, Scene 2 (In Costume)
Aida....................Irene Jessner
Amneris.................Anna Kaskas
Radames.................Arthur Carron
Amonasro................Leonard Warren
Ramfis..................John Gurney
King....................Louis D'Angelo
Dance: Ruthanna Boris, Grant Mouradoff

Conductor...............Frank St. Leger
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

There were fourteen concerts this season.


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1939-40
• Concert: Conductor [St. Leger, Frank]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Tibbett, Lawrence]
• Concert: [Castagna, Bruna]
• Concert: [Gurney, John]
• Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
• Concert: [Neal, Doris]
• Concert: [Winberger, Beatrice]
• Concert: [Harris, Ruth]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Chaffee, George]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Stellman, Maxine]
• Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Massue, Nicholas]
• Concert: [Manski, Dorothee]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [D'Angelo, Louis]
• 1939-40: Concert: 14 performances: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
• Russlan and Ludmila: Overture [St. Leger, Frank]
• Faust: Soldiers' Chorus; Valentin's Death [Stellman, Maxine/Browning, Lucielle/Massue, Nicholas/Warren, Leonard/Gurney, John/St. Leger, Frank]
• Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! [Castagna, Bruna/St. Leger, Frank]
• Tannhäuser: Overture; Act I, Scene 1 [Manski, Dorothee/Carron, Arthur/Boris/Montes/Moore/Weinberger/Neal/Harris/Mouradoff/Chaffee/St. Leger]
• Boris Godunov: Polonaise [St. Leger, Frank]
• Rigoletto: Cortigiani [Tibbett, Lawrence/St. Leger, Frank]
• La Gioconda: Voce di donna [Castagna, Bruna/St. Leger, Frank]
• La Traviata: Di Provenza [Tibbett, Lawrence/St. Leger, Frank]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum [Tibbett, Lawrence/St. Leger, Frank]
• Aida: Act II, Scene 2 [Jessner, Irene/Kaskas, Anna/Carron, Arthur/Warrren, Leonard/Gurney, John/D'Angelo, Louis/Boris/Mouradoff/St. Leger]
Met Careers
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Castagna, Bruna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Chaffee, George [Dancer]
• D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Gurney, John [Bass]
• Harris, Ruth [Dancer]
• Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Manski, Dorothee [Soprano]
• Massue, Nicholas [Tenor]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Neal, Doris [Dancer]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• St. Leger, Frank [Conductor]
• Stellman, Maxine [Soprano]
• Tibbett, Lawrence [Baritone]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
• Weinberger, Beatrice [Dancer]