[Met Concert/Gala] CID:127610
Gala Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/14/1940.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 14, 1940


GALA SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Martha: Overture; Act II
Lady Harriet............Josephine Antoine
Nancy...................Irra Petina
Lionel..................Armand Tokatyan
Plunkett................George Cehanovsky

Pagliacci: Prologue
Leonard Warren

Carmen: Seguidilla; Habañera
Bruna Castagna

Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade)
Ezio Pinza

Carmen: Act I Duet
Susanne Fisher
Armand Tokatyan


Samson et Dalila: Choreographic Fantasy {2}
Adolescence.............Beatrice Weinberger
Pilgrim.................Grant Mouradoff
Priestesses with Fire: Ruthanna Boris (Soloist), Monna Montes, Lillian Moore, Mary Sigler
Bacchant................George Chaffee


Rigoletto: Act III
Gilda...................Josephine Antoine
Maddalena...............Irra Petina
Duke of Mantua..........Armand Tokatyan
Rigoletto...............Leonard Warren
Sparafucile.............Douglas Beattie

Samson et Dalila: Act II Duet
Bruna Castagna
Arthur Carron

Faust: Jewel Song
Susanne Fisher

Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Armand Tokatyan

Don Giovanni: Là ci darem la mano
Susanne Fisher
Ezio Pinza

La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Monna Montes
Grant Mouradoff
George Chaffee

Conductor...............Fausto Cleva

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

[The excerpts from Martha and Rigoletto were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1939-40
• Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Concert: [Weinberger, Beatrice]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Sigler, Mary]
• Concert: [Chaffee, George]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Pinza, Ezio]
• Concert: [Fisher, Susanne]
• Concert: [Castagna, Bruna]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Antoine, Josephine]
• Concert: [Petina, Irra]
• Concert: [Beattie, Douglas]
Selection/Excerpt
• Martha: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
• Martha: Act II [Antoine, Josephine/Petina, Irra/Tokatyan, Armand/Cehanovsky, George/Cleva, Fausto]
• Pagliacci: Prologue [Warren, Leonard/Cleva, Fausto]
• Carmen: Seguidilla [Castagna, Bruna/Cleva, Fausto]
• Carmen: Habañera [Castagna, Bruna/Cleva, Fausto]
• Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade) [Pinza, Ezio/Cleva, Fausto]
• Carmen: Parle-moi de ma mère! [Fisher, Susanne/Tokatyan, Armand/Cleva, Fausto]
• Samson et Dalila: Choreographic Fantasy [Weinberger, Beatrice/Mouradoff, Grant/Boris, Ruthanna/Montes/Moore/Sigler/Chaffee/Cleva]
• Rigoletto: Act III [Antoine, Josephine/Petina, Irra/Tokatyan, Armand/Warren, Leonard/Beattie, Douglas/Cleva, Fausto]
• Samson et Dalila: Act II Duet [Castagna, Bruna/Carron, Arthur/Cleva, Fausto]
• Faust: Jewel Song [Fisher, Susanne/Cleva, Fausto]
• Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [Tokatyan, Armand/Cleva, Fausto]
• Don Giovanni: Là ci darem la mano [Fisher, Susanne/Pinza, Ezio/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Montes, Monna/Mouradoff, Grant/Chaffee, George/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
• Antoine, Josephine [Soprano]
• Beattie, Douglas [Bass]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Castagna, Bruna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Chaffee, George [Dancer]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Fisher, Susanne [Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Petina, Irra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Pinza, Ezio [Bass]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Sigler, Mary [Dancer]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
• Weinberger, Beatrice [Dancer]