[Met Concert/Gala] CID:127880
Grand Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/4/1940.


Metropolitan Opera House
February 4, 1940


GRAND SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Nabucco: Overture

Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts (In Costume)
Gilda...................Natalie Bodanya
Maddalena...............Anna Kaskas
Duke of Mantua..........Armand Tokatyan
Rigoletto...............Leonard Warren
Sparafucile.............John Gurney

Boris Godunov: In the town of Kazan
Virgilio Lazzari

Otello: Ave Maria
Irene Jessner

Lohengrin: Act III Prelude and Bridal Chamber scene (In Costume)
Hilda Burke
René Maison

La Bohème: Act I Excerpts (In Costume)
Mimí....................Hilda Burke
Rodolfo.................Armand Tokatyan
Marcello................George Cehanovsky
Schaunard...............Wilfred Engelman
Colline.................Virgilio Lazzari
Benoit..................Lodovico Oliviero

La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Anna Kaskas

Thaïs: Meditation
Maria Gambarelli

Faust: Jewel Song
Charlotte Symons [Last appearance]

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
Leonard Warren

Mignon: Je suis Titania
Jean Dickenson


Samson et Dalila: Choreographic Fantasy {3}
Adolescence.............Beatrice Weinberger
Pilgrim.................Grant Mouradoff
Priestesses with Fire: Ruthanna Boris (Soloist), Monna Montes, Lillian Moore, Mary Sigler
Bacchant................George Chaffee

Conductor...............Pietro Cimara
Director................Désiré Defrère


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1939-40
• Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
• Concert: [Weinberger, Beatrice]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Sigler, Mary]
• Concert: [Chaffee, George]
• Concert: [Lazzari, Virgilio]
• Concert: [Symons, Charlotte]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Gambarelli, Maria]
• Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Oliviero, Lodovico]
• Concert: [Gurney, John]
• Concert: [Bodanya, Natalie]
• Concert: [Maison, René]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Engelman, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Dickenson, Jean]
Selection/Excerpt
• Nabucco: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
• Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts [Bodanya, Natalie/Kaskas, Anna/Tokatyan, Armand/Warren, Leonard/Gurney, John/Cimara, Pietro]
• Boris Godunov: In the town of Kazan [Lazzari, Virgilio/Cimara, Pietro]
• Otello: Ave Maria [Jessner, Irene/Cimara, Pietro]
• Lohengrin: Act III Prelude and Bridal Chamber Scene [Burke, Hilda/Maison, René/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Bohème: Act I Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Tokatyan, Armand/Cehanovsky, George/Engelman, Wilfred/Lazzari/Oliviero/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Gioconda: Voce di donna [Kaskas, Anna/Cimara, Pietro]
• Thaïs: Meditation [Gambarelli, Maria/Cimara, Pietro]
• Faust: Jewel Song [Symons, Charlotte/Cimara, Pietro]
• Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu [Warren, Leonard/Cimara, Pietro]
• Mignon: Je suis Titania [Dickinson, Jean/Cimara, Pietro]
• Samson et Dalila: Choreographic Fantasy [Weinberger, Beatrice/Mouradoff, Grant/Boris, Ruthanna/Montes, Monna/Moore/Sigler/Chaffee/Cimara]
Met Careers
• Bodanya, Natalie [Soprano]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Chaffee, George [Dancer]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dickenson, Jean [Soprano]
• Engelman, Wilfred [Baritone]
• Gambarelli, Maria [Dancer]
• Gurney, John [Bass]
• Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Lazzari, Virgilio [Bass]
• Maison, René [Tenor]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Oliviero, Lodovico [Tenor]
• Sigler, Mary [Dancer]
• Symons, Charlotte [Soprano]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
• Weinberger, Beatrice [Dancer]