[Met Concert/Gala] CID:128060
Grand Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/18/1940.


Metropolitan Opera House
February 18, 1940


GRAND SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act I Prelude

Tannhäuser: Act III Excerpts (In Costume)
Elisabeth...............Irene Jessner
Venus...................Dorothee Manski
Tannhäuser..............Arthur Carron
Wolfram.................Mack Harrell
Felix Wolfes, Conductor [Only appearance]


Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!
Anna Kaskas
Pietro Cimara, Conductor


Sleeping Beauty: Waltz {1}
Dance...................Maria Gambarelli
Choreographer...........Marius Petipa


Pagliacci: Excerpts (In Costume)
Nedda...................Hilda Burke
Canio...................Armand Tokatyan
Tonio...................Robert Weede
Silvio..................George Cehanovsky
Beppe...................Giordano Paltrinieri


Mignon: Overture

Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2 (In Costume)
Leonora.................Zinka Milanov
Ines....................Thelma Votipka
Manrico.................Arthur Carron
Count di Luna...........Robert Weede

Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Marita Farell

Conductor...............Pietro Cimara


Die Walküre: Act I Duet
Irene Jessner
Paul Althouse [Last appearance]
Felix Wolfes, Conductor


Thaïs: Act II, Scene 2 Ballet
Beatrice Weinberger
Monna Montes
Lillian Moore
Ruthanna Boris
Grant Mouradoff
George Chaffee

Conductor...............Pietro Cimara
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1939-40
• Concert: Conductor [Wolfes, Felix]
• Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
• The Sleeping Beauty: Waltz: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
• Concert: [Petipa, Marius]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Farell, Marita]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Manski, Dorothee]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
• Concert: [Harrell, Mack]
• Concert: [Weede, Robert]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
• Concert: [Weinberger, Beatrice]
• Concert: [Milanov, Zinka]
• Concert: [Paltrinieri, Giordano]
• Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
• Concert: [Althouse, Paul]
• Concert: [Chaffee, George]
Selection/Excerpt
• Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I [Wolfes, Felix]
• Tannhäuser: Act III Excerpts [Jessner, Irene/Manski, Dorothee/Carron, Arthur/Harrell, Mack/Wolfes, Felix]
• Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! [Kaskas, Anna/Cimara, Pietro]
• Sleeping Beauty: Waltz [Gambarelli, Maria/Cimara, Pietro]
• Pagliacci: Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Tokatyan, Armand/Weede, Robert/Cehanovsky, George/Paltrinieri, Giorgio/Cimara, Pietro]
• Mignon: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
• Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2 [Milanov, Zinka/Votipka, Thelma/Carron, Arthur/Weede, Robert/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Farell, Marita/Cimara, Pietro]
• Die Walküre: Act I Conclusion [Jessner, Irene/Althouse, Paul/Wolfes, Felix]
• Thaïs: Act II Ballet [Weinberger, Beatrice/Montes, Monna/Moore, Lillian/Boris, Ruthanna/Mouradoff, Grant/Chaffee, George/Cimara, Pietro]
Met Careers
• Althouse, Paul [Tenor]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Chaffee, George [Dancer]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Farell, Marita [Soprano]
• Gambarelli, Maria [Dancer]
• Harrell, Mack [Baritone]
• Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Manski, Dorothee [Soprano]
• Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Paltrinieri, Giordano [Tenor]
• Petipa, Marius [Choreographer]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]
• Weede, Robert [Baritone]
• Weinberger, Beatrice [Dancer]
• Wolfes, Felix [Conductor]