[Met Concert/Gala] CID:128160
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/25/1940.
Metropolitan Opera House
February 25, 1940
GALA PROGRAM
La Forza del Destino: Overture
Mignon: Act III Excerpts
Mignon.................Helen Olheim
Wilhelm................John Carter
Lothario...............Nicola Moscona
Antonio................Arnold Gabor
Aida: Celeste Aida
Arthur Carron
Sibelius: Orchid Corsage {1}
Maria Gambarelli, Dancer
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Leonard Warren
Madama Butterfly: Love Duet
Licia Albanese
Charles Kullman
La Damnation de Faust: Hungarian March
Erlkönig (Schubert); Botschaft (Brahms); Verborgenheit (Wolf); Ständchen (Strauss)
Lotte Lehmann
Paul Ulanowsky, piano
Otello: Love Duet
Irene Jessner
Arthur Carron
Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Licia Albanese
Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Charles Kullman
Carmen: Acts II, IV Excerpts
Carmen..................Winifred Heidt
Frasquita...............Thelma Votipka
Mercedes................Helen Olheim
Carmen: Dance
Doris Neal
Beatrice Weinberger
Ruth Harris
Monna Montes
Ruthanna Boris
George Chaffee
Grant Mouradoff
Conductor...............Fausto Cleva
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff
[The selections from Mignon, Madama Butterfly and the Acts II and IV excerpts from Carmen were performed in costume.]
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1939-40
- Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
- Concert: [Gambarelli, Maria]
- Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
- Concert: [Kullman, Charles]
- Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
- Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
- Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
- Concert: [Montes, Monna]
- Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
- Concert: [Chaffee, George]
- Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
- Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
- Concert: [Carter, John]
- Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
- Concert: [Heidt, Winifred]
- Concert: [Weinberger, Beatrice]
Selection/Excerpt
- La Forza del Destino: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
- Mignon: Act III Excerpts [Olheim, Helen/Carter, John/Moscona, Nicola/Gabor, Arnold/Cleva, Fausto]
- Aida: Celeste Aida [Carron, Arthur/Cleva, Fausto]
- Sibelius: Orchid Corsage [Gambarelli, Maria/Cleva, Fausto]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum [Warren, Leonard/Cleva, Fausto]
- Madama Butterfly: Love Duet [Albanese, Licia/Kullman, Charles/Cleva, Fausto]
- La Damnation de Faust: Hungarian March [Cleva, Fausto]
- Schubert: Erlkönig [Lehmann, Lotte/Ulanowsky, Paul]
- Brahms: Botschaft [Lehmann, Lotte/Ulanowsky, Paul]
- Wolf: Verborgenheit [Lehmann, Lotte/Ulanowsky, Paul]
- Strauss: Ständchen [Lehmann, Lotte/Ulanowsky, Paul]
- Otello: Love Duet [Jessner, Irene/Carron, Arthur/Cleva, Fausto]
- Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Albanese, Licia/Cleva, Fausto]
- Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [Kullman, Charles/Cleva, Fausto]
- Carmen: Acts II, IV Excerpts [Heidt, Winifred/Votipka, Thelma/Olheim, Helen/Cleva, Fausto]
- Carmen: Dance [Neal, Doris/Weinberger, Beatrice/Harris, Ruth/Montes, Monna/Boris, Ruthanna/Chaffee, George/Mouradoff, Grant/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
- Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
- Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
- Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
- Carter, John [Tenor]
- Chaffee, George [Dancer]
- Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Gabor, Arnold [Baritone]
- Gambarelli, Maria [Dancer]
- Harris, Ruth [Dancer]
- Heidt, Winifred [Mezzo Soprano]
- Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
- Kullman, Charles [Tenor]
- Lehmann, Lotte [Soprano]
- Montes, Monna [Dancer]
- Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
- Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
- Neal, Doris [Dancer]
- Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
- Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
- Ulanowsky, Paul [Piano]
- Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]
- Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
- Weinberger, Beatrice [Dancer]
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