[Met Concert/Gala] CID:128250
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/3/1940.


Metropolitan Opera House
March 3, 1940


GALA PROGRAM

Il Segreto di Susanna: Overture

Rigoletto: Act II Excerpts (In Costume)
Gilda...................Josephine Antoine
Page....................Edith Herlick
Duke of Mantua..........Nicholas Massue
Rigoletto...............Robert Weede
Monterone...............Louis D'Angelo
Borsa...................Giordano Paltrinieri
Marullo.................Wilfred Engelman

Roméo et Juliette: Waltz
Bidú Sayao

Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller
Raoul Jobin

Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete
Hilda Burke

Manon: Excerpts from St. Sulpice Scene (In Costume)
Manon Lescaut............Susanne Fisher
Dex Grieux...............Raoul Jobin
Count des Grieux.........Nicola Moscona

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 2 Excerpts (In Costume)
Violetta.................Bidú Sayao
Flora....................Thelma Votipka
Alfredo..................Armand Tokatyan
Germont..................Leonard Warren
Gastone..................Giordano Paltrinieri
Baron Douphol............Wilfred Engelman
Marquis d'Obigny.........George Cehanovsky
Dr. Grenvil..............Louis D'Angelo
Dance: Lillian Moore, Monna Montes and the
Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
Robert Weede

Pagliacci: Stridono lassù
Hilda Burke

La Gioconda: Act III, Scene 2 (In Costume)
La Gioconda..............Jean Merrill [Last appearance]
La Cieca.................Anna Kaskas
Enzo.....................Armand Tokatyan
Barnaba..................Leonard Warren
Alvise...................Nicola Moscona
Dance: Ruthanna Boris, Grant Mouradoff, George Chaffee,
and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet

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

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


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1939-40
• Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Sayão, Bidú]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Weede, Robert]
• Concert: [Massue, Nicholas]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [D'Angelo, Louis]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Chaffee, George]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [Antoine, Josephine]
• Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Fisher, Susanne]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Merrill, Jean]
• Concert: [Paltrinieri, Giordano]
• Concert: [Engelman, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Herlick, Edith]
• Concert: [Jobin, Raoul]
• Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
Selection/Excerpt
• Il Segreto di Susanna: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
• Rigoletto: Act II Excerpts [Antoine, Josephine/Herlick, Edith/Massue, Nicholas/Weede, Robert/D'Angelo, Louis/Paltrinieri/Engelman/Cleva]
• Roméo et Juliette: Juliette's Waltz [Sayao, Bidú/Cleva, Fausto]
• Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller? [Jobin, Raoul/Cleva, Fausto]
• Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete [Burke, Hilda/Cleva, Fausto]
• Manon: St. Sulpice Scene Excerpts [Fisher, Susanne/Jobin, Raoul/Moscona, Nicola/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Traviata: Act II, Scene 2 [Sayao/Votipka/Tokatyan/Warren/Paltrinieri/Engelman/Cehanovsky/D'Angelo/Moore/Montes/Met Opera Ballet/Cleva]
• Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu [Weede, Robert/Cleva, Fausto]
• Pagliacci: Ballatella [Burke, Hilda/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Gioconda: Act III, Scene 2 [Merrill/Kaskas/Tokatyan/Warren/Moscona/Boris/Mouradoff/Chaffee/Met Opera Ballet/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
• Antoine, Josephine [Soprano]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Burke, Hilda [Soprano]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Chaffee, George [Dancer]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Engelman, Wilfred [Baritone]
• Fisher, Susanne [Soprano]
• Herlick, Edith [Mezzo Soprano]
• Jobin, Raoul [Tenor]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Massue, Nicholas [Tenor]
• Merrill, Jean [Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Paltrinieri, Giordano [Tenor]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Sayão, Bidú [Soprano]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
• Weede, Robert [Baritone]