[Met Concert/Gala] CID:128340
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/10/1940.

(Debuts: Julia Del Bar, Fyodor Nazinoff, Paul Sweeney)


Metropolitan Opera House
March 10, 1940


GALA PROGRAM

Le Coq d'Or: Overture

Spirits' Revelry: Choreographic Fantasy
George Frideric Handel
a) Introduction - Beatrice Weinberger, George Chaffee, Corps de Ballet
b) Musette - Monna Montes, Corps de Ballet
c) Larghetto - Ruthanna Boris, Grant Mouradoff
d) Gavotte - Ruthanna Boris, Lillian Moore, Mary Sigler, Diana Montague, Rosa Rolland, Rita Holzer, Julia Del Bar [Debut], George Chaffee, Vonn Irkust, Paul Sweeney [Debut], Fyodor Nazinoff [Debut]
e) Tamborino: Grant Mouradoff
f) Dramatico: Corps de Ballet
g) Bouree - Corps de Ballet
Gerard Joel, Piano [First appearance]
Boris Romanoff, Choreographer

Don Giovanni: Là ci darem la mano
Marita Farell
Ezio Pinza

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn!
Friedrich Schorr

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Quintet
Irene Jessner
Karin Branzell
René Maison
Friedrich Schorr
Karl Laufkötter

Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai
Ezio Pinza

Die Walküre: Act I Conclusion
Irene Jessner
René Maison

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 Duet (In Costume)
Helen Jepson
Robert Weede

Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Karin Branzell

L'Africaine: O paradiso
Armand Tokatyan

The Bartered Bride: Act II Excerpts (In Costume)
Hilda Burke
George Rasely
Ruthanna Boris, Dance
George Chaffee, Dance

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Irene Jessner


Samson et Dalila: Choreographic Fantasy {4}
Adolescence.............Beatrice Weinberger
Pilgrim.................Grant Mouradoff
Priestess...............Ruthanna Boris
Priestess...............Monna Montes
Priestess...............Lillian Moore
Priestess...............Mary Sigler
Bacchant................George Chaffee

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

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


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