[Met Concert/Gala] CID:128450
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/17/1940.
Metropolitan Opera House
March 17, 1940
GALA PROGRAM
Martha: 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, George Chaffee, Vonn Irkust, Paul Sweeney, Fyodor Nazinoff
e) Tamborino - Grant Mouradoff
f) Dramatico - Corps de Ballet
g) Bouree - Corps de Ballet
Gerard Joel, Piano [Last appearance]
Boris Romanoff, Choreographer
L'Amico Fritz: Non mi resta che il pianto
Licia Albanese
Lohengrin: Act II Duet
Irene Jessner
Karin Branzell
Tannhäuser: Blick' ich umher
Herbert Janssen
Saint-Saëns: The Dying Swan {13}
Maria Gambarelli [Last appearance]
Michel Fokine, Choreographer
Lakmé: Act I Quintet
Annamary Dickey
Maxine Stellman
Helen Olheim
Armand Tokatyan
George Cehanovsky
Le Nozze di Figaro: Crudel perchè finora; Se a caso Madama
Elisabeth Rethberg
Ezio Pinza
La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 Duet (In Costume)
Jarmila Novotna
Leonard Warren
La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Elisabeth Rethberg
Carmen: Act I Duet
Licia Albanese
John Carter
Mignon: Act II Excerpts (In Costume)
Mignon..................Helen Olheim
Philine.................Jean Dickenson
Wilhelm.................Armand Tokatyan
Laërte..................Alessio De Paolis
La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Karin Branzell
Der Fliegende Holländer: Die Frist ist um
Herbert Janssen
Tosca: Act III Excerpts (In Costume)
Tosca...................Marjorie Lawrence
Cavarodossi.............Armand Tokatyan
Spoletta................Lodovico Oliviero
Sciarrone...............Wilfred Engelman
Jailer..................Arnold Gabor
Conductor...............Pietro Cimara
Director................Désiré Defrère
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1939-40
- Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
- Concert: [Weinberger, Beatrice]
- Concert: [Chaffee, George]
- Concert: [Montes, Monna]
- Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
- Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
- Concert: [Grant, Clifford]
- Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
- Concert: [Sigler, Mary]
- Concert: [Montague, Sari]
- Concert: [Rolland, Rosa]
- Concert: [Holzer, Rita]
- Concert: [Del Bar, Julia]
- Concert: [Irkust, Vonn]
- Concert: [Sweeney, Paul]
- Concert: [Nazinoff, Fyodor]
- Concert: Piano [Joel, Gerard]
- Concert: [Fokine, Michel]
- Concert: [Rethberg, Elisabeth]
- Concert: [Branzell, Karin]
- Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
- Concert: [Oliviero, Lodovico]
- Concert: [Dickey, Annamary]
- Concert: [Pinza, Ezio]
- Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
- Concert: [Carter, John]
- Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
- Concert: [De Paolis, Alessio]
- Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
- Concert: [Dickenson, Jean]
- Concert: [Engelman, Wilfred]
- Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
- Concert: [Gabor, Arnold]
- Concert: [Albanese, Licia]
- Concert: [Janssen, Herbert]
- Concert: [Stellman, Maxine]
- Concert: [Novotna, Jarmila]
- Concert: [Lawrence, Marjorie]
Selection/Excerpt
- Martha: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
- Handel: Spirits' Revelry [Met Opera Ballet/Cimara, Pietro]
- L'Amico Fritz: Non mi resta che il pianto [Albanese, Licia/Cimara, Pietro]
- Lohengrin: Act II Duet [Jessner, Irene/Branzell, Karin/Cimara, Pietro]
- Tannhäuser: Blick' ich umher [Janssen, Herbert/Cimara, Pietro]
- Saint-Saëns: The Dying Swan [Gambarelli, Maria/Cimara, Pietro]
- Lakmé: Act I Quintet [Dickey, Annamary/Stellman, Maxine/Olheim, Helen/Tokatyan, Armand/Cehanovsky, George/Cimara, Pietro]
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Crudel perchè finora [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Pinza, Ezio/Cimara, Pietro]
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Se a caso Madama [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Pinza, Ezio/Cimara, Pietro]
- La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 Duet [Novotna, Jarmila/Warren, Leonard/Cimara, Pietro]
- La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Cimara, Pietro]
- Carmen: Parle-moi de ma mère! [Albanese, Licia/Carter, John/Cimara, Pietro]
- Mignon: Act II Excerpts [Olheim, Helen/Dickenson, Jean/Tokatyan, Armand/De Paolis, Alessio/Cimara, Pietro]
- La Gioconda: Voce di donna [Branzell, Karin/Cimara, Pietro]
- Der Fliegende Holländer: Die Frist ist um [Janssen, Herbert/Cimara, Pietro]
- Tosca: Act III Excerpts [Lawrence, Marjorie/Tokatyan, Armand/Oliviero, Lodovico/Engelman, Wilfred/Gabor, Arnold/Cimara, Pietro]
Met Careers
- Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
- Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
- Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
- Carter, John [Tenor]
- Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
- Chaffee, George [Dancer]
- Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
- De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Del Bar, Julia [Dancer]
- Dickenson, Jean [Soprano]
- Dickey, Annamary [Soprano]
- Engelman, Wilfred [Baritone]
- Fokine, Michel [Choreographer]
- Gabor, Arnold [Baritone]
- Gambarelli, Maria [Dancer]
- Holzer, Rita [Dancer]
- Irkust, Vonn [Dancer]
- Janssen, Herbert [Baritone]
- Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
- Joel, Gerard [Piano]
- Lawrence, Marjorie [Soprano]
- Montague, Sari [Dancer]
- Montes, Monna [Dancer]
- Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
- Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
- Nazinoff, Fyodor [Dancer]
- Novotna, Jarmila [Soprano]
- Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
- Oliviero, Lodovico [Tenor]
- Pinza, Ezio [Bass]
- Rethberg, Elisabeth [Soprano]
- Rolland, Rosa [Dancer]
- Sigler, Mary [Dancer]
- Stellman, Maxine [Soprano]
- Sweeney, Paul [Dancer]
- Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
- Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
- Weinberger, Beatrice [Dancer]
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