[Met Concert/Gala] CID:130070
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/8/1940.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 8, 1940


GALA PROGRAM

Finlandia

Pagliacci: Act I Excerpts
Tonio..................Leonard Warren
Nedda..................Hilda Burke
Canio..................Arthur Carron
Silvio.................George Cehanovsky

Don Carlo: O don fatale
Karin Branzell

Nabucco: Vieni, o Levita!
Ezio Pinza

Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle
Zinka Milanov

Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Terana: Ruthanna Boris and Corps de Ballet
Rektah: Monna Montes and Grant Mouradoff
Dance of the Veils: Ruthana Boris, Grant Mouradoff and Corps de Ballet
Bayadere: Lillian Moore and Corps de Ballet
Finale: Corps de Ballet


Faust: Prison Scene
Marguerite..............Hilde Burke
Faust...................Raoul Jobin
Méphistophélès..........Nicola Moscona


L'Enfant Prodigue: Air de Lia
Karin Branzell

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Ezio Pinza

La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Zinka Milanov

Rigoletto: Act III
Gilda...................Hilde Reggiani
Rigoletto...............Leonard Warren
Duke of Mantua..........Armand Tokatyan
Maddalena...............Anna Kaskas
Sparafucile.............John Gurney

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

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

There were fourteen concerts this season.

[The selections from Pagliacci, Faust, and Rigoletto were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1940-41
• Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Milanov, Zinka]
• Concert: [Reggiani, Hilde]
• Concert: [Branzell, Karin]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Jobin, Raoul]
• Concert: [Oliviero, Lodovico]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Gurney, John]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [Pinza, Ezio]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• 1940-41: Concert: 14 performances: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
• Sibelius: Finlandia [Cleva, Fausto]
• Pagliacci: Act I Excerpts [Warren, Leonard/Burke, Hilda/Carron, Arthur/Cehanovsky, George/Cleva, Fausto]
• Don Carlo: O don fatale [Branzell, Karin/Cleva, Fausto]
• Nabucco: Vieni, o Levita! [Pinza, Ezio/Cleva, Fausto]
• Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle [Milanov, Zinka/Cleva, Fausto]
• Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Boris, Ruthanna/Montes, Monna/Mouradoff, Grant/Moore, Lillian/Corps de Ballet/Cleva, Fausto]
• Faust: Prison Scene [Burke, Hilda/Jobin, Raoul/Moscona, Nicola/Cleva, Fausto]
• L'Enfant Prodigue: Air de Lia [Branzell, Karin/Cleva, Fausto]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia [Pinza, Ezio/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! [Milanov, Zinka/Cleva, Fausto]
• Rigoletto: Act III [Reggiani, Hilde/Warren, Leonard/Tokatyan, Armand/Kaskas, Anna/Gurney, John/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Gurney, John [Bass]
• Jobin, Raoul [Tenor]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Oliviero, Lodovico [Tenor]
• Pinza, Ezio [Bass]
• Reggiani, Hilde [Soprano]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]