[Met Concert/Gala] CID:130160
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/15/1940.
Metropolitan Opera House
December 15, 1940
GALA PROGRAM
Nabucco: Overture
Rigoletto: Act II Excerpts
Gilda...................Hilde Reggiani
Rigoletto...............Frank Valentino
Duke of Mantua..........Armand Tokatyan
Sparafucile.............Norman Cordon
Giovanna................Thelma Votipka
Le Nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete; Non so più
Jarmila Novotna
Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito
Norman Cordon
La Favorita: Quando le soglie
Bruna Castagna
Frank Valentino
Lohengrin: Elsa's dream
Elisabeth Rethberg
Carmen: Act IV Dances
Gitane: Monna Montes and the Corps de Ballet
Farucca: Monna Montes and Grant Mouradoff
Farandole: Ruthanna Boris, Monna Montes, Grant Mouradoff and the Corps de Ballet
Il Trovatore: Act IV
Leonora.................Irene Jessner
Manrico.................Arthur Carron
Azucena.................Anna Kaskas
Count de Luna...........Leonard Warren
Louise: Depuis le jour
Jarmila Novotna
Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade)
Norman Cordon
Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Elisabeth Rethberg
Un Ballo in Maschera: Re dell'abisso
Bruna Castagna
Madama Butterfly: Act III
Cio-Cio-San.............Hilda Burke
B. F. Pinkerton.........Armand Tokatyan
Suzuki..................Helen Olheim
Consul Sharpless........George Cehanovsky
Kate Pinkerton..........Maxine Stellman
Conductor...............Fausto Cleva
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff
[The selections from Rigoletto, Carmen, Il Trovatore, and Madama Butterfly 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: [Jessner, Irene]
- Concert: [Novotna, Jarmila]
- Concert: [Stellman, Maxine]
- Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
- Concert: [Castagna, Bruna]
- Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
- Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
- Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
- Concert: [Oliviero, Lodovico]
- Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
- Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
- Concert: [Engelman, Wilfred]
- Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
- Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
- Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
- Concert: [Montes, Monna]
- Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
- Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
Selection/Excerpt
- Nabucco: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
- Rigoletto: Act II Excerpts [Reggiani, Hilde/Valentino, Francesco/Tokatyan, Armand/Cordon, Norman/Votipka, Thelma/Cleva, Fausto]
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete [Novotna, Jarmila/Cleva, Fausto]
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Non so più [Novotna, Jarmila/Cleva, Fausto]
- Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito [Cordon, Norman/Cleva, Fausto]
- La Favorita: Quando le soglie [Castagna, Bruna/Valentino, Frank/Cleva, Fausto]
- Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Cleva, Fausto]
- Carmen: Act IV Dances [Montes, Monna/Mouradoff, Grant/Boris, Ruthanna/Corps de Ballet/Cleva, Fausto]
- Il Trovatore: Act IV [Jessner, Irene/Carron, Arthur/Kaskas, Anna/Warren, Leonard/Cleva, Fausto]
- Louise: Depuis le jour [Novotna, Jarmila/Cleva, Fausto]
- Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade) [Cordon, Norman/Cleva, Fausto]
- Aida: Ritorna vincitor [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Cleva, Fausto]
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Re dell'abisso, affrettati [Castagna, Bruna/Cleva, Fausto]
- Madama Butterfly: Act III [Burke, Hilda/Olheim, Helen/Tokatyan, Armand/Cehanovsky, George/Stellman, Maxine/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
- Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
- Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
- Castagna, Bruna [Mezzo Soprano]
- Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
- Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
- Cordon, Norman [Bass]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
- Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
- Montes, Monna [Dancer]
- Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
- Novotna, Jarmila [Soprano]
- Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
- Reggiani, Hilde [Soprano]
- Rethberg, Elisabeth [Soprano]
- Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
- Stellman, Maxine [Soprano]
- Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
- Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
- Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]
- Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
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