[Met Concert/Gala] CID:130250
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/22/1940.
Metropolitan Opera House
December 22, 1940
GALA PROGRAM
Tannhäuser: Overture
Tannhäuser: Bacchanale
Ruthanna Boris
Lillian Moore
Grant Mouradoff
Josef Levinoff
Three Graces
Helen Longacre [First appearance]
Elissa Minet [First appearance]
Mary Smith
Carmen: Parle-moi de ma mère
Licia Albanese
John Carter
Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
Alexander Sved
Don Giovanni: Non mi dir
Eleanor Steber
La Traviata: De' miei bollenti spiriti
Nino Martini
Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2
Leonora.................Norina Greco
Manrico.................Arthur Carron
Count de Luna...........Leonard Warren
Ines....................Maxine Stellman
La Traviata: Act III
Violetta Valery.........Helen Jepson
Alfredo Gremont.........Nino Martini
Giorgio Germont.........George Cehanovsky
Doctor Grenvil..........Wilfred Engelman
Annina..................Helen Olheim
Pagliacci: Prologue
Alexander Sved
Le Nozze di Figaro: Deh vieni non tardar
Licia Albanese
The Bartered Bride: Aria
John Carter
Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Tarana: Ruthana Boris and Corps de Ballet
Rektah: Monna Montes and Grant Mouradoff
Dance of the veils: Ruthana Boris, Grant Mouradoff and Corps de Ballet
Bayaders: Lillian Moore and Corps de Ballet
Finale: Corps de Ballet
Conductor...............Pietro Cimara
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff
[The selections from Il Trovatore and La Traviata were performed in costume.]
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1940-41
- Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
- Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
- Concert: [Albanese, Licia]
- Concert: [Greco, Norina]
- Concert: [Jepson, Helen]
- Concert: [Steber, Eleanor]
- Concert: [Stellman, Maxine]
- Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
- Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
- Concert: [Carter, John]
- Concert: [Martini, Nino]
- Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
- Concert: [Engelman, Wilfred]
- Concert: [Sved, Alexander]
- Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
- Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
- Concert: [Montes, Monna]
- Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
- Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
- Concert: [Levinoff, Josef]
- Concert: [Longacre, Helen]
- Concert: [Minet, Elissa]
- Concert: [Smith, Mary]
Selection/Excerpt
- Tannhäuser: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
- Tannhäuser: Bacchanale [Boris/Moore/Mouradoff/Levinoff/Longacre/Minet/Smith/Cimara]
- Carmen: Parle-moi de ma mère! [Albanese, Licia/Carter, John/Cimara, Pietro]
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu [Sved, Alexander/Cimara, Pietro]
- Don Giovanni: Non mi dir [Steber, Eleanor/Cimara, Pietro]
- La Traviata: De' miei bollenti spiriti [Martini, Nino/Cimara, Pietro]
- Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2 [Greco, Norina/Stellman, Maxine/Carron, Arthur/Warren, Leonard/Cimara, Pietro]
- La Traviata: Act III [Jepson, Helen/Olheim, Helen/Martini, Nino/Cehanovsky, George/Engelman, Wilfred/Cimara, Pietro]
- Pagliacci: Prologue [Sved, Alexander/Cimara, Pietro]
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Deh, vieni, non tardar [Albanese, Licia/Cimara, Pietro]
- The Bartered Bride: Aria [Carter, John]
- Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Boris, Ruthanna/Montes, Monna/Mouradoff, Grant/Moore, Lillian/Corps de Ballet/Cimara, Pietro]
Met Careers
- Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
- Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
- Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
- Carter, John [Tenor]
- Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
- Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Engelman, Wilfred [Baritone]
- Greco, Norina [Soprano]
- Jepson, Helen [Soprano]
- Levinoff, Josef [Dancer]
- Longacre, Helen [Dancer]
- Martini, Nino [Tenor]
- Minet, Elissa [Dancer]
- Montes, Monna [Dancer]
- Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
- Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
- Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
- Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
- Smith, Mary [Dancer]
- Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
- Stellman, Maxine [Soprano]
- Sved, Alexander [Baritone]
- Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
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