[Met Concert/Gala] CID:130330
Grand Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/29/1940.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 29, 1940


GRAND SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Hänsel und Gretel: Overture, Excerpts
Hänsel..................Helen Olheim
Gretel..................Natalie Bodanya
Gertrude................Doris Doe
Peter...................Arnold Gabor

La Juive: Si la rigueur
Emanuel List

Die Walküre: Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music
Mack Harrell

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Irene Jessner

Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale
Ruthanna Boris, Grant Mouradoff, Josef Levinoff, Alexis Kosloff
Priestesses with Fire: Lillian Moore, Mary Sigler, Ilona Murai

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III and Bridal Chamber Scene
Lohengrin...............Arthur Carron
Elsa....................Hilda Burke

Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Drinking Song
Emanuel List

Aida: Act II, Scene 1 Duet
Aida....................Irene Jessner
Amneris................Kerstin Thorborg

Falstaff: È sogno? O realtà?
Mack Harrell

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

Conductor...............Karl Riedel [Last appearance]

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

[The selections from Hänsel und Gretel, Lohengrin


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1940-41
• Concert: Conductor [Riedel, Karl]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Bodanya, Natalie]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Gabor, Arnold]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Harrell, Mack]
• Concert: [List, Emanuel]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Levinoff, Joseph]
• Concert: [Kosloff, Alexis]
Selection/Excerpt
• Hänsel und Gretel: Overture [Riedel, Karl]
• Hänsel und Gretel: Excerpts [Olheim, Helen/Bodanya, Natalie/Doe, Doris/Gabor, Arnold/Riedel, Karl]
• La Juive: Si la rigueur [List, Emanuel/Riedel, Karl]
• Die Walküre: Wotan's Farewell [Harrell, Mack/Riedel, Karl]
• Aida: Ritorna vincitor [Jessner, Irene/Riedel, Karl]
• Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale [Boris/Mouradoff/Levinoff/Kosloff/Moore/Sigler/Murai/Riedel]
• Lohengrin: Act III Prelude and Bridal Chamber Scene [Carron, Arthur/Burke, Hilda/Riedel, Karl]
• Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Drinking Song [List, Emanuel/Riedel, Karl]
• Aida: Act II, Scene 1 Duet [Jessner, Irene/Thorborg, Kerstin/Riedel, Karl]
• Falstaff: È sogno? O realtà? [Harrell, Mack/Riedel, Karl]
• Carmen: Act IV Dances [Montes, Monna/Mouradoff, Grant/Boris, Ruthanna/Corps de Ballet/Riedel, Karl]
Met Careers
• Bodanya, Natalie [Soprano]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Doe, Doris [Mezzo Soprano]
• Gabor, Arnold [Baritone]
• Harrell, Mack [Baritone]
• Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
• Kosloff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Levinoff, Josef [Dancer]
• List, Emanuel [Bass]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Murai, Ilona [Dancer]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Riedel, Karl [Conductor]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Sigler, Mary [Dancer]
• Thorborg, Kerstin [Mezzo Soprano]