[Met Concert/Gala] CID:130420
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/5/1941.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 5, 1941


GALA PROGRAM

La Forza del Destino: Overture

Don Pasquale: Act II
Don Pasquale............Salvatore Baccaloni
Norina..................Josephine Antoine
Ernesto.................John Carter
Dr. Malatesta...........Frank Valentino
Notary..................Alessio de Paolis

La Juive: Rachel, quand du Seigneur
Frederick Jagel

Louise: Depuis le jour
Helen Jepson

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Nicola Moscona

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

Mignon: Overture

Mignon: Excerpts
Mignon..................Irra Petina
Wilhelm Meister.........John Carter
Philine.................Josephine Antoine
Lothario................Nicola Moscona
Jarno...................John Gurney

Pagliacci: Prologue
Frank Valentino

Aida: Celeste Aida
Frederick Jagel

Manon: Act III, Scene 2
Manon...................Helen Jepson
Des Grieux..............Armand Tokatyan
Count des Grieux........Nicola Moscona

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

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

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

[The selections from Don Pasquale, Lakmé, Mignon, Manon, and Samson et Dalila were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1940-41
• Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Antoine, Josephine]
• Concert: [Jepson, Helen]
• Concert: [Petina, Irra]
• Concert: [Carter, John]
• Concert: [De Paolis, Alessio]
• Concert: [Jagel, Frederick]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Baccaloni, Salvatore]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Gurney, John]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Levinoff, Joseph]
• Concert: [Kosloff, Alexis]
Selection/Excerpt
• La Forza del Destino: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
• Don Pasquale: Act II [Antoine, Josephine/Baccaloni, Salvatore/Carter, John/Valentino, Francesco/De Paolis, Alessio/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Juive: Rachel, quand du Seigneur [Jagel, Frederick/Cleva, Fausto]
• Louise: Depuis le jour [Jepson, Helen/Cleva, Fausto]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia [Moscona, Nicola]
• Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Boris, Ruthanna/Montes, Monna/Mouradoff, Grant/Moore, Lillian/Corps de Ballet/Cleva, Fausto]
• Mignon: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
• Mignon: Excerpts [Petina, Irra/Antoine, Josephine/Carter, John/Moscona, Nicola/Gurney, John/Cleva, Fausto]
• Pagliacci: Prologue [Valentino, Frank/Cleva, Fausto]
• Aida: Celeste Aida [Jagel, Frederick/Cleva, Fausto]
• Manon: St. Sulpice Scene Excerpts [Jepson, Helen/Tokatyan, Armand/Moscona, Nicola/Cleva, Fausto]
• Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale [Boris/Mouradoff/Levinoff/Kosloff/Moore/Sigler/Murai/Cleva]
Met Careers
• Antoine, Josephine [Soprano]
• Baccaloni, Salvatore [Bass]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Carter, John [Tenor]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Gurney, John [Bass]
• Jagel, Frederick [Tenor]
• Jepson, Helen [Soprano]
• Kosloff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Levinoff, Josef [Dancer]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Murai, Ilona [Dancer]
• Petina, Irra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Sigler, Mary [Dancer]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]