[Met Concert/Gala] CID:130510
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/12/1941.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 12, 1941


GALA PROGRAM

William Tell: Overture

Faust: Avant de quitter ces lieux
Arthur Kent

Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Eleanor Steber

Don Giovanni: Madamina
Norman Cordon

Aida: Act III Excerpts
Aida....................Stella Roman
Radames.................Frederick Jagel
Amneris.................Anna Kaskas
Amonasro................Leonard Warren

Samson et Dalila: Act II Duet
Samson..................René Maison
Dalila..................Karin Branzell

Un Ballo in Maschera: Re dell'abisso
Anna Kaskas

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fà
Jean Dickenson

La Traviata: Act II Duet
Violetta Valery.........Eleanor Steber
Giorgio Germont.........Leonard Warren

Carmen: Act IV Ballet
Prelude
Gitane: Monna Montes and the Corps de Ballet
Carillon: Ruthanna Boris, Grant Mouradoff and the Corps de Ballet
Minuet: Monna Montes, Ruthanna Boris, Grant Mouradoff and the Corps de Ballet
Farucca: Monna Montes and Grant Mouradoff
Farandole: Corps de Ballet

Conductor...............Pietro Cimara

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

[The selections from Aida, Samson et Dalila, La Traviata, and Carmen were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1940-41
• Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Dickenson, Jean]
• Concert: [Roman, Stella]
• Concert: [Steber, Eleanor]
• Concert: [Branzell, Karin]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Jagel, Frederick]
• Concert: [Maison, René]
• Concert: [Kent, Arthur]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
Selection/Excerpt
• William Tell: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
• Faust: Avant de quitter ces lieux [Kent, Arthur/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Steber, Eleanor/Cimara, Pietro]
• Don Giovanni: Madamina [Cordon, Norman/Cimara, Pietro]
• Aida: Act III Excerpts [Roman, Stella/Kaskas, Anna/Jagel, Frederick/Warren, Leonard/Cimara, Pietro]
• Samson et Dalila: Act II Duet [Branzell, Karin/Maison, René/Cimara, Pietro]
• Un Ballo in Maschera: Re dell'abisso, affrettati [Kaskas, Anna/Cimara, Pietro]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fà [Dickenson, Jean/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Traviata: Act II Duet [Steber, Eleanor/Warren, Leonard/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Act IV Ballet [Montes, Monna/Boris, Ruthanna/Mouradoff, Grant/Corps de Ballet/Cimara, Pietro]
Met Careers
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dickenson, Jean [Soprano]
• Jagel, Frederick [Tenor]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Kent, Arthur [Baritone]
• Maison, René [Tenor]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Roman, Stella [Soprano]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]