[Met Concert/Gala] CID:130590
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/19/1941.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 19, 1941


GALA PROGRAM

Mignon: Overture

Pagliacci: Act I Excerpts
Nedda...................Norina Greco
Canio...................Arthur Carron
Tonio...................Leonard Warren
Silvio..................George Cehanovsky
Beppe...................Lodovico Oliviero

The Last Rose of Summer (traditional)
Licia Albanese

Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai
John Brownlee

The Maid of Orleans: Adieu, forêts
Bruna Castagna

Aida: Act II, Scene 2 Triumphal Dance
Ruthanna Boris
Grant Mouradoff

Lohengrin: Act III Prelude

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

Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Licia Albanese

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Dunque io son
Rosina..................Bruna Castagna
Figaro..................John Brownlee

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

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

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

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


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1940-41
• Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Albanese, Licia]
• Concert: [Greco, Norina]
• Concert: [Sayão, Bidú]
• Concert: [Castagna, Bruna]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Carter, John]
• Concert: [De Paolis, Alessio]
• Concert: [Oliviero, Lodovico]
• Concert: [Brownlee, John]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Baccaloni, Salvatore]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Levinoff, Joseph]
• Concert: [Kosloff, Alexis]
Selection/Excerpt
• Mignon: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
• Pagliacci: Act I Excerpts [Greco, Norina/Carron, Arthur/Warren, Leonard/Cehanovsky, George/Oliviero, Ludovico/Cleva, Fausto]
• Traditional: The Last Rose of Summer [Albanese, Licia/Cleva, Fausto]
• Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai [Brownlee, John/Cleva, Fausto]
• The Maid of Orleans: Adieu, forêts [Castagna, Bruna/Cleva, Fausto]
• Aida: Act II, Scene 2 Triumphal Dance [Boris, Ruthanna/Mouradoff, Grant/Cleva, Fausto]
• Lohengrin: Act III Prelude [Cleva, Fausto]
• Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale [Boris/Moore/Sigler/Murai/Mouradoff/Levinoff/Kosloff/Cleva]
• Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Albanese, Licia/Cleva, Fausto]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Dunque io son [Castagna, Bruna/Brownlee, John/Cleva, Fausto]
• Don Pasquale: Act II Excerpts [Sayao, Bidu/Carter, John/Baccaloni, Salvatore/Valentino, Frank/De Paolis, Alessio/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
• Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
• Baccaloni, Salvatore [Bass]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Brownlee, John [Baritone]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Carter, John [Tenor]
• Castagna, Bruna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Greco, Norina [Soprano]
• Kosloff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Levinoff, Josef [Dancer]
• Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Murai, Ilona [Dancer]
• Oliviero, Lodovico [Tenor]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Sayão, Bidú [Soprano]
• Sigler, Mary [Dancer]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]