[Met Concert/Gala] CID:131020
Gala Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/23/1941.
Metropolitan Opera House
February 23, 1941
GALA SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act III Excerpts
Figaro..................John Brownlee
Rosina..................Josephine Tuminia
Count Almaviva..........Alessio de Paolis
Dr. Bartolo.............Louis d'Angelo
Don Basilio.............Norman Cordon
La Traviata: Ah, fors'è lui
Eleanor Steber
Hérodiade: Ne pouvant réprimer
Raoul Jobin
Carmen: Habañera; Seguidilla
Bruna Castagna
Rigoletto: Quartet
Rigoletto...............John Brownlee
Gilda...................Josephine Tuminia
Duke of Mantua..........Raoul Jobin
Maddalena...............Bruna Castagna
Il Trovatore: Act IV, Scene 2
Manrico.................Arthur Carron
Leonora.................Norina Greco
Count di Luna...........Frank Valentino
Azucena.................Doris Doe
Carmen: Parle-moi de ma mère!
Raoul Jobin
Eleanor Steber
Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod
Dorothee Manski [Last appearance]
Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream
Hilda Burke
Le Nozze di Figaro: Aprite un po' quegli occhi
Norman Cordon
Mefistofele: L'altra notte
Norina Greco
Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale
Ruthanna Boris
Lillian Moore
Mary Sigler
Ilona Murai
Grant Mouradoff
Josef Levinoff
Conductor...............Pietro Cimara
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff
[The selections from Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Il Trovatore were performed in costume.]
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1940-41
- Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
- Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
- Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
- Concert: [Greco, Norina]
- Concert: [Manski, Dorothee]
- Concert: [Steber, Eleanor]
- Concert: [Tuminia, Josephine]
- Concert: [Castagna, Bruna]
- Concert: [Doe, Doris]
- Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
- Concert: [De Paolis, Alessio]
- Concert: [Jobin, Raoul]
- Concert: [Brownlee, John]
- Concert: [D'Angelo, Louis]
- Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
- Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
- Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
- Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
- Concert: [Murai, Ilona]
- Concert: [Sigler, May]
- Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
- Concert: [Levinoff, Joseph]
Selection/Excerpt
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act III Excerpts [Brownlee, John/Tuminia, Josephine/De Paolis, Alessio/D'Angelo, Louis/Cordon, Norman/Cimara, Pietro]
- La Traviata: Ah fors'è lui [Steber, Eleanor/Cimara, Pietro]
- Hérodiade: Ne pouvant réprimer [Jobin, Raoul/Cimara, Pietro]
- Carmen: Habañera [Castagna, Bruna/Cimara, Pietro]
- Carmen: Seguidilla [Castagna, Bruna/Cimara, Pietro]
- Rigoletto: Quartet [Brownlee, John/Tuminia, Josephine/Jobin, Raoul/Castagna, Bruna/Cimara, Pietro]
- Il Trovatore: Act IV, Scene 2 [Greco, Norina/Doe, Doris/Carron, Arthur/Valentino, Frank/Cimara, Pietro]
- Carmen: Parle-moi de ma mère! [Steber, Eleanor/Jobin, Raoul/Cimara, Pietro]
- Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod [Manski, Dorothee/Cimara, Pietro]
- Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream [Burke, Hilda/Cimara, Pietro]
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Aprite un po' quegli occhi [Cordon, Norman/Cimara, Pietro]
- Mefistofele: L'altra notte in fondo al mare [Greco, Norina/Cimara, Pietro]
- Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale [Boris/Moore/Sigler/Murai/Mouradoff/Levinoff/Corps de Ballet/Cimara]
Met Careers
- Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
- Brownlee, John [Baritone]
- Burke, Hilda [Soprano]
- Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
- Castagna, Bruna [Mezzo Soprano]
- Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
- Cordon, Norman [Bass]
- D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
- De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Doe, Doris [Mezzo Soprano]
- Greco, Norina [Soprano]
- Jobin, Raoul [Tenor]
- Levinoff, Josef [Dancer]
- Manski, Dorothee [Soprano]
- Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
- Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
- Murai, Ilona [Dancer]
- Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
- Sigler, Mary [Dancer]
- Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
- Tuminia, Josephine [Soprano]
- Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
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