[Met Concert/Gala] CID:131110
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/2/1941.


Metropolitan Opera House
March 2, 1941


GALA PROGRAM

Sibelius: Finlandia

Faust: Act III, Scene 2
Faust...................Armand Tokatyan
Marguerite..............Eleanor Steber
Méphistophélès..........Nicola Moscona
Valentin................Leonard Warren
Siebel..................Helen Olheim

Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice?
Kerstin Thorborg

La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Elisabeth Rethberg

Carmen: Act IV
Carmen..................Bruna Castagna
Don José................Raoul Jobin
Escamillo...............Robert Weede
Frasquita...............Thelma Votipka
Mercedes................Helen Olheim

Gitane: Monna Montes and the Corps de Ballet
Farucca: Monna Montes, Grant Mouradoff
Farandole: Ruthanna Boris, Monna Montes, Grant Mouradoff and
     the Corps de Ballet

Mignon: Overture

Bolero {2}
Monna Montes

Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Kerstin Thorborg

Alceste: Divinités du Styx
Elisabeth Rethberg

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
Robert Weede

Aida: Act II, Sc. 2
Aida....................Stella Roman
Radames.................Arthur Carron
Amneris.................Anna Kaskas
Amonasro................Leonard Warren
Rampfs..................Nicola Moscona
King....................John Gurney
Dancer..................Ruthanna Bosis
Dancer..................Grant Mouradoff
Corps de Ballet

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

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

[The selections from Faust, Carmen and Aida were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1940-41
• Bolero: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Bolero: Director [Defrère, Désiré]
• Bolero: Choreographer [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Rethberg, Elisabeth]
• Concert: [Roman, Stella]
• Concert: [Steber, Eleanor]
• Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
• Concert: [Castagna, Bruna]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Thorborg, Kerstin]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Jobin, Raoul]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Gurney, John]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
Selection/Excerpt
• Sibelius: Finlandia [Cleva, Fausto]
• Faust: Act III, Scene 2 [Tokatyan, Armand/Steber, Eleanor/Moscona, Nicola/Warren, Leonard/Olheim, Helen/Cleva, Fausto]
• Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice? [Thorborg, Kerstin/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Cleva, Fausto]
• Carmen: Act IV [Castagna, Bruna/Votipka, Thelma/Olheim, Helen/Jobin, Raoul/Weede, Robert/Montes/Mouradoff/Boris/Cleva]
• Mignon: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
• Moszkowski: Bolero [Montes, Monna/Cleva, Fausto]
• Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix [Thorborg, Kerstin/Cleva, Fausto]
• Alceste: Divinités du Styx [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Cleva, Fausto]
• Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu [Weede, Robert/Cleva, Fausto]
• Aida: Act II, Scene 2 [Roman, Stella/Carron, Arthur/Kaskas, Anna/Warren, Leonard/Moscona/Gurney/Boris/Mouradoff/Cleva]
Met Careers
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Castagna, Bruna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Gurney, John [Bass]
• Jobin, Raoul [Tenor]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Rethberg, Elisabeth [Soprano]
• Roman, Stella [Soprano]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
• Thorborg, Kerstin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
• Weede, Robert [Baritone]