[Met Concert/Gala] CID:131200
Grand Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/9/1941.


Metropolitan Opera House
March 9, 1941


GRAND SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act I Prelude

La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Monna Montes
Grant Mouradoff
Douglas Coudy
Corps de Ballet

Faust: Jewel Song
Eleanor Steber

Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai
Norman Cordon

La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Karin Branzell

Pagliacci: Act I Excerpts
Canio...................Giovanni Martinelli
Nedda...................Norina Greco
Tonio...................Frank Valentino
Silvio..................George Cehanovsky
Beppe...................Lodovico Oliviero

La Bohème: Act I Excerpts
Hilda Burke
Armand Tokatyan

Lohengrin: Act II Duet
Irene Jessner
Karin Branzell

Hérodiade: Vision fugitive
Frank Valentino

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II Excerpts
Figaro..................John Brownlee
Rosina..................Jean Dickenson
Count Almaviva..........Armand Tokatyan
Dr. Bartolo.............Salvatore Baccaloni
Don Basilio.............Norman Cordon
Berta...................Helen Olheim
Sergeant................Lodovico Oliviero

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

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

[The selections from Pagliacci, La Bohème, and Il Barbiere di Siviglia 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: [Dickenson, Jean]
• Concert: [Greco, Norina]
• Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
• Concert: [Steber, Eleanor]
• Concert: [Branzell, Karin]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Martinelli, Giovanni]
• Concert: [Oliviero, Lodovico]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Brownlee, John]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [Baccaloni, Salvatore]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Coudy, Douglas]
Selection/Excerpt
• Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I [Cimara, Pietro]
• La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Montes, Monna/Mouradoff, Grant/Coudy, Douglas/Cimara, Pietro]
• Faust: Jewel Song [Steber, Eleanor/Cimara, Pietro]
• Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai [Cordon, Norman/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Gioconda: Voce di donna [Branzell, Karin/Cimara, Pietro]
• Pagliacci: Act I Excerpts [Greco, Norina/Martinelli, Giovanni/Valentino, Frank/Cehanovsky,George/Oliviero, Lodovico/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Bohème: Act I Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Tokatyan, Armand/Cimara, Pietro]
• Lohengrin: Act II Duet [Jessner, Irene/Branzell, Karin/Cimara, Pietro]
• Hérodiade: Vision fugitive [Valentino, Frank]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II Excerpts [Brownlee/DickensonTokatyan/Baccaloni/Cordon/Olheim/Oliviero/Cimara]
Met Careers
• Baccaloni, Salvatore [Bass]
• Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Brownlee, John [Baritone]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• Coudy, Douglas [Dancer]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dickenson, Jean [Soprano]
• Greco, Norina [Soprano]
• Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
• Martinelli, Giovanni [Tenor]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Oliviero, Lodovico [Tenor]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]