[Met Concert/Gala] CID:131280
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/16/1941.


Metropolitan Opera House
March 16, 1941


GALA PROGRAM

William Tell: Overture

Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Terana: Ruthanna Boris and the Corps de Ballet
Rektah: Monna Montes and Grant Mouradoff
Dance of the Veils: Ruthanna Boris, Grant Mouradoff and the Corps de Ballet
Bayaders: Lillian Moore and the Corps de Ballet
Finale: Corps de Ballet


Die Zauberflöte: O Isis und Osiris
Emanuel List

Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!
Kerstin Thorborg

La Gioconda: Suicidio
Zinka Milanov


Faust: Act II

Faust...................Armand Tokatyan
Marguerite..............Eleanor Steber
Méphistophélès..........Nicola Moscona
Valentin................Frank Valentino
Siebel..................Helen Olheim
Wagner..................Wilfred Engelman
Dance...................Lillian Moore
Dance...................Joseph Levinoff
Corps de Ballet


The Bartered Bride: Excerpts
Marenka.................Hilda Burke
Jenik...................Armand Tokatyan
Vasek...................George Rasely
Kecal...................Louis d'Angelo
Ludmila.................Thelma Votipka
Krusina.................Walter olitzki
Hata....................Irra Petina
Miche...................John Gurney
Circus Barker...........John Dudley
Esmeralda...............Natalie Bodanya

Polka: Ruthanna Boris, Monna Montes, Joseph Levinoff
and the Corps de Ballet
Furiant: Ruthanna Boris, Joseph Levine and the Corps de Ballet

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

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

[The selections from Lakmé, Faust, and The Bartered Bride were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1940-41
• Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Bodanya, Natalie]
• Concert: [Milanov, Zinka]
• Concert: [Steber, Eleanor]
• Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
• Concert: [Olheim, Helen]
• Concert: [Petina, Irra]
• Concert: [Thorborg, Kerstin]
• Concert: [Rasely, George]
• Concert: [Dudley, John]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [D'Angelo, Louis]
• Concert: [Engelman, Wilfred]
• Concert: [Olitzki, Walter]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Gurney, John]
• Concert: [List, Emanuel]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Levinoff, Joseph]
Selection/Excerpt
• William Tell: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
• Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Boris, Ruthanna/Montes, Monna/Mouradoff, Grant/Moore, Lillian/Corps de Ballet/Cleva, Fausto]
• Die Zauberflöte: O Isis und Osiris [List, Emanuel/Cleva, Fausto]
• Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! [Thorborg, Kerstin/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Gioconda: Suicidio [Milanov, Zinka/Cleva, Fausto]
• Faust: Act II [Steber, Eleanor/Olheim, Helen/Tokatyan, Armand/Valentino, Frank/Moscona, Nicola/Engelman, Wilfred/Moore/Levinoff/Cleva]
• The Bartered Bride: Excerpts [Burke/Tokatyan/Rasely/D'Angelo/Votipka/Olitzki/Petina/Gurney/Dudley/Bodanya/Boris/Montes/Levinoff/Levine/Cleva]
Met Careers
• Bodanya, Natalie [Soprano]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dudley, John [Tenor]
• Engelman, Wilfred [Baritone]
• Gurney, John [Bass]
• Levinoff, Josef [Dancer]
• List, Emanuel [Bass]
• Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Olheim, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Olitzki, Walter [Baritone]
• Petina, Irra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Rasely, George [Tenor]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
• Thorborg, Kerstin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]