[Met Concert/Gala] CID:131380
Grand Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/23/1941.


Metropolitan Opera House
March 23, 1941


GRAND SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Martha: Overture

Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2
Zinka Milanov
Maxine Stellman
Arthur Carron
Leonard Warren

Otello: Credo
Julius Huehn

Carmen: Les tringles des sistres tintaient
Irra Petina

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: A un dottor
Salvatore Baccaloni

Lohengrin: Act III Prelude

Lohengrin: Bridal Chamber Scene
Hilda Burke
René Maison

Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale
Ruthanna Boris
Lillian Moore
Mary Sigler
Ilona Murai
Grant Mouradoff
Josef Levinoff

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


Cavalleria Rusticana: Excerpts
Dusolina Giannini [Last Performance]
Irra Petina
Thelma Votipka
Armand Tokatyan
Frank Valentino

Das Rheingold: Weiche, Wotan! Weiche!
Karin Branzell

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Irene Jessner

Samson et Dalila: Act II Duet
Karin Branzell
Arthur Carron

Don Pasquale: Cheti cheti immantinente
John Brownlee
Salvatore Baccaloni

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

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

Director................Désiré Defrère

[The excerpts from Il Trovatore, Lohengrin and Cavalleria Rusticana were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1940-41
• Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Giannini, Dusolina]
• Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
• Concert: [Milanov, Zinka]
• Concert: [Stellman, Maxine]
• Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
• Concert: [Branzell, Karin]
• Concert: [Petina, Irra]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Maison, René]
• Concert: [Brownlee, John]
• Concert: [Huehn, Julius]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Baccaloni, Salvatore]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Mouradoff, Grant]
• Concert: [Levinoff, Joseph]
• Concert: [Coudy, Douglas]
Selection/Excerpt
• Martha: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
• Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2 [Milanov, Zinka/Stellman, Maxine/Carron, Arthur/Warren, Leonard/Cleva, Fausto]
• Otello: Credo [Huehn,Julius/Cleva, Fausto]
• Carmen: Les tringles des sistres tintaient [Petina, Irra/Cleva, Fausto]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: A un dottor [Baccaloni, Salvatore/Cleva, Fausto]
• Lohengrin: Act III Prelude [Cleva, Fausto]
• Lohengrin: Bridal Chamber Scene [Burke, Hilda/Maison, René Maison/Cleva, Fausto]
• Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale [Boris, Ruthanna/Moore, Lillian/Sigler, Mary/Murai, Ilona/Mouradoff, Grant/Levinoff, Josef/Cimara, Pietro]
• Cavalleria Rusticana: Excerpts [Giannini, Dusolina/Petina, Irra/Votipka, Thelma/Tokatyan, Armand/Valentino, Frank/Cleva, Fausto]
• Das Rheingold: Weiche, Wotan! Weiche! [Branzell, Karin/Cleva, Fausto]
• Aida: Ritorna vincitor [Jessner, Irene/Cleva, Fausto]
• Samson et Dalila: Act II Duet [Branzell, Karin/Carron, Arthur/Cleva, Fausto]
• Don Pasquale: Cheti cheti immantinente [Brownlee, John/Baccaloni, Salvatore/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Montes, Monna/Mouradoff, Grant/Coudy, Douglas/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
• Baccaloni, Salvatore [Bass]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Brownlee, John [Baritone]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• Coudy, Douglas [Dancer]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Giannini, Dusolina [Soprano]
• Huehn, Julius [Baritone]
• Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
• Levinoff, Josef [Dancer]
• Maison, René [Tenor]
• Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
• Mouradoff, Grant [Dancer]
• Murai, Ilona [Dancer]
• Petina, Irra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Sigler, Mary [Dancer]
• Stellman, Maxine [Soprano]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]