[Met Concert/Gala] CID:132250
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/14/1941.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 14, 1941


GALA PROGRAM

Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture

La Bohème: Act I Excerpts
Hilda Burke
Armand Tokatyan

La Forza del Destino: O tu che in seno agli angeli
Kurt Baum

Ernani: Ernani, involami
Maria Markan [First appearance]

Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amo
Alexander Kipnis

Mignon: Connais-tu le pays
Risë Stevens

La Forza del Destino: Ah per sempre o mio bell'angiol
Maria Markan
Kurt Baum

Aida: Act II Ballets
Ruthanna Boris
Monna Montes
Michael Arshansky
Alexis Dolinoff
Alexis Kosloff
Leon Varkas

Don Pasquale: Act II Excerpts
Stella Andreva
Bruno Landi
Frank Valentino
Salvatore Baccaloni
Alessio De Paolis

Otello: Credo
Lawrence Tibbett

Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Risë Stevens

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Irene Jessner

Boris Godunov: Boris Aria
Alexander Kipnis

Rigoletto: Figlia Mio padre
Josephine Tuminia
Lawrence Tibbett

The Bartered Bride: Act II Excerpts
Hilda Burke
John Carter
Karl Laufkötter
Norman Cordon

Conductor...............Paul Breisach

Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Laurent Novikoff

[The excerpts from La Bohème, Don Pasquale and The Bartered Bride were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1941-42
• Concert: Conductor [Breisach, Paul]
• Concert: [Novikoff, Laurent]
• Concert: [Burke, Hilda]
• Concert: [Andreva, Stella]
• Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
• Concert: [Markan, Maria]
• Concert: [Stevens, Risë]
• Concert: [Tuminia, Josephine]
• Concert: [Baum, Kurt]
• Concert: [De Paolis, Alessio]
• Concert: [Landi, Bruno]
• Concert: [Carter, John]
• Concert: [Laufkötter, Karl]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Tibbett, Lawrence]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Baccaloni, Salvatore]
• Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
• Concert: [Kipnis, Alexander]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
• Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Kosloff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
Selection/Excerpt
• Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
• La Bohème: Act I Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Tokatyan, Armand/Breisach, Paul]
• La Forza del Destino: O tu che in seno agli angeli [Baum, Kurt/Breisach, Paul]
• Ernani: Ernani, involami [Markan, Maria/Breisach, Paul]
• Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amò [Kipnis, Alexander/Breisach, Paul]
• Mignon: Connais-tu le pays [Stevens, Risë/Breisach, Paul]
• La Forza del Destino: Ah, per sempre, o mio bell'angiol [Markan, Maria/Baum, Kurt/Breisach, Paul]
• Aida: Act II Ballets [Boris, Ruthanna/Montes, Monna/Arshansky, Michael/Dolinoff, Alexis/Kosloff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Breisach, Paul]
• Don Pasquale: Act II Excerpts [Andreva, Stella/Landi, Bruno/Valentino, Frank/Baccaloni, Salvatore/De Paolis, Alessio/Breisach, Paul]
• Otello: Credo [Tibbett, Lawrence/Breisach, Paul]
• Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix [Stevens, Risë/Breisach, Paul]
• Aida: Ritorna vincitor [Jessner, Irene/Breisach, Paul]
• Boris Godunov: Scene [Kipnis, Alexander/Breisach, Paul]
• Rigoletto: Figlia! Mio padre! [Tuminia, Josephine/Tibbett, Lawrence/Breisach, Paul]
• The Bartered Bride: Act II Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Carter, John/ Laufkötter, Karl/Cordon, Norman/Breisach, Paul]
Met Careers
• Andreva, Stella [Soprano]
• Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
• Baccaloni, Salvatore [Bass]
• Baum, Kurt [Tenor]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
• Carter, John [Tenor]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
• Kipnis, Alexander [Bass]
• Kosloff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Landi, Bruno [Tenor]
• Laufkötter, Karl [Tenor]
• Markan, Maria [Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
• Stevens, Risë [Mezzo Soprano]
• Tibbett, Lawrence [Baritone]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Tuminia, Josephine [Soprano]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]