[Met Concert/Gala] CID:132330
Grand Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/21/1941.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 21, 1941


GRAND SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

La Forza del Destino: Overture

Rigoletto: Act II
Josephine Antoine
Thelma Votipka
Armand Tokatyan
Frank Valentino
Nicola Moscona

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Elisabeth Rethberg

Otello: Sì, pel ciel
Arthur Carron
Leonard Warren

Tosca: Act III Excerpts
Norina Greco
Kurt Baum
Lodovico Oliviero
Wilfred Engelman

Samson et Dalila: Act II Excerpts
Kerstin Thorborg
René Maison

Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle
Elisabeth Rethberg

Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba
Arthur Carron

La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Maria Markan

Pagliacci: Prologue
Frank Valentino

Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Ruthanna Boris
Monna Montes
Michael Arshansky
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas

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

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

[The excerpts from Rigoletto and Tosca were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1941-42
• Concert: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Concert: [Novikoff, Laurent]
• Concert: [Greco, Norina]
• Concert: [Markan, Maria]
• Concert: [Rethberg, Elisabeth]
• Concert: [Antoine, Josephine]
• Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
• Concert: [Thorborg, Kerstin]
• Concert: [Baum, Kurt]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Maison, René]
• Concert: [Oliviero, Lodovico]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
Selection/Excerpt
• La Forza del Destino: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
• Rigoletto: Act II [Antoine, Josephine/Votipka, Thelma/Tokatyan, Armand/Valentino, Frank/Moscona, Nicola/Cleva, Fausto]
• Aida: Ritorna vincitor [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Cleva, Fausto]
• Otello: Sì, pel ciel [Carron, Arthur/Warren, Leonard/Cleva, Fausto]
• Tosca: Act III Excerpts [Greco, Norina/Baum, Kurt/Oliviero, Lodovico/Engelman, Wilfred/Cleva, Fausto]
• Samson et Dalila: Act II Excerpts [Thosborg, Kerstin/Maison, René/Cleva, Fausto]
• Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle [Rethberg, Elisabeth/Cleva, Fausto]
• Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba [Carron, Arthur/Cleva, Fausto]
• La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! [Markan, Maria/Cleva, Fausto]
• Pagliacci: Prologue [Valentino, Frank/Cleva, Fausto]
• Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Boris, Ruthanna/Montes, Monna/Arshansky, Michael/Dolinoff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Cleva, Fausto]
Met Careers
• Antoine, Josephine [Soprano]
• Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
• Baum, Kurt [Tenor]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Engelman, Wilfred [Baritone]
• Greco, Norina [Soprano]
• Maison, René [Tenor]
• Markan, Maria [Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
• Oliviero, Lodovico [Tenor]
• Rethberg, Elisabeth [Soprano]
• Thorborg, Kerstin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]