[Met Performance] CID:132420
Rigoletto {242} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/29/1941.

(Debut: Lansing Hatfield)


Metropolitan Opera House
December 29, 1941


RIGOLETTO {242}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave

Rigoletto...............Robert Weede
Gilda...................Josephine Antoine
Duke of Mantua..........Jan Peerce
Maddalena...............Anna Kaskas
Sparafucile.............Norman Cordon
Monterone...............Lansing Hatfield [Debut]
Borsa...................Alessio De Paolis
Marullo.................Wilfred Engelman
Count Ceprano...........Arthur Kent
Countess Ceprano........Maxine Stellman
Giovanna................Thelma Votipka
Page....................Edith Herlick

Conductor...............Ettore Panizza

Director................Désiré Defrère
Set designer............Vittorio Rota
Costume designer........Mathilde Castel-Bert
Choreographer...........Laurent Novikoff

Rigoletto received five performances this season.


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1941-42
• Rigoletto: Conductor [Panizza, Ettore]
• Rigoletto: Rigoletto [Weede, Robert]
• Rigoletto: Gilda [Antoine, Josephine]
• Rigoletto: Duke of Mantua [Peerce, Jan]
• Rigoletto: Maddalena [Kaskas, Anna]
• Rigoletto: Sparafucile [Cordon, Norman]
• Rigoletto: Monterone [Hatfield, Lansing]
• Rigoletto: Borsa [De Paolis, Alessio]
• Rigoletto: Marullo [Engelman, Wilfred]
• Rigoletto: Count Ceprano [Kent, Arthur]
• Rigoletto: Countess Ceprano [Stellman, Maxine]
• Rigoletto: Giovanna [Votipka, Thelma]
• Rigoletto: Page [Herlick, Edith]
• Rigoletto: Director [Defrère, Désiré]
• Rigoletto: Choreographer [Novikoff, Laurent]
• Rigoletto: Set Designer [Rota, Vittorio]
• Rigoletto: Costume Designer [Castel-Bert, Mathilde]
• 1941-42: Rigoletto: 5 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
• Antoine, Josephine [Soprano]
• Castel-Bert, Mathilde [Costume Designer]
• Cordon, Norman [Bass]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Engelman, Wilfred [Baritone]
• Hatfield, Lansing [Bass]
• Herlick, Edith [Mezzo Soprano]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• Kent, Arthur [Baritone]
• Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
• Panizza, Ettore [Conductor]
• Peerce, Jan [Tenor]
• Rota, Vittorio [Set Designer]
• Stellman, Maxine [Soprano]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]
• Weede, Robert [Baritone]