[Met Concert/Gala] CID:132580
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/11/1942.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 11, 1942


GALA PROGRAM

Tannhäuser: Overture

Tannhäuser: Bacchanale
Ruthanna Boris
Monna Montes
Lillian Moore
Michael Arshansky
Alexis Dolinoff
Alexis Kosloff
Leon Varkas

Otello: Credo
Mack Harrell

Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Karin Branzell

Börresen: Kaddara: Aria
Lauritz Melchior

Faust: Act III Excerpts
Hilda Burke
Thelma Votipka
Raoul Jobin
Nicola Moscona

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III

Manon: Act I Excerpt
Helen Jepson
Raoul Jobin

Le Coq d'Or: Salut à toi
Rosa Bok

Don Pasquale: Pronta io son
Licia Albanese
Frank Valentino

Siegfried: Forging Song
Lauritz Melchior

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


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

Conductor...............Peter Paul Fuchs

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

[The excerpts from Faust and Don Pasquale were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1941-42
• Concert: Conductor [Breisach, Paul]
• Concert: [Novikoff, Laurent]
• Concert: [Melchior, Lauritz]
• Concert: [Branzell, Karin]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
• Concert: [Harrell, Mack]
• Concert: [Moore, Lillian]
• Concert: [Albanese, Licia]
• Concert: [Jobin, Raoul]
• Concert: [Jepson, Helen]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Kosloff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
• Concert: [Fuchs, Peter Paul]
• Concert: [Bok, Rosa]
Selection/Excerpt
• Tannhäuser: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
• Tannhäuser: Bacchanale [Boris, Ruthanna/Montes, Monna/Moore, Lillian/Arshansky, Michael/Dolinoff, Alexis/Kosloff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Breisach]
• Otello: Credo [Harrell, Mack/Breisach, Paul]
• Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix [Branzell, Karin/Breisach, Paul]
• Börresen: Kaddara: Aria [Melchior, Lauritz/Breisach, Paul]
• Faust: Act III Excerpts [Burke, Hilda/Votipka, Thelma, Jobin, Raoul/Moscona, Nicola/Breisach, Paul]
• Lohengrin: Act III Prelude [Breisach, Paul]
• Manon: Act I Excerpt [Jepson, Helen/Jobin, Raoul/Breisach, Paul]
• Le Coq d'Or: Salut à toi [Bok, Rosa/Breisach, Paul]
• Don Pasquale: Pronta io son [Albanese, Licia/Valentino, Frank/Breisach, Paul]
• Siegfried: Forging Song [Melchior, Lauritz/Breisach, Paul]
• Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Boris, Ruthanna/Montes, Monna/Arshansky, Michael/Dolinoff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Fuchs, Peter Paul]
Met Careers
• Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
• Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
• Bok, Rosa [Soprano]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Fuchs, Peter Paul [Conductor]
• Harrell, Mack [Baritone]
• Jepson, Helen [Soprano]
• Jobin, Raoul [Tenor]
• Kosloff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Melchior, Lauritz [Tenor]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moore, Lillian [Dancer]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]