[Met Concert/Gala] CID:133250
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/8/1942.


Metropolitan Opera House
March 8, 1942


GALA PROGRAM

Martha: Overture

Il Trovatore: Act IV, Scene 2
Maria Markan
Karin Branzell
Arthur Carron
Arthur Kent

Carmen: Habañera
Carmen: Card Scene
Carmen: Les tringles des sistres tintaient
Irra Petina

Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Licia Albanese

Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!
Kerstin Thorborg

La Traviata: Act II Duet
Eleanor Steber
Robert Weede

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


Carmen: Act IV Dances
Ruthanna Boris
Monna Montes
Alexis Dolinoff
Michael Arshansky
Alexis Kosloff
Leon Varkas
Conductor...............Peter Paul Fuchs


Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida; D'amor sull'ali rosee
Maria Markan

Aida: Celeste Aida
Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Je crois entendre encore
Rigoletto: La donna è mobile
Jan Kiepura

Le Nozze di Figaro: Act II Excerpts
Licia Albanese
Maria Markan [Last appearance]
Irra Petina
John Brownlee
Julius Huehn
Gerhard Pechner
Alessio De Paolis
Louis D'Angelo

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

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

[The selections from La Traviata and Le Nozze di Figaro were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1941-42
• Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
• Concert: [Novikoff, Laurent]
• Concert: [Petina, Irra]
• Concert: [Thorborg, Kerstin]
• Concert: [Kiepura, Jan]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
• Concert: [D'Angelo, Louis]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [De Paolis, Alessio]
• Concert: [Weede, Robert]
• Concert: [Brownlee, John]
• Concert: [Albanese, Licia]
• Concert: [Branzell, Karin]
• Concert: [Steber, Eleanor]
• Concert: [Kosloff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Kent, Arthur]
• Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
• Concert: [Pechner, Gerhard]
• Concert: [Markan, Maria]
• Concert: [Huehn, Julius]
• Concert: [Fuchs, Peter Paul]
Selection/Excerpt
• Martha: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
• Il Trovatore: Act IV, Scene 2 [Markan, Maria/Branzell, Karin/Carron, Arthur/Kent, Arthur/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Habañera [Petina, Irra/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Card Scene [Petina, Irra/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Les tringles des sistres tintaient [Petina, Irra/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Albanese, Licia/Cimara, Pietro]
• Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! [Thorborg, Kerstin/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Traviata: Act II Duet [Steber, Eleanor/Weede, Robert/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Act IV Dances [Boris, Ruthanna/Montes, Monna/Dolinoff, Alexis/Arshansky, Michael/Kosloff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Fuchs, Peter Paul]
• Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida [Markan, Maria/Cimara, Pietro]
• Il Trovatore: D'amor sull'ali rosee [Markan, Maria/Cimara, Pietro]
• Aida: Celeste Aida [Kiepura, Jan/Cimara, Pietro]
• Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Je crois entendre encore [Kiepura, Jan/Cimara, Pietro]
• Rigoletto: La donna è mobile [Kiepura, Jan/Cimara, Pietro]
• Le Nozze di Figaro: Act II Excerpts [Albanese/Markan/Petina/Brownlee/Huehn/Pechner/De Paolis/D'Angelo/Cimara]
Met Careers
• Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
• Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
• Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
• Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Brownlee, John [Baritone]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Fuchs, Peter Paul [Conductor]
• Huehn, Julius [Baritone]
• Kent, Arthur [Baritone]
• Kiepura, Jan [Tenor]
• Kosloff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Markan, Maria [Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
• Pechner, Gerhard [Bass]
• Petina, Irra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
• Thorborg, Kerstin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Weede, Robert [Baritone]