[Met Concert/Gala] CID:135220
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/14/1943.
Metropolitan Opera House
March 14, 1943
GALA PROGRAM
La Forza del Destino: Overture
Die Walküre: Act I Conclusion (In Costume)
Sieglinde...............Irene Jessner
Siegmund................Emery Darcy
Manon: En fermant les yeux
Charles Kullman
La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Astrid Varnay
Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon
Kerstin Thorborg
Tannhäuser: O du, mein holder Abendstern
Herbert Janssen
La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours (In Costume)
Ruthanna Boris
Alexis Dolinoff
Boris Godunov: The Inn Scene (In Costume)
Innkeeper................Mona Paulee
Dimitri..................Charles Kullman
Varlaam..................Norman Cordon
Missail..................John Dudley
Sergeant.................Osie Hawkins
Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Karin Branzell
Faust: Jewel Song
Eleanor Steber
Conductor...............Paul Breisach
Presentation of the winners of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air
Milton Cross, Master of Ceremonies
Il Trovatore: Stride la vampa (?)
Christine Johnson [First appearance]
Linda di Chamounix: O luce di quest'anima
Patrice Munsel [First appearance]
Il Trovatore: Il balen (?)
John Baker [First Appearance]
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Monologue
James Pease [Only appearance]
Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier
The Bartered Bride: Dances (In Costume)
a) Furieant: Monna Montes, Jack Gansert
b) Nina Youskevitch, Alexis Dolinoff, Michael Arshansky, Corps de Ballet
Conductor...............Paul Breisach
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Laurent Novikoff
[The program for this performance does not list the selections sung by the winners of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air. However, the listings above reflect newspaper accounts.]
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1942-43
- Concert: Conductor [Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Concert: [Novikoff, Laurent]
- Concert: [Branzell, Karin]
- Concert: [Kullman, Charles]
- Concert: [Thorborg, Kerstin]
- Concert: [Boris, Ruthanna]
- Concert: [Montes, Monna]
- Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
- Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
- Concert: [Janssen, Herbert]
- Concert: [Steber, Eleanor]
- Concert: [Dudley, John]
- Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
- Concert: [Paulee, Mona]
- Concert: [Darcy, Emery]
- Concert: [Breisach, Paul]
- Concert: [Youskevitch, Nina]
- Concert: [Gansert, Jack]
- Concert: [Hawkins, Osie]
- Concert: [Varnay, Astrid]
- Concert: [Johnson, Christine]
- Concert: [Munsel, Patrice]
- Concert: [Baker, John]
- Concert: [Pease, James]
- Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
Selection/Excerpt
- La Forza del Destino: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
- Die Walküre: Act I Conclusion [Jessner, Irene/Darcy, Emery/Breisach, Paul]
- Manon: En fermant les yeux [Kullman, Charles/Breisach, Paul]
- La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! [Varnay, Astrid/Breisach, Paul]
- Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon [Thorborg, Kerstin/Breisach, Paul]
- Tannhäuser: O du, mein holder Abendstern [Janssen, Herbert/Breisach, Paul]
- La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Boris, Ruthanna/Dolinoff, Alexis/Corps de Ballet/Breisach, Paul]
- Boris Godunov: Inn Scene [Paulee, Mona/Kullman, Charles/Cordon, Norman/Dudley, John/Hawkins, Osie/Breisach, Paul]
- Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix [Branzell, Karin/Breisach, Paul]
- Faust: Jewel Song [Steber, Eleanor/Breisach, Paul]
- Il Trovatore: Stride la vampa (?) [Johnson, Christine/Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Linda di Chamounix: O luce di quest'anima [Munsel, Patrice/Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Il Trovatore: Il balen (?) [Baker, John/Pelletier, Wilfred]
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Monologue [Pease, James/Pelletier, Wilfred]
- The Bartered Bride: Dances [Montes, Monna/Gansert, Jack/Youskevitch, Nina/Dolinoff, Alexis/Arshansky, Michael/Corps de Ballet/Breisach, Paul]
Met Careers
- Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
- Baker, John [Baritone]
- Boris, Ruthanna [Dancer]
- Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
- Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
- Cordon, Norman [Bass]
- Darcy, Emery [Tenor]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
- Dudley, John [Tenor]
- Gansert, Jack [Dancer]
- Hawkins, Osie [Baritone]
- Janssen, Herbert [Baritone]
- Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
- Johnson, Christine [Mezzo Soprano]
- Kullman, Charles [Tenor]
- Montes, Monna [Dancer]
- Munsel, Patrice [Soprano]
- Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
- Paulee, Mona [Mezzo Soprano]
- Pease, James [Baritone]
- Pelletier, Wilfred [Conductor]
- Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
- Thorborg, Kerstin [Mezzo Soprano]
- Varnay, Astrid [Soprano]
- Youskevitch, Nina [Dancer]
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