[Met Concert/Gala] CID:136130
Gala Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/5/1943.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 5, 1943


GALA SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

La Forza del Destino: Overture

Aida: Nile Scene (In Costume)
Aida....................Stella Roman
Radamès.................Kurt Baum
Amonasro................Alexander Sved

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Salvatore Baccaloni

Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Nadine Conner

La Juive: Si la rigueur
Emanuel List

La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Marina Svetlova, Alexis Dolinoff, Corps de Ballet

Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2 (In Costume)
Doris Doree
Flora Cingolani [Last appearance]
Kurt Baum
Alexander Sved

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Astrid Varnay

Pagliacci: Prologue
Leonard Warren

Le Nozze di Figaro: Deh vieni non tardar
Frances Greer

Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!
Anna Kaskas

Lakmé: Act II Dances of the Vestales of Brahma
a) Andante: Michael Arshansky, Corps de Ballet
b) Allegretto vivo: Nina Youskevitch
c) Andante: Monna Montes, Alexis Dolinoff, Corps de Ballet
d) Dance of teh Slaves: Alexis Dolinoff, Leon Varkas, Corps de Ballet
e) Finale: Corps de Ballet

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

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


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1943-44
• Concert: Conductor [Breisach, Paul]
• Concert: [Novikoff, Laurent]
• Concert: [List, Emanuel]
• Concert: [Warren, Leonard]
• Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
• Concert: [Sved, Alexander]
• Concert: [Baccaloni, Salvatore]
• Concert: [Roman, Stella]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Baum, Kurt]
• Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
• Concert: [Conner, Nadine]
• Concert: [Greer, Frances]
• Concert: [Youskevitch, Nina]
• Concert: [Doree, Doris]
• Concert: [Varnay, Astrid]
• Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
• Concert: [Cingolani, Flora]
• 1943-44: Concert: 13 performances: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
• La Forza del Destino: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
• Aida: Nile Scene [Roman, Stella/Baum, Kurt/Sved, Alexander/Breisach, Paul]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia [Baccaloni, Salvatore/Breisach, Paul]
• Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Conner, Nadine/Breisach, Paul]
• La Juive: Si la rigueur [List, Emanuel/Breisach, Paul]
• La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Svetlova, Marina/Dolinoff, Alexis/Corps de Ballet/Breisach, Paul]
• Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2 [Doree, Doris/Cingolani, Flora/Baum, Kurt/Sved, Alexander/Breisach, Paul]
• Aida: Ritorna vincitor [Varnay, Astrid/Breisach, Paul]
• Pagliacci: Prologue [Warren, Leonard/Breisach, Paul]
• Le Nozze di Figaro: Deh, vieni, non tardar [Greer, Frances/Breisach, Paul]
• Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! [Kaskas, Anna/Breisach, Paul]
• Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Arshansky, Michael/Youskevitch, Nina/Montes, Monna/Dolinoff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Corps de Ballet/Breisach, Paul]
Met Careers
• Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
• Baccaloni, Salvatore [Bass]
• Baum, Kurt [Tenor]
• Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
• Cingolani, Flora [Soprano]
• Conner, Nadine [Soprano]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Doree, Doris [Soprano]
• Greer, Frances [Soprano]
• Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
• List, Emanuel [Bass]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
• Roman, Stella [Soprano]
• Sved, Alexander [Baritone]
• Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Varnay, Astrid [Soprano]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
• Youskevitch, Nina [Dancer]