[Met Concert/Gala] CID:136270
Gala Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/19/1943.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 19, 1943


GALA SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

The Bartered Bride: Overture

Boris Godunov: Inn Scene (In Costume)
Innkeeper...............Mona Paulee
Dimitri.................Kurt Baum
Varlaam.................Salvatore Baccaloni
Missail.................Jonathan Dudley
Sergeant................Osie Hawkins

Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro
James Melton

Don Pasquale: Aria
Christina Carroll [First appearance]

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

Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale
Monna Montes
Nina Youskevitch
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas
Michael Arshansky
Corps de Ballet

La Forza del Destino: Rataplan
Mona Paulee and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Il Trovatore: Condotta ell'era in ceppi
Christine Johnson

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Astrid Varnay

Pagliacci: Prologue
Frank Valentino

Lucia di Lammermoor: Aria
James Melton

Carmen: Act IV (In Costume)
Carmen..................Lily Djanel
Frasquita...............Christina Carroll
Mercedes................Mona Paulee
Don José................Kurt Baum
Escamillo...............Osie Hawkins
Dances:
1) Gitane: Nina Youskevitch, Alexis Dolinoff, Corps de Ballet
2) Ouvre ton coeur: Marina Svetlova
3) Minuetto: Monna Montes, Leon Varkas
4) Farandole: Marina Svetlova, Monna Montes, Nina Youshkevitch, Alexis Dolinoff, Leon Varkas, Michael Arshansky, 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: [Branzell, Karin]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Baccaloni, Salvatore]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Dudley, John]
• Concert: [Baum, Kurt]
• Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Paulee, Mona]
• Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
• Concert: [Djanel, Lily]
• Concert: [Youskevitch, Nina]
• Concert: [Melton, James]
• Concert: [Hawkins, Osie]
• Concert: [Johnson, Christine]
• Concert: [Varnay, Astrid]
• Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
• Concert: [Carroll, Christina]
Selection/Excerpt
• The Bartered Bride: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
• Boris Godunov: Inn Scene [Paulee, Mona/Baum, Kurt/Baccaloni, Salvatore/Dudley, Jonathan/Hawkins, Osie/Breisach, Paul]
• Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro [Melton, James/Breisach, Paul]
• Don Pasquale: Quel guardo il cavaliere [Carroll, Christina/Breisach, Paul]
• Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix [Branzell, Karin/Breisach, Paul]
• Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale [Montes, Monna/Youskevitch, Nina/Dolinoff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Arshansky, Michael/Corps de Ballet/Breisach, Paul]
• La Forza del Destino: Rataplan [Paulee, Mona/Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Breisach, Paul]
• Il Trovatore: Condotta ell'era in ceppi [Johnson, Christine/Breisach, Paul]
• Aida: Ritorna vincitor [Varnay, Astrid/Breisach, Paul]
• Pagliacci: Prologue [Valentino, Frank/Breisach, Paul]
• Lucia di Lammermoor: Aria [Melton, James/Breisach, Paul]
• Carmen: Act IV [Djanel, Lily/Carroll, Christina/Paulee, Mona/Baum, Kurt/Hawkins, Osie/Breisach, Paul]
• Carmen: Act IV Dances [Youskevitch, Nina/Dolinoff, Alexis/Svetlova, Marina/Montes, Monna/Varkas, Leon/Arshansky, Michael/Breisach, Paul]
Met Careers
• Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
• Baccaloni, Salvatore [Bass]
• Baum, Kurt [Tenor]
• Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
• Carroll, Christina [Soprano]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Djanel, Lily [Soprano]
• Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Dudley, John [Tenor]
• Hawkins, Osie [Baritone]
• Johnson, Christine [Mezzo Soprano]
• Melton, James [Tenor]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
• Paulee, Mona [Mezzo Soprano]
• Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Varnay, Astrid [Soprano]
• Youskevitch, Nina [Dancer]