[Met Concert/Gala] CID:136340
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/26/1943.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 26, 1943


GALA PROGRAM

Mignon: Overture

Pagliacci: Act I (In Costume)
Nedda...................Marita Farell
Canio...................Armand Tokatyan
Tonio...................Frank Valentino
Silvio..................John Baker
Beppe...................Lodovico Oliviero

Don Carlo: O don fatale
Thelma Altman

Die Walküre: Wotan's Farewell
Herbert Janssen

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

Faust: Prison Scene (In Costume)
Marguerite..............Eleanor Steber
Faust...................Jacques Gérard
Mephistopheles..........Nicola Moscona

Il Trovatore: Condotta ell'era in ceppi
Christine Johnson

Hérodiade: Vision fugitive
Martial Singher

Linda di Chamounix: O luce di quest'anima
Patrice Munsel

Carmen: Act IV 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...............Pietro Cimara

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


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1943-44
• Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
• Concert: [Novikoff, Laurent]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [Farell, Marita]
• Concert: [Janssen, Herbert]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Steber, Eleanor]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
• Concert: [Youskevitch, Nina]
• Concert: [Gérard, Jacques]
• Concert: [Baker, John]
• Concert: [Munsel, Patrice]
• Concert: [Johnson, Christine]
• Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
• Concert: [Singher, Martial]
• Concert: [Oliviero, Lodovico]
• Concert: [Altman, Thelma]
Selection/Excerpt
• Mignon: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
• Pagliacci: Act I [Farell, Marita/Tokatyan, Armand/Valentino, Frank/Baker, John/Oliviero, Lodovico/Cimara, Pietro]
• Don Carlo: O don fatale [Altman, Thelma/Cimara, Pietro]
• Die Walküre: Wotan's Farewell [Janssen, Herbert/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Svetlova, Marina/Dolinoff, Alexis/Corps de Ballet/Cimara, Pietro]
• Faust: Prison Scene [Steber, Eleanor/Gérard, Jacques/Moscona, Nicola/Cimara, Pietro]
• Il Trovatore: Condotta ell'era in ceppi [Johnson, Christine/Cimara, Pietro]
• Hérodiade: Vision fugitive [Singher, Martial/Cimara, Pietro]
• Linda di Chamounix: O luce di quest'anima [Munsel, Patrice/Cimara, Pietro]
• Carmen: Act IV Dances [Youskevitch, Nina/Dolinoff, Alexis/Svetlova, Marina/Montes, Monna/Varkas, Leon/Arshansky, Michael/Cimara, Pietro]
Met Careers
• Altman, Thelma [Mezzo Soprano]
• Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
• Baker, John [Baritone]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Farell, Marita [Soprano]
• Gérard, Jacques [Tenor]
• Janssen, Herbert [Baritone]
• Johnson, Christine [Mezzo Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Munsel, Patrice [Soprano]
• Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
• Oliviero, Lodovico [Tenor]
• Singher, Martial [Baritone]
• Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
• Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Youskevitch, Nina [Dancer]