[Met Concert/Gala] CID:136480
Gala Sunday Night Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/9/1944.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 9, 1944


GALA SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Mignon: Overture

Faust: Act I
Faust...................Armand Tokatyan
Mephistopheles..........Nicola Moscona

Un Ballo in Maschera: Re dell'abisso
Kerstin Thorborg

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Virgilio Lazzari

Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon
Lily Djanel

The Bartered Bride: Dances
1) Furiant: Monna Montes, Leon Varkas
2) Polka: Marina Svetlova, Alexis Dolinoff, Michael Arshansky, Corps de Ballet

Mignon: Act II
Mignon..................Irra Petina
Philine.................Christina Carroll
Frédéric................Mona Paulee
Wilhelm Meister.........Jacques Gérard
Laerte..................Alessio De Paolis

Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream
Irene Jessner

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
John Baker

Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!
Hertha Glaz

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

[The excerpts from Faust and Mignon were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1943-44
• Concert: Conductor [Breisach, Paul]
• Concert: [Novikoff, Laurent]
• Concert: [Lazzari, Virgilio]
• Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
• Concert: [Thorborg, Kerstin]
• Concert: [De Paolis, Alessio]
• Concert: [Petina, Irra]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Paulee, Mona]
• Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
• Concert: [Djanel, Lily]
• Concert: [Youskevitch, Nina]
• Concert: [Gérard, Jacques]
• Concert: [Glaz, Hertha]
• Concert: [Baker, John]
• Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
• Concert: [Carroll, Christina]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
Selection/Excerpt
• Mignon: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
• Faust: Act I [Tokatyan, Armand/Moscona, Nicola/Breisach, Paul]
• Un Ballo in Maschera: Re dell'abisso, affrettati [Thorborg, Kerstin/Breisach, Paul]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia [Lazzari, Virgilio/Breisach, Paul]
• Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon [Djanel, Lily/Breisach, Paul]
• The Bartered Bride: Dances [Montes, Monna/Varkas, Leon/Svetlova, Marina/Dolinoff, Alexis/Arshansky, Michael/Corps de Ballet/Breisach, Paul]
• Mignon: Act II [Petina, Irra/Carroll, Christina/Paulee, Mona/Gérard, Jacques/De Paolis, Alessio/Breisach, Paul]
• Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream [Jessner, Irene/Breisach, Paul]
• Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu [Baker, John/Breisach, Paul]
• Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! [Glaz, Hertha/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]
• Baker, John [Baritone]
• Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
• Carroll, Christina [Soprano]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Djanel, Lily [Soprano]
• Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Gérard, Jacques [Tenor]
• Glaz, Hertha [Mezzo Soprano]
• Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
• Lazzari, Virgilio [Bass]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
• Paulee, Mona [Mezzo Soprano]
• Petina, Irra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
• Thorborg, Kerstin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Youskevitch, Nina [Dancer]