[Met Concert/Gala] CID:136690
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/30/1944.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 30, 1944


GALA PROGRAM

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 (In Costume)
Violetta................Licia Albanese
Annina..................Lucielle Browning
Alfredo.................Jacques Gérard
Germont.................Frank Valentino

La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Stella Roman

Hérodiade: Vision fugitive
John Baker

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

Rigoletto: Act III (In Costume)
Gilda...................Christina Carroll
Maddalena...............Lucielle Browning
Duke of Mantua..........Jan Peerce
Rigoletto...............Frank Valentino
Sparafucile.............John Gurney

Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon
Karin Branzell

Don Pasquale: Cheti cheti immantinente
John Brownlee
Salvatore Baccaloni

Pagliacci: Ballatella
Marita Farell

Aida: Act II, Scene 2 Ballet
Marina Svetlova
Monna Montes
Nina Youskevitch
Michael Arshansky
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas
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: [Farell, Marita]
• Concert: [Gurney, John]
• Concert: [Brownlee, John]
• Concert: [Albanese, Licia]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Baccaloni, Salvatore]
• Concert: [Roman, Stella]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
• Concert: [Peerce, Jan]
• Concert: [Youskevitch, Nina]
• Concert: [Gérard, Jacques]
• Concert: [Baker, John]
• Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
• Concert: [Carroll, Christina]
Selection/Excerpt
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
• La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 [Albanese, Licia/Browning, Lucielle/Gérard, Jacques/Valentino, Frank/Breisach, Paul]
• La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! [Roman, Stella/Breisach, Paul]
• Hérodiade: Vision fugitive [Baker, John/Breisach, Paul]
• Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Arshansky, Michael/Svetlova, Marina/Montes, Monna/Dolinoff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Corps de Ballet/Breisach, Paul]
• Rigoletto: Act III [Carroll, Christina/Browning, Lucielle/Peerce, Jan/Valentino, Frank/Gurney, John/Breisach, Paul]
• Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon [Branzell, Karin/Breisach, Paul]
• Don Pasquale: Cheti cheti immantinente [Brownlee, John/Baccaloni, Salvatore/Breisach, Paul]
• Pagliacci: Ballatella [Farell, Marita/Breisach, Paul]
• Aida: Act II, Scene 2 Ballet [Svetlova/Montes/Youskevitch/Arshansky/Dolinoff/Varkas/Breisach, Paul]
Met Careers
• Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
• Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
• Baccaloni, Salvatore [Bass]
• Baker, John [Baritone]
• Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Brownlee, John [Baritone]
• Carroll, Christina [Soprano]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Farell, Marita [Soprano]
• Gérard, Jacques [Tenor]
• Gurney, John [Bass]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
• Peerce, Jan [Tenor]
• Roman, Stella [Soprano]
• Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Youskevitch, Nina [Dancer]