[Met Concert/Gala] CID:136920
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/20/1944.


Metropolitan Opera House
February 20, 1944


GALA PROGRAM

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture

Mignon: Act II
Mignon..................Irra Petina
Philine.................Patrice Munsel
Frédéric................Lucielle Browning
Wilhelm Meister.........Jacques Gérard
Laerte..................Donald Dame

Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito
Ezio Pinza

Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Licia Albanese

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

Rigoletto: Act III
Gilda...................Christina Carroll
Maddalena...............Christine Johnson
Duke of Mantua..........Armand Tokatyan
Rigoletto...............Frank Valentino
Sparafucile.............Nicola Moscona

Il Trovatore: Condotta ell'era in ceppi
Karin Branzell

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
John Baker

Don Giovanni: Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata
Eleanor Steber

Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (In Costume)
Marina Svetlova
Monna Montes
Nina Youskevitch
Michael Arshansky
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas

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

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


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1943-44
• Concert: Conductor [Breisach, Paul]
• Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Youskevitch, Nina]
• Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
• Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Novikoff, Laurent]
• Concert: [Pinza, Ezio]
• Concert: [Branzell, Karin]
• Concert: [Petina, Irra]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Albanese, Licia]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Steber, Eleanor]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Gérard, Jacques]
• Concert: [Baker, John]
• Concert: [Munsel, Patrice]
• Concert: [Johnson, Christine]
• Concert: [Carroll, Christina]
• Concert: [Dame, Donald]
Selection/Excerpt
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
• Mignon: Act II [Petina, Irra/Munsel, Patrice/Browning, Lucielle/Gérard, Jacques/Dame, Donald/Breisach, Paul]
• Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito [Pinza, Ezio/Breisach, Paul]
• Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Albanese, Licia/Breisach, Paul]
• La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Svetlova, Marina/Dolinoff, Alexis/Corps de Ballet/Breisach, Paul]
• Rigoletto: Act III [Carroll, Christina/Johnson, Christine/Tokatyan, Armand/Valentino, Frank/Moscona, Nicola/Breisach, Paul]
• Il Trovatore: Condotta ell'era in ceppi [Branzell, Karin/Breisach, Paul]
• Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu [Baker, John/Breisach, Paul]
• Don Giovanni: Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata [Stever, Eleanor/Breisach, Paul]
• Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances [Svetlova, Marina/Montes, Monna/Youskevitch, Nina/Arshansky, Michael/Dolinoff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Breisach]
Met Careers
• Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
• Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
• Baker, John [Baritone]
• Branzell, Karin [Mezzo Soprano]
• Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Carroll, Christina [Soprano]
• Dame, Donald [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Gérard, Jacques [Tenor]
• Johnson, Christine [Mezzo Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Munsel, Patrice [Soprano]
• Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
• Petina, Irra [Mezzo Soprano]
• Pinza, Ezio [Bass]
• Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
• Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Youskevitch, Nina [Dancer]