[Met Concert/Gala] CID:138070
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/3/1944.
Metropolitan Opera House
December 3, 1944
GALA PROGRAM
Don Giovanni: Overture
Faust: Act IV, Scene 3
Frances Greer
Thelma Altman
Jacques Gérard
Walter Cassel
William Hargrave [First appearance]
Mignon: Je suis Titania
Mimi Benzell [First appearance]
Die Zauberflöte: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja; Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen
Mack Harrell
Don Giovanni: Non mi dir
Florence Kirk
L'Africaine: O paradiso!
Frederick Jagel
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì
Licia Albanese
Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale
Monna Montes
Mary Smith
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas
Michael Arshansky
Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts
Mimi Benzell
Thelma Altman
Donald Dame
Mack Harrell
William Hargrave
La Traviata: Sempre libera
Licia Albanese
Le Nozze di Figaro: Aprite un po' quegli occhi
Norman Cordon
Mignon: Connais-tu le pays
Mona Paulee
Aida: Act II, Scene 2
Irene Jessner
Lucielle Browning
Arthur Carron
Hugh Thompson
Virgilio Lazzari
Lorenzo Alvary
Marina Svetlova
Monna Montes
Natasha Tzvetcova
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas
Michael Arshansky
Conductor...............Paul Breisach
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Laurent Novikoff
[The excerpts from Faust, Rigoletto and Aida were performed in costume.]
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1944-45
- Concert: Conductor [Breisach, Paul]
- Concert: [Novikoff, Laurent]
- Concert: [Jagel, Frederick]
- Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
- Concert: [Harrell, Mack]
- Concert: [Lazzari, Virgilio]
- Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
- Concert: [Albanese, Licia]
- Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
- Concert: [Montes, Monna]
- Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
- Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
- Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
- Concert: [Paulee, Mona]
- Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
- Concert: [Greer, Frances]
- Concert: [Gérard, Jacques]
- Concert: [Cassel, Walter]
- Concert: [Altman, Thelma]
- Concert: [Hargrave, William]
- Concert: [Benzell, Mimi]
- Concert: [Kirk, Florence]
- Concert: [Dame, Donald]
- Concert: [Thompson, Hugh]
- Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
- Concert: [Alvary, Lorenzo]
- Concert: [Tzvetcova, Natasha]
- 1944-45: Concert: 10 performances: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
- Don Giovanni: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
- Faust: Act IV, Scene 3 [Greer, Frances/Altman, Thelma/Gérard, Jacques/Cassel, Walter/Hargrave, William/Breisach, Paul]
- Mignon: Je suis Titania [Benzell, Mimi/Breisach, Paul]
- Die Zauberflöte: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja [Harrell, Mack/Breisach, Paul]
- Die Zauberflöte: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen [Harrell, Mack/Breisach, Paul]
- Don Giovanni: Non mi dir [Kirk, Florence/Breisach, Paul]
- L'Africaine: O paradiso! [Jagel, Frederick/Breisach, Paul]
- Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì [Albanese, Licia/Breisach, Paul]
- Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale [Montes, Monna/Smith Mary/Dolinoff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Arshansky, Michael/Breisach, Paul]
- Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts [Benzell, Mimi/Altman, Thelma/Dame, Donald/Harrell, Mack/Hargrave, William/Breisach, Paul]
- La Traviata: Sempre libera [Albanese, Licia/Breisach, Paul]
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Aprite un po' quegli occhi [Cordon, Norman/Breisach, Paul]
- Mignon: Connais-tu le pays [Paulee, Mona/Breisach, Paul]
- Aida: Act II, Scene 2 [Jessner/Browning/Carron/Thompson/Lazzari/Alvary/Svetlova/Montes/Tzvetcova/Dolinoff/Varkas/Arshansky/Breisach]
Met Careers
- Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
- Altman, Thelma [Mezzo Soprano]
- Alvary, Lorenzo [Bass]
- Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
- Benzell, Mimi [Soprano]
- Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
- Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
- Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
- Cassel, Walter [Baritone]
- Cordon, Norman [Bass]
- Dame, Donald [Tenor]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
- Gérard, Jacques [Tenor]
- Greer, Frances [Soprano]
- Hargrave, William [Bass]
- Harrell, Mack [Baritone]
- Jagel, Frederick [Tenor]
- Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
- Kirk, Florence [Soprano]
- Lazzari, Virgilio [Bass]
- Montes, Monna [Dancer]
- Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
- Paulee, Mona [Mezzo Soprano]
- Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
- Thompson, Hugh [Baritone]
- Tzvetcova, Natasha [Dancer]
- Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
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