[Met Concert/Gala] CID:138150
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/10/1944.


Metropolitan Opera House
December 10, 1944


GALA PROGRAM

Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Overture

Cavalleria Rusticana: Excerpts
Regina Resnik
Lucielle Browning
Thelma Votipka
Kurt Baum
Frank Valentino

Il Trovatore: Condotta ell'era in ceppi
Margaret Harshaw

Don Giovanni: Deh vieni alla finestra
Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai
John Brownlee

La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Astrid Varnay

Aida: Act II, Scene 2 Ballet
Marina Svetlova
Monna Montes
Natasha Tzvetcova
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas
Michael Arshansky

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1
Nadine Conner
Lucielle Browning
Jacques Gérard
Walter Cassel

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Salvatore Baccaloni

Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon
Lily Djanel

Don Pasquale: Cheti cheti immantinente
John Brownlee
Salvatore Baccaloni

Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Marina Svetlova
Monna Montes
Michael Arshansky
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas

Conductor...............Paul Breisach
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Laurent Novikoff

[The excerpts from Cavalleria Rusticana, Aida, La Traviata, and Lakmé were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1944-45
• Concert: Conductor [Breisach, Paul]
• Concert: [Novikoff, Laurent]
• Concert: [Resnik, Regina]
• Concert: [Brownlee, John]
• Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Baccaloni, Salvatore]
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Montes, Monna]
• Concert: [Baum, Kurt]
• Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
• Concert: [Conner, Nadine]
• Concert: [Djanel, Lily]
• Concert: [Harshaw, Margaret]
• Concert: [Gérard, Jacques]
• Concert: [Cassel, Walter]
• Concert: [Varnay, Astrid]
• Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
• Concert: [Tzvetcova, Natasha]
Selection/Excerpt
• Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
• Cavalleria Rusticana: Excerpts [Resnik, Regina/Browning, Lucielle/Votipka, Thelma/Baum, Kurt/Valentino, Frank/Breisach, Paul]
• Il Trovatore: Condotta ell'era in ceppi [Harshaw, Margaret/Breisach, Paul]
• Don Giovanni: Deh vieni alla finestra [Brownlee, John/Breisach, Paul]
• Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai [Brownlee, John/Breisach, Paul]
• La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! [Varnay, Astrid/Breisach, Paul]
• Aida: Act II, Scene 2 Ballet [Svetlova, Marina/Montes, Monna/Tzvetcova, Natasha/Dolinoff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Arshansky, Michael/Breisach, Paul]
• La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 [Connor, Nadine/Browning, Lucielle/Gérard, Jacques/Browning, Lucielle/Cassel, Walter/Breisach, Paul]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia [Baccaloni, Salvatore/Breisach, Paul]
• Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon [Djanel, Lily]
• Don Pasquale: Cheti cheti immantinente [Brownlee, John/Baccaloni, Salvatore/Breisach, Paul]
• Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Svetlova, Marina/Montes, Monna/Arshansky, Michael/Dolinoff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Breisach, Paul]
Met Careers
• Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
• Baccaloni, Salvatore [Bass]
• Baum, Kurt [Tenor]
• Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Brownlee, John [Baritone]
• Cassel, Walter [Baritone]
• Conner, Nadine [Soprano]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Djanel, Lily [Soprano]
• Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
• Gérard, Jacques [Tenor]
• Harshaw, Margaret [Mezzo Soprano, Soprano]
• Montes, Monna [Dancer]
• Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
• Resnik, Regina [Soprano, Mezzo Soprano]
• Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
• Tzvetcova, Natasha [Dancer]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Varnay, Astrid [Soprano]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]