[Met Concert/Gala] CID:139060
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/4/1945.
Metropolitan Opera House
March 4, 1945
GALA PROGRAM
La Forza del Destino: Overture
La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1
Nadine Conner
Thelma Altman
John Garris
Walter Cassel
Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito
Nicola Moscona
Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida
Florence Kirk
Faust: Salut! demeure
Morton Bowe
Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Marina Svetlova
Monna Montes
Michael Arshansky
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas
Cavalleria Rusticana: Excerpts
Ella Flesch
Anna Kaskas
Doris Doe
Armand Tokatyan
George Cehanovsky
Faust: Avant de quitter ces lieux
Walter Cassel
La Favorita: O mio Fernando
Thelma Altman
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: A un dottor
Gerhard Pechner
Rigoletto: Caro nome
Mimi Benzell
Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Beal Hober
Faust: Act V, Scene 2
Nadine Conner
Morton Bowe [Last performance]
William Hargrave
Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale
Monna Montes
Mary Smith
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas
Michael Arshansky
Conductor...............Pietro Cimara
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Laurent Novikoff
[The excerpts from La Traviata, Cavalleria Rusticana, and Faust were performed in costume.]
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1944-45
- Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
- Concert: [Novikoff, Laurent]
- Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
- Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
- Concert: [Doe, Doris]
- Concert: [Montes, Monna]
- Concert: [Kaskas, Anna]
- Concert: [Dolinoff, Alexis]
- Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
- Concert: [Arshansky, Michael]
- Concert: [Pechner, Gerhard]
- Concert: [Conner, Nadine]
- Concert: [Cassel, Walter]
- Concert: [Garris, John]
- Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
- Concert: [Altman, Thelma]
- Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
- Concert: [Flesch, Ella]
- Concert: [Hargrave, William]
- Concert: [Kirk, Florence]
- Concert: [Benzell, Mimi]
- Concert: [Bowe, Morton]
- Concert: [Hober, Beal]
Selection/Excerpt
- La Forza del Destino: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
- La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 [Conner, Nadine/Altman, Thelma/Garris, John/Cassel, Walter/Cimara, Pietro]
- Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito [Moscona, Nicola/Cimara, Pietro]
- Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida [Kirk, Florence/Cimara, Pietro]
- Faust: Salut! demeure [Bowe, Morton/Cimara, Pietro]
- Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Svetlova, Marina/Montes, Monna/Arshansky, Michael/Dolinoff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Cimara, Pietro]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Excerpts [Flesch, Ella/Kaskas, Anna/Doe, Doris/Tokatyan, Armand/Cehanovsky, George/Cimara, Pietro]
- Faust: Avant de quitter ces lieux [Cassel, Walter/Cimara, Pietro]
- La Favorita: O mio Fernando [Altman, Thelma/Cimara, Pietro]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: A un dottor [Pechner, Gerhard/Cimara, Pietro]
- Rigoletto: Caro nome [Benzell, Mimi/Cimara, Pietro]
- Aida: Ritorna vincitor [Hober, Beal/Cimara, Pietro]
- Faust: Act V, Scene 2 [Conner, Nadine/Bowe, Morton/Hargrave, William/Cimara, Pietro]
- Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale [Montes, Monna/Smith Mary/Dolinoff, Alexis/Varkas, Leon/Arshansky, Michael/Cimara, Pietro]
Met Careers
- Altman, Thelma [Mezzo Soprano]
- Arshansky, Michael [Dancer]
- Benzell, Mimi [Soprano]
- Bowe, Morton [Tenor]
- Cassel, Walter [Baritone]
- Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
- Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
- Conner, Nadine [Soprano]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Doe, Doris [Mezzo Soprano]
- Dolinoff, Alexis [Dancer]
- Flesch, Ella [Soprano]
- Garris, John [Tenor]
- Hargrave, William [Bass]
- Hober, Beal [Soprano]
- Kaskas, Anna [Mezzo Soprano]
- Kirk, Florence [Soprano]
- Montes, Monna [Dancer]
- Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
- Novikoff, Laurent [Choreographer]
- Pechner, Gerhard [Bass]
- Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
- Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
- Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
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