[Met Concert/Gala] CID:140140
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 12/9/1945.
Metropolitan Opera House
December 9, 1945
GALA PROGRAM
Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture
La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1
Violetta.................Dorothy Kirsten
Annina...................Thelma Altman
Alfredo..................Thomas Hayward
Germont..................Frank Valentino
Rigoletto: Caro nome
Pierrette Alarie
Le Nozze di Figaro: Aprite un po' quegli occhi
Martial Singher
Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Mimi Benzell
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Virgilio Lazzari
La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Margaret Harshaw
La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Marina Svetlova
Leon Varkas
Josef Carmassi
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Lesson Scene
Rosina..................Mimi Benzell
Count Almaviva..........Richard Manning
Figaro..................Frank Valentino
Dr. Bartolo.............Gerhard Pechner
Don Basilio.............Virgilio Lazzari
Hérodiade: Vision fugitive
Martial Singher
Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete
Mona Paulee
Faust: Salut! Demeure
Thomas Hayward
Lakmé: Bell Song
Pierrette Alarie
Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Marina Svetlova
Anne Barlow
Leon Varkas
Conductor...............Paul Breisach
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff
[The excerpts from La Traviata and Il Barbiere di Siviglia were performed in costume.]
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Subjects:
- 1945-46
- Concert: Conductor [Breisach, Paul]
- Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
- Concert: [Breisach, Paul]
- Concert: [Kirsten, Dorothy]
- Concert: [Altman, Thelma]
- Concert: [Alarie, Pierrette]
- Concert: [Singher, Martial]
- Concert: [Benzell, Mimi]
- Concert: [Lazzari, Virgilio]
- Concert: [Harshaw, Margaret]
- Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
- Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
- Concert: [Carmassi, Josef]
- Concert: [Manning, Richard]
- Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
- Concert: [Pechner, Gerhard]
- Concert: [Paulee, Mona]
- Concert: [Hayward, Thomas]
- Concert: [Barlow, Anne]
- 1945-46: Concert: 8 performances: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
- La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 [Kirsten, Dorothy/Altman, Thelma/Hayward, Thomas/Valentino, Frank/Breisach, Paul]
- Rigoletto: Caro nome [Alarie, Pierrette/Breisach, Paul]
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Aprite un po' quegli occhi [Singher, Martial/Breisach, Paul]
- Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Benzell, Mimi/Breisach, Paul]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia [Lazzari, Virgilio/Breisach, Paul]
- La Gioconda: Voce di donna [Harshaw, Margaret/Breisach, Paul]
- La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Svetlova, Marina/Varkas, Leon/Carmassi, Josef/Breisach, Paul]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Lesson Scene [Benzell, Mimi/Manning, Richard/Valentino, Frank/Pechner, Gerhard/Lazzari, Virgilio/Breisach, Paul]
- Hérodiade: Vision fugitive [Singher, Martial/Breisach, Paul]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete [Paulee, Mona/Breisach, Paul]
- Faust: Salut! demeure [Hayward, Thomas/Breisach, Paul]
- Lakmé: Bell Song [Alarie, Pierrette/Breisach, Paul]
- Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Svetlova, Marina/Barlow, Anne/Varkas, Leon/Breisach, Paul]
Met Careers
- Alarie, Pierrette [Soprano]
- Altman, Thelma [Mezzo Soprano]
- Barlow, Anne [Dancer]
- Benzell, Mimi [Soprano]
- Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
- Carmassi, Josef [Dancer]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Harshaw, Margaret [Mezzo Soprano, Soprano]
- Hayward, Thomas [Tenor]
- Kirsten, Dorothy [Soprano]
- Lazzari, Virgilio [Bass]
- Manning, Richard [Tenor]
- Paulee, Mona [Mezzo Soprano]
- Pechner, Gerhard [Bass]
- Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
- Singher, Martial [Baritone]
- Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
- Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
- Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
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