[Met Concert/Gala] CID:140450
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/6/1946.
Metropolitan Opera House
January 6, 1946
GALA PROGRAM
Fidelio: Overture
La Traviata: Act I
Violetta................Nadine Conner
Flora...................Thelma Altman
Alfredo.................Richard Tucker
Gastone.................Lodovico Oliviero
Baron Douphol...........Arthur Kent
Marquis d'Obigny........William Hargrave
Lakmé: Viens, Mallika
Pierrette Alarie
Martha Lipton
Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai
Norman Cordon
Pagliacci: Ballatella
Marita Farell
Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Jussi Björling
La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Marina Svetlova
Leon Varkas
Josef Carmassi
Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts
Gilda...................Mimi Benzell
Maddalena...............Martha Lipton
Duke of Mantua..........Richard Tucker
Rigoletto...............George Cehanovsky
Sparafucile.............William Hargrave
Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Eleanor Steber
La Gioconda: Cielo e mar
Jussi Björling
La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Irene Jessner
Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito
Norman Cordon
Faust: Kermesse Scene
Marguerite..............Marita Farell
Siebel..................Thelma Altman
Faust...................Thomas Hayward
Valentin................Robert Merrill
Mephistopheles..........Nicola Moscona
Wagner..................Arthur Kent
Conductor...............Paul Breisach
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff
[The excerpts from La Traviata, Rigoletto and Faust were performed in costume.]
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1945-46
- Concert: Conductor [Breisach, Paul]
- Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
- Concert: [Conner, Nadine]
- Concert: [Tucker, Richard]
- Concert: [Oliviero, Lodovico]
- Concert: [Hargrave, William]
- Concert: [Lipton, Martha]
- Concert: [Alarie, Pierrette]
- Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
- Concert: [Björling, Jussi]
- Concert: [Carmassi, Josef]
- Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
- Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
- Concert: [Benzell, Mimi]
- Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
- Concert: [Steber, Eleanor]
- Concert: [Jessner, Irene]
- Concert: [Farell, Marita]
- Concert: [Altman, Thelma]
- Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
- Concert: [Hayward, Thomas]
- Concert: [Merrill, Robert]
- Concert: [Kent, Arthur]
Selection/Excerpt
- Fidelio: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
- La Traviata: Act I [Copnner, Nadine/Altman, Thelma/Tucker, Richard/Oliviero/Kent/Hargrave/Breisach]
- Lakmé: Viens, Mallika [Alarie, Pierrette/Lipton, Martha/Breisach, Paul]
- Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai [Cordon, Norman/Breisach, Paul]
- Pagliacci: Ballatella [Farell, Marita/Breisach, Paul]
- Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [Björling, Jussi/Breisach, Paul]
- La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Svetlova, Marina/Varkas, Leon/Carmassi, Josef/Breisach, Paul]
- Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts [Benzell, Mimi/Lipton, Martha/Tucker, Richard/Cehanovsky, George/Hargrave, William/Breisach, Paul]
- Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Steber, Eleanor/Breisach, Paul]
- La Gioconda: Cielo e mar! [Björling, Jussi/Breisach, Paul]
- La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! [Jessner, Irene/Breisach, Paul]
- Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito [Cordon, Norman/Breisach, Paul]
- Faust: Kermesse Scene [Farell, Marita/Altman, Thelma/Hayward, Thomas/Merrill, Robert/Moscona, Nicola/Kent, Arthur]
Met Careers
- Alarie, Pierrette [Soprano]
- Altman, Thelma [Mezzo Soprano]
- Benzell, Mimi [Soprano]
- Björling, Jussi [Tenor]
- Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
- Carmassi, Josef [Dancer]
- Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
- Conner, Nadine [Soprano]
- Cordon, Norman [Bass]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Farell, Marita [Soprano]
- Hargrave, William [Bass]
- Hayward, Thomas [Tenor]
- Jessner, Irene [Soprano]
- Kent, Arthur [Baritone]
- Lipton, Martha [Mezzo Soprano]
- Merrill, Robert [Baritone]
- Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
- Oliviero, Lodovico [Tenor]
- Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
- Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
- Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
- Tucker, Richard [Tenor]
- Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
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