[Met Concert/Gala] CID:140530
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/13/1946.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 13, 1946


GALA PROGRAM

Don Giovanni: Overture

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1
Violetta................Dorothy Kirsten
Annina..................Thelma Altman
Alfredo.................Thomas Hayward
Germont.................Lawrence Tibbett

La Favorita: O mio Fernando
Margaret Harshaw

Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro
Charles Kullman

La Traviata: Sempre libera
Licia Albanese

Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito
Nicola Moscona

Carmen: Act IV Dances
Gitane - Amelia Gilmore and Corps de Ballet
Farandole - Amelia Gilmore, Leon Varkas and Corps de Ballet

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Lesson Scene
Rosina..................Mimi Benzell
Count Almaviva..........Richard Manning
Figaro..................Frank Valentino
Dr. Bartolo.............Louis D'Angelo
Don Basilio.............Nicola Moscona

Roméo et Juliette: Waltz
Licia Albanese

Faust: Avant de quitter ces lieux
Lawrence Tibbett

The Last Rose of Summer (traditional)
Frances Greer

Faust: Salut! Demeure
Thomas Hayward

La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Marina Svetlova
Leon Varkas
Josef Carmassi

Conductor...............Max Rudolf [First appearance]
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

[The excerpts from La Travaita and Il Barbiere di Siviglia were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1945-46
• Concert: Conductor [Rudolf, Max]
• Concert: [Kirsten, Dorothy]
• Concert: [Altman, Thelma]
• Concert: [Harshaw, Margaret]
• Concert: [Kullman, Charles]
• Concert: [Albanese, Licia]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Gilmore, Amelia]
• Concert: [Benzell, Mimi]
• Concert: [Manning, Richard]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [D'Angelo, Louis]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [Tibbett, Lawrence]
• Concert: [Greer, Frances]
• Concert: [Hayward, Thomas]
• Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
• Concert: [Carmassi, Josef]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
Selection/Excerpt
• Don Giovanni: Overture [Rudolf, Max]
• La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 [Kirsten, Dorothy/Altmas, Thelma/Hayward, Thomas/Tibbett, Lawrence/Rudolf, Max]
• La Favorita: O mio Fernando [Harshaw, Margaret/Rudolf, Max]
• Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro [Kullman, Charles/Rudolf, Max]
• La Traviata: Sempre libera [Albanese, Licia/Rudolf, Max]
• Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito [Moscona, Nicola/Rudolf, Max]
• Carmen: Act IV Dances [Gilmore, Amelia/Varkas, Leon/Corps de Ballet/Rudolf, Max]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Lesson Scene [Benzell, Mimi/Manning, Richard/Valentino, Frank/D'Angelo, Louis/Moscona, Nicola/Rudolf, Max]
• Roméo et Juliette: Juliette's Waltz [Albanese, Licia/Rudolf, Max]
• Faust: Avant de quitter ces lieux [Tibbett, Lawrence/Rudolf, Max]
• Traditional: The Last Rose of Summer [Greer, Frances/Rudolf, Max]
• Faust: Salut! demeure [Hayward, Thomas/Rudolf, Max]
• La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Svetlova, Marina/Varkas, Leon/Carmassi, Josef/Rudolf, Max]
Met Careers
• Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
• Altman, Thelma [Mezzo Soprano]
• Benzell, Mimi [Soprano]
• Carmassi, Josef [Dancer]
• D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Gilmore, Amelia [Dancer]
• Greer, Frances [Soprano]
• Harshaw, Margaret [Mezzo Soprano, Soprano]
• Hayward, Thomas [Tenor]
• Kirsten, Dorothy [Soprano]
• Kullman, Charles [Tenor]
• Manning, Richard [Tenor]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Rudolf, Max [Conductor]
• Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
• Tibbett, Lawrence [Baritone]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]