[Met Concert/Gala] CID:140610
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/20/1946.
Metropolitan Opera House
January 20, 1946
GALA PROGRAM
William Tell: Overture
Pagliacci: Act I Excerpts (In Costume)
Nedda...................Marita Farell
Canio...................Frederick Jagel
Tonio...................Frank Valentino
Silvio..................Hugh Thompson
Beppe...................Lodovico Oliviero
Lakmé: Bell Song
Pierrette Alarie
Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie
Norman Cordon
Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Regina Resnik
Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
John Baker
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Virgilio Lazzari
La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Marina Svetlova, Leon Varkas, Josef Carmassi, Corps de Ballet
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act III, Scene 1
Rosina..................Mimi Benzell
Count Almaviva..........Richard Manning
Figaro..................Frank Valentino
Dr. Bartolo.............Gerhard Pechner
Don Basilio.............Virgilio Lazzari
La Gioconda: Suicidio
Regina Resnik
Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Jacques Gérard
Rigoletto: Quartet
Mimi Benzell
Lucielle Browning
Anthony Marlowe
George Cehanovsky
Roméo et Juliette: Stephano's Aria
Lillian Raymondi
Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amo
Norman Cordon
Don Pasquale: Act I, Scene 2 Duet (In Costume)
Bidú Sayao
Frank Valentino
Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Terana - Marina Svetlova and Corps de Ballet
Rektah - Anne Barlow and Leon Varkas
Dance of the Veils - Marina Svetlova, Leon Varkas and Corps de Ballet
Bayaders - Marina Svetlova and Corps de Ballet
Finale - Entire Ballet
Conductor...............Pietro Cimara
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff
[The selections from Pagliacci and Don Pasquale were performed in costume.]
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1945-46
- Concert: [Cimara, Pietro]
- Concert: [Farell, Marita]
- Concert: [Jagel, Frederick]
- Concert: [Thompson, Hugh]
- Concert: [Oliviero, Lodovico]
- Concert: [Alarie, Pierrette]
- Concert: [Resnik, Regina]
- Concert: [Baker, John]
- Concert: [Lazzari, Virgilio]
- Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
- Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
- Concert: [Carmassi, Josef]
- Concert: [Benzell, Mimi]
- Concert: [Manning, Richard]
- Concert: [Pechner, Gerhard]
- Concert: [Gérard, Jacques]
- Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
- Concert: [Marlowe, Anthony]
- Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
- Concert: [Raymondi, Lillian]
- Concert: [Cordon, Norman]
- Concert: [Sayão, Bidú]
- Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
- Concert: [Barlow, Anne]
- Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
- Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
Selection/Excerpt
- William Tell: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
- Pagliacci: Act I Excerpts [Farell, Marita/Jagel, Frederick/Valentino, Frank/Thompson, Hugh/Oliviero, Lodovico/Cimara, Pietro]
- Lakmé: Bell Song [Alarie, Pierrette/Cimara, Pietro]
- Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade) [Cordon, Norman/Cimara, Pietro]
- Aida: Ritorna vincitor [Resnik, Regina/Cimara, Pietro]
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu [Baker, John/Cimara, Pietro]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia [Lazzari, Virgilio/Cimara, Pietro]
- La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours [Svetlova, Marina/Varkas, Leon/Carmassi, Josef/Corps de Ballet/Cimara, Pietro]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act III, Scene 1 [Benzell, Mimi/Manning, Richard/Valentino, Frank/Pechner, Gerhard/Lazzari, Virgilio/Cimara, Pietro]
- La Gioconda: Suicidio [Resnik,Regina/Cimara, Pietro]
- Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [Gérard, Jacques/Cimara, Pietro]
- Rigoletto: Quartet [Benzell, Mimi/Browning, Lucielle/Marlowe, Anthony/Cehanovsky, George/Cimara, Pietro]
- Roméo et Juliette: Stephano's Aria [Raymondi, Lillian/Cimara, Pietro]
- Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amò [Cordon, Norman/Cimara, Pietro]
- Don Pasquale: Act I, Scene 2 Duet [Sayao, Bidú/Valentino, Frank/Cimara, Pietro]
- Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Svetlova, Marina/Barlow, Anne/Varkas, Leon//Corps de Ballet/Cimara, Pietro]
Met Careers
- Alarie, Pierrette [Soprano]
- Baker, John [Baritone]
- Barlow, Anne [Dancer]
- Benzell, Mimi [Soprano]
- Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
- Carmassi, Josef [Dancer]
- Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
- Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
- Cordon, Norman [Bass]
- Defrère, Désiré [Director]
- Farell, Marita [Soprano]
- Gérard, Jacques [Tenor]
- Jagel, Frederick [Tenor]
- Lazzari, Virgilio [Bass]
- Manning, Richard [Tenor]
- Marlowe, Anthony [Tenor]
- Oliviero, Lodovico [Tenor]
- Pechner, Gerhard [Bass]
- Raymondi, Lillian [Soprano]
- Resnik, Regina [Soprano, Mezzo Soprano]
- Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
- Sayão, Bidú [Soprano]
- Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
- Thompson, Hugh [Baritone]
- Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
- Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
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