[Met Concert/Gala] CID:140690
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 01/27/1946.


Metropolitan Opera House
January 27, 1946


GALA PROGRAM

Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Overture

Rigoletto: Act III
Gilda...................Mimi Benzell
Page....................Lucielle Browning
Duke of Mantua..........Richard Tucker
Rigoletto...............Frank Valentino
Monterone...............William Hargrave
Borsa...................Richard Manning
Marullo.................George Cehanovsky
Count Ceprano...........John Baker

Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Lillian Raymondi

La Traviata: Di Provenza
Robert Merrill

Don Carlo: O don fatale
Blanche Thebom

Don Giovanni: Madamina
Virgilio Lazzari

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

Aida: Act II, Scene 1
Florence Kirk
Martha Lipton

La Forza del Destino: O tu che in seno agli angeli
Richard Tucker

Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice?
Blanche Thebom

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Virgilio Lazzari

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fà
Mimi Benzell

Faust: Kermesse Scene
Marguerite..............Maxine Stellman
Siebel..................Lucielle Browning
Faust...................Thomas Hayward
Valentin................Robert Merrill
Mephistophélès..........Nicola Moscona
Wagner..................John Baker

Conductor...............Pietro Cimara

Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

[The selections from Rigoletto, Aida, and Faust were performed in concert.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1945-46
• Concert: [Browning, Lucielle]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Hargrave, William]
• Concert: [Manning, Richard]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, Richard]
• Concert: [Baker, John]
• Concert: [Raymondi, Lillian]
• Concert: [Merrill, Robert]
• Concert: [Thebom, Blanche]
• Concert: [Lazzari, Virgilio]
• Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
• Concert: [Barlow, Anne]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Kirk, Florence]
• Concert: [Lipton, Martha]
• Concert: [Tucker, Richard]
• Concert: [Benzell, Mimi]
• Concert: [Stellman, Maxine]
• Concert: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
Selection/Excerpt
• Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Overture [Cimara, Pietro]
• Rigoletto: Act III [Benzell, Mimi/Browning, Lucielle/Tucker, Richard/Valentino, Frank/Hargrave/Manning/Cehanovsky/Baker/Cimara]
• Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Raymondi, Lillian/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Traviata: Di Provenza [Merrill, Robert]
• Don Carlo: O don fatale [Thebom, Blanche/Cimara, Pietro]
• Don Giovanni: Madamina [Lazzari, Virgilio/Cimara, Pietro]
• Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Svetlova, Marina/Barlow, Anne/Varkas, Leon/Corps de Ballet/Cimara, Pietro]
• Aida: Act II, Scene 1 [Kirk, Florence/Lipton, Martha/Cimara, Pietro]
• La Forza del Destino: O tu che in seno agli angeli [Tucker, Richard/Cimara, Pietro]
• Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice? [Thebom, Blanche/Cimara, Pietro]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia [Lazzari, Virgilio/Cimara, Pietro]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fà [Benzell, Mimi/Cimara, Pietro]
• Faust: Kermesse Scene [Stellman, Maxine/Browning, Lucielle/Hayward, Thomas/Merrill, Robert/Moscona, Nicola/Baker, John/Cimara, Pietro]
Met Careers
• Baker, John [Baritone]
• Barlow, Anne [Dancer]
• Benzell, Mimi [Soprano]
• Browning, Lucielle [Mezzo Soprano]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Hargrave, William [Bass]
• Hayward, Thomas [Tenor]
• Kirk, Florence [Soprano]
• Lazzari, Virgilio [Bass]
• Lipton, Martha [Mezzo Soprano]
• Manning, Richard [Tenor]
• Merrill, Robert [Baritone]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Raymondi, Lillian [Soprano]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Stellman, Maxine [Soprano]
• Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
• Thebom, Blanche [Mezzo Soprano]
• Tucker, Richard [Tenor]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]