[Met Concert/Gala] CID:140770
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/3/1946.


Metropolitan Opera House
February 3, 1946


GALA PROGRAM

Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture

La Traviata: Act I
Violetta................Christina Carroll
Flora...................Thelma Votipka
Alfredo.................Richard Tucker
Gastone.................Richard Manning
Baron Douphol...........George Cehanovsky
Marquis d'Obigny........William Hargrave
Dr. Grenvil.............Louis D'Angelo

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Robert Merrill

La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Margaret Harshaw

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Virgilio Lazzari

La Gioconda: Suicidio
Regina Resnik

Faust: Salut! Demeure
Thomas Hayward

Carmen: Act IV Dances
Gitane - Ana Ricarda and the Corps de Ballet
Farandole - Ana Ricarda, Leon Varkas and the Corps de Ballet

Rigoletto: Act IV Excerpts
Gilda...................Mimi Benzell
Madalena................Martha Lipton
Duke of Mantua..........Richard Tucker
Rigoletto...............George Cehanovsky
Sparafucile.............William Hargrave

Mignon: Connais-tu le pays
Mona Paulee

Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito
Nicola Moscona

Lakmé: Bell Song
Pierrette Alarie

Faust: Kermesse Scene
Marguerite..............Maxine Stellman
Siebel..................Thelma Altman
Faust...................Thomas Hayward
Valentin................Robert Merrill
Mephistophélès..........William Hargrave
Wagner..................John Baker


Conductor...............Paul Breisach

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

[The selections 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: [Breisach, Paul]
• Concert: [Carroll, Christina]
• Concert: [Votipka, Thelma]
• Concert: [Tucker, Richard]
• Concert: [Manning, Richard]
• Concert: [Cehanovsky, George]
• Concert: [D'Angelo, Louis]
• Concert: [Harshaw, Margaret]
• Concert: [Lazzari, Virgilio]
• Concert: [Resnik, Regina]
• Concert: [Ricarda, Ana]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Benzell, Mimi]
• Concert: [Lipton, Martha]
• Concert: [Paulee, Mona]
• Concert: [Moscona, Nicola]
• Concert: [Alarie, Pierrette]
• Concert: [Stellman, Maxine]
• Concert: [Altman, Thelma]
• Concert: [Hayward, Thomas]
• Concert: [Merrill, Robert]
• Concert: [Hargrave, William]
• Concert: [Baker, John]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
Selection/Excerpt
• Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
• La Traviata: Act I [Carroll, Christina/Votipka, Thelma/Tucker, Richard/Manning/Cehanovsky/Hargrave/D'Angelo/Breisach]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum [Merrill, Robert/Breisach, Paul]
• La Gioconda: Voce di donna [Harshaw, Margaret/Breisach, Paul]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia [Lazzari, Virgilio/Breisach, Paul]
• La Gioconda: Suicidio [Resnik, Regina/Breisach, Paul]
• Faust: Salut! demeure [Hayward, Thomas]
• Carmen: Act IV Dances [Ricarda, Ana/Varkas, Leon/Corps de Ballet/Breisach, Paul]
• Rigoletto: Act IV Excerpts [Benzell, Mimi/Lipton, Martha/Tucker, Richard/Cehanovsky, George/Hargrave, William/Breisach, Paul]
• Mignon: Connais-tu le pays [Paulee, Mona/Breisach, Paul]
• Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito [Moscona, Nicola/Breisach, Paul]
• Lakmé: Bell Song [Alarie, Pierrette/Breisach, Paul]
• Faust: Kermesse Scene [Stellman, Maxine/Altman, Thelma/Hayward, Thomas/Merrill, Robert/Hargrave, William/Baker, John/Breisach, Paul]
Met Careers
• Alarie, Pierrette [Soprano]
• Altman, Thelma [Mezzo Soprano]
• Baker, John [Baritone]
• Benzell, Mimi [Soprano]
• Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
• Carroll, Christina [Soprano]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• D'Angelo, Louis [Baritone]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Hargrave, William [Bass]
• Harshaw, Margaret [Mezzo Soprano, Soprano]
• Hayward, Thomas [Tenor]
• Lazzari, Virgilio [Bass]
• Lipton, Martha [Mezzo Soprano]
• Manning, Richard [Tenor]
• Merrill, Robert [Baritone]
• Moscona, Nicola [Bass]
• Paulee, Mona [Mezzo Soprano]
• Resnik, Regina [Soprano, Mezzo Soprano]
• Ricarda, Ana [Dancer]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Stellman, Maxine [Soprano]
• Tucker, Richard [Tenor]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Votipka, Thelma [Soprano]