[Met Concert/Gala] CID:141060
Gala Program. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/3/1946.


Metropolitan Opera House
March 3, 1946
Benefit for the Rand School of Social Science


GALA PROGRAM

Fidelio: Overture

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1
Dorothy Kirsten
Thelma Altman
Thomas Hayward
Robert Merrill

La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Regina Resnik

Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba
Armand Tokatyan

La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Thelma Altman

Pagliacci: Prologue
Frank Valentino

Carmen: Act IV Dances
Gitane - Irene Hawthorne and Corps de Ballet
Farandole - Irene Hawthorne, Leon Varkas and Corps de Ballet

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I Excerpts (In Costume)
Christina Carroll
Richard Manning
Robert Merrill
Gerhard Pechner

Don Giovanni: Madamina
Virgilio Lazzari

Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle
Astrid Varnay

Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Ramon Vinay

Le Nozze di Figaro: Deh, vieni, non tardar
Frances Greer

Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2
Florence Quartararo
Maxine Stellman
Arthur Carron [Last appearance]
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 the Corps de Ballet
Bayaders - Marina Svetlova and the Corps de Ballet
Finale - Entire Ballet

Conductor...............Paul Breisach
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

[The selections from La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and were performed in costume.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1945-46
• Concert: Conductor [Breisach, Paul]
• Concert: [Kirsten, Dorothy]
• Concert: [Altman, Thelma]
• Concert: [Hayward, Thomas]
• Concert: [Resnik, Regina]
• Concert: [Tokatyan, Armand]
• Concert: [Hawthorne, Irene]
• Concert: [Varkas, Leon]
• Concert: [Carroll, Christina]
• Concert: [Manning, Richard]
• Concert: [Merrill, Robert]
• Concert: [Pechner, Gerhard]
• Concert: [Lazzari, Virgilio]
• Concert: [Varnay, Astrid]
• Concert: [Vinay, Ramon]
• Concert: [Greer, Frances]
• Concert: [Quartararo, Florence]
• Concert: [Stellman, Maxine]
• Concert: [Carron, Arthur]
• Concert: [Valentino, Frank]
• Concert: [Svetlova, Marina]
• Concert: [Barlow, Anne]
• Concert: [Romanoff, Boris]
Selection/Excerpt
• Fidelio: Overture [Breisach, Paul]
• La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 [Kirsten, Dorothy/Altman, Thelma/Hayward, Thomas/Merrill, Robert/Breisach, Paul]
• La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! [Resnik, Regina/Breisach, Paul]
• Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba [Tokatyan, Armand/Breisach, Paul]
• La Gioconda: Voce di donna [Altman, Thelma/Breisach, Paul]
• Pagliacci: Prologue [Valentino, Frank/Breisach, Paul]
• Carmen: Act IV Dances [Hawthorne, Irene/Varkas, Leon/Corps de Ballet/Breisach, Paul]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I Excerpts [Carroll, Christina/Manning, Richard/Merrill, Robert/Pechner, Gerhard/Breisach, Paul]
• Don Giovanni: Madamina [Lazzari, Virgilio/Breisach, Paul]
• Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle [Varnay, Astrid/Breisach, Paul]
• Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [Vinay, Ramon/Breisach, Paul]
• Le Nozze di Figaro: Deh, vieni, non tardar [Greer, Frances/Breisach, Paul]
• Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2 [Quartararo, Florence/Stellman, Maxine/Carron, Arthur/Valentino, Frank/Breisach, Paul]
• Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances [Svetlova, Marina/Barlow, Anne/Varkas, Leon/Corps de Ballet/Breisach, Paul]
Met Careers
• Altman, Thelma [Mezzo Soprano]
• Barlow, Anne [Dancer]
• Breisach, Paul [Conductor]
• Carroll, Christina [Soprano]
• Carron, Arthur [Tenor]
• Defrère, Désiré [Director]
• Greer, Frances [Soprano]
• Hawthorne, Irene [Dancer]
• Hayward, Thomas [Tenor]
• Kirsten, Dorothy [Soprano]
• Lazzari, Virgilio [Bass]
• Manning, Richard [Tenor]
• Merrill, Robert [Baritone]
• Pechner, Gerhard [Bass]
• Quartararo, Florence [Soprano]
• Resnik, Regina [Soprano, Mezzo Soprano]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Stellman, Maxine [Soprano]
• Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
• Tokatyan, Armand [Tenor]
• Valentino, Frank [Baritone]
• Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
• Varnay, Astrid [Soprano]
• Vinay, Ramon [Tenor]