[Met Concert/Gala] CID:141290
Gala Performance. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/24/1946.
Metropolitan Opera House
March 24, 1946
GALA PERFORMANCE
La Forza del Destino: Overture
Conductor...............Bruno Walter
Don Giovanni: Act I, Scenes 4 and 5
Don Giovanni............Ezio Pinza
Donna Anna..............Zinka Milanov
Don Ottavio.............John Garris
Donna Elvira............Eleanor Steber
Leporello...............Virgilio Lazzari
Zerlina.................Nadine Conner
Masetto.................Arthur Kent [Last appearance]
Conductor...............George Szell
Director................Herbert Graf
Designer................Joseph Urban
La Bohème: Act III
Mimì....................Licia Albanese
Rodolfo.................Giovanni Martinelli [Last appearance]
Musetta.................Frances Greer
Marcello................John Brownlee
Sergeant................John Baker
Conductor...............Cesare Sodero
Director................Désiré Defrère
Costume designer........Blaschke & Cie
Don Pasquale: Act II
Pasquale................Salvatore Baccaloni
Norina..................Patrice Munsel
Ernesto.................Nino Martini
Malatesta...............Giuseppe De Luca [Last appearance]
Notary..................Alessio De Paolis
Conductor...............Fritz Busch
Director................Désiré Defrère
Designer................Jonel Jorgulesco
La Gioconda: Act III
La Gioconda.............Stella Roman
Enzo....................Richard Tucker
Laura...................Risë Stevens
Barnaba.................Leonard Warren
Alvise..................Giacomo Vaghi
La Cieca................Margaret Harshaw
Dance...................Marina Svetlova
Dance...................Leon Varkas
Dance...................Josef Carmassi
Conductor...............Emil Cooper
Director................Désiré Defrère
Set designer............Antonio Rovescalli
Set designer............Joseph Novak
Costume designer........Mathilde Castel-Bert
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff
[This event was a benefit for American Relief for Italy, Inc.]
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1945-46
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Walter, Bruno]
- Gala Performance: [Pinza, Ezio]
- Gala Performance: [Milanov, Zinka]
- Gala Performance: [Garris, John]
- Gala Performance: [Steber, Eleanor]
- Gala Performance: [Lazzari, Virgilio]
- Gala Performance: [Conner, Nadine]
- Gala Performance: [Kent, Arthur]
- Gala Performance: [Albanese, Licia]
- Gala Performance: [Martinelli, Giovanni]
- Gala Performance: [Greer, Frances]
- Gala Performance: [Brownlee, John]
- Gala Performance: [Baker, John]
- Gala Performance: [Baccaloni, Salvatore]
- Gala Performance: [Munsel, Patrice]
- Gala Performance: [Martini, Nino]
- Gala Performance: [De Luca, Giuseppe]
- Gala Performance: [De Paolis, Alessio]
- Gala Performance: [Roman, Stella]
- Gala Performance: [Tucker, Richard]
- Gala Performance: [Stevens, Risë]
- Gala Performance: [Warren, Leonard]
- Gala Performance: [Vaghi, Giacomo]
- Gala Performance: [Harshaw, Margaret]
- Gala Performance: [Svetlova, Marina]
- Gala Performance: [Varkas, Leon]
- Gala Performance: [Carmassi, Josef]
Selection/Excerpt
- La Forza del Destino: Overture [Walter, Bruno]
- Don Giovanni: Act I, Scenes 4, 5 [Pinza, Ezio/Milanov, Zinka/Steber, Eleanor/Conner, Nadine/Garris, John/Virgilio, Lazzari/Kent, Arthur/Szell]
- La Bohème: Act III [Albanese, Licia/Greer, Frances/Martinelli, Giovanni/Brownlee, John/Baker, John/Sodero, Cesare]
- Don Pasquale: Act II [Munsel, Patrice/Martini, Nino/De Luca, Giuseppe/Baccaloni, Salvatore/De Paolis, Alessio/Busch, Fritz]
- La Gioconda: Act III [Roman, Stella/Stevens, Risë/Harshaw, Margaret/Tucker, Richard/Warren, Leonard/Vaghi/Dance/Cooper]
Met Careers
- Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
- Baccaloni, Salvatore [Bass]
- Baker, John [Baritone]
- Brownlee, John [Baritone]
- Busch, Fritz [Conductor]
- Carmassi, Josef [Dancer]
- Conner, Nadine [Soprano]
- Cooper, Emil [Conductor]
- De Luca, Giuseppe [Baritone]
- De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
- Garris, John [Tenor]
- Greer, Frances [Soprano]
- Harshaw, Margaret [Mezzo Soprano, Soprano]
- Kent, Arthur [Baritone]
- Lazzari, Virgilio [Bass]
- Martinelli, Giovanni [Tenor]
- Martini, Nino [Tenor]
- Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
- Munsel, Patrice [Soprano]
- Pinza, Ezio [Bass]
- Roman, Stella [Soprano]
- Sodero, Cesare [Conductor]
- Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
- Stevens, Risë [Mezzo Soprano]
- Svetlova, Marina [Dancer]
- Szell, George [Conductor]
- Tucker, Richard [Tenor]
- Vaghi, Giacomo [Bass]
- Varkas, Leon [Dancer]
- Walter, Bruno [Conductor]
- Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
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