[Met Performance] CID:149060
Rigoletto {285} Metropolitan Opera House: 12/4/1948.

(Debut: Luben Vichey)


Metropolitan Opera House
December 4, 1948


RIGOLETTO {285}
Giuseppe Verdi--Francesco Maria Piave

Rigoletto...............Leonard Warren
Gilda...................Patrice Munsel
Duke of Mantua..........Jan Peerce
Maddalena...............Martha Lipton
Sparafucile.............Luben Vichey [Debut]
Monterone...............Clifford Harvuot
Borsa...................Alessio De Paolis
Marullo.................George Cehanovsky
Count Ceprano...........John Baker
Countess Ceprano........Maxine Stellman
Giovanna................Thelma Altman
Page....................Thelma Altman

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

Director................Dino Yannopoulos
Set designer............Vittorio Rota
Costume designer........Mathilde Castel-Bert
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

Rigoletto received nine performances this season.

[At the time of his debut, Luben Vichey billed himself as Lubomir Vichegonov.
He shortened his name as of 11/20/54.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1948-49
• Rigoletto: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
• Rigoletto: Rigoletto [Warren, Leonard]
• Rigoletto: Gilda [Munsel, Patrice]
• Rigoletto: Duke of Mantua [Peerce, Jan]
• Rigoletto: Maddalena [Lipton, Martha]
• Rigoletto: Sparafucile [Vichey, Luben]
• Rigoletto: Monterone [Harvuot, Clifford]
• Rigoletto: Borsa [De Paolis, Alessio]
• Rigoletto: Marullo [Cehanovsky, George]
• Rigoletto: Count Ceprano [Baker, John]
• Rigoletto: Countess Ceprano [Stellman, Maxine]
• Rigoletto: Giovanna [Altman, Thelma]
• Rigoletto: Page [Altman, Thelma]
• Rigoletto: Director [Yannopoulos, Dino]
• Rigoletto: Choreographer [Romanoff, Boris]
• Rigoletto: Set Designer [Rota, Vittorio]
• Rigoletto: Costume Designer [Castel-Bert, Mathilde]
• 1948-49: Rigoletto: 9 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
• Altman, Thelma [Mezzo Soprano]
• Baker, John [Baritone]
• Castel-Bert, Mathilde [Costume Designer]
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
• De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
• Harvuot, Clifford [Baritone]
• Lipton, Martha [Mezzo Soprano]
• Munsel, Patrice [Soprano]
• Peerce, Jan [Tenor]
• Romanoff, Boris [Choreographer]
• Rota, Vittorio [Set Designer]
• Stellman, Maxine [Soprano]
• Vichey, Luben [Bass]
• Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
• Yannopoulos, Dino [Director]