[Met Performance] CID:149520
Mignon {102} Metropolitan Opera House: 01/17/1949.
(Review)
Metropolitan Opera House
January 17, 1949
MIGNON {102}
Mignon..................Risë Stevens
Wilhelm Meister.........James Melton
Philine.................Marilyn Cotlow
Lothario................Jerome Hines
Frédéric................Jean Madeira
Laërte..................Alessio De Paolis
Jarno...................Osie Hawkins
Antonio.................Lawrence Davidson
Dance...................Marina Svetlova
Dance...................Leon Varkas
Dance...................Alfred Corvino
Dance...................Richard Goltra
Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier
Review of Cecil Smith in Musical America
With Risë Stevens again in the title role and Wilfred Pelletier conducting, the fourth performance of Mignon was decidedly superior in general smoothness of execution to the three that have preceded it this season. James Melton returned to the role of Wilhelm Meister, which he had relinquished to Giuseppe Di Stefano last time. Jerome Hines was the Lothario, and Marilyn Cotlow, the Philine. The other participants were Jean Browning-Madeira (who sang the Gavotte more flexibly than before), Alessio De Paolis, Osie Hawkins, and Lawrence Davidson: The principals in the first act gypsy dance were Marina Svetlova, Leon Varkas, Alfredo Corvino, and Richard Goltra.