[Met Performance] CID:155000
New production
Don Carlo {15} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/6/1950., Telecast

(Opening Night {66}
Rudolf Bing, General Manager

Debuts: Delia Rigal, Fedora Barbieri, Cesare Siepi, Lucine Amara, Margeret Webster, Rolf Gérard

Telecast

First performance of Rudolf Bing's management
Reviews
Chapter: Rudolf Bing)


Metropolitan Opera House
November 6, 1950 Telecast
Opening Night {66}
In Italian
New production

Rudolf Bing, General Manager


DON CARLO {15}
Giuseppe Verdi--François Joseph Méry/Camille du Locle

Don Carlo...............Jussi Björling
Elizabeth of Valois.....Delia Rigal [Debut]
Rodrigo.................Robert Merrill
Princess Eboli..........Fedora Barbieri [Debut]
Philip II...............Cesare Siepi [Debut]
Grand Inquisitor........Jerome Hines
Celestial Voice.........Lucine Amara [Debut]
Friar...................Luben Vichey
Tebaldo.................Anne Bollinger
Count of Lerma..........Paul Franke
Countess of Aremberg....Tilda Morse
Herald..................Emery Darcy

Conductor...............Fritz Stiedry

Director................Margaret Webster [Debut]
Designer................Rolf Gérard [Debut]

Production a gift of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Otto H. Kahn

Translation by Lauzières, Zanardini

[The original Act I, the woods at Fontainebleau, and La Pérégrina, the classic ballet intended for Act III, Scene 1, a grotto in the queen's garden, were omitted throughout the run of this production, 1950 through 1972.]

Don Carlo received fifteen performances this season.


Review
Chapter: Photographs and Reviews of the 1950 Opening Night performance of Don Carlo (click on Björling thumbnail)
Chapter: Rudolf Bing (click on Bing thumbnail)


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1950-51
• Chapter
• Don Carlo: Conductor [Stiedry, Fritz]
• Don Carlo: Don Carlo [Björling, Jussi]
• Don Carlo: Elizabeth of Valois [Rigal, Delia]
• Don Carlo: Rodrigo [Merrill, Robert]
• Don Carlo: Princess Eboli [Barbieri, Fedora]
• Don Carlo: Philip II [Siepi, Cesare]
• Don Carlo: Grand Inquisitor [Hines, Jerome]
• Don Carlo: Celestial Voice [Amara, Lucine]
• Don Carlo: Friar [Vichey, Luben]
• Don Carlo: Tebaldo [Bollinger, Anne]
• Don Carlo: Count of Lerma [Franke, Paul]
• Don Carlo: Countess of Aremberg [Morse, Tilda]
• Don Carlo: Herald [Darcy, Emery]
• Don Carlo: Production [Webster, Margaret]
• Don Carlo: Designer [Gérard, Rolf]
• 1950-51: Don Carlo: Telecast
• Don Carlo: 1950-51: Telecast
• Children of Mr. and Mrs. Otto H. Kahn: 1950-51: Production gift: Don Carlo
• 1950-51: Don Carlo: Production gift: Children of Mr. and Mrs. Otto H. Kahn
• Björling, Jussi: Photograph: Title role in Don Carlo (Sedge LeBlang)
• Rigal, Delia: Photograph: Elizabeth of Valois in Don Carlo (Sedge Leblang)
• Björling, Jussi; Rigal, Delia: Photograph: In rehearsal for Don Carlo (Sedge LeBlang)
• Merrill, Robert: Photograph: Rodrigo in Don Carlo (Sedge LeBlang)
• Barbieri, Fedora: Photograph: Princess Eboli in Don Carlo (Sedge LeBlang)
• Siepi, Cesare: Photograph: Philip II in Don Carlo (Sedge LeBlang)
• 1950-51: General Manager: Rudolf Bing
• Bing, Rudolf: General Manager: 1950-51
• 1950-51: Don Carlo: 15 performances (Italian): New Production: Margaret Webster//Rolf Gérard: Statistics
Met Careers
• Amara, Lucine [Soprano]
• Barbieri, Fedora [Mezzo Soprano]
• Bing, Rudolf [General Manager]
• Björling, Jussi [Tenor]
• Bollinger, Anne [Soprano]
• Darcy, Emery [Tenor]
• Franke, Paul [Tenor]
• General Manager [Bing, Rudolf]
• Gérard, Rolf [Designer]
• Hines, Jerome [Bass]
• Merrill, Robert [Baritone]
• Morse, Tilda [Dancer]
• Rigal, Delia [Soprano]
• Siepi, Cesare [Bass]
• Stiedry, Fritz [Conductor]
• Vichey, Luben [Bass]
• Webster, Margaret [Production]