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[Met Concert/Gala] CID:162520
Metropolitan Opera Jamboree. New York, Manhattan, Ritz Theater: 04/6/1953., Broadcast / Telecast

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New York Manhattan, Ritz Theater April 6, 1953 Broadcast / Telecast METROPOLITAN OPERA JAMBOREE Milton Cross Announcer Address: George A. Sloan, Chairman of the Board Deems Taylor Master of Ceremonies Carmen: Habanera Blanche Thebom Cavalleria Rusticana: Addio alla Madre Richard Tucker Cinderella (Livingston, Hoffman) : Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo Salvatore Baccaloni Otello: Love Duet Licia Albanese Mario Del Monaco Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture Conductor...............Fausto Cleva Howard Dietz Master of Ceremonies Carousel: You'll never walk alone George London La Bohème: O soave fanciulla Lucine Amara Brian Sullivan La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! Zinka Milanov Conductor...............Fausto Cleva Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Don Basilio! Cosa veggo! Roberta Peters Eugene Conley Frank Valentino Salvatore Baccaloni George London Die Fledermaus: Overture Conductor...............Max Rudolf Rigoletto: La donna è mobile Eugene Conley Fausto Cleva, Conductor Rigoletto: Caro nome Roberta Peters Max Rudolf, Conductor Turandot: Nessun dorma Mario Del Monaco Fausto Cleva, Conductor Porgy and Bess: Summertime Leontyne Price [First appearance] Max Rudolf, Conductor Tosca: Vissi d'arte Licia Albanese Fausto Cleva, Conductor Don Giovanni: Là ci darem la mano Roberta Peters George London Max Rudolf, Conductor ABC Symphony Orchestra Director................John Gutman [This ninety-minute fund-raising concert was the first Metropolitan Opera event simulcast on both radio and television. The initial hour was transmitted over the ABC radio network and selected affiliate television stations, the final half hour over radio alone. Donations from the broadcast audience to the Metropolitan Opera Fund were pledged by phone.]

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