[Met Concert/Gala] CID:167000
Gala Opening. Metropolitan Opera House: 11/8/1954., Telecast
(Opening Night {70}
Rudolf Bing, General Manager
Telecast
Reviews)
Metropolitan Opera House
November 8, 1954 Telecast
Opening Night {70}
Rudolf Bing, General Manager
GALA OPENING
Pagliacci: Prologue
Leonard Warren
Conductor...............Alberto Erede
La Bohème: Act I
Mimì....................Victoria de los Angeles
Rodolfo.................Richard Tucker
Marcello................Frank Guarrera
Schaunard...............Clifford Harvuot
Colline.................Norman Scott
Benoit..................Lawrence Davidson
Conductor...............Alberto Erede
Director................Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Designer................Rolf Gérard
Staged by...............Dino Yannopoulos
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II
Figaro..................Robert Merrill
Rosina..................Roberta Peters
Count Almaviva..........Cesare Valletti
Dr. Bartolo.............Fernando Corena
Don Basilio.............Jerome Hines
Berta...................Jean Madeira
Sergeant................Alessio De Paolis
Ambrogio................Rudolf Mayreder
Conductor...............Alberto Erede
Director................Cyril Ritchard
Designer................Eugene Berman
Stage Director..........Robert Herman [First appearance]
Aida: Act I, Scene 1; Act II
Aida....................Zinka Milanov
Radamès.................Mario Del Monaco
Amneris.................Blanche Thebom
Amonasro................Leonard Warren
Ramfis..................Jerome Hines
King....................Luben Vichey
Messenger...............Paul Franke
Dance...................Mia Slavenska [First appearance]
Dance...................Larry Boyette [First appearance]
Dance...................Louis Kosman [First appearance]
Conductor...............Fausto Cleva
Director................Margaret Webster
Stage Director..........Dino Yannopoulos
Designer................Rolf Gérard
Choreographer...........Zachary Solov
TV Director.............Kirk Browning
[This performance was relayed by closed-circuit to theaters throughout the United States.]
Review and Program Chapter
Chapter: Opening Night Telecast
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1954-55
- Gala Performance: [de los Angeles, Victoria]
- Gala Performance: [Tucker, Richard]
- Gala Performance: [Guarrera, Frank]
- Gala Performance: [Harvuot, Clifford]
- Gala Performance: [Scott, Norman]
- Gala Performance: [Davidson, Lawrence]
- Gala Performance: [Merrill, Robert]
- Gala Performance: [Peters, Roberta]
- Gala Performance: [Valletti, Cesare]
- Gala Performance: [Corena, Fernando]
- Gala Performance: [Madeira, Jean]
- Gala Performance: [De Paolis, Alessio]
- Gala Performance: [Mayreder, Rudolf]
- Gala Performance: [Milanov, Zinka]
- Gala Performance: [Del Monaco, Mario]
- Gala Performance: [Thebom, Blanche]
- Gala Performance: [Warren, Leonard]
- Gala Performance: [Hines, Jerome]
- Gala Performance: [Vichey, Luben]
- Gala Performance: [Franke, Paul]
- Gala Performance: [Slavenska, Mia]
- Gala Performance: [Boyette, Larry]
- Gala Performance: [Kosman, Louis]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Erede, Alberto]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
- Gala Performance: TV Director [Browning, Kirk]
- 1954-55: General Manager: Rudolf Bing
- Bing, Rudolf: General Manager: 1954-55
- 1954-55: Gala Opening: Telecast
- Gala Opening: 1954-55: Telecast
- 1954-55: Gala Performance: 2 performances: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
- Pagliacci: Prologue [Warren, Leonard/Erede, Alberto]
- La Bohème: Act I [de los Angeles, Victoria/Tucker, Richard/Guarrera, Frank/Harvuot, Clifford/Scott, Norman/Davidson, Lawrence/Erede, Alberto]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II [Peters, Roberta/Madeira, Jean/Valletti, Cesare/Merrill, Robert/Corena/Hines/De Paolis/Mayreder/Erede]
- Aida: Act I, Scene 1; Act II [Milanov/Thebom/Del Monaco/Warren/Hines/Vichey/Franke/Slavenska/Boyette/Kosman/Cleva]
Met Careers
- Bing, Rudolf [General Manager]
- Boyette, Larry [Dancer]
- Browning, Kirk [TV Director]
- Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
- Corena, Fernando [Bass]
- Davidson, Lawrence [Bass]
- de los Angeles, Victoria [Soprano]
- De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
- Del Monaco, Mario [Tenor]
- Erede, Alberto [Conductor]
- Franke, Paul [Tenor]
- General Manager [Bing, Rudolf]
- Guarrera, Frank [Baritone]
- Harvuot, Clifford [Baritone]
- Hines, Jerome [Bass]
- Kosman, Louis [Dancer]
- Madeira, Jean [Mezzo Soprano]
- Mayreder, Rudolf [Bass]
- Merrill, Robert [Baritone]
- Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
- Peters, Roberta [Soprano]
- Scott, Norman [Bass]
- Slavenska, Mia [Dancer]
- Thebom, Blanche [Mezzo Soprano]
- Tucker, Richard [Tenor]
- Valletti, Cesare [Tenor]
- Vichey, Luben [Bass]
- Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
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