[Met Concert/Gala] CID:171190
Italian Gala. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/10/1956.
Metropolitan Opera House
March 10, 1956
Honoring President and Mrs. Giovanni Gronchi of Italy
ITALIAN GALA
La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1
Violetta................Licia Albanese
Alfredo.................Giuseppe Campora
Germont.................Leonard Warren
Annina..................Maria Leone
Conductor...............Fausto Cleva
Director................Désiré Defrère
Set designer............Joseph Novak
Costume designer........Jonel Jorgulesco
SOIRÉE {5}
Girl....................Mary Ellen Moylan
Boy.....................Oleg Briansky
Hostess.................Margaret Black
Spaniard................Adriano Vitale
March....................Margaret Black and corps de ballet
Canzonetta...............Mary Ellen Moylan, Oleg Briansky and corps
Tirolese.................Corps de ballet
Bolero...................Adriano Vitale and corps
Tarantella...............Corps de ballet
Quadrille................Corps de ballet
Pas de deux..............Mary Ellen Moylan, Oleg Briansky
Variations...............Oleg Briansky and female corps
Variations...............Mary Ellen Moylan and male corps
Moto Perpetuo............Full company
Conductor...............Thomas Schippers
Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba
Gino Penno
La Forza del Destino: Pace pace
Lucine Amara
Rigoletto: Cortigiani
Ettore Bastianini
La Gioconda: Cielo e mar
Jussi Björling
La Traviata: Ah fors'è lui
Hilde Güden
Cavalleria Rusticana: Addio alla Madre
Richard Tucker
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Ecco ridente
Cesare Valletti
Largo al factotum
Frank Guarrera
Conductor...............Pietro Cimara
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II
Figaro..................Frank Guarrera
Rosina..................Roberta Peters
Count Almaviva..........Cesare Valletti
Dr. Bartolo.............Fernando Corena
Don Basilio.............Cesare Siepi
Berta...................Sandra Warfield
Sergeant................Alessio De Paolis
Ambrogio................Rudolf Mayreder
Conductor...............Pietro Cimara
Director................Cyril Ritchard
Stage Director..........Robert Herman
Designer................Eugene Berman
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1955-56
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Schippers, Thomas]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Cimara, Pietro]
- Gala Performance: [Albanese, Licia]
- Gala Performance: [Campora, Giuseppe]
- Gala Performance: [Warren, Leonard]
- Gala Performance: [Leone, Maria]
- Gala Performance: [Moylan, Mary Ellen]
- Gala Performance: [Briansky, Oleg]
- Gala Performance: [Black, Margaret]
- Gala Performance: [Vitale, Adriano]
- Gala Performance: [Penno, Gino]
- Gala Performance: [Amara, Lucine]
- Gala Performance: [Bastianini, Ettore]
- Gala Performance: [Björling, Jussi]
- Gala Performance: [Güden, Hilde]
- Gala Performance: [Tucker, Richard]
- Gala Performance: [Valletti, Cesare]
- Gala Performance: [Guarrera, Frank]
- Gala Performance: [Peters, Roberta]
- Gala Performance: [Corena, Fernando]
- Gala Performance: [Siepi, Cesare]
- Gala Performance: [Warfield, Sandra]
- Gala Performance: [De Paolis, Alessio]
- Gala Performance: [Mayreder, Rudolf]
Selection/Excerpt
- La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 [Albanese, Licia/Campora, Giuseppe/Warren, Leonard/Leone, Maria/Cleva, Fausto]
- Soirée: [Ellen Moylan, Mary/Briansky, Oleg/Black, Margaret/Vitale, Adriano/Schippers, Thomas]
- Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba [Penno, Gino/Cimara, Pietro]
- La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! [Amara, Lucine/Cimara, Pietro]
- Rigoletto: Cortigiani [Bastianini, Ettore/Cimara, Pietro]
- La Gioconda: Cielo e mar! [Björling, Jussi/Cimara, Pietro]
- La Traviata: Ah fors'è lui [Güden, Hilde/Cimara, Pietro]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Addio alla Madre [Tucker, Richard/Cimara, Pietro]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Ecco ridente [Valletti, Cesare/Cimara, Pietro]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum [Guarrera, Frank/Cimara, Pietro]
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II [Peters/Warfield/Valletti/Guarrera/Corena/Siepi/De Paolis/Mayreder/Cimara]
Met Careers
- Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
- Amara, Lucine [Soprano]
- Bastianini, Ettore [Baritone]
- Björling, Jussi [Tenor]
- Black, Margaret [Dancer]
- Briansky, Oleg [Dancer]
- Campora, Giuseppe [Tenor]
- Cimara, Pietro [Conductor]
- Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
- Corena, Fernando [Bass]
- De Paolis, Alessio [Tenor]
- Guarrera, Frank [Baritone]
- Güden, Hilde [Soprano]
- Leone, Maria [Soprano]
- Mayreder, Rudolf [Bass]
- Moylan, Mary Ellen [Dancer]
- Penno, Gino [Tenor]
- Peters, Roberta [Soprano]
- Schippers, Thomas [Conductor]
- Siepi, Cesare [Bass]
- Tucker, Richard [Tenor]
- Valletti, Cesare [Tenor]
- Vitale, Adriano [Dancer]
- Warfield, Sandra [Mezzo Soprano]
- Warren, Leonard [Baritone]
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