[Met Performance] CID:180710
Aida {621} Metropolitan Opera House: 01/3/1959.

(Debuts: Alek Zybine, Matt Mattox)


Metropolitan Opera House
January 3, 1959


AIDA {621}
Giuseppe Verdi--Antonio Ghislanzoni

Aida....................Gloria Davy
Radamès.................Dimiter Uzunov
Amneris.................Blanche Thebom
Amonasro................Robert Merrill
Ramfis..................Norman Scott
King....................Ezio Flagello
Messenger...............Robert Nagy
Priestess...............Helen Vanni
Dance...................Alek Zybine [Debut]
Dance...................Edith Jerell
Dance...................Thomas Andrew

Conductor...............Fausto Cleva

Production..............Margaret Webster
Stage Director..........Nathaniel Merrill
Designer................Rolf Gérard
Choreographer...........Matt Mattox [Debut]

Aida received seven performances this season.


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1958-59
• Aida: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
• Aida: Aida [Davy, Gloria]
• Aida: Radamès [Uzunov, Dimiter]
• Aida: Amneris [Thebom, Blanche]
• Aida: Amonasro [Merrill, Robert]
• Aida: Ramfis [Scott, Norman]
• Aida: King [Flagello, Ezio]
• Aida: Messenger [Nagy, Robert]
• Aida: Priestess [Vanni, Helen]
• Aida: Dance [Zybine, Alek]
• Aida: Dance [Jerell, Edith]
• Aida: Dance [Andrew, Thomas]
• Aida: Production [Webster, Margaret]
• Aida: Designer [Gérard, Rolf]
• Aida: Choreographer [Mattox, Matt]
• Aida: Stage Director [Merrill, Nathaniel]
• 1958-59: Aida: 7 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
• Andrew, Thomas [Dancer]
• Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
• Davy, Gloria [Soprano]
• Flagello, Ezio [Bass]
• Gérard, Rolf [Designer]
• Jerell, Edith [Dancer]
• Mattox, Matt [Choreographer]
• Merrill, Nathaniel [Stage Director]
• Merrill, Robert [Baritone]
• Nagy, Robert [Tenor]
• Scott, Norman [Bass]
• Thebom, Blanche [Mezzo Soprano]
• Uzunov, Dimiter [Tenor]
• Vanni, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
• Webster, Margaret [Production]
• Zybine, Alek [Dancer]