[Met Performance] CID:180740
Vanessa {8} Metropolitan Opera House: 01/7/1959.

(Debuts: Hlenka Devon, Joyce Edwards)


Metropolitan Opera House
January 7, 1959


VANESSA {8}
Barber-Menotti

Vanessa.................Eleanor Steber
Anatol..................Nicolai Gedda
Erika...................Rosalind Elias
Old Baroness............Regina Resnik
Doctor..................Giorgio Tozzi
Nicholas................George Cehanovsky
Footman.................Robert Nagy
Maid....................Joyce Edwards [Debut]
Maid....................Hlenka Devon [Debut]

Conductor...............Dimitri Mitropoulos

Production..............Gian Carlo Menotti
Stage Director..........Nathaniel Merrill
Designer................Cecil Beaton
Choreographer...........Zachary Solov

Vanessa received six performances this season.


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1958-59
• Vanessa: Conductor [Mitropoulos, Dimitri]
• Vanessa: Vanessa [Steber, Eleanor]
• Vanessa: Anatol [Gedda, Nicolai]
• Vanessa: Erika [Elias, Rosalind]
• Vanessa: Old Baroness [Resnik, Regina]
• Vanessa: Doctor [Tozzi, Giorgio]
• Vanessa: Nicholas [Cehanovsky, George]
• Vanessa: Footman [Nagy, Robert]
• Vanessa: Maid [Edwards, Joyce]
• Vanessa: Maid [Devon, Hlenka]
• Vanessa: Production [Menotti, Gian Carlo]
• Vanessa: Designer [Beaton, Cecil]
• Vanessa: Choreographer [Solov, Zachary]
• 1958-59: Vanessa: 6 performances: American Opera: Statistics
Met Careers
• Cehanovsky, George [Baritone]
• Devon, Hlenka [Dancer]
• Edwards, Joyce [Dancer]
• Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo Soprano]
• Gedda, Nicolai [Tenor]
• Merrill, Nathaniel [Stage Director]
• Mitropoulos, Dimitri [Conductor]
• Nagy, Robert [Tenor]
• Resnik, Regina [Soprano, Mezzo Soprano]
• Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
• Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass]