[Met Performance] CID:181540
Ballet Evening. Metropolitan Opera House: 03/22/1959.

(Debuts: Nancy Benson, William Burdick, Craig Crosson, Frank Piper, Jac Venza, Carole Kroon, David Milnes, Herbert Ross, John Ward, Katharyn Horne, Sondra Lee, Mary Stone, José Gutierrez, Vincent Warren, Diana Coon, Loi Leabo, Alek Zbyine, Fronda Sobel, Walter Taussig, Karinska, Motley)


Metropolitan Opera House
March 22, 1959


BALLET EVENING
The Metropolitan Opera Ballet


Barber: The School for Scandal: Overture

In the Beginning {1} World Premiere
[Barber: Symphony No.1]

Eve.....................Bambi Linn
Adam....................Bruce Marks
Tempters: Sondra Lee [Debut and only performance], Thomas Andrew

Meredith Baylis [Debut and only performance], Catherine Horn, Edith Jerell, Nancy King, Louellen Sibley, Mary Stone [Debut and only performance],
William Burdick [Debut], Craig Crosson [Debut], José Gutierrez [Debut and only performance], Ron Murray, Frank Piper [Debut], Vincent Warren [Debut and only performance]

Conductor...............Ignace Strasfogel

Choreographer...........John Butler
Designer................Jac Venza [Debut]


The Exchange {1} World Premiere
[Poulenc: Concerto for Organ and Orchestra]

Soloists: Nora Kaye, Scott Douglas, José Gutierrez

Meredith Baylis, Nancy Benson, Margaret Black, Diana Coon [Debut and only performance], Hlenka Devon, Catherine Horn, Edith Jerell, Nancy King, Carole Kroon [Debut], Loi Leabo [Debut and only performance], Joy O'Neill [Last performance], Louellen Sibley, Mary Stone, Thomas Andrew, William Burdick, Craig Crosson, Hubert Farrington, Harry Jones, Donald Martin, David Milnes [Debut], Ron Murray, Frank Piper, Vincent Warren, Alek Zbyine [Debut and only performance]

Organ Soloist...........Edmund Shay
Conductor...............George Schick

Choreographer...........Herbert Ross [Debut]
Designer................John Ward [Debut]


Les Diamants {1} World Premiere
[Charles de Bériot: Scène de Ballet]

Blue Diamond............Lupe Serrano
Black Diamond...........Bruce Marks

Nancy Benson [Debut], Edith Jerell, Nancy King, Katharyn Horne [Debut]

Violin Soloist..........Raymond Gniewek
Conductor...............Walter Taussig [Debut]

Choreographer...........Alexandra Danilova
Costume designer........Karinska [Debut]


Hail and Farewell {1} World Premiere
[Music of Richard Strauss]

1. Festival March, Opus 1

Suzanne Ames, Meridith Baylis, Ann Etgen, Catherine Horn, Nancy King,
Carole Kroon, Fronda Sobel [Debut and only performance], Mary Stone,
William Burdick, José Gutierrez, Harry Jones, Donald Martin, David Milnes,
Ron Murray, Vincent Warren, Alek Zybine

2. Serenade, Opus 7

Margaret Black, Hlenka Devon, Louellen Sibley, Ann Etgen [Last Performance], Fronda Sobel,
William Burdick, Ron Murray, Vincent Warren

3. Four Last Songs

Frühling................Lupe Serrano

September...............Edith Jerell

Beim Schlafengehen......Audrey Keane
Hlenka Devon, William Burdick, Ron Murray, Vincent Warren

Im Abendrot.............Nora Kaye

Soprano Soloist..........Eleanor Steber
Conductor...............Martin Rich

Choreographer...........Antony Tudor
Costume designer........Motley [Debut]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1958-59
• The School for Scandal: Overture (Barber): Conductor [Strasfogel, Ignace]
• In the Beginning: Conductor [Strasfogel, Ignace]
• In the Beginning: Eve [Linn, Bambi]
• In the Beginning: Adam [Marks, Bruce]
• In the Beginning: Tempters [Lee, Sondra]
• In the Beginning: Tempters [Andrew, Thomas]
• In the Beginning: Dance [Baylis, Meredith]
• In the Beginning: Dance [Horn, Catherine]
• In the Beginning: Dance [Jerell, Edith]
• In the Beginning: Dance [King, Nancy]
• In the Beginning: Dance [Sibley, Louellen]
• In the Beginning: Dance [Stone, Mary]
• In the Beginning: Dance [Burdick, William]
• In the Beginning: Dance [Crosson, Craig]
• In the Beginning: Dance [Gutierrez, José]
• In the Beginning: Dance [Murray, Ron]
• In the Beginning: Dance [Piper, Frank]
• In the Beginning: Dance [Warren, Vincent]
• In the Beginning: Designer [Venza, Jac]
• In the Beginning: Choreographer [Butler, John]
• The Exchange: Conductor [Schick, George]
• The Exchange: Dance [Kaye, Nora]
• The Exchange: Dance [Douglas, Scott]
• The Exchange: Dance [Gutierrez, José]
• The Exchange: Dance [Baylis, Meredith]
• The Exchange: Dance [Benson, Nancy]
• The Exchange: Dance [Black, Margaret]
• The Exchange: Dance [Coon, Diana]
• The Exchange: Dance [Devon, Hlenka]
• The Exchange: Dance [Horn, Catherine]
• The Exchange: Dance [Jerell, Edith]
• The Exchange: Dance [King, Nancy]
• The Exchange: Dance [Kroon, Carole]
• The Exchange: Dance [Leabo, Loi]
• The Exchange: Dance [O'Neill, Joy]
• The Exchange: Dance [Sibley, Louellen]
• The Exchange: Dance [Stone, Mary]
• The Exchange: Dance [Andrew, Thomas]
• The Exchange: Dance [Burdick, William]
• The Exchange: Dance [Crosson, Craig]
• The Exchange: Dance [Farrington, Hubert]
• The Exchange: Dance [Jones, Harry]
• The Exchange: Dance [Martin, Donald]
• The Exchange: Dance [Milnes, David]
• The Exchange: Dance [Murray, Ron]
• The Exchange: Dance [Piper, Frank]
• The Exchange: Dance [Warren, Vincent]
• The Exchange: Dance [Zbyine, Alek]
• The Exchange: Organ Soloist [Shay, Edmund]
• The Exchange: Designer [Ward, John]
• The Exchange: Choreographer [Ross, Herbert]
• Les Diamants: Conductor [Taussig, Walter]
• Les Diamants: Blue Diamond [Serrano, Lupe]
• Les Diamants: Black Diamond [Marks, Bruce]
• Les Diamants: Dance [Benson, Nancy]
• Les Diamants: Dance [Jerell, Edith]
• Les Diamants: Dance [King, Nancy]
• Les Diamants: Dance [Horne, Katharyn]
• Les Diamants: Violin Soloist [Gniewek, Raymond]
• Les Diamants: Costume Designer [Karinska]
• Les Diamants: Choreographer [Danilova, Alexandra]
• Hail and Farewell: Conductor [Rich, Martin]
• Hail and Farewell: Soloist [Steber, Eleanor]
• Hail and Farewell: Frühling [Serrano, Lupe]
• Hail and Farewell: September [Jerell, Edith]
• Hail and Farewell: Beim Schlafengehn [Keane, Audrey]
• Hail and Farewell: Im Abendrot [Kaye, Nora]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Ames, Suzanne]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Baylis, Meridith]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Black, Margaret]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Devon, Hlenka]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Etgen, Ann]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Horn, Catherine]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [King, Nancy]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Kroon, Carole]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Sibley, Louellen]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Sobel, Fronda]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Stone, Mary]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Burdick, William]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Gutierrez, José]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Jones, Harry]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Martin, Donald]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Milnes, David]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Murray, Ron]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Warren, Vincent]
• Hail and Farewell: Dance [Zybine, Alek]
• Hail and Farewell: Costume Designer [Motley]
• Hail and Farewell: Choreographer [Tudor, Antony]
Met Careers
• Ames, Suzanne [Dancer]
• Andrew, Thomas [Dancer]
• Baylis, Meredith [Dancer]
• Benson, Nancy [Dancer]
• Black, Margaret [Dancer]
• Burdick, William [Dancer]
• Butler, John [Choreographer]
• Coon, Diana [Dancer]
• Crosson, Craig [Dancer]
• Danilova, Alexandra [Choreographer]
• Devon, Hlenka [Dancer]
• Douglas, Scott [Dancer]
• Etgen, Ann [Dancer]
• Farrington, Hubert [Dancer]
• Gniewek, Raymond [Violin]
• Gutierrez, José [Dancer]
• Horne, Katharyn [Dancer]
• Jerell, Edith [Dancer]
• Jones, Harry [Dancer]
• Karinska [Costume Designer]
• Kaye, Nora [Dancer]
• Keane, Audrey [Dancer]
• King, Nancy [Dancer]
• Kroon, Carole [Dancer]
• Leabo, Loi [Dancer]
• Lee, Sondra [Dancer]
• Linn, Bambi [Dancer]
• Marks, Bruce [Dancer]
• Martin, Donald [Dancer]
• Milnes, David [Dancer]
• Motley [Costume Designer]
• Murray, Ron [Dancer]
• O'Neill, Joy [Dancer]
• Piper, Frank [Dancer]
• Rich, Martin [Conductor]
• Ross, Herbert [Choreographer]
• Schick, George [Conductor]
• Serrano, Lupe [Dancer]
• Shay, Edmund [Organ]
• Sibley, Louellen [Dancer]
• Sibley, Louellen [Dancer]
• Sibley, Louellen [Dancer]
• Sobel, Fronda [Dancer]
• Steber, Eleanor [Soprano]
• Stone, Mary [Dancer]
• Strasfogel, Ignace [Conductor]
• Taussig, Walter [Conductor]
• Tudor, Antony [Choreographer]
• Venza, Jac [Designer]
• Ward, John [Designer]
• Warren, Vincent [Dancer]
• Zbyine, Alek [Dancer]