[Met Concert/Gala] CID:196370
Martinelli Gala. Metropolitan Opera House: 11/20/1963.
(50th Anniversary of Giovanni Martinelli's
debut.)
Metropolitan Opera House
November 20, 1963
Benefit sponsored by the
Metropolitan Opera Guild
In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Giovanni Martinelli's debut with the company
GALA PERFORMANCE
La Forza del Destino: Overture
Pagliacci: Prologue
Cornell MacNeil
La Traviata: Ah fors'è lui
Gianna D'Angelo
Turandot: Nessun dorma
Barry Morell
Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida
Lucine Amara
Ernani: Infelice!... e tuo credevi
Ezio Flagello
La Gioconda: Suicidio
Raina Kabaivanska
La Bohème: Che gelida manina
John Alexander
Conductor...............Fausto Cleva
Carmen: Preludes
Conductor...............Joseph Rosenstock
Andrea Chénier: Nemico della patria?
Robert Merrill
Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì
Anna Moffo
Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito
Giorgio Tozzi
Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!
Rita Gorr
Otello: Salce Salce; Ave Maria
Zinka Milanov
Les Huguenots: Piff Paff
Cesare Siepi
Conductor...............George Schick
Presentation: Lauder Greenway, Chairman of the Board
Remarks: Giovanni Martinelli
Special Guests
Licia Albanese
Karin Branzell
Rose Bampton
Anna Case
Ruth Miller
Nina Morgana
Carmela Ponselle
Bidú Sayao
Eva Turner
Giuseppe Bamboschek
John Brownlee
Thomas Chalmers
Mario Chamlee
Frederick Jagel
Alexander Sved
Aida: Act II, Sc. 2
Aida....................Mary Curtis-Verna
Radamès.................Carlo Bergonzi
Amneris.................Irene Dalis
Amonasro................Mario Sereni
Ramfis..................Bonaldo Giaiotti
King....................John Macurdy
Dance...................Edith Jerell
Dance...................Katharyn Horne
Conductor...............Kurt Adler
Director................Nathaniel Merrill
Designer................Robert O'Hearn
Choreographer...........Katherine Dunham
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1963-64
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Schick, George]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Rosenstock, Joseph]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Adler, Kurt]
- Gala Performance: [Cleva, Fausto]
- Gala Performance: [MacNeil, Cornell]
- Gala Performance: [D'Angelo, Gianna]
- Gala Performance: [Morell, Barry]
- Gala Performance: [Amara, Lucine]
- Gala Performance: [Flagello, Ezio]
- Gala Performance: [Kabaivanska, Raina]
- Gala Performance: [Alexander, John]
- Gala Performance: [Rosenstock, Joseph]
- Gala Performance: [Merrill, Robert]
- Gala Performance: [Moffo, Anna]
- Gala Performance: [Tozzi, Giorgio]
- Gala Performance: [Gorr, Rita]
- Gala Performance: [Milanov, Zinka]
- Gala Performance: [Siepi, Cesare]
- Gala Performance: Presentation [Greenway, Lauder]
- Gala Performance: Remarks [Martinelli, Giovanni]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Albanese, Licia]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Branzell, Karin]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Bampton, Rose]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Case, Anna]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Miller, Ruth]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Morgana, Nina]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Ponselle, Carmela]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Sayão, Bidú]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Bamboschek, Giuseppe]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Brownlee, John]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Chalmers, Thomas]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Chamlee, Mario]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Jagel, Frederick]
- Gala Performance: Guest [Sved, Alexander]
- Gala Performance: [Curtis-Verna, Mary]
- Gala Performance: [Bergonzi, Carlo]
- Gala Performance: [Dalis, Irene]
- Gala Performance: [Sereni, Mario]
- Gala Performance: [Giaiotti, Bonaldo]
- Gala Performance: [Macurdy, John]
- Gala Performance: [Jerell, Edith]
- Gala Performance: [Horne, Katharyn]
- Gala Performance: Speaker [Greenway, Lauder]
- Gala Performance: Speaker [Martinelli, Giovanni]
- 1963-64: Martinelli Gala: 1 performance: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
- La Forza del Destino: Overture [Cleva, Fausto]
- Pagliacci: Prologue [MacNeil, Cornell/Cleva, Fausto]
- La Traviata: Ah fors'è lui [D'Angelo, Gianna/Cleva, Fausto]
- Turandot: Nessun dorma [Morell, Barry/Cleva, Fausto]
- Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida [Amara, Lucine/Cleva, Fausto]
- Ernani: Infelice!... e tuo credevi [Flagello, Ezio/Cleva, Fausto]
- La Gioconda: Suicidio [Kabaivanska, Raina/Cleva, Fausto]
- La Bohème: Che gelida manina [Alexander, John/Cleva, Fausto]
- Carmen: Preludes [Rosenstock, Joseph]
- Andrea Chénier: Nemico della patria? [Merrill, Robert/Schick, George]
- Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì [Moffo, Anna/Schick, George]
- Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito [Tozzi, Giorgio/Schick, George]
- Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! [Gorr, Rita/Schick, George]
- Otello: Salce Salce; Ave Maria [Milanov, Zinka/Schick, George]
- Les Huguenots: Piff! Paff! [Siepi, Cesare/Schick, George]
- Aida: Act II, Scene 2 [Curtis-Verna/Bergonzi/Dalis/Sereni/Giaiotti/Macurdy/Jerell/Horne/Adler]
Met Careers
- Adler, Kurt [Conductor]
- Albanese, Licia [Guest]
- Alexander, John [Tenor]
- Amara, Lucine [Soprano]
- Bamboschek, Giuseppe [Guest]
- Bampton, Rose [Guest]
- Bergonzi, Carlo [Tenor]
- Branzell, Karin [Guest]
- Brownlee, John [Guest]
- Case, Anna [Guest]
- Chalmers, Thomas [Guest]
- Chamlee, Mario [Guest]
- Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
- Curtis-Verna, Mary [Soprano]
- D'Angelo, Gianna [Soprano]
- Dalis, Irene [Mezzo Soprano]
- Flagello, Ezio [Bass]
- Giaiotti, Bonaldo [Bass]
- Gorr, Rita [Mezzo Soprano]
- Greenway, Lauder [Speaker]
- Horne, Katharyn [Dancer]
- Jagel, Frederick [Guest]
- Jerell, Edith [Dancer]
- Kabaivanska, Raina [Soprano]
- Macurdy, John [Bass]
- Martinelli, Giovanni [Speaker]
- Merrill, Robert [Baritone]
- Miller, Ruth [Guest]
- Moffo, Anna [Soprano]
- Morell, Barry [Tenor]
- Morgana, Nina [Guest]
- Ponselle, Carmela [Guest]
- Rosenstock, Joseph [Conductor]
- Sayão, Bidú [Guest]
- Schick, George [Conductor]
- Sereni, Mario [Baritone]
- Siepi, Cesare [Bass]
- Sved, Alexander [Guest]
- Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass]
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