[Met Concert/Gala] CID:221100
Gala Performance. Metropolitan Opera House: 04/11/1970.

(Richard Tucker's 25th Anniversary)


Metropolitan Opera House
April 11, 1970
Benefit sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera Guild
for the Benevolent and Retirement Funds

In celebration of Richard Tucker's twenty-fifth
anniversary with the company


GALA PERFORMANCE

La Traviata: Act I

Violetta................Joan Sutherland
Alfredo.................Richard Tucker
Flora...................Jean Kraft
Gastone.................Leo Goeke
Baron Douphol...........Robert Goodloe
Marquis D'Obigny........Gene Boucher
Grenvil.................Louis Sgarro

Conductor...............Richard Bonynge

Production..............Alfred Lunt
Stage Director..........Bodo Igesz
Designer................Cecil Beaton


La Gioconda: Act II

La Gioconda.............Renata Tebaldi
Enzo....................Richard Tucker
Laura...................Rosalind Elias
Barnaba.................Cornell MacNeil
Isepo...................Robert Schmorr
Steersman...............Nicola Barbusci

Conductor...............Kurt Adler

Production..............Margherita Wallmann
Stage Director..........Patrick Tavernia
Designer................Beni Montresor


Aida: Act III

Aida....................Leontyne Price
Radamès.................Richard Tucker
Amneris.................Joann Grillo
Amonasro................Robert Merrill
Ramfis..................Louis Sgarro
Priestess...............Carlotta Ordassy

Conductor...............Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Director................Nathaniel Merrill
Designer................Robert O'Hearn


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1969-70
• Gala Performance: Conductor [Bonynge, Richard]
• Gala Performance: Conductor [Adler, Kurt]
• Gala Performance: Conductor [Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco]
• Gala Performance: [Sutherland, Joan]
• Gala Performance: [Kraft, Jean]
• Gala Performance: [Goeke, Leo]
• Gala Performance: [Goodloe, Robert]
• Gala Performance: [Boucher, Gene]
• Gala Performance: [Tebaldi, Renata]
• Gala Performance: [Elias, Rosalind]
• Gala Performance: [MacNeil, Cornell]
• Gala Performance: [Schmorr, Robert]
• Gala Performance: [Barbusci, Nicola]
• Gala Performance: [Price, Leontyne]
• Gala Performance: [Tucker, Richard]
• Gala Performance: [Grillo, Joann]
• Gala Performance: [Merrill, Robert]
• Gala Performance: [Sgarro, Louis]
• Gala Performance: [Ordassy, Carlotta]
• 1969-70: Gala Performance: 1 performance: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
• La Traviata: Act I [Sutherland, Joan/Tucker, Richard/Kraft, Jean/Goeke/Goodloe/Boucher/Sgarro/Bonynge, Richard]
• La Gioconda: Act II [Tebaldi, Renata/Tucker, Richard/Elias, Rosalind/MacNeil, Cornell/Schmorr/Barbusci/Adler, Kurt]
• Aida: Act III [Price, Leontyne/Tucker, Richard/Grillo, Joann/Merrill, Robert/Sgarro, Louis/Ordassy, Carlotta/Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco]
Met Careers
• Adler, Kurt [Conductor]
• Barbusci, Nicola [Bass]
• Bonynge, Richard [Conductor]
• Boucher, Gene [Baritone]
• Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo Soprano]
• Goeke, Leo [Tenor]
• Goodloe, Robert [Baritone]
• Grillo, Joann [Mezzo Soprano]
• Igesz, Bodo [Stage Director]
• Kraft, Jean [Mezzo Soprano]
• MacNeil, Cornell [Baritone]
• Merrill, Robert [Baritone]
• Molinari-Pradelli, Francesco [Conductor]
• Ordassy, Carlotta [Soprano]
• Price, Leontyne [Soprano]
• Schmorr, Robert [Tenor]
• Sgarro, Louis [Bass]
• Sutherland, Joan [Soprano]
• Tavernia, Patrick [Stage Director]
• Tebaldi, Renata [Soprano]
• Tucker, Richard [Tenor]