[Met Concert/Gala] CID:27000
Farewell Performance of GRAND OPERA. Metropolitan Opera House: 4/29/1901.
Metropolitan Opera House
April 29, 1901
GALA PERFORMANCE
Farewell performance of Grand Opera and
of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt and M. Coquelin
ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Act III, Scene 1
Roméo...................Thomas Salignac
Juliette................Suzanne Adams
Laurent.................Pol Plançon
Gertrude................Mathilde Bauermeister
Conductor...............Philippe Flon
Director................William Parry
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Act II
Tristan.................Jean de Reszke [Last appearance]
Isolde..................Lillian Nordica
Kurwenal................Theodore Bertram [Last appearance]
Brangäne................Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Marke...................Edouard de Reszke
Melot...................Adolph Mühlmann
Conductor...............Walter Damrosch
Director................Paul Schumann
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: Mad Scene
Nellie Melba
Philippe Flon, Conductor
LA PLUIE ET LE BEAU TEMPS
Comedy in One Act by Leon Gozlan
Gontran.................Sarah Bernhardt [Only appearance]
Stranger................Constant Coquelin [Only appearance]
Victorine...............Miss M. Boulanger [Only appearance]
Anselme.................Mr. Chabert [Only appearance]
DIE WALKÜRE: Act III
Brünnhilde..............Lillian Nordica
Sieglinde...............Susan Strong [Last appearance]
Wotan...................David Bispham
Gerhilde................Marie Van Cauteren
Grimgerde...............Minnie Molka-Kellogg [Last appearance]
Helmwige................Fritzi Scheff
Ortlinde................Mathilde Bauermeister
Rossweisse..............Carrie Bridewell
Schwertleite............Louise Homer
Siegrune................Marie Mattfeld [First appearance]
Waltraute...............Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Conductor...............Walter Damrosch
Director................William Parry
[Milka Ternina had been announced to sing Brünnhilde in Act III of Die Walküre but was ill and replaced by Lillian Nordica.]