[Met Concert/Gala] CID:350182
Guild Silver Jubilee. Metropolitan Opera House: 10/13/1960.
Metropolitan Opera House
October 13, 1960
SILVER JUBILEE
The Metropolitan Opera Guild
1935 - 1960
Tannhäuser: Entrance of the Guests
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Conductor...............Kurt Adler
L'Africaine: O Paradiso!
Barry Morell
De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me
Rosalind Elias
Conductor................Martin Rich
La Gioconda: L'amo come il fulgor del creato!
Mary Curtis-Verna
Regina Resnik
I Puritani: Qui la voce
Laurel Hurley
La Forza del Destino: Solenne in quest'ora
Jan Peerce
Mario Sereni
Conductor..................Fausto Cleva
Carmen: Quintet
Helen Vanni
Carlotta Ordassy
Joan Wall
Paul Franke
Robert Nagy
Louise: Depuis le jour
Dorothy Kirsten
Conducter...............Jean Morel
Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle
Leonie Rysanek
Herodiade: Ne me refuse pas
Blanche Thebom
Paint Your Wagon: They Call the Wind Maria
Cesare Siepi
Conductor....................Ignace Strasfogel
Tosca: Vissi d'arte
Licia Albanese
La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Licia Albanese
Madama Butterfly: Love Duet
Dorothy Kirsten
Eugenio Fernandi
La Bohème: Donde lieta uscì
Zinka Milanov
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Zinka Milanov
Conductor.....................Fausto Cleva
Presentation: Rudolf Bing, General Manager, Anthony A. Bliss, President of the Metropolitan Opera Association, and Langdon Van Norden, President of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, spoke in tribute to Mrs. August Belmont, Founder and President Emeritus of the Guild, in whose honor the concert was given. The silver tray, inscribed with the signatures of the Guild's Board of Directors and Staff and presented to Mrs. Belmont on this occasion, hangs in the Belmont Room of the Metropolitan Opera House.
J. Strauss: The Emperor Waltz
Edith Jerell
Bruce Marks
Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Choreography by Alexandra Danilova
Conductor.....................Erich Leinsdorf
[The audience at this performance was composed of members of the Guild and invited guests.]
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Subjects:
- 1960-61
- Gala Performance: [Metropolitan Opera Chorus]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Adler, Kurt]
- Gala Performance: [Morell, Barry]
- Gala Performance: [Elias,Rosalind]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Rich, Martin]
- Gala Performance: [Curtis-Verna, Mary]
- Gala Performance: [Resnik, Regina]
- Gala Performance: [Hurley, Laurel]
- Gala Performance: [Peerce, Jan]
- Gala Performance: [Sereni, Mario]
- Gala Performance: [Vanni, Helen]
- Gala Performance: [Ordassy, Carlotta]
- Gala Performance: [Wall, Joan]
- Gala Performance: [Franke, Paul]
- Gala Performance: [Nagy, Robert]
- Gala Performance: [Kirsten, Dorothy]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Morel, Jean]
- Gala Performance: [Rysanek, Leonie]
- Gala Performance: [Thebom, Blanche]
- Gala Performance: [Siepi, Cesare]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Strasfogel, Ignace]
- Gala Performance: [Albanese, Licia]
- Gala Performance: [Fernandi, Eugenio]
- Gala Performance: [Milanov, Zinka]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Cleva, Fausto]
- Gala Performance: [Jerell, Edith]
- Gala Performance: [Marks, Bruce]
- Gala Performance: [Metropolitan Opera Ballet]
- Gala Performance: Conductor [Leinsdorf, Erich]
- 1960-61: Guild Silver Jubilee: 1 performance: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
- Tannhäuser: Entrance of the Guests [Metropolitan Opera Chorus/Adler, Kurt]
- L'Africaine: O paradiso! [Morell, Barry/Rich, Martin]
- De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me [Elias, Rosalind/Rich, Martin]
- La Gioconda: L'amo come il fulgor del creato! [Curtis-Verna, Mary/Resnik, Regina/Cleva, Fausto]
- I Puritani: Qui la voce [Hurley, Laurel/Cleva, Fausto]
- La Forza del Destino: Solenne in quest'ora [Peerce, Jan/Sereni, Mario/Cleva, Fausto]
- Carmen: Quintet [Vanni, Helen/Ordassy, Carlotta/Wall, Joan/Franke, Paul/Nagy, Robert/Morel, Jean]
- Louise: Depuis le jour [Kirsten, Dorothy/Morel, Jean]
- Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle [Rysanek, Leonie/Strasfogel, Ignace]
- Herodiade: Ne me refuse pas [Thebom, Blanche/Strasfogel, Ignace]
- Paint Your Wagon: They Call the Wind Maria [Siepi, Cesare/Strasfogel, Ignace]
- Tosca: Vissi d'arte [Albanese, Licia/Cleva, Fausto]
- La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta [Albanese, Licia]
- Madama Butterfly: Love Duet [Kirsten, Dorothy/Fernandi, Eugenio/Cleva, Fausto]
- La Bohème: Donde lieta uscì [Milanov, Zinka/Cleva, Fausto]
- Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro [Milanov, Zinka/Cleva, Fausto]
- Johann Strauss. Jr.: The Emperor Waltz [Jerell, Edith/Marks, Bruce/Metropolitan Opera Ballet/Leinsdorf, Erich]
Met Careers
- Adler, Kurt [Conductor]
- Albanese, Licia [Soprano]
- Cleva, Fausto [Conductor]
- Curtis-Verna, Mary [Soprano]
- Danilova, Alexandra [Choreographer]
- Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo Soprano]
- Fernandi, Eugenio [Tenor]
- Franke, Paul [Tenor]
- Hurley, Laurel [Soprano]
- Jerell, Edith [Dancer]
- Kirsten, Dorothy [Soprano]
- Leinsdorf, Erich [Conductor]
- Marks, Bruce [Dancer]
- Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
- Morel, Jean [Conductor]
- Morell, Barry [Tenor]
- Nagy, Robert [Tenor]
- Ordassy, Carlotta [Soprano]
- Peerce, Jan [Tenor]
- Resnik, Regina [Soprano, Mezzo Soprano]
- Rich, Martin [Conductor]
- Rysanek, Leonie [Soprano]
- Sereni, Mario [Baritone]
- Siepi, Cesare [Bass]
- Strasfogel, Ignace [Conductor]
- Thebom, Blanche [Mezzo Soprano]
- Vanni, Helen [Mezzo Soprano]
- Wall, Joan [Mezzo Soprano]
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