[Met Concert/Gala] CID:351253
Guild's 20th Anniversary Gala. Metropolitan Opera House: 11/02/1955.


Metropolitan Opera House
November 2, 1955


Metropolitan Opera Guild's
20th Anniversary Gala "At Home"

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I
Fritz Stiedry, Conductor

Mignon: Connais-tu le pays
Risë Stevens
Tibor Kozma, Conductor

Spy Song (?)
Lawrence Davidson
Louis Sgarro
Kurt Adler, Piano

Die Zauberflöte: Papagena-Papageno Duet
[one verse in German and one in English]
Laurel Hurley
Clifford Harvuot
Kurt Adler, Piano

La Gioconda: Cielo e Mar!
Richard Tucker
Tibor Kozma, Conductor

Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils
Salvatore Baccaloni (in Salome costume)
Kurt Adler, Piano

Unknown Selection
Lucine Amara
Kurt Adler, Piano

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fà
Roberta Peters

La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Zinka Milanov

Conductor...............Tibor Kozma


The Star Spangled Banner
Rudolf Bing, Conductor


Other participating artists:
Regina Resnik
Thelma Votipka
Charles Kullman
Osie Hawkins
Martial Singher

Speakers:
Rudolf Bing
Mary Ellis Peltz
Milton Cross
Martial Singher
Mrs. August Belmont

[The audience at this performance was composed of members of the Guild and invited guests. Information based on an incomplete program.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1955-56
• Gala Performance: Conductor [Stiedry, Fritz]
• Gala Performance: [Stevens, Risë]
• Gala Performance: [Davidson, Lawrence]
• Gala Performance: [Sgarro, Louis]
• Gala Performance: [Hurley, Laurel]
• Gala Performance: [Harvuot, Clifford]
• Gala Performance: [Tucker, Richard]
• Gala Performance: [Baccaloni, Salvatore]
• Gala Performance: [Amara, Lucine]
• Gala Performance: Piano [Adler, Kurt]
• Gala Performance: [Peters, Roberta]
• Gala Performance: [Milanov, Zinka]
• Gala Performance: Conductor [Bing, Rudolf]
• 1955-56: Gala Performance: 3 performances: Statistics
Selection/Excerpt
• Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I [Stiedry, Fritz]
• Mignon: Connais-tu le pays [Stevens, Risë/Kozma, Tibor]
• Spy Song (?) [Davidson, Lawrence/Sgarro, Louis/Adler, Kurt]
• Die Zauberflöte: Papagena-Papageno Duet [Hurley, Laurel/Harvuot, Clifford/Adler, Kurt]
• La Gioconda: Cielo e mar! [Tucker, Richard/Kozma, Tibor]
• Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils [Baccaloni, Salvatore/Adler, Kurt]
• Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fà [Peters, Roberta/Kozma, Tibor]
• La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio! [Milanov, Zinka/Kozma, Tibor]
• The Star Spangled Banner [Bing, Rudolf]
Met Careers
• Adler, Kurt [Piano]
• Amara, Lucine [Soprano]
• Baccaloni, Salvatore [Actor]
• Belmont, Mrs. August [Speaker]
• Bing, Rudolf [Conductor]
• Bing, Rudolf [Speaker]
• Cross, Milton [Speaker]
• Davidson, Lawrence [Bass]
• Harvuot, Clifford [Baritone]
• Hurley, Laurel [Soprano]
• Kozma, Tibor [Conductor]
• Milanov, Zinka [Soprano]
• Peltz, Mary Ellis [Speaker]
• Peters, Roberta [Soprano]
• Sgarro, Louis [Bass]
• Singher, Martial [Speaker]
• Stevens, Risë [Mezzo Soprano]
• Stiedry, Fritz [Conductor]
• Tucker, Richard [Tenor]