[Met Concert/Gala] CID:351546
Gala of Stars. Metropolitan Opera House: 02/24/1980.

(Telecast)


Metropolitan Opera House
February 24, 1980 Telecast


GALA OF STARS

Beverly Sills, Host


The Bartered Bride: Overture

Le Nozze di Figaro: Non piů andrai
José Van Dam

Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin, Op. 64: Finale
Isaac Stern, Violin [Only appearance]

Ariadne auf Naxos: Composer's aria
Tatiana Troyanos

Madama Butterfly: Un bel dě
Renata Scotto

Porgy and Bess: My Man's Gone Now
Leontyne Price

Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido
Plácido Domingo

Don Giovanni: Lŕ ci darem la mano
Diana Soviero [First appearance]
Samuel Ramey

Aida: Celeste Aida
Luciano Pavarotti

Sousa: Stars and Stripes, Pas de deux
Merrill Ashley [Only appearance]
Sean Lavery [Only appearance]
George Balanchine, Choreographer

Minkus: Don Quixote, Grand pas de deux
Natalia Makarova [First appearance]
Aleksandr Godunov [Only appearance]
Marius Petipa, Choreographer

Bernstein: West Side Story: Tonight (duet and quintet)
Broadway Company of West Side Story: Debbie Allen, Cleve Ashbury, Brent Barrett, Stephen Bogardus, Mark Bove, Ray Contreras, Gary-Michael Davies, Michael Franks, Mark Fotopoulos, Jossie de Guzman, Reed Jones, Brian Kaman, Michael de Lorenzio, Todd Leseter, Ken Marshall, James J. Mellon, Hector Jamie Mercado, Mark Morales, Michael Rivera, Adrian Rosario, Willie Rosario, Darryl Tribble, G. Russell Weilandich, Missy Whitchurch


Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
James Levine, Conductor

TV Director.............Kirk Browning

[Note: This performance was taped for later telecast on 3/16/1980.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1979-80
• Gala Performance: Conductor [Levine, James]
• Gala Performance: [Van Dam, José ]
• Gala Performance: Violin [Stern, Isaac]
• Gala Performance: [Troyanos, Tatiana]
• Gala Performance: [Scotto, Renata]
• Gala Performance: [Price, Leontyne]
• Gala Performance: [Domingo, Plácido]
• Gala Performance: [Soviero, Diana]
• Gala Performance: [Ramey, Samuel]
• Gala Performance: [Pavarotti, Luciano]
• Gala Performance: [Makarova, Natalia]
• Gala Performance: [Ashley, Merrill]
• Gala Performance: [Lavery, Sean]
• Gala Performance: [Godunov, Aleksandr]
• Gala Performance: [West Side Story company]
• Gala Performance: TV Director [Browning, Kirk]
• 1979-80: Gala of Stars: Telecast
• Gala of Stars: 1979-80: Telecast
Selection/Excerpt
• The Bartered Bride: Overture [Levine, James]
• Le Nozze di Figaro: Non piů andrai [Van Dam, José/James Levine]
• Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 [Stern, Isaac/Levine, James]
• Ariadne auf Naxos: Composer's aria [Troyanos, Tatiana/Levine, James]
• Madama Butterfly: Un bel dě [Scotto, Renata/Levine, James]
• Porgy and Bess: My man's gone now [Price, Leontyne/Levine, James]
• Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido [Domingo, Plácido/Levine, James]
• Don Giovanni: Lŕ ci darem la mano [Soviero, Diana/Ramey, Samuel/Levine, James]
• Aida: Celeste Aida [Pavarotti, Luciano/Levine, James]
• Sousa: Stars and Stripes, Pas de deux [Ashley, Merrill/Lavery, Sean]
• Minkus: Don Quixote, Grand pas de deux [Makarova, Natalia/Godunov, Aleksandr]
• West Side Story: Tonight [Broadway cast of West Side Story]
Met Careers
• Ashley, Merrill [Dancer]
• Browning, Kirk [TV Director]
• Domingo, Plácido [Tenor]
• Godunov, Aleksandr [Dancer]
• Lavery, Sean [Dancer]
• Levine, James [Conductor]
• Makarova, Natalia [Dancer]
• Pavarotti, Luciano [Tenor]
• Price, Leontyne [Soprano]
• Ramey, Samuel [Bass]
• Scotto, Renata [Soprano]
• Sills, Beverly [Speaker]
• Soviero, Diana [Soprano]
• Stern, Isaac [Violin]
• Troyanos, Tatiana [Mezzo Soprano]
• Van Dam, José [Bass]
• West Side Story company [Performing Group]