[Met Concert or Gala] CID:27000



Farewell Performance of GRAND OPERA
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, April 29, 1901




Farewell Performance of GRAND OPERA



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.]





TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Act II
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: Mad Scene
Nellie Melba
Philippe Flon, Conductor
LA PLUIE ET LE BEAU TEMPS
Comedy in One Act by Leon Gozlan
DIE WALKÜRE: Act III
Milka Ternina had been announced to sing Brünnhilde in Act III of Die Walküre but was ill and replaced by Lillian Nordica.

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