[Met Concert or Gala] CID:88920



Tenth Sunday Night Concert
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, January 11, 1925




Tenth Sunday Night Concert



Metropolitan Opera House
January 11, 1925

TENTH SUNDAY NIGHT CONCERT

Rossini: Otello: Overture

Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito
Giovanni Martino

Don Carlo: O don fatale
Carmela Ponselle [First appearance]

L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima
Ralph Errolle

l Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida
Rosa Ponselle

Dvorák: New World Symphony No. 9 in E Minor: Largo

Mussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain

Louise: Depuis le jour
Raymonde Delaunois

Il Trovatore: D'amor sull'ali rosee
Rosa Ponselle

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
Lawrence Tibbett

Aida: Fu la sorte
Rosa Ponselle
Carmela Ponselle

Chabrier: España
Conductor...............Giuseppe Bamboschek








Review 1:

Review in a New York newspaper

Ponselle Sisters Draw Throng to Metropolitan

House Echoes With Applause as Rosa and Carmela Embrace After Duet

The sisters singing together on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House offered an unusual and appealing feature of last night's opera concert. The appeal sold out the house, even with extra chairs in the orchestra pit, crowded in standees until the doors bulged and attracted one man from three thousand miles away - R. D. Grant from Portland, Oregon.

The sisters were Rosa Ponselle and Carmela, mezzo-soprano, who had been a notable factor in forwarding her sister's career. Carmela Ponselle gave a Town Hall recital in March 1923 and sang that summer in "Aida" at the Polo Grounds, but this was her first appearance at the Metropolitan. In her first number, "O don fatale," from "Don Carlos," she showed a voice of considerable depth and richness, with full and soaring high notes - a slight vibrato, seeming due to a natural nervousness. Rosa Ponselle sang an aria from "La Traviata," and joined her sister in a well-performed duet from the second act of "Aida" - with prolonged plaudits and many recalls, plus a sisterly embrace to follow.

Lawrence Tibbett, who had achieved fame in "Falstaff," was welcomed at length as he appeared to sing "Eri tu" from "Un ballo in maschera." And his performance sustained his recently won interpretation. Another American, Ralph Errolle, did well in "Una furtive lagrima," while the other singers of the evening were Raymonde Delaunois and Giovanni Martino. Giuseppe Bamboschek conducted.



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