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Walter Damrosch Golden Jubilee Performance
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, April 12, 1935




Walter Damrosch Golden Jubilee Performance



Metropolitan Opera House
April 12, 1935 Broadcast (Partial)

In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Walter Damrosch's debut with the company


WALTER DAMROSCH GOLDEN JUBILEE PERFORMANCE

A Beethoven Fanfare
[Based on themes from Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 and Fidelio]

Prologue to Fidelio
Richard Hale [Only appearance]

Fidelio: Act II

Leonore.................Dorothee Manski
Florestan...............Lauritz Melchior
Don Pizarro.............John Gurney [First appearance]
Rocco...................Alden Edkins [Only appearance]

Designer................Joseph Urban

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3


Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act III

Hans Sachs..............Lawrence Tibbett
Eva.....................Helen Jepson
Walther von Stolzing....Kurt Brownell [Only appearance]
Magdalene...............Edwina Eustis [Only appearance]
David...................George Meader [Last appearance]
Beckmesser..............John Barclay [Only appearance]
Pogner..................Frederick Baer [Only appearance]
Kothner.................John Gurney
Vogelgesang.............Myron Taylor [First appearance]
Nachtigall..............Louis D'Angelo
Ortel...................Paolo Ananian [Last appearance]
Zorn....................Angelo Badà
Moser...................Max Altglass
Eisslinger..............Giordano Paltrinieri
Foltz...................James Wolfe
Schwarz.................Arthur Anderson [Last appearance]

Chorus of 400 including:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Russian Musical Art Chorus
Oratorio Society of New York

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera Ballet

[Act III of Die Meistersinger was performed in an English translation by Walter Damrosch.]

Set designer............Hans Kautsky


Presentation
Mrs. August Belmont

Conductor...............Walter Damrosch
Director................Wilhelm Von Wymetal Jr.


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