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[Met Performance] CID:118000
Opening Night {51}, General Manager: Herbert Witherspoon, New Production, General Manager: Edward Johnson
La Traviata
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, December 16, 1935
Debut : Thelma Votipka, Gisella Caccialanza, Ruthanna Boris, Anatol Vilzak, Constantine Iolas, George Balanchine
La Traviata (207)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
La Traviata received five performances this season.
On 3/6/35, Herbert Witherspoon, former Metropolitan Opera bass, was announced as the new General Manager succeeding Giulio Gatti-Casazza. He died in his office at the opera house on 5/10/35. Edward Johnson, Metropolitan Opera tenor who had been appointed Assistant Manager, was immediately confirmed as his successor.
Photograph of Paul Cravath, Lawrence Tibbett, Richard Crooks, Lucrezia Bori, Ettore Panizza, and Edward Johnson by the Associated Press.
Search by season: 1935-36
Search by title: La Traviata,
Met careers
Opening Night {51}, General Manager: Herbert Witherspoon, New Production, General Manager: Edward Johnson
La Traviata
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, December 16, 1935
Debut : Thelma Votipka, Gisella Caccialanza, Ruthanna Boris, Anatol Vilzak, Constantine Iolas, George Balanchine
La Traviata (207)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
- Violetta
- Lucrezia Bori
- Alfredo
- Richard Crooks
- Germont
- Lawrence Tibbett
- Flora
- Thelma Votipka [Debut]
- Gastone
- Angelo Badà
- Baron Douphol
- Alfredo Gandolfi
- Marquis D'Obigny
- George Cehanovsky
- Dr. Grenvil
- James Wolfe
- Annina
- Pearl Besuner
- Dance
- Gisella Caccialanza [Debut]
- Dance
- Ruthanna Boris [Debut]
- Dance
- Anatol Vilzak [Debut]
- Dance
- Constantine Iolas [Debut]
- Dance
- Josef Levinoff
- Conductor
- Ettore Panizza
- Director
- Désiré Defrère
- Designer
- Jonel Jorgulesco
- Choreographer
- George Balanchine [Debut]
La Traviata received five performances this season.
On 3/6/35, Herbert Witherspoon, former Metropolitan Opera bass, was announced as the new General Manager succeeding Giulio Gatti-Casazza. He died in his office at the opera house on 5/10/35. Edward Johnson, Metropolitan Opera tenor who had been appointed Assistant Manager, was immediately confirmed as his successor.
Photograph of Paul Cravath, Lawrence Tibbett, Richard Crooks, Lucrezia Bori, Ettore Panizza, and Edward Johnson by the Associated Press.
Search by season: 1935-36
Search by title: La Traviata,
Met careers
- Ettore Panizza [Conductor]
- Lucrezia Bori [Violetta]
- Richard Crooks [Alfredo]
- Lawrence Tibbett [Germont]
- Thelma Votipka [Flora]
- Angelo Badà [Gastone]
- Alfredo Gandolfi [Baron Douphol]
- George Cehanovsky [Marquis D'Obigny]
- James Wolfe [Dr. Grenvil]
- Pearl Besuner [Annina]
- Gisella Caccialanza [Dance]
- Ruthanna Boris [Dance]
- Anatol Vilzak [Dance]
- Constantine Iolas [Dance]
- Josef Levinoff [Dance]
- Désiré Defrère [Director]
- Jonel Jorgulesco [Designer]
- George Balanchine [Choreographer]
