[Met Performance] CID:118090



Lakmé
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, December 23, 1935

Debut : Betty Eisner, Nora Kaye, Yvonne Patterson, Mary Sale, Lew Christensen, Douglas Coudy




Lakmé (32)
Léo Delibes | Edmond Gondinet/Philippe Gille
Lakmé
Lily Pons

Gérald
Giovanni Martinelli

Mallika
Irra Petina

Frédéric
George Cehanovsky

Nilakantha
Ezio Pinza

Hadji
Giordano Paltrinieri

Ellen
Helen Gleason

Rose
Dorothea Flexer

Mrs. Bentson
Thelma Votipka

Fortuneteller
Angelo Badà

Merchant
Max Altglass

Thief
Hubert Raidich

Dance
Kathryn Mullowny

Dance
Betty Eisner [Debut]

Dance
Nora Kaye [Debut]

Dance
Yvonne Patterson [Debut]

Dance
Mary Sale [Debut]

Dance
Elise Reiman

Dance
Holly Howard

Dance
Lew Christensen [Debut]

Dance
Douglas Coudy [Debut]

Dance
Charles Laskey


Conductor
Louis Hasselmans


Director
Désiré Defrère

Set Designer
Joseph Novak

Choreographer
George Balanchine





Nora Kaye was billed at the time as Nora Koreff.
Lakmé received two performances this season.

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