[Met Concert or Gala] CID:120630



Gala Program
Serenade
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, February 7, 1937




Gala Program


Serenade (5)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky


Metropolitan Opera House
February 7, 1937

GALA PROGRAM

La Forza del Destino: Overture

Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amo
Chase Baromeo

Manon: Act II Excerpts
Manon...................Susanne Fisher
Servant.................Gina Gola
Des Grieux..............Joseph Bentonelli
Lescaut.................Désiré Defrère
De Bretigny.............George Cehanovsky

Rigoletto: Questa o quella; La donna è mobile
Nicholas Massue

Dell'Acqua: Villanelle
Lily Pons


SERENADE {5}
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

I. Sonatina: American Ballet Ensemble
II. Waltz: American Ballet Ensemble
III. Elegy: Kathryn Mullowny, Heidi Vosseler, Charles Laskey, American Ballet Ensemble

Jean Lurçat, Costume Designer
George Balanchine, Choreographer


Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie
Chase Baromeo

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fà
Lily Pons

Manon: St. Sulpice Scene
Manon....................Susanne Fisher
Des Grieux...............Joseph Bentonelli

Nadeshda: My heart is weary (Goring-Thomas)
Marjorie Lawrence

Samson et Dalila: Act II Excerpts
Dalila..................Gertrud Wettergren
Samson..................René Maison

Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier
Director................Désiré Defrère

[The excerpts from Manon and Samson et Dalila were performed in costume.]





The excerpts from Manon and Samson et Dalila were performed in costume.

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