[Met Concert or Gala] CID:120990



Gala Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, March 7, 1937




Gala Program



Metropolitan Opera House
March 7, 1937

GALA PROGRAM

William Tell: Overture

Faust: Act I, Scene 1
Joseph Bentonelli
Chase Baromeo

Carmen: Micaela's Aria
Natalie Bodanya

Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Excerpts
Antonia.................Hilda Burke
Mother's Voice..........Anna Kaskas
Dr. Miracle.............Norman Cordon

Pugnani/Kreisler: Preludium and Allegro
J. Nin-Kochanski: Saeta; Granadina
Wieniawski: Polonaise in D Major
Roman Totenberg, violin
Charles Pozniak, piano

Pagliacci: Vesti la guibba
Giovanni Martinelli

The Bartered Bride: Excerpts
Marie...................Hilda Burke
Agnes...................Anna Kaskas
Kathinka................Lucielle Browning
Esmeralda...............Natalie Bodanya
Hans....................Mario Chamlee
Wenzel..................George Rasely
Kezal...................Louis D'Angelo
Micha...................John Gurney
Kruschina...............Wilfred Engelman
Springer................Norman Cordon
Muff....................Ludwig Burgstaller
American Ballet Ensemble

Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier

Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........George Balanchine

[The excerpts from Faust, Les Contes d'Hoffmann and The Bartered Bride were performed in costume.]






The excerpts from Faust, Les Contes d'Hoffmann and The Bartered Bride were performed in costume.

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