[Met Concert or Gala] CID:121290



Gala Easter Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, March 28, 1937




Gala Easter Program



Metropolitan Opera House
March 28, 1937

GALA EASTER PROGRAM

N. Laucella: Prelude and Temple Dance

Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Excerpts
Susanne Fisher
Anna Kaskas
Norman Cordon

La Gioconda: Cielo e mar!
Joseph Bentonelli [Last appearance]

Lakmé: Viens, Mallika
Natalie Bodanya
Lucielle Browning

Rigoletto: Pari siamo
Carlo Morelli

La Favorita: O mio Fernando
Anna Kaskas

Otello: Love Duet
Elisabeth Rethberg
Arthur Carron

Deep River (traditional/Pelletier)
Natalie Bodanya
Lucielle Browning
Joseph Bentonelli
Wilfred Engelman
Norman Cordon

Roméo et Juliette: Waltz
Bidú Sayao

Il Trovatore: Act IV, Scene 1
Leonora.................Rose Bampton
Manrico.................Arthur Carron
Count di Luna...........Carlo Morelli
Ruiz....................Giordano Paltrinieri

Otello: Dio mi potevi scagliar
Arthur Carron

Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle
Elisabeth Rethberg

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Dunque io son
Bidú Sayao
Carlo Morelli

La Gioconda: Act III
Elda Vettori [Last appearance]
Anna Kaskas
Joseph Bentonelli
Wilfred Engelman
Norman Cordon

Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........George Balanchine

[The excerpts from Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Il Trovatore and La Gioconda were performed in costume. Deep River was also sung in costume.]





The excerpts from Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Il Trovatore and La Gioconda were performed in costume. Deep River was also sung in costume.

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