[Met Concert or Gala] CID:123050



Gala Operatic Program
Serenade
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, February 20, 1938




Gala Operatic Program


Serenade (8)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture

La Juive: Si la rigueur
Emanuel List

Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Act III Excerpts
Hilda Burke
Anna Kaskas
Norman Cordon

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
George Cehanovsky

Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Charlotte Symons

Lohengrin: Act II Excerpts
Kirsten Flagstad
Marjorie Lawrence
Norman Cordon


SERENADE {8}
Music of Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings
I. Sonatina: American Ballet Ensemble
II. Waltz: Annabelle Lyon, William Dollar, American Ballet Ensemble
III. Elegy: Heidi Vosseler, Kathryn Mullowny, Charles Laskey, American Ballet Ensemble
Jean Lurçat, Costume Designer
George Balanchine, Choreographer


Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

Mignon: Act III Excerpts
Bruna Castagna
Bruno Landi
Norman Cordon

Die Zauberflöte: In diesen heil'gen Hallen
Ludwig Hofmann

Tristan und Isolde: Excerpts
Isolde..................Kirsten Flagstad
Brangäne................Helen Olheim
Tristan.................Paul Althouse

Carmen: Act IV Dances - Arranged by George Balanchine
a) Gitane: Rosita Ortega
b) Farucca: César Tapià, American Ballet Ensemble
c) Menuetto: Annabelle Lyon
d) Farandole: Rosita Ortega, César Tapià, American Ballet Ensemble

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

[The excerpts from Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Lohengrin, Mignon and Tristan und Isolde were performed in costume.]






The excerpts from Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Lohengrin, Mignon and Tristan und Isolde were performed in costume.

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