[Met Concert or Gala] CID:125100



Gala Operatic Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, February 12, 1939




Gala Operatic Program



Metropolitan Opera House
February 12, 1939

GALA OPERATIC PROGRAM

Tannhäuser: Overture

Tannhäuser: Act I, Scene 1
Venus...................Dorothee Manski
Tannhäuser..............Arthur Carron
Solo Dancers: Felia Dubrovska, Ruth Chanova, Beatrice Weinberger, Doris Neal
Three Graces: Ruth Harris, Grant Mouradoff, George Chaffee
Corps de Ballet

Der Fliegende Holländer: Die Frist ist um
Julius Huehn

Conductor...............Karl Riedel

Faust: Act IV Excerpts
Marguerite..............Maxine Stellman
Siebel..................Helen Olheim
Faust...................Nicholas Massue
Valentin................George Cehanovsky
Mephistopheles..........Norman Cordon
Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Thaïs: Act II Ballet
Felia Dubrovska
Monna Montes
Lillian Moore
Grant Mouradoff
George Chaffee
Corps de Ballet

Il Trovatore: Act IV Excerpts
Leonora.................Zinka Milanov
Manrico.................Arthur Carron
Ruiz....................Giordano Paltrinieri

Conductor...............Fausto Cleva

Rienzi: Gerechter Gott
Karin Branzell
Karl Riedel, Conductor

Tannhäuser: O du mein holder Abendstern
Julius Huehn
Karl Riedel, Conductor

Aida: Act III
Aida.....................Zinka Milanov
Amneris..................Anna Kaskas
Radames..................Arthur Carron
Amonasro.................George Cehanovsky
Ramfis...................Norman Cordon

Conductor...............Fausto Cleva

Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

[The scenes from Tannhäuser, Faust, Thaïs, Il Trovatore, and Aida were performed in costume.]





Faust: Act IV Excerpts
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Thaïs: Act II Ballet
Felia Dubrovska
Monna Montes
Lillian Moore
Grant Mouradoff
George Chaffee
Corps de Ballet
Il Trovatore: Act IV Excerpts
Rienzi: Gerechter Gott
Karin Branzell
Karl Riedel, Conductor
Tannhäuser: O du mein holder Abendstern
Julius Huehn
Karl Riedel, Conductor
Aida: Act III
The scenes from Tannhäuser, Faust, Thaïs, Il Trovatore, and Aida were performed in costume.

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