[Met Concert or Gala] CID:125200



Gala Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, February 19, 1939 Matinee





Gala Program



Metropolitan Opera House
February 19, 1939

GALA PROGRAM

La Bohème: Act I Excerpts
Mimí....................Hilda Burke
Rodolfo.................Jan Kiepura
Marcello................Carlo Tagliabue
Schaunard...............George Cehanovsky
Colline.................John Gurney
Benoit..................Louis D'Angelo

Roméo et Juliette: Stephano's Aria
Helen Olheim

La Forza del Destino: Act II Excerpts
Leonora.................Rose Bampton
Padre Guardiano.........Norman Cordon
Fra Melitone............Daniel Harris

Manon: St. Sulpice Scene
Manon...................Marisa Morel
Des Grieux..............Jan Kiepura

Pagliacci: Ballatella
Hilda Burke

Leó Delibes: Snowflake
Maria Gambarelli, Dance Soloist

Carmen: Act II Excerpts
Carmen..................Bruna Castagna
Frasquita...............Thelma Votipka
Mercédès................Helen Olheim
Don José................Armand Tokatyan
Escamillo...............Carlo Tagliabue
Zuniga..................Norman Cordon
Remendado...............Giordano Paltrinieri
Dancaïre................George Cehanovsky
Dance: Lillian Moore, Doris Neal, Beatrice Weinberger, Ruth Harris, Monna Montes, George Chaffee
Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Conductor...............Fausto Cleva
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff
Director................Désiré Defrère

The excerpts from La Bohème, La Forza del Destino, Manon, and Carmen were performed in costume.]





The excerpts from La Bohème, La Forza del Destino, Manon, and Carmen were performed in costume.

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