[Met Concert or Gala] CID:125480



Gala Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, March 12, 1939




Gala Program



Metropolitan Opera House
March 12, 1939

GALA PROGRAM

Carmen: Acts I, III, IV Preludes

Carmen: Act IV Dances
Monna Montes
Maria Gambarelli
Grant Mouradoff
Corps de Ballet

Pagliacci: Prologue
Robert Weede

Madama Butterfly: Act I Excerpts
Hilda Burke
Frederick Jagel

Rigoletto: Caro nome
Lina Aimaro

Il Trovatore: Act IV Excerpts
Leonora.................Zinka Milanov
Azucena.................Bruna Castagna
Manrico.................Frederick Jagel
Count Di Luna...........Leonard Warren

Manon: Act III Excerpts, St. Sulpice Scene
Manon...................Marisa Morel
Des Grieux..............Jan Kiepura
Count des Grieux........Norman Cordon

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Zinka Milanov

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 2 Ballet
Ruth Chanova [Last appearance]
Corps de Ballet

L'Africaine: O paradiso
John Carter

Rigoletto: Act III
Gilda...................Lina Aimaro
Maddalena...............Lucielle Browning
Duke of Mantua..........Jan Kiepura
Rigoletto...............Robert Weede
Sparafucile.............Norman Cordon

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

[The excerpts from Camen, Madam Butterfly, Il Trovatore, Manon, La Traviata, and Rigoletto were performed in costume.]





The excerpts from Camen, Madam Butterfly, Il Trovatore, Manon, La Traviata, and Rigoletto were performed in costume.

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