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New Year's Eve Grand Operatic Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, December 31, 1939




New Year's Eve Grand Operatic Program



Metropolitan Opera House
December 31, 1939

NEW YEAR'S EVE GRAND OPERATIC PROGRAM

Hänsel und Gretel: Overture

Hänsel und Gretel: Act I, Scene 2 (In Costume)
Hänsel..................Helen Olheim
Gretel..................Natalie Bodanya
Sandman.................Winifred Heidt [First appearance]

Faust: Faites-lui mes aveux
Lucielle Browning

La Juive: Rachel, quand du Seigneur
Giovanni Martinelli

La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Monna Montes
Grant Mouradoff
George Chaffee


The Bartered Bride: Overture

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act III Excerpts (In Costume)
Rosina..................Hilde Reggiani
Count Almaviva..........Alessio De Paolis
Figaro..................Carlo Morelli
Don Basilio.............Norman Cordon
Dr. Bartolo.............Louis D'Angelo

Tannhäuser: O du, mein holder Abendstern
Mack Harrell

Pagliacci: Stridono lassù
Marita Farell

Otello: Sì, pel ciel
Giovanni Martinelli
Carlo Morelli


Samson et Dalila: Choreographic Fantasy {1}
Adolescence.............Beatrice Weinberger
Pilgrim.................Grant Mouradoff
Priestesses with Fire: Ruthanna Boris (Soloist), Monna Montes, Lillian Moore, Mary Sigler
Bacchant................George Chaffee


Conductor...............Frank St. Leger
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff







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