[Met Concert or Gala] CID:127610



Gala Sunday Night Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, January 14, 1940




Gala Sunday Night Program



Metropolitan Opera House
January 14, 1940

GALA SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Martha: Overture; Act II
Lady Harriet............Josephine Antoine
Nancy...................Irra Petina
Lionel..................Armand Tokatyan
Plunkett................George Cehanovsky

Pagliacci: Prologue
Leonard Warren

Carmen: Seguidilla; Habañera
Bruna Castagna

Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade)
Ezio Pinza

Carmen: Act I Duet
Susanne Fisher
Armand Tokatyan


Samson et Dalila: Choreographic Fantasy {2}
Adolescence.............Beatrice Weinberger
Pilgrim.................Grant Mouradoff
Priestesses with Fire: Ruthanna Boris (Soloist), Monna Montes, Lillian Moore, Mary Sigler
Bacchant................George Chaffee


Rigoletto: Act III
Gilda...................Josephine Antoine
Maddalena...............Irra Petina
Duke of Mantua..........Armand Tokatyan
Rigoletto...............Leonard Warren
Sparafucile.............Douglas Beattie

Samson et Dalila: Act II Duet
Bruna Castagna
Arthur Carron

Faust: Jewel Song
Susanne Fisher

Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Armand Tokatyan

Don Giovanni: Là ci darem la mano
Susanne Fisher
Ezio Pinza

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

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

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

[The excerpts from Martha and Rigoletto were performed in costume.]





The excerpts from Martha and Rigoletto were performed in costume.

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