[Met Concert or Gala] CID:128450



Gala Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, March 17, 1940




Gala Program



Metropolitan Opera House
March 17, 1940

GALA PROGRAM

Martha: Overture

Spirits' Revelry: Choreographic Fantasy
George Frideric Handel
a) Introduction - Beatrice Weinberger, George Chaffee, Corps de Ballet
b) Musette - Monna Montes, Corps de Ballet
c) Larghetto - Ruthanna Boris, Grant Mouradoff
d) Gavotte - Ruthanna Boris, Lillian Moore, Mary Sigler, Diana Montague, Rosa Rolland, Rita Holzer, Julia Del Bar, George Chaffee, Vonn Irkust, Paul Sweeney, Fyodor Nazinoff
e) Tamborino - Grant Mouradoff
f) Dramatico - Corps de Ballet
g) Bouree - Corps de Ballet
Gerard Joel, Piano [Last appearance]
Boris Romanoff, Choreographer

L'Amico Fritz: Non mi resta che il pianto
Licia Albanese

Lohengrin: Act II Duet
Irene Jessner
Karin Branzell

Tannhäuser: Blick' ich umher
Herbert Janssen

Saint-Saëns: The Dying Swan {13}
Maria Gambarelli [Last appearance]
Michel Fokine, Choreographer

Lakmé: Act I Quintet
Annamary Dickey
Maxine Stellman
Helen Olheim
Armand Tokatyan
George Cehanovsky

Le Nozze di Figaro: Crudel perchè finora; Se a caso Madama
Elisabeth Rethberg
Ezio Pinza

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1 Duet (In Costume)
Jarmila Novotna
Leonard Warren

La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Elisabeth Rethberg

Carmen: Act I Duet
Licia Albanese
John Carter

Mignon: Act II Excerpts (In Costume)
Mignon..................Helen Olheim
Philine.................Jean Dickenson
Wilhelm.................Armand Tokatyan
Laërte..................Alessio De Paolis

La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Karin Branzell

Der Fliegende Holländer: Die Frist ist um
Herbert Janssen

Tosca: Act III Excerpts (In Costume)
Tosca...................Marjorie Lawrence
Cavarodossi.............Armand Tokatyan
Spoletta................Lodovico Oliviero
Sciarrone...............Wilfred Engelman
Jailer..................Arnold Gabor

Conductor...............Pietro Cimara
Director................Désiré Defrère







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