[Met Concert or Gala] CID:130160



Gala Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, December 15, 1940




Gala Program



Metropolitan Opera House
December 15, 1940

GALA PROGRAM

Nabucco: Overture

Rigoletto: Act II Excerpts

Gilda...................Hilde Reggiani
Rigoletto...............Frank Valentino
Duke of Mantua..........Armand Tokatyan
Sparafucile.............Norman Cordon
Giovanna................Thelma Votipka

Le Nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete; Non so più
Jarmila Novotna

Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito
Norman Cordon

La Favorita: Quando le soglie
Bruna Castagna
Frank Valentino

Lohengrin: Elsa's dream
Elisabeth Rethberg

Carmen: Act IV Dances
Gitane: Monna Montes and the Corps de Ballet
Farucca: Monna Montes and Grant Mouradoff
Farandole: Ruthanna Boris, Monna Montes, Grant Mouradoff and the Corps de Ballet

Il Trovatore: Act IV
Leonora.................Irene Jessner
Manrico.................Arthur Carron
Azucena.................Anna Kaskas
Count de Luna...........Leonard Warren

Louise: Depuis le jour
Jarmila Novotna

Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie (Serenade)
Norman Cordon

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Elisabeth Rethberg

Un Ballo in Maschera: Re dell'abisso
Bruna Castagna

Madama Butterfly: Act III
Cio-Cio-San.............Hilda Burke
B. F. Pinkerton.........Armand Tokatyan
Suzuki..................Helen Olheim
Consul Sharpless........George Cehanovsky
Kate Pinkerton..........Maxine Stellman

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

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

[The selections from Rigoletto, Carmen, Il Trovatore, and Madama Butterfly were performed in costume.]





The selections from Rigoletto, Carmen, Il Trovatore, and Madama Butterfly were performed in costume.

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