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Grand Sunday Night Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, December 29, 1940




Grand Sunday Night Program



Metropolitan Opera House
December 29, 1940

GRAND SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Hänsel und Gretel: Overture, Excerpts
Hänsel..................Helen Olheim
Gretel..................Natalie Bodanya
Gertrude................Doris Doe
Peter...................Arnold Gabor

La Juive: Si la rigueur
Emanuel List

Die Walküre: Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music
Mack Harrell

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Irene Jessner

Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale
Ruthanna Boris, Grant Mouradoff, Josef Levinoff, Alexis Kosloff
Priestesses with Fire: Lillian Moore, Mary Sigler, Ilona Murai

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III and Bridal Chamber Scene
Lohengrin...............Arthur Carron
Elsa....................Hilda Burke

Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Drinking Song
Emanuel List

Aida: Act II, Scene 1 Duet
Aida....................Irene Jessner
Amneris................Kerstin Thorborg

Falstaff: È sogno? O realtà?
Mack Harrell

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

Conductor...............Karl Riedel [Last appearance]

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

[The selections from Hänsel und Gretel, Lohengrin







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