[Met Concert or Gala] CID:131020



Gala Sunday Night Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, February 23, 1941




Gala Sunday Night Program



Metropolitan Opera House
February 23, 1941

GALA SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act III Excerpts
Figaro..................John Brownlee
Rosina..................Josephine Tuminia
Count Almaviva..........Alessio de Paolis
Dr. Bartolo.............Louis d'Angelo
Don Basilio.............Norman Cordon

La Traviata: Ah, fors'è lui
Eleanor Steber

Hérodiade: Ne pouvant réprimer
Raoul Jobin

Carmen: Habañera; Seguidilla
Bruna Castagna

Rigoletto: Quartet
Rigoletto...............John Brownlee
Gilda...................Josephine Tuminia
Duke of Mantua..........Raoul Jobin
Maddalena...............Bruna Castagna


Il Trovatore: Act IV, Scene 2
Manrico.................Arthur Carron
Leonora.................Norina Greco
Count di Luna...........Frank Valentino
Azucena.................Doris Doe

Carmen: Parle-moi de ma mère!
Raoul Jobin
Eleanor Steber

Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod
Dorothee Manski [Last appearance]

Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream
Hilda Burke

Le Nozze di Figaro: Aprite un po' quegli occhi
Norman Cordon

Mefistofele: L'altra notte
Norina Greco

Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale
Ruthanna Boris
Lillian Moore
Mary Sigler
Ilona Murai
Grant Mouradoff
Josef Levinoff

Conductor...............Pietro Cimara
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

[The selections from Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Il Trovatore were performed in costume.]





The selections from Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Il Trovatore were performed in costume.

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