[Met Concert or Gala] CID:135220



Gala Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, March 14, 1943




Gala Program



Metropolitan Opera House
March 14, 1943

GALA PROGRAM

La Forza del Destino: Overture

Die Walküre: Act I Conclusion (In Costume)
Sieglinde...............Irene Jessner
Siegmund................Emery Darcy

Manon: En fermant les yeux
Charles Kullman

La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Astrid Varnay

Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon
Kerstin Thorborg

Tannhäuser: O du, mein holder Abendstern
Herbert Janssen

La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours (In Costume)
Ruthanna Boris
Alexis Dolinoff

Boris Godunov: The Inn Scene (In Costume)
Innkeeper................Mona Paulee
Dimitri..................Charles Kullman
Varlaam..................Norman Cordon
Missail..................John Dudley
Sergeant.................Osie Hawkins

Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Karin Branzell

Faust: Jewel Song
Eleanor Steber

Conductor...............Paul Breisach


Presentation of the winners of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air

Milton Cross, Master of Ceremonies

Il Trovatore: Stride la vampa (?)
Christine Johnson [First appearance]

Linda di Chamounix: O luce di quest'anima
Patrice Munsel [First appearance]

Il Trovatore: Il balen (?)
John Baker [First Appearance]

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Monologue
James Pease [Only appearance]

Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier


The Bartered Bride: Dances (In Costume)
a) Furieant: Monna Montes, Jack Gansert
b) Nina Youskevitch, Alexis Dolinoff, Michael Arshansky, Corps de Ballet

Conductor...............Paul Breisach


Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Laurent Novikoff

[The program for this performance does not list the selections sung by the winners of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air. However, the listings above reflect newspaper accounts.]





Presentation of the winners of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air
Milton Cross, Master of Ceremonies
Il Trovatore: Stride la vampa (?)
Christine Johnson [First appearance
Linda di Chamounix: O luce di quest'anima
Patrice Munsel [First appearance
Il Trovatore: Il balen (?)
John Baker [First Appearance
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Monologue
James Pease [Only appearance
The Bartered Bride: Dances (In Costume)
a) Furieant: Monna Montes, Jack Gansert
b) Nina Youskevitch, Alexis Dolinoff, Michael Arshansky, Corps de Ballet
The program for this performance does not list the selections sung by the winners of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air. However, the listings above reflect newspaper accounts.

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