[Met Concert or Gala] CID:136270



Gala Sunday Night Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, December 19, 1943




Gala Sunday Night Program



Metropolitan Opera House
December 19, 1943

GALA SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

The Bartered Bride: Overture

Boris Godunov: Inn Scene (In Costume)
Innkeeper...............Mona Paulee
Dimitri.................Kurt Baum
Varlaam.................Salvatore Baccaloni
Missail.................Jonathan Dudley
Sergeant................Osie Hawkins

Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro
James Melton

Don Pasquale: Aria
Christina Carroll [First appearance]

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

Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale
Monna Montes
Nina Youskevitch
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas
Michael Arshansky
Corps de Ballet

La Forza del Destino: Rataplan
Mona Paulee and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Il Trovatore: Condotta ell'era in ceppi
Christine Johnson

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Astrid Varnay

Pagliacci: Prologue
Frank Valentino

Lucia di Lammermoor: Aria
James Melton

Carmen: Act IV (In Costume)
Carmen..................Lily Djanel
Frasquita...............Christina Carroll
Mercedes................Mona Paulee
Don José................Kurt Baum
Escamillo...............Osie Hawkins
Dances:
1) Gitane: Nina Youskevitch, Alexis Dolinoff, Corps de Ballet
2) Ouvre ton coeur: Marina Svetlova
3) Minuetto: Monna Montes, Leon Varkas
4) Farandole: Marina Svetlova, Monna Montes, Nina Youshkevitch, Alexis Dolinoff, Leon Varkas, Michael Arshansky, Corps de Ballet

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

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







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