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Gala Sunday Night Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, January 9, 1944




Gala Sunday Night Program



Metropolitan Opera House
January 9, 1944

GALA SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM

Mignon: Overture

Faust: Act I
Faust...................Armand Tokatyan
Mephistopheles..........Nicola Moscona

Un Ballo in Maschera: Re dell'abisso
Kerstin Thorborg

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Virgilio Lazzari

Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon
Lily Djanel

The Bartered Bride: Dances
1) Furiant: Monna Montes, Leon Varkas
2) Polka: Marina Svetlova, Alexis Dolinoff, Michael Arshansky, Corps de Ballet

Mignon: Act II
Mignon..................Irra Petina
Philine.................Christina Carroll
Frédéric................Mona Paulee
Wilhelm Meister.........Jacques Gérard
Laerte..................Alessio De Paolis

Lohengrin: Elsa's Dream
Irene Jessner

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
John Baker

Samson et Dalila: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!
Hertha Glaz

Lakmé: Act II Dances of the Vestales of Brahma
a) Andante: Michael Arshansky, Corps de Ballet
b) Allegretto vivo: Nina Youskevitch
c) Andante: Monna Montes, Alexis Dolinoff, Corps de Ballet
d) Dance of teh Slaves: Alexis Dolinoff, Leon Varkas, Corps de Ballet
e) Finale: Corps de Ballet

Conductor...............Paul Breisach
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Laurent Novikoff

[The excerpts from Faust and Mignon were performed in costume.]





The excerpts from Faust and Mignon were performed in costume.

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