[Met Concert or Gala] CID:138070



Gala Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, December 3, 1944




Gala Program



Metropolitan Opera House
December 3, 1944

GALA PROGRAM

Don Giovanni: Overture

Faust: Act IV, Scene 3
Frances Greer
Thelma Altman
Jacques Gérard
Walter Cassel
William Hargrave [First appearance]

Mignon: Je suis Titania
Mimi Benzell [First appearance]

Die Zauberflöte: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja; Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen
Mack Harrell

Don Giovanni: Non mi dir
Florence Kirk

L'Africaine: O paradiso!
Frederick Jagel

Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì
Licia Albanese

Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale
Monna Montes
Mary Smith
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas
Michael Arshansky

Rigoletto: Act III Excerpts
Mimi Benzell
Thelma Altman
Donald Dame
Mack Harrell
William Hargrave

La Traviata: Sempre libera
Licia Albanese

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

Mignon: Connais-tu le pays
Mona Paulee

Aida: Act II, Scene 2
Irene Jessner
Lucielle Browning
Arthur Carron
Hugh Thompson
Virgilio Lazzari
Lorenzo Alvary
Marina Svetlova
Monna Montes
Natasha Tzvetcova
Alexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas
Michael Arshansky

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

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

[The excerpts from Faust, Rigoletto and Aida were performed in costume.]





The excerpts from Faust, Rigoletto and Aida were performed in costume.

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