[Met Concert or Gala] CID:140140



Gala Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, December 9, 1945




Gala Program



Metropolitan Opera House
December 9, 1945

GALA PROGRAM

Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1
Violetta.................Dorothy Kirsten
Annina...................Thelma Altman
Alfredo..................Thomas Hayward
Germont..................Frank Valentino

Rigoletto: Caro nome
Pierrette Alarie

Le Nozze di Figaro: Aprite un po' quegli occhi
Martial Singher

Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
Mimi Benzell

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Virgilio Lazzari

La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Margaret Harshaw

La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Marina Svetlova
Leon Varkas
Josef Carmassi

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Lesson Scene
Rosina..................Mimi Benzell
Count Almaviva..........Richard Manning
Figaro..................Frank Valentino
Dr. Bartolo.............Gerhard Pechner
Don Basilio.............Virgilio Lazzari

Hérodiade: Vision fugitive
Martial Singher

Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete
Mona Paulee

Faust: Salut! Demeure
Thomas Hayward

Lakmé: Bell Song
Pierrette Alarie

Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Marina Svetlova
Anne Barlow
Leon Varkas

Conductor...............Paul Breisach
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

[The excerpts from La Traviata and Il Barbiere di Siviglia were performed in costume.]





The excerpts from La Traviata and Il Barbiere di Siviglia were performed in costume.

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