[Met Concert or Gala] CID:140610



Gala Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, January 20, 1946




Gala Program



Metropolitan Opera House
January 20, 1946

GALA PROGRAM

William Tell: Overture

Pagliacci: Act I Excerpts (In Costume)
Nedda...................Marita Farell
Canio...................Frederick Jagel
Tonio...................Frank Valentino
Silvio..................Hugh Thompson
Beppe...................Lodovico Oliviero

Lakmé: Bell Song
Pierrette Alarie

Faust: Vous qui faites l'endormie
Norman Cordon

Aida: Ritorna vincitor
Regina Resnik

Un Ballo in Maschera: Eri tu
John Baker

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: La calunnia
Virgilio Lazzari

La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Marina Svetlova, Leon Varkas, Josef Carmassi, Corps de Ballet

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act III, Scene 1
Rosina..................Mimi Benzell
Count Almaviva..........Richard Manning
Figaro..................Frank Valentino
Dr. Bartolo.............Gerhard Pechner
Don Basilio.............Virgilio Lazzari

La Gioconda: Suicidio
Regina Resnik

Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Jacques Gérard

Rigoletto: Quartet
Mimi Benzell
Lucielle Browning
Anthony Marlowe
George Cehanovsky

Roméo et Juliette: Stephano's Aria
Lillian Raymondi

Don Carlo: Ella giammai m'amo
Norman Cordon

Don Pasquale: Act I, Scene 2 Duet (In Costume)
Bidú Sayao
Frank Valentino

Lakmé: Act II Hindu Dances
Terana - Marina Svetlova and Corps de Ballet
Rektah - Anne Barlow and Leon Varkas
Dance of the Veils - Marina Svetlova, Leon Varkas and Corps de Ballet
Bayaders - Marina Svetlova and Corps de Ballet
Finale - Entire Ballet

Conductor...............Pietro Cimara
Director................Désiré Defrère
Choreographer...........Boris Romanoff

[The selections from Pagliacci and Don Pasquale were performed in costume.]





The selections from Pagliacci and Don Pasquale were performed in costume.

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