[Met Concert or Gala] CID:141060



Gala Program
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, March 3, 1946




Gala Program



Metropolitan Opera House
March 3, 1946
Benefit for the Rand School of Social Science

GALA PROGRAM

Fidelio: Overture

La Traviata: Act II, Scene 1
Dorothy Kirsten
Thelma Altman
Thomas Hayward
Robert Merrill

La Forza del Destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio!
Regina Resnik

Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba
Armand Tokatyan

La Gioconda: Voce di donna
Thelma Altman

Pagliacci: Prologue
Frank Valentino

Carmen: Act IV Dances
Gitane - Irene Hawthorne and Corps de Ballet
Farandole - Irene Hawthorne, Leon Varkas and Corps de Ballet

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I Excerpts (In Costume)
Christina Carroll
Richard Manning
Robert Merrill
Gerhard Pechner

Don Giovanni: Madamina
Virgilio Lazzari

Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle
Astrid Varnay

Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
Ramon Vinay

Le Nozze di Figaro: Deh, vieni, non tardar
Frances Greer

Il Trovatore: Act I, Scene 2
Florence Quartararo
Maxine Stellman
Arthur Carron [Last appearance]
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 the Corps de Ballet
Bayaders - Marina Svetlova and the Corps de Ballet
Finale - Entire Ballet

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

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





The selections from La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and were performed in costume.

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