[Met Concert or Gala] CID:144830



Walpurgis Night
Gala Concert
Dallas, Texas, Sun, May 4, 1947




Walpurgis Night (5)
Charles Gounod
Faust
Leon Varkas

Méphistophélès
Edward Caton

Hélène
Irene Hawthorne

Phryné/Dance
Fiala Mraz

Cléopâtre
Elissa Minet

Aspazie
Lorraine Ammerman

Laïs
Lola Michel

Dance
Audrey Keane

Dance
Ilona Murai

Dance
Peggy Smithers

Dance
Tilda Morse

Dance
Nina Boneck

Dance
Julia Barashkova

Dance
Alice Temkin

Dance
Alexandra Sawicka

Dance
Leila Kantro

Dance
Kathryn Sanger

Dance
Orrin Hill


Conductor
Karl Kritz


Gala Concert






Hänsel und Gretel: Overture


Conductor...............Max Rudolf


Aida: Fu la sorte
Florence Kirk
Margaret Harshaw


La Traviata: Di Provenza
Frank Valentino


Conductor...............Cesare Sodero


Le Nozze di Figaro: Dove sono
Florence Quartararo


Conductor...............Fritz Busch


Faust: Act IV, Scene 2
Maxine Stellman
Martha Lipton
Mario Berini
Hugh Thompson
Nicola Moscona


Conductor...............Wilfred Pelletier


Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture


Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai
Ezio Pinza


Conductor...............Fritz Busch


La Traviata: Ah fors'è lui
Mary Henderson [Last appearance]


Il Barbiere di Siviglia: A un dottor
Salvatore Baccaloni


Aida: Celeste Aida
Kurt Baum


Conductor...............Cesare Sodero
This concert was a benefit for victims of the Texas City disaster. The program credits for the Faust ballet are incomplete. The dancers listed are those of the previous tour performance of April 11. Only Hawthorne, Varkas and Hill received billing for the Dallas performance.

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