[Met Performance] CID:149600



Aida
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, January 24, 1949




Aida (509)
Giuseppe Verdi | Antonio Ghislanzoni
Aida
Stella Roman

Radamès
Kurt Baum

Amneris
Blanche Thebom

Amonasro
Frank Guarrera

Ramfis
Jerome Hines

King
Philip Kinsman

Messenger
Paul Franke

Priestess
Thelma Votipka

Dance
Marina Svetlova

Dance
Lorraine Ammerman

Dance
Elissa Minet

Dance
Barbara Hausler

Dance
Leon Varkas


Conductor
Emil Cooper







Review 1:

Review of Ronald Eyer in Musical America

The season's third performance of "Aida" marked the return to the company of Kurt Baum, lately returned from La Scala in Milan, where he opened the operatic season as Manrico, in "Il Trovatore." None the worse, apparently, for his long journey, Mr. Baum was in good voice; and from his "Celeste Aida" to the closing duet, his tone remained firm and clear, his regard for the pitch unimpaired, and his feeling for Italian style unwavering. The overtones of the Heldentenor which are inherent in Mr. Baum's voice, as well as in his general stage demeanor, are welcome in a heroic role like Radames.

Experienced and sure of her ground all the way, Stella Roman gave her familiar performance of the title role. Blanche Thebom was seductively beautiful and, in her big scene in the fourth act, quite moving, dramatically. Frank Guarrera provided what may be regarded as a standard representation of Amonasro, ably sung. Others in the cast were Jerome Hines, Philip Kinsman, Thelma Votipka and Paul Franke. Emil Cooper conducted.



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