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La Traviata
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, January 27, 1954
La Traviata (370)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
- Violetta
- Jean Fenn
- Alfredo
- Jan Peerce
- Germont
- Giuseppe Valdengo [Last performance]
- Flora
- Margaret Roggero
- Gastone
- Alessio De Paolis
- Baron Douphol
- George Cehanovsky
- Marquis D'Obigny
- Algerd Brazis
- Dr. Grenvil
- Osie Hawkins
- Annina
- Maria Leone
- Dance
- Zebra Nevins
- Dance
- Marion Horosko
- Dance
- Roland Vazquez
- Conductor
- Fausto Cleva
Review 1:
Review signed A. B. in Musical America
Jean Fenn, who sang her first Metropolitan Violetta on this occasion, appeared at short notice after both Dorothy Kirsten and Licia Albanese had had to withdraw from the rôle. Noticeably nervous, the soprano managed to acquit herself very well under the circumstances. An attractive Violetta, she acted with considerable assurance, achieving an admirable balance between the extravagant gestures of grand opera and the economic style of latter-day acting. Her singing, too, was highly effective, on the whole. After the technical hurdles of the "Sempre libera" had been (passably) surmounted, Miss Fenn went on to achieve very gratifying results, particularly in her "Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo cuore" and "Se una pudica vergine." The otherwise familiar cast included Jan Peerce, Giuseppe Valdengo, Margaret Roggero, Maria Leone, Alessio De Paolis, George Cehanovsky, Algerd Brazis, and Osie Hawkins. Fausto Cleva conducted.
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- Fausto Cleva [Conductor]
- Jean Fenn [Violetta]
- Jan Peerce [Alfredo]
- Giuseppe Valdengo [Germont]
- Margaret Roggero [Flora]
- Alessio De Paolis [Gastone]
- George Cehanovsky [Baron Douphol]
- Algerd Brazis [Marquis D'Obigny]
- Osie Hawkins [Dr. Grenvil]
- Maria Leone [Annina]
- Zebra Nevins [Dance]
- Marion Horosko [Dance]
- Roland Vazquez [Dance]