[Met Concert or Gala] CID:167000

Opening Night {70}, General Manager: Rudolf Bing

Gala Opening
Metropolitan Opera House, Mon, November 8, 1954 Telecast





Gala Opening


Leonard Warren

Conductor...............Alberto Erede


La Bohème: Act I

Mimì....................Victoria de los Angeles
Rodolfo.................Richard Tucker
Marcello................Frank Guarrera
Schaunard...............Clifford Harvuot
Colline.................Norman Scott
Benoit..................Lawrence Davidson

Conductor...............Alberto Erede

Director................Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Designer................Rolf Gérard
Staged by...............Dino Yannopoulos


Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II

Figaro..................Robert Merrill
Rosina..................Roberta Peters
Count Almaviva..........Cesare Valletti
Dr. Bartolo.............Fernando Corena
Don Basilio.............Jerome Hines
Berta...................Jean Madeira
Sergeant................Alessio De Paolis
Ambrogio................Rudolf Mayreder

Conductor...............Alberto Erede

Director................Cyril Ritchard
Designer................Eugene Berman
Stage Director..........Robert Herman [First appearance]


Aida: Act I, Scene 1; Act II

Aida....................Zinka Milanov
Radamès.................Mario Del Monaco
Amneris.................Blanche Thebom
Amonasro................Leonard Warren
Ramfis..................Jerome Hines
King....................Luben Vichey
Messenger...............Paul Franke
Dance...................Mia Slavenska [First appearance]
Dance...................Larry Boyette [First appearance]
Dance...................Louis Kosman [First appearance]

Conductor...............Fausto Cleva

Director................Margaret Webster
Stage Director..........Dino Yannopoulos
Designer................Rolf Gérard
Choreographer...........Zachary Solov

TV Director.............Kirk Browning

[This performance was relayed by closed-circuit to theaters throughout the United States.]


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This performance was relayed by closed-circuit to theaters throughout the United States.

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