[Met Concert or Gala] CID:168500



Gala Performance
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, April 2, 1955




Gala Performance



Metropolitan Opera House
April 2, 1955

GALA PERFORMANCE

Madama Butterfly: Act I

Cio-Cio-San................Victoria de los Angeles
Pinkerton..................Mario Del Monaco
Suzuki.....................Margaret Roggero
Sharpless..................Frank Guarrera
Goro.......................Paul Franke
Bonze......................Osie Hawkins
Commissioner...............Lawrence Davidson

Conductor..................Pietro Cimara

Director...................Désiré Defrère
Set designer...............Joseph Urban


La Bohème: Act III

Mimì.......................Licia Albanese
Rodolfo....................Giuseppe Campora
Musetta....................Jean Fenn
Marcello...................Ettore Bastianini
Sergeant...................Carlo Tomanelli

Conductor..................Tibor Kozma

Director...................Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Designer................Rolf Gérard
Stage Director.............Dino Yannopoulos


Die Fledermaus: Act II

Rosalinde..................Eleanor Steber
Gabriel....................Charles Kullman
Adele......................Roberta Peters
Orlofsky...................Jarmila Novotna
Falke......................John Brownlee
Frank......................Clifford Harvuot
Ida........................Natalie Kelepovska
Dance......................Judith Younger
Dance......................Adriano Vitale

Guests at Prince Orlofsky's Party:

Fritz Kreisler: I hope that love will come my way (in English)
Hilde Güden

Two Spanish Songs
Victoria de los Angeles

The Volga Boatman; The Song of the Flea
George London

Two Italian Songs
Ettore Bastianini

[Victoria de los Angleles accompanied herself on the guitar;
Kurt Adler accompanied the others.]

Conductor..................Tibor Kozma

Director...................Garson Kanin
Designer...................Rolf Gérard
Choreographer..............Zachary Solov
Stage Director.............Robert Herman





La Bohème: Act III
Die Fledermaus: Act II
Guests at Prince Orlofsky's Party:
Fritz Kreisler: I hope that love will come my way (in English)
Hilde Güden
Two Spanish Songs
Victoria de los Angeles
The Volga Boatman; The Song of the Flea
George London
Two Italian Songs
Ettore Bastianini
Victoria de los Angleles accompanied herself on the guitar;
Kurt Adler accompanied the others.

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