[Met Performance] CID:181540



Ballet Evening
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, March 22, 1959

Debut : Sondra Lee, Mary Stone, William Burdick, Craig Crosson, José Gutierrez, Frank Piper, Vincent Warren, Jac Venza, Nancy Benson, Diana Coon, Carole Kroon, Loi Leabo, David Milnes, Alek Zbyine, John Ward, Herbert Ross, Walter Taussig, Katharyn Horne, Karinska, Fronda Sobel, Motley




Ballet Evening


The Metropolitan Opera Ballet

Barber: The School for Scandal: Overture

In the Beginning {1} World Premiere
[Barber: Symphony No.1]

Eve.....................Bambi Linn
Adam....................Bruce Marks
Tempters: Sondra Lee [Debut and only performance], Thomas Andrew

Meredith Baylis [Debut and only performance], Catherine Horn, Edith Jerell, Nancy King, Louellen Sibley, Mary Stone [Debut and only performance],William Burdick [Debut], Craig Crosson [Debut], José Gutierrez [Debut and only performance], Ron Murray, Frank Piper [Debut], Vincent Warren [Debut and only performance]

Conductor...............Ignace Strasfogel

Choreographer...........John Butler
Designer................Jac Venza [Debut]

The Exchange {1} World Premiere
[Poulenc: Concerto for Organ and Orchestra]

Soloists: Nora Kaye, Scott Douglas, José Gutierrez

Meredith Baylis, Nancy Benson, Margaret Black, Diana Coon [Debut and only performance], Hlenka Devon, Catherine Horn, Edith Jerell, Nancy King, Carole Kroon [Debut], Loi Leabo [Debut and only performance], Joy O'Neill [Last performance], Louellen Sibley, Mary Stone, Thomas Andrew, William Burdick, Craig Crosson, Hubert Farrington, Harry Jones, Donald Martin, David Milnes [Debut], Ron Murray, Frank Piper, Vincent Warren, Alek Zbyine [Debut and only performance]

Organ Soloist...........Edmund Shay
Conductor...............George Schick

Choreographer...........Herbert Ross [Debut]
Designer................John Ward [Debut]

Les Diamants {1} World Premiere
[Charles de Bériot: Scène de Ballet]
Blue Diamond............Lupe Serrano
Black Diamond...........Bruce Marks
Nancy Benson [Debut], Edith Jerell, Nancy King, Katharyn Horne [Debut]
Violin Soloist..........Raymond Gniewek
Conductor...............Walter Taussig [Debut]

Choreographer...........Alexandra Danilova
Costume designer........Karinska [Debut]

Hail and Farewell {1} World Premiere
[Music of Richard Strauss]

1. Festival March, Opus 1

Suzanne Ames, Meridith Baylis, Ann Etgen, Catherine Horn, Nancy King,Carole Kroon, Fronda Sobel [Debut and only performance], Mary Stone,William Burdick, José Gutierrez, Harry Jones, Donald Martin, David Milnes,Ron Murray, Vincent Warren, Alek Zybine

2. Serenade, Opus 7

Margaret Black, Hlenka Devon, Louellen Sibley, Ann Etgen [Last Performance], Fronda Sobel,William Burdick, Ron Murray, Vincent Warren

3. Four Last Songs

Frühling................Lupe Serrano

September...............Edith Jerell

Beim Schlafengehen......Audrey Keane
Hlenka Devon, William Burdick, Ron Murray, Vincent Warren

Im Abendrot.............Nora Kaye

Soprano Soloist..........Eleanor Steber
Conductor...............Martin Rich

Choreographer...........Antony Tudor
Costume designer........Motley [Debut]






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