[Met Performance] CID:183580



Cavalleria Rusticana
Pagliacci
Metropolitan Opera House, Tue, December 22, 1959




Cavalleria Rusticana (414)
Pietro Mascagni | Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Guido Menasci
Santuzza
Mary Curtis-Verna

Turiddu
Jussi Björling [Last performance]

Lola
Helen Vanni

Alfio
Cesare Bardelli

Mamma Lucia
Thelma Votipka


Conductor
Dimitri Mitropoulos


Pagliacci (453)
Ruggero Leoncavallo | Ruggero Leoncavallo
Nedda
Lucine Amara

Canio
Dimiter Uzunov

Tonio
Cornell MacNeil

Silvio
Frank Guarrera

Beppe
Charles Anthony

Villager
Roland Miles

Villager
Carlo Tomanelli


Conductor
Dimitri Mitropoulos







Review 1:

Review of Bodo Igez in Musical America
At this performance Mary Curtis-Verna sang her first Santuzza at the opera house, with Jussi Bjoerling as Turiddu and with Dimiti Mitropoulos as conductor. The soprano?s portrayal may gain much in subsequent performances, as she was obviously hampered by nervousness ? or by having insufficient rehearsal-time ? at this performance. Though her singing in the middle register was mostly even, Miss Verna showed a tendency to scoop when Mascagni took her above the staff, while she tended to push the low notes. Mr. Bjoerling, as Turiddu, gave once again an example of fine musicianship. Helen Vanni, singing her first Lola of the season, gave a fresh and very appealing interpretation of the part. Thelma Votipka?s faithful Mamma Lucia rounded out the cast.

In ?Pagliacci? Cornell MacNeil replaced the indisposed Leonard Warren. Frank Guarrera, in his first Silvio of the season, sang with appealing persuasviness. Others in the cast were Lucine Amara, Dimiter Uzonov, Charles Anthony, Roland Miles and Carlo Tomanelli.

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