[Met Concert or Gala] CID:217550



Gala Performance
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, February 15, 1969




Gala Performance



Metropolitan Opera House
February 15, 1969
Benefit sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera Guild
for the Benevolent and Retirement Funds

GALA PERFORMANCE

Madama Butterfly: Act I

Cio-Cio-San.............Pilar Lorengar
Pinkerton...............Plácido Domingo
Suzuki..................Nedda Casei
Sharpless...............Theodor Uppman
Goro....................Paul Franke
Bonze...................Lorenzo Alvary
Commissioner............Gene Boucher
Registrar...............Charles Kuestner

Conductor...............George Schick

Production..............Yoshio Aoyama
Stage Director..........Patrick Tavernia
Designer................Motohiro Nagasaka


Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I

Conductor...............Karl Böhm


Lakmé: Bell Song
Reri Grist

Zazà: Zazà, piccola zingara
Sherrill Milnes

I Vespri Siciliani: Bolero
Martina Arroyo

Linda di Chamounix: O luce di quest'anima
Gabriella Tucci

Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Je crois entendre encore
Nicolai Gedda

Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide
Leontyne Price

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


Norma: Casta diva; Ah! Bello a me ritorna
Montserrat Caballé
Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prize Song
James King

Ariadne auf Naxos: Sein wir wieder gut
Evelyn Lear

Prince Igor: Igor's Act II Aria
Tom Krause

Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, bimbo, tu sei morto!
Anna Moffo

Conductor...............Kurt Adler


Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Birgit Nilsson

Conductor...............Zubin Mehta


Don Carlo: Act III, Scene 1
Elizabeth of Valois.....Raina Kabaivanska
Rodrigo.................Sherrill Milnes
Princess Eboli..........Grace Bumbry
Philip II...............Cesare Siepi
Grand Inquisitor........John Macurdy
Lerme...................Gabor Carelli

Conductor...............George Schick

Production..............Margaret Webster
Stage Director..........Bodo Igesz
Designer................Rolf Gérard





Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I
Lakmé: Bell Song
Reri Grist
Zazà: Zazà, piccola zingara
Sherrill Milnes
I Vespri Siciliani: Bolero
Martina Arroyo
Linda di Chamounix: O luce di quest'anima
Gabriella Tucci
Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Je crois entendre encore
Nicolai Gedda
Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide
Leontyne Price
Norma: Casta diva; Ah! Bello a me ritorna
Montserrat Caballé
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prize Song
James King
Ariadne auf Naxos: Sein wir wieder gut
Evelyn Lear
Prince Igor: Igor's Act II Aria
Tom Krause
Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, bimbo, tu sei morto!
Anna Moffo
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Birgit Nilsson
Don Carlo: Act III, Scene 1

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