[Met Concert or Gala] CID:229210



Gala Performance Honoring Sir Rudolf Bing
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, April 22, 1972 Telecast





Gala Performance Honoring Sir Rudolf Bing



Metropolitan Opera House
April 22, 1972 Telecast
Benefit sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera Guild


GALA PERFORMANCE
HONORING SIR RUDOLF BING


Scenery for Act I, Scene 2 of Don Carlo
designed by Rolf Gérard


Luisa Miller: Overture

Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Dunque io son
Roberta Peters
Sherrill Milnes

La Bohème: Donde lieta uscì
Teresa Stratas

Otello: Credo
Thomas Stewart

Luisa Miller: L'alto retaggio
Paul Plishka
Ruggero Raimondi

Conductor...............James Levine


Manon: Gavotte
Anna Moffo

Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida
Martina Arroyo

Lucia di Lammermoor: Verranno a te
Joan Sutherland
Luciano Pavarotti


Scenery for Act II, Scene 2 of Die Zauberflöte
designed by Marc Chagall


Strauss: Acceleration Waltz
Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Choreographer: Zachery Solov

Conductor...............Richard Bonynge


Rigoletto: Tutte le feste
Gail Robinson
Cornell MacNeil

Louise: Depuis le jour
Dorothy Kirsten

La Cenerentola: Un segreto
Fernando Corena
Ezio Flagello

Manon Lescaut: Tu tu amore tu
Montserrat Caballé
Plácido Domingo

Conductor...............James Levine


Le Cid: Pleurez mes yeux
Grace Bumbry

Les Trois Valses (Oscar Straus): Je t'aime
Régine Crespin

Conductor...............Richard Bonynge


Andrea Chénier: Nemico della patria
Mario Sereni

I Lombardi: Act III Prelude and Qual voluttà trascorrere
Lucine Amara
Enrico Di Giuseppe
Cesare Siepi
Raymond Gniewek, violin

La Forza del Destino: Invano Alvaro
Richard Tucker
Robert Merrill

Le Nozze di Figaro: Dove sono
Leontyne Price

Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli


Scenery for Der Rosenkavalier, Act II
designed by Robert O'Hearn


Presentation:
Lowell Wadmond, Chairman of the Board

Remarks:
Sir Rudolf Bing


Die Fledermaus: Chacun à Bing's gout
(English text by John Gutman)
Regina Resnik

Aida: Fu la sorte
Gabriella Tucci
Irene Dalis

Die Zauberflöte: O Isis und Osiris
John Macurdy

Il Trovatore: Di quella pira
James McCracken

Carmen: Act IV: Opening Chorus
Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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


Lohengrin: In fernem Land
Sándor Kónya

Vanessa: Must the winter come so soon
Rosalind Elias

La Bohème: Vecchia zimarra
Jerome Hines

Die Tote Stadt: Glück, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Lied)
Pilar Lorengar

Die Walküre: Act I Conclusion
Leonie Rysanek
Jon Vickers

Conductor...............Max Rudolf


Otello: Love Duet
Teresa Zylis-Gara
Franco Corelli

Salome: Final Scene
Birgit Nilsson

Conductor...............Karl Böhm

Director................Fabrizio Melano
TV Director.............Kirk Browning

[One hour of highlights from the gala were seen in a delayed telecast on April 30 over CBS.




Manon: Gavotte
Anna Moffo
Il Trovatore: Tacea la notte placida
Martina Arroyo
Lucia di Lammermoor: Verranno a te
Joan Sutherland
Luciano Pavarotti
Scenery for Act II, Scene 2 of Die Zauberflöte
designed by Marc Chagall
Strauss: Acceleration Waltz
Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Choreographer: Zachery Solov
Rigoletto: Tutte le feste
Gail Robinson
Cornell MacNeil
Louise: Depuis le jour
Dorothy Kirsten
La Cenerentola: Un segreto
Fernando Corena
Ezio Flagello
Manon Lescaut: Tu tu amore tu
Montserrat Caballé
Plácido Domingo
Le Cid: Pleurez mes yeux
Grace Bumbry
Les Trois Valses (Oscar Straus): Je t'aime
Régine Crespin
Andrea Chénier: Nemico della patria
Mario Sereni
I Lombardi: Act III Prelude and Qual voluttà trascorrere
Lucine Amara
Enrico Di Giuseppe
Cesare Siepi
Raymond Gniewek, violin
La Forza del Destino: Invano Alvaro
Richard Tucker
Robert Merrill
Le Nozze di Figaro: Dove sono
Leontyne Price
Conductor: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Scenery for Der Rosenkavalier, Act II
designed by Robert O'Hearn
Presentation:
Lowell Wadmond, Chairman of the Board
Remarks:
Sir Rudolf Bing
Die Fledermaus: Chacun à Bing's gout
(English text by John Gutman)
Regina Resnik
Aida: Fu la sorte
Gabriella Tucci
Irene Dalis
Die Zauberflöte: O Isis und Osiris
John Macurdy
Il Trovatore: Di quella pira
James McCracken
Carmen: Act IV: Opening Chorus
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Lohengrin: In fernem Land
Sándor Kónya
Vanessa: Must the winter come so soon
Rosalind Elias
La Bohème: Vecchia zimarra
Jerome Hines
Die Tote Stadt: Glück, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Lied)
Pilar Lorengar
Die Walküre: Act I Conclusion
Leonie Rysanek
Jon Vickers
Otello: Love Duet
Teresa Zylis-Gara
Franco Corelli
Salome: Final Scene
Birgit Nilsson
One hour of highlights from the gala were seen in a delayed telecast on April 30 over CBS.

Review 1:

Review of Bing Gala.

Photograph of the Metropolitan Opera Company on stage at the Gala honoring Rudolf Bing by Louis Mélançon



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