[Met Concert or Gala] CID:350182



Guild Silver Jubilee
Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, October 13, 1960




Guild Silver Jubilee



Metropolitan Opera House
October 13, 1960


SILVER JUBILEE

The Metropolitan Opera Guild
1935 - 1960


Tannhäuser: Entrance of the Guests
Metropolitan Opera Chorus

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


L'Africaine: O Paradiso!
Barry Morell

De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me
Rosalind Elias

Conductor................Martin Rich


La Gioconda: L'amo come il fulgor del creato!
Mary Curtis-Verna
Regina Resnik

I Puritani: Qui la voce
Laurel Hurley

La Forza del Destino: Solenne in quest'ora
Jan Peerce
Mario Sereni

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


Carmen: Quintet
Helen Vanni
Carlotta Ordassy
Joan Wall
Paul Franke
Robert Nagy

Louise: Depuis le jour
Dorothy Kirsten

Conducter...............Jean Morel

Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle
Leonie Rysanek

Herodiade: Ne me refuse pas
Blanche Thebom

Paint Your Wagon: They Call the Wind Maria
Cesare Siepi

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


Tosca: Vissi d'arte
Licia Albanese

La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Licia Albanese

Madama Butterfly: Love Duet
Dorothy Kirsten
Eugenio Fernandi

La Bohème: Donde lieta uscì
Zinka Milanov

Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Zinka Milanov

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


Presentation: Rudolf Bing, General Manager, Anthony A. Bliss, President of the Metropolitan Opera Association, and Langdon Van Norden, President of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, spoke in tribute to Mrs. August Belmont, Founder and President Emeritus of the Guild, in whose honor the concert was given. The silver tray, inscribed with the signatures of the Guild's Board of Directors and Staff and presented to Mrs. Belmont on this occasion, hangs in the Belmont Room of the Metropolitan Opera House.


J. Strauss: The Emperor Waltz
Edith Jerell
Bruce Marks
Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Choreography by Alexandra Danilova

Conductor.....................Erich Leinsdorf

[The audience at this performance was composed of members of the Guild and invited guests.]





L'Africaine: O Paradiso!
Barry Morell
De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me
Rosalind Elias
La Gioconda: L'amo come il fulgor del creato!
Mary Curtis-Verna
Regina Resnik
I Puritani: Qui la voce
Laurel Hurley
La Forza del Destino: Solenne in quest'ora
Jan Peerce
Mario Sereni
Carmen: Quintet
Helen Vanni
Carlotta Ordassy
Joan Wall
Paul Franke
Robert Nagy
Louise: Depuis le jour
Dorothy Kirsten
Tannhäuser: Dich teure Halle
Leonie Rysanek
Herodiade: Ne me refuse pas
Blanche Thebom
Paint Your Wagon: They Call the Wind Maria
Cesare Siepi
Tosca: Vissi d'arte
Licia Albanese
La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Licia Albanese
Madama Butterfly: Love Duet
Dorothy Kirsten
Eugenio Fernandi
La Bohème: Donde lieta uscì
Zinka Milanov
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Zinka Milanov
Presentation: Rudolf Bing, General Manager, Anthony A. Bliss, President of the Metropolitan Opera Association, and Langdon Van Norden, President of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, spoke in tribute to Mrs. August Belmont, Founder and President Emeritus of the Guild, in whose honor the concert was given. The silver tray, inscribed with the signatures of the Guild's Board of Directors and Staff and presented to Mrs. Belmont on this occasion, hangs in the Belmont Room of the Metropolitan Opera House.
J. Strauss: The Emperor Waltz
Edith Jerell
Bruce Marks
Metropolitan Opera Ballet
Choreography by Alexandra Danilova
The audience at this performance was composed of members of the Guild and invited guests.

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