6, 11, 14, 16, 24 November, 2, 4, 13, 25 1950, 23 February 1951
DON CARLO
Verdi
Don Carlo Jussi Björling
Richard Tucker (6, 8, 10)
Elizabeth of Valois Delia Rigal
Eleanor Steber (6, 8)
Rodrigo Robert Merrill
Paolo Silveri (8, 9)
Princess Eboli Fedora Barbieri
Blanche Thebom (3, 7, 9, 10)
Philip II Cesare Siepi
Jerome Hines (7, 10)
Grand Inquisitor Jerome Hines
Hans Hotter (4, 5, 7, 9)
Nicola Moscona (10)
Celestial Voice Lucine Amara
Friar Luben Vichey
Tebaldo Anne Bollinger
Count of Lerma Paul Franke
Leslie Chabay (9)
Countess of Aremberg Tilda Morse
Herald Emery Darcy
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Margaret Webster
Designer Rolf Gérard
9, 13, 18, 22 November, 14, 30 December 1950, 2, 12 January 1951
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
Wagner
Dutchman Hans Hotter
Paul Schöffler (4, 5, 7)
Senta Astrid Varnay
Margaret Harshaw (4, 7)
Erik Set Svanholm
Chalres Kullman (8)
Daland Sven Nilsson
Mary Margaret Harshaw
Hertha Glaz (4, 5, 6)
Jean Madeira (7, 8)
Steersman Thomas Hayward
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Director Herbert Graf
Designers Robert Edmond Jones
Charles Elson
Mary Percy Schenck
11, 15, 19, 21 November, 2, 7, 9, 18, 26 December 1950, 26 January, 7, 17 February, 2, 31 March 1951
LA TRAVIATA
Verdi
Violetta Dorothy Kirsten
Delia Rigal (3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 14)
Licia Albanese (5, 7, 8, 9, 13)
Nadine Conner (12)
Alfredo Ferruccio Tagliavini
Eugene Conley (2, 8)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (3)
Jan Peerce (7, 10, 11)
Richard Tucker (12, 14)
Germont Frank Guarrera
Robert Merrill (3, 7, 11)
Paolo Silveri (4, 5, 6)
Leonard Warren (8, 12, 14)
Giuseppe Valdengo (9, 10, 13)
Flora Lucielle Browning
Gastone Leslie Chabay
Alessio De Paolis
(2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
Baron Douphol Clifford Harvuot
John Baker (3, 4) George Cehanovsky
(5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
Marquis D'Obigny Lawrence Davidson
John Baker (6, 7, 8, 11, 13)
Dr Grenvil Osie Hawkins
Clifford Harvuot (5, 6, 8, 10, 14)
Annina Margaret Roggero
Conductor Alberto Erede
17, 20, 25, 30 November, 5, 23 December 1950, 6 January, 15 March 1951
DON GIOVANNI
Mozart
Don Giovanni Paul Schöffler
Paolo Silveri (2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
Donna Anna Ljuba Welitsch
Zinka Milanov (8)
Don Ottavio Eugene Conley
Ferruccio Tagliavini (4)
January Peerce (8)
Donna Elvira Eleanor Steber
Regina Resnik (3, 4, 6, 7, 8)
Leporello Salvatore Baccaloni
Virgilio Lazzari (5)
Zerlina Roberta Peters
Nadine Conner (2, 3, 4, 7)
Patricia Munsel (5)
Masetto Hugh Thompson
Lorenzo Alvary (3, 4, 6, 7, 8)
Commendatore Jerome Hines
Nicola Moscona (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Joseph Urban
18, 23, 27 November, 15 December 1950, 6, 10 January 1951
MANON LESCAUT
Puccini
Manon Dorothy Kirsten
Licia Albanese (4, 6)
Des Grieux Richard Tucker
Kurt Baum (2, 4)
Jussi Björling (5, 6)
Mario Del Monaco (3)
Lescaut Giuseppe Valdengo
Hugh Thompson (4, 6)
Geronte Gerhard Pechner
Lorenzo Alvary (5, 6)
Edmondo Leslie Chabay
Thomas Hayward (3, 4, 5)
Innkeeper Lawrence Davidson
George Cehanovsky (3, 4, 5, 6)
Solo Madrigalist Margaret Roggero
Dancing Master Alessio De Paolis
Sergeant Clifford Harvuot
Lamplighter Paul Franke
Captain Osie Hawkins
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Herbert Graf
Designer H. M. Krehan-Crayon
25, 29 November, 8, 11, 21 December 1950, 12 January 1951, 10, 21, 23, 27 February 1951
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Mozart
Pamina Eleanor Steber
Nadine Conner (3, 5, 6, 7, 10)
Tamino Richard Tucker
Brian Sullivan (5, 7, 9)
Eugene Conley (6, 8)
Queen of the Night Erna Berger
Roberta Peters (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Sarastro Jerome Hines
Nicola Moscona (4, 5, 6, 7)
Dezsö Ernster (9)
Papageno John Brownlee
Hugh Thompson (5, 6, 7, 9)
Papagena Lillian Raymondi
Lois Hunt (9)
Monostatos Leslie Chabay
Paul Franke (6, 7, 10)
Speaker Paul Schöffler
Herbert Janssen (7)
First Lady Lucine Amara
Regina Resnik (9)
Second Lady Thelma Votipka
Third Lady Martha Lipton
Margaret Harshaw (8)
Genie Genevieve Warner
Genie Paula Lenchner
Genie Hertha Glaz
Margaret Roggero (9)
Priest Thomas Hayward
Priest Clifford Harvuot
Guard Emery Darcy
Thomas Hayward (9)
Guard Lawrence Davidson
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Kurt Adler (6, 7, 9, 10)
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Richard Rychtarik
1, 9, 16 December 1950, 22 January, 19, 28 February, 8, 26 March 1951
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
Wagner
Tristan Ramon Vinay
Günther Treptow (5, 7)
Set Svanholm (6, 8)
Isolde Helen Traubel
Kirsten Flagstad (4, 7, 8)
Astrid Varnay (5, 6)
Kurwenal Paul Schöffler
Hans Hotter (3)
Herbert Janssen (4)
Ferdinand Frantz (5, 6)
Brangäne Blanche Thebom
Margaret Harshaw (5, 7)
Hertha Glaz (6, 8)
King Marke Sven Nilsson
Dezsö Ernster (4, 5, 8)
Luben Vichey (6)
Ferdinand Frantz (7)
Melot Hugh Thompson
Emery Darcy (5, 6)
George Cehanovsky (7)
Sailor's Voice Emery Darcy
Thomas Hayward (2, 3, 4, 7, 8)
Shepherd Leslie Chabay
Peter Klein (5)
Steersman Lawrence Davidson
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Designers Joseph Urban
Mathilde Castel-Bert
6, 16, 22, 30 December 1950, 8, 18, 30 January, 3, 15, 24 February, 5 March, 7 April 1951
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Rossini
Figaro Giuseppe Valdengo
Robert Merrill (3, 5, 8)
Paolo Silveri (4)
Frank Guarrera (9, 11, 12)
John Brownlee (10)
Rosina Lily Pons
Patricia Munsel (3, 7)
Erna Berger (6)
Roberta Peters (8, 9, 10, 11)
Count Almaviva Giuseppe Di Stefano
Eugene Conley (6, 9, 12)
Bruno Landi (10)
Ferruccio Tagliavini (11)
Dr. Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Gerhard Pechner (3, 4, 7)
Lawrence Davidson (6)
Don Basilio Cesare Siepi
Jerome Hines (2, 3)
Nicola Moscona (10)
Berta Hertha Glaz
Jean Madeira (3, 4, 8, 10, 11)
Thelma Votipka (9, 12)
Fiorello George Cehanovsky
Sergeant Paul Franke
Alessio De Paolis (5, 6, 8, 9, 12)
Ambrogio Ludwig Burgstaller
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Désiré Defrère
Set designer Joseph Urban
12, 19, 23, 29 December 1950, 1, 14, 24 January, 14 February, 1, 17 March 1951
FAUST
Gounod
Faust Jussi Björling
Richard Tucker (6, 8, 9)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (7)
Eugene Conley (10)
Marguerite Dorothy Kirsten
Eleanor Steber (2, 5)
Nadine Conner (4, 6, 8)
Paula Lechner (7)
Della Rigal (9)
Victoria de los Angeles (10)
Méphistophélès Jerome Hines
Cesare Siepi (2, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Valentin Frank Guarrera
Robert Merrill (4, 7)
Leonard Warren (5, 9)
Giuseppe Valdengo (8)
Siebel Anne Bollinger
Margaret Roggero (4, 6, 7, 10)
Marthe Thelma Votipka
Wagner Lawrence Davidson
John Baker (8)
Osie Hawkins (10)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Designer Joseph Urban
20, 27, 31 December 1950, 4, 13, 15, 20, 25 January, 2, 6, 13, 22, 26 February, 3, 9, 24, 31 March, 5, 7 April 1951
DIE FLEDERMAUS
Johann Strauss
Rosalinde Ljuba Welitsch
Marguerite Piazza
(4, 7, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19)
Maria Jeritza (12)
Regina Resnik (15, 18)
Eisenstein Set Svanholm
Charles Kullman (3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 18, 19)
Brian Sullivan (15, 17)
Adele Patrice Munsel
Alfred Richard Tucker
Eugene Conley (4, 5, 16, 18, 19)
Brian Sullivan (5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
Charles Kullman (13, 15, 17)
Prince Orlofsky Risë Stevens
Jarmila Novotna
(4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
Dr. Falke John Brownlee
Dr. Blind Paul Franke
Frank Hugh Thompson
Clifford Harvuot (11)
Ida Nana Gollner
Suzanne Ames (18)
Frosch Jack Gilford
Conductor Eugene Ormandy
Tibor Kozma
(4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
Director Garson Kanin
Designer Rolf Gérard
28 December 1950, 3, 13, 20, 23, 27 January, 8, 12, 16, 27 February, 9, 20 March, 6 April 1951
IL TROVATORE
Verdi
Manrico Kurt Baum
Leonora Delia Rigal
Zinka Milanov (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13)
Count Di Luna Leonard Warren
Robert Merrill (4, 9)
Frank Valentino (5, 10, 11, 12, 13)
Azucena Fedora Barbieri
Blanche Thebom (9)
Jean Madeira (10, 11)
Margaret Harshaw (12, 13)
Ferrando Nicola Moscona
Ines Barbara Troxell
Lucine Amara (4, 7, 13)
Ruiz Thomas Hayward
Leslie Chabay (10, 11)
Messenger Paul Franke
Alessio De Paolis (3, 4, 7, 13)
Leslie Chabay (10, 11)
Thomas Hayward (12)
Gypsy John Baker
George Cehanovsky (4, 5, 6, 13)
Lawrence Davidson (11, 12)
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Herbert Graf
Designers Harry Horner
Mary Percy Schenck
5, 11, 16, 31 January, 5, 24 February 1951
DER ROSENKAVALIER
Richard Strauss
Octavian Risë Stevens
Jarmila Novotna (3, 4, 5)
Princess von Werdenberg Helen Traubel Eleanor Steber (4, 5)
Baron Ochs Fritz Krenn
Sophie Erna Berger
Nadine Conner (3, 5)
Faninal John Brownlee
Hugh Thompson (3, 4, 6)
Annina Hertha Glaz
Martha Lipton (5)
Valzacchi Alessio De Paolis
Italian Singer Kurt Baum
Marianne Thelma Votipka
Mahomet Peggy Smithers
Princess' Major-domo Emery Darcy
Orphan Barbara Troxell
Orphan Paula Lenchner
Orphan Margaret Roggero
Milliner Genevieve Warner
Lois Hunt (4)
Animal Vendor Leslie Chabay
Hairdresser Etienne Barone
Notary Lawrence Davidson
Leopold Ludwig Burgstaller
Faninal's Major-domo Paul Franke
Innkeeper Leslie Chabay
Police Commissioner Lorenzo Alvary
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Director Herbert Graf
Designers Hans Kautsky
Alfred Roller
17, 19, 29 January, 4, 9 February, 3, 7, 13, 22 March 1951
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Mascagni
Santuzza Zinka Milanov
Regina Resnik (2, 9)
Astrid Varnay (5, 8)
Turiddu Richard Tucker
Kurt Baum (3, 8)
Charles Kullmann (4, 9)
Lola Martha Lipton
Hertha Glaz (5)
Margaret Roggero (7, 8, 9)
Alfio Clifford Harvuot
Frank Valentino (4, 7, 9)
Mamma Lucia Jean Madeira
Lucielle Browning (4)
Thelma Votipka (7)
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Hans Busch
Designers Horace Armistead
John Robert Lloyd
PAGLIACCI
Leoncavallo
Nedda Delia Rigal
Canio Ramon Vinay
Kurt Baum (6, 7, 8, 9)
Tonio Leonard Warren
Giuseppe Valdengo (4, 5)
Frank Valentino (8)
Silvio Frank Guarrera
Clifford Harvuot (4)
Robert Merrill (5)
Beppe Thomas Hayward
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Max Leavitt
Designers Horace Armistead
John Robert Lloyd
25, 27 January 1951
DAS RHEINGOLD
Wagner
Wotan Hans Hotter
Fricka Margaret Harshaw
Alberich Gerhard Pechner
Lawrence Davidson (2)
Loge Set Svanholm
Erda Jean Madeira
Karin Branzell (2)
Fasolt Jerome Hines
Fafner Dezsö Ernster
Freia Jarmila Novotna
Froh Brian Sullivan
Donner Osie Hawkins
Mime Peter Klein
Leslie Chabay (2)
Woglinde Erna Berger
Wellgunde Lucine Amara
Flosshilde Hertha Glaz
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Designers Lee Simonson
Mary Percy Schenck
1, 3 February 1951
DIE WALKÜRE
Wagner
Brünnhilde Helen Traubel
Kirsten Flagstad (2)
Siegmund Günther Treptow
Sieglinde Astrid Varnay
Wotan Ferdinand Frantz
Fricka Blanche Thebom
Hunding Luben Vichey
Gerhilde Thelma Votipka
Grimgerde Martha Lipton
Helmwige Regina Resnik
Ortlinde Irene Jessner
Rossweisse Lucielle Browning
Schwertleite Jean Madeira
Siegrune Hertha Glaz
Waltraute Jeanne Palmer
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Designers Lee Simonson
Mary Percy Schenck
7, 10 February, 12 March 1951
SIEGFRIED
Wagner
Siegfried Set Svanholm
Brünnhilde Kirsten Flagstad
Helen Traubel (2)
Astrid Varnay (3)
Wanderer Ferdinand Frantz
Erda Karin Branzell
Mime Peter Klein
Leslie Chabay (3)
Alberich Gerhard Pechner
Fafner Dezsö Ernster
Forest Bird Erna Berger
Genevieve Warner (3)
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Designers Lee Simonson
Mary Percy Schenck
15, 17 February 1951
GÖTTERDÁMMERUNG
Wagner
Brünnhilde Kirsten Flagstad
Helen Traubel (2)
Siegfried Set Svanholm
Gunther Herbert Janssen
Gutrune Regina Resnik
Hagen Dezsö Ernster
Waltraute Margaret Harshaw
Alberich Lawrence Davidson
Gerhard Pechner (2)
First Norn Jean Madeira
Second Norn Martha Lipton
Third Norn Margaret Harshaw
Woglinde Erna Berger
Wellgunde Lucine Amara
Flosshilde Hertha Glaz
Vassal Emery Darcy
Vassal Clifford Harvuot
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Designers Lee Simonson
Mary Percy Schenck
Lee Simonson
6, 10, 14, 16, 19 March 1951
FIDELIO
Beethoven
Leonore Kirsten Flagstad
Florestan Günther Treptow
Set Svanholm (2, 4, 5)
Don Pizarro Paul Schöffler
Ferdinand Frantz (3, 4)
Rocco Dezsö Ernster
Marzelline Nadine Conner
Jaquino Peter Klein
Don Fernando Jerome Hines
First Prisoner Brian Sullivan
Second Prisoner George Cehanovsky
Conductor Bruno Walter
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Joseph Urban
10, 17, 21, 30 March, 6 April 1951
LA BOHÈME
Puccini
Mimì Bidú Sayao
Licia Albanese (3)
Victoria de los Angeles (4, 5)
Rodolfo Giuseppe Di Stefano
Jan Peerce (5)
Musetta Lois Hunt
Anne Bollinger (3, 5)
Marcello Giuseppe Valdengo
Frank Valentino (3)
Schaunard Hugh Thompson
George Cehanovsky (2, 4)
Colline Cesare Siepi
Nicola Moscona (3, 4)
Benoit Lorenzo Alvary
Gerhard Pechner (3)
Salvatore Baccaloni (4)
Alcindoro Lawrence Davidson
Salvatore Baccaloni (4)
Parpignol Paul Franke
Frank D’Elia (5)
Sergeant. Carlo Tomanelli
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Designers Joseph Novak
Blaschke & Cie
20, 29 March 1951
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Puccini
Cio-Cio-San Victoria de los Angeles
Licia Albanese (2)
Pinkerton Eugene Conley
Charles Kullmann (2)
Suzuki Margaret Roggero
Sharpless Giuseppe Valdengo
Frank Valentino (2)
Goro Alessio De Paolis
Bonze Osie Hawkins
Yamadori George Cehanovsky
Kate Pinkerton Lucine Amara
Commissioner Clifford Harvuot
Lawrence Davidson (2)
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Désiré Defrère
Designer Joseph Urban
