METROPOLITAN OPERA
NEW YORK
1950 – 1951 Season
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
METROPOLITAN OPERA
NEW YORK
1951 – 1952 Season
AIDA
Verdi
(New
production)
Aida Zinka Milanov
Delia Rigal (5, 10, 12, 13, 15)
Radamès Mario Del Monaco
Kurt Baum (7, 9,
11)
Amneris Elena Nikolaidi
Nell Rankin (3, 6, 12, 14)
Blanche Thebom (5, 11)
Margaret Harshaw (9)
Fedora Barbieri (10, 13, 15)
Amonasro George London
Frank Valentino (7, 12)
Leonard Warren (8, 10, 14)
Giuseppe Valdengo (9)
Paolo Silveri (11,
13)
Robert Merrill
(15)
Ramfis Jerome Hines
Cesare Siepi (5, 7, 8, 13, 15)
Nicola Moscona (10, 11)
King Luben Vichey
Norman Scott (10, 11, 12)
Messenger Thomas Hayward
Paul Franke (3, 9, 10, 15)
Priestess Lucine Amara
Anne Bollinger (6,
8)
Margaret Roggero (10, 11, 12, 15)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Production Margaret Webster
Designer Rolf Gérard
19,
23, 28 November, 8, 16, 22 December 1951, 16, 25 January, 5, 11 February 1952
RIGOLETTO
Verdi
(New
production)
Rigoletto Leonard Warren
Paolo Silveri (7, 8,
10)
Gilda Hilde Güden
Roberta Peters (4, 5, 7, 9)
Lily
Pons (6)
Genevieve Warner (8)
Duke
of Mantua Richard Tucker
Giacinto Prandelli (5, 10)
Giuseppe di Stefano (6)
Jan Peerce
(7, 9)
Ferruccio Tagliavini
(8)
Maddalena Jean Madeira
Nell Rankin (4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
Hertha
Glaz (7)
Sparafucile Alois Pernerstorfer
Nicola Moscona (4,
5)
Jerome Hines
(7)
Monterone Norman Scott
Borsa Paul Franke
Alessio De Paolis
(6)
Gabor Carelli
(10)
Marullo Clifford Harvuot
George Cehanovsky (4, 5, 6)
Count
Ceprano Lawrence Davidson
Countess
Ceprano Anne Bollinger
Lucine Amara (5, 7, 9)
Giovanna Thelma Votipka
Page Margaret Roggero
Paula Lenchner
(9)
Guard Algerd Brazis
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Eugene Berman
17,
21, 27 November, 3 December 1951, 4 January, 22 February, 1 March, 10 April
1952
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Mozart
Figaro Cesare Siepi
Martial Singher
(5)
Susanna Nadine Conner
Hilde Güden (5,
8)
Count
Almaviva John Brownlee
Giuseppe Valdengo (3, 4, 6, 7, 8)
Countess
Almaviva Victoria
de los Angeles
Eleanor Steber
(3)
Cherubino Mildred Miller
Dr
Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Gerhard Pechner (5,
8)
Marcellina Jean Madeira
Hertha
Glaz (5)
Don
Basilio Alessio De Paolis
Antonio Lorenzo Alvary
Lawrence Davidson (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Barbarina Roberta Peters
Genevieve Warner (5, 6, 8)
Don
Curzio Gabor Carelli
Peasant Paula Lenchner
Peasant Margaret Roggero
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Director Herbert Graf
Designers Jonel Jorgulesco
Ladislas
Czettel
24,
29 November, 15, 24 December 1951, 5, 18, 30 January, 14, 26 February, 15, 22
March 1952
LA BOHÈME
Puccini
Mimì Victoria de los Angeles
Eleanor Steber (3,
5)
Licia Albanese (4, 8, 10)
Bidú Sayao
(6, 9)
Dorothy Kirsten
(7)
Rodolfo Giuseppe Di Stefano
Richard Tucker
(3)
Jan Peerce
(4, 8)
Ferruccio Tagliavini (5,
7)
Giacinto Prandelli
(6)
Eugene Conley
(9)
Musetta Patrice Munsel
Anne Bollinger (2, 11)
Hilde Güden (3, 4, 8, 10)
Ljuba Welitsch
(7)
Brenda Lewis
(9)
Marcello Frank Guarrera
Frank Valentino
(2)
Giuseppe Valdengo (3, 6, 9, 11)
Cesare
Siepi (4)
Renato Capecchi (5, 8)
Paolo
Silveri (7)
Schaunard Clifford Harvuot
George Cehanovsky (2, 7, 8, 9, 11)
Colline Cesare Siepi
Nicola Moscona (6, 7, 8)
Norman Scott
(11)
Benoit Lorenzo Alvary
Lawrence Davidson (5, 11)
Gerhard Pechner (7, 8, 9)
Alcindoro Alessio De Paolis
Gerhard Pechner
(3)
Lawrence Davidson (5)
Parpignol Paul Franke
Sergeant Carlo Tomanelli
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Désiré Defrère
Designers Joseph Novak
Blaschke
& Cie
24 November, 1, 11, 20 December 1951, 11, 23 January, 19, 25 February, 4, 12 April 1952
24 November, 1, 11, 20 December 1951, 11, 23 January, 19, 25 February, 4, 12 April 1952
LA TRAVIATA
Verdi
Violetta Delia Rigal
Licia Albanese (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
Dorothy Kirsten
(6)
Alfredo Giacinto Prandelli
Giuseppe Di Stefano (3, 9, 10)
Jan Peerce
(5, 8)
Eugene Conley
(7)
Germont Renato Capecchi
Giuseppe Valdengo (6)
Paolo
Silveri (8)
Robert Merrill
(10)
Flora Paula Lenchner
Thelma Votipka (9, 10)
Gastone Gabor Carelli
Alessio De Paolis (9,
10)
Baron
Douphol George Cehanovsky
Lawrence Davidson (7, 9)
Marquis
D'Obigny Algerd Brazis
Dr
Grenvil Osie Hawkins
Clifford Harvuot (6, 9, 10)
Annina Margaret Roggero
Jean Madeira
(7)
Lucine Amara (9,
10)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Designers Jonel Jorgulesco
Joseph
Novak
30
November, 6, 10, 18, 22, 31 December 1951, 8 January, 13 February, 8 March 1952
DIE FLEDERMAUS
Johann Strauss
Rosalinde Hilde Güden
Regina Resnik (2, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Brenda Lewis
(9)
Eisenstein Charles Kullman
Set Svanholm (8,
9)
Adele Patrice Munsel
Lois
Hunt (9)
Alfred Brian Sullivan
Prince
Orlofsky Blanche Thebom
Midlred Miller (4, 8,
9)
Dr
Falke John
Brownlee
John
Tyers (9)
Dr
Blind Paul
Franke
Frank Clifford Harvuot
Conductor Eugene Ormandy
Josef Blatt (3, 4, 5, 6,
7)
Tibor Kozma
(9)
Director Garson Kanin
Stage
Director Kip Good
Designer Rolf Gérard
1,
5, 14, 27 December 1951, 7, 26 January, 26 February, 4, 14 March 1952
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Mascagni
Santuzza Zinka Milanov
Astrid Varnay
(4)
Regina Resnik (7, 8,
9)
Turiddu Richard Tucker
Kurt Baum (2, 6,
7)
Mario del Monaco (3, 4)
Eugene Conley
(8)
Charles Kullman
(9)
Lola Mildred Miller
Jean Madeira (4,
7)
Alfio Clifford Harvuot
Frank Valentino (2, 3, 5, 9)
Mamma
Lucia Thelma Votipka
Jean Madeira
(9)
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Hans Busch
Designers Horace Armistead
John Robert
Lloyd
PAGLIACCI
Leoncavallo
Nedda Delia Rigal
Lucine Amara (3, 7, 9)
Canio Ramon Vinay
Kurt Baum (3, 8,
9)
Tonio Leonard Warren
Giuseppe Valdengo (2, 5)
Frank Guarrera (6, 7,
8)
Robert
Merrill (9)
Silvio Frank Guarrera
Renato Capecchi (4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Beppe Thomas Hayward
Gabor Carelli (3, 8,
9)
Conductor Alberto Erede
Ernesto Barbini
(8)
Director Max Leavitt
Designers Horace Armistead
John Robert
Lloyd
7,
15, 26 December 1951, 1, 26 January, 28 February, 7 April 1952
MANON
Massenet
Manon Licia Albanese
Victoria de los Angeles (3, 4, 6, 7)
Eleanor Steber
(5)
Des
Grieux Giuseppe Di Stefano
Giacinto Prandelli
(5)
Lescaut Martial Singher
Frank Valentino (5, 6,
7)
Count
des Grieux Jerome Hines
Nicola Moscona (5,
7)
Guillot Alessio De Paolis
Brétigny George Cehanovsky
Poussette Paula Lenchner
Javotte Margaret Roggero
Rosette Hertha Glaz
Mildred Miller
(6)
Innkeeper Lawrence Davidson
Guard Paul Franke
Guard Algerd Brazis
Maid May Savage
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Designers Joseph Urban
Richard
Rychtarik
13,
17 December 1951, 5, 22 January, 1 February 1952
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
Wagner
Brünnhilde Helen Traubel
Astrid Varnay (2,
4)
Margaret Harshaw (5)
Siegfried Set Svanholm
Gunther Paul Schöffler
Hans
Hotter (4)
Gutrune Regina Resnik
Irene
Jessner (5)
Hagen Dezsö Ernster
Waltraute Margaret Harshaw
Blanche Thebom
(4)
Elisabeth Höngen
(5)
Alberich Gerhard Pechner
Lawrence Davidson (4)
Alois Pernerstorfer
(5)
First
Norn Jean Madeira
Second
Norn Margaret Roggero
Martha Lipton (4,
5)
Third
Norn Margaret Harshaw
Lucine Amara (4,
5)
Woglinde Paula Lenchner
Wellgunde Lucine Amara
Flosshilde Hertha Glaz
Vassal Emery Darcy
Vassal Osie Hawkins
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Designers Lee Simonson
Mary Percy Schenck
Lee
Simonson
19,
25, 29 December 1951, 3, 19 January, 4 February, 14 March 1952
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Donizetti
Lucia Lily Pons
Graciela Rivera (6,
7)
Edgardo Ferruccio Tagliavini
Mario Del Monaco (4)
Jan
Peerce (6)
Eugene Conley
(7)
Enrico Giuseppe Valdengo
Renato Capecchi (4, 5, 6)
Raimondo Norman Scott
Nicola Moscona (4, 5, 6)
Normanno Paul Franke
Alisa Thelma Votipka
Arturo Gabor Carelli
Thomas Hayward (4, 7)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Designer Richard Rychtarik
28
December 1951, 2, 12, 17, 21 January, 9 February 1952
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Mozart
(New
production)
Fiordiligi Eleanor Steber
Ferrando Richard Tucker
Dorabella Blanche Thebom
Guglielmo Frank Guarrera
Despina Patrice Munsel
Don
Alfonso John Brownlee
Lorenzo Alvary
(7)
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Alberto Erede
(7)
Production Alfred Lunt
Designer Rolf Gérard
6,
9, 14 January, 2, 8, 16 February, 6, 29 March 1952
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Puccini
Cio-Cio-San Dorothy Kirsten
Licia Albanese (5, 6,
8)
Victoria de los Angeles (7)
Pinkerton Giacinto Prandelli
Brian
Sullivan (5)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (7, 8)
Suzuki Mildred Miller
Margaret Roggero (5)
Hertha
Glaz (7)
Sharpless Frank Valentino
John Brownlee
(5)
Giuseppe Valdengo (8)
Goro Alessio De Paolis
Paul Franke
(6, 8)
Bonze Norman Scott
Osie Hawkins (3,
4)
Lorenzo Alvary (7,
8)
Yamadori George Cehanovsky
Algerd Brazis (6,
8)
Kate
Pinkerton Anne Bollinger Lucine Amara (2, 3, 5)
Paula Lenchner
(8)
Commissioner Algerd Brazis
Lawrence Davidson (6, 7, 8)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Designer Joseph Urban
10,
19, 24, 28 January, 6 February 1952
GIANNI SCHICCHI
Puccini
Gianni
Schicchi Salvatore Baccaloni
Lauretta Roberta Peters
Rinuccio Thomas Hayward
Nella Paula Lenchner
Ciesca Thelma Votipka
Zita Jean Madeira
Gherardo Alessio De Paolis
Betto George Cehanovsky
Marco Clifford Harvuot
Simone Lorenzo Alvary
Gherardino Eugene Tonry
Spinelloccio Gerhard Pechner
Amantio Lawrence Davidson
Pinellino Osie Hawkins
Guccio Norman Scott
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Hans Busch
Designer Horace Armistead
SALOME
Richard
Strauss
Salome Ljuba Welitsch
Herod Set Svanholm
Charles Kullman
(5)
Herodias Elisabeth Höngen
Margaret Harshaw (5)
Jochanaan Hans Hotter
Paul
Schöffler (3)
Narraboth Brian Sullivan
Page Hertha Glaz
Jew Gabor Carelli
Jew Thomas Hayward
Jew Alessio De Paolis
Jew Paul
Franke
Jew Gerhard Pechner
Nazarene Alois Pernerstorfer
Nazarene Emery Darcy
Soldier Norman Scott
Soldier Luben Vichey
Cappadocian Osie Hawkins
Slave Paula Lenchner
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Donald Oenslager
31
January, 7, 16, 19 February, 1, 5, 17, 28 March, 5 April 1952
CARMEN
Bizet
(New
production)
Carmen Risë Stevens
Don
José Richard Tucker
Mario Del Monaco (4, 7, 8, 9)
Ramon Vinay (5,
6)
Micaela Nadine Conner
Hilde Güden (5, 6,
8)
Victoria de los Angeles (9)
Escamillo Frank Guarrera
Paolo Silveri (3, 4,
7)
Robert
Merrill (9)
Frasquita Lucine Amara
Paula Lenchner (6, 8,
9)
Mercédès Margaret Roggero
Hertha
Glaz (9)
Remendado Alessio De Paolis
Dancaïre George Cehanovsky
Zuniga Osie Hawkins
Norman Scott (4,
9)
Moralès Clifford Harvuot
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Kurt Adler (5, 6, 7,
8)
Director Tyrone Guthrie
Designer Rolf Gérard
9,
15, 20 February, 3, 13 March 1952
OTELLO
Verdi
Otello Ramon Vinay
Mario Del Monaco (2)
Desdemona Eleanor Steber
Delia
Rigal (5)
Iago Leonard Warren
Paolo
Silveri (5)
Emilia Martha Lipton
Cassio Thomas Hayward
Lodovico Luben Vichey
Nicola Moscona (3,
5)
Montàno Osie Hawkins
Roderigo Paul Franke
Herald Algerd Brazis
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Donald Oenslager
18,
23 February, 7, 12, 20 March 1952
ELEKTRA
Richard
Strauss
Elektra Astrid Varnay
Chrysothemis Walburga Wegner
Regina Resnik
(4)
Klytämnestra Elisabeth Höngen
Orest Hans Hotter
Paul Schöffler (2, 3,
5)
Aegisth Set Svanholm
Overseer Thelma Votipka
Serving
Woman Martha Lipton
Serving
Woman Hertha Glaz
Serving
Woman Mildred Miller
Serving
Woman Lucine Amara
Serving
Woman Genevieve Warner
Anne Bollinger (3, 4,
5)
Confidant Jean Madeira
Trainbearer Paula Lenchner
Young
Servant Paul Franke
Old
Servant Luben Vichey
Guardian Alois Pernerstorfer
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Director Herbert Graf
Designers Joseph Urban
Lillian Gärtner Palmedo
23,
29 February, 11 March, 3 April 1952
IL TROVATORE
Verdi
Manrico Kurt Baum
Mario Del Monaco (3)
Leonora Zinka Milanov
Delia
Rigal (3)
Count
Di Luna Paolo Silveri
Robert
Merrill (3)
Giuseppe Valdengo (4)
Azucena Fedora Barbieri
Ferrando Nicola Moscona
Ines Anne Bollinger
Ruiz Thomas Hayward
Gabor Carelli
(3)
Messenger Alessio De Paolis
Paul Franke
(2, 4)
Gypsy Algerd Brazis
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Herbert Graf
Designers Harry Horner
Mary Percy Schenck
4,
10, 19, 29 March, 1 April 1952
ALCESTE
Gluck
Alceste Kirsten Flagstad
Admète Brian Sullivan
High
Priest Paul Schöffler
Frank Valentino (3, 4,
5)
Oracle Alois Pernerstorfer
Évandre Emery Darcy
Herald Osie Hawkins
Norman Scott (2, 3, 4, 5)
Woman Anne Bollinger
Paula Lenchner
(3)
Thanatos Osie Hawkins
Leaders of the People Lucine Amara
Margaret
Roggero
Thomas
Hayward
Luben
Vichey
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Richard Rychtarik
15, 22, 27 March, 2 April 1952
15, 22, 27 March, 2 April 1952
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG
Wagner
Hans
Sachs Paul Schöffler
Eva Walburga Wegner
Eleanor Steber
(4)
Walther
von Stolzing Hans Hopf
Set Svanholm
(3)
Magdalene Hertha Glaz
David Richard Holm
Beckmesser Gerhard Pechner
Pogner Alois Pernerstorfer
Kothner Kenneth Schon
Herbert Janssen (2, 3,
4)
Vogelgesang Thomas Hayward
Paul
Franke (3)
Nachtigall Algerd Brazis
Ortel Osie Hawkins
Zorn Alessio De Paolis
Moser Gabor Carelli
Eisslinger Emery Darcy
Foltz Lorenzo Alvary
Schwarz Lawrence Davidson
Night
Watchman Clifford Harvuot
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Designer Hans Kautsky
21,
24 March, 5, 9 April 1952
DON CARLO
Verdi
Don
Carlo Jussi
Björling
Richard Tucker
(3)
Elizabeth
of Valois Delia Rigal
Eleanor Steber
(4)
Rodrigo Paolo Silveri
Robert
Merrill (4)
Princess
Eboli Fedora Barbieri
Regina Resnik
(4)
Philip
II Cesare
Siepi
Jerome Hines (3,
4)
Grand
Inquisitor Hans Hotter
Nicola Moscona
(4)
Celestial
Voice Lucine Amara
Friar Luben Vichey
Tebaldo Anne Bollinger
Count
of Lerma Paul Franke
Countess
of Aremberg Tilda Morse
Herald Emery Darcy
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Renato
Cellini (4)
Director Margaret Webster
Designer Rolf Gérard
4,
11, 12 April 1952
PARSIFAL
Wagner
Parsifal Set Svanholm
Hans
Hopf (3)
Kundry Astrid Varnay
Margaret Harshaw (3)
Amfortas Hans Hotter
Paul
Schöffler (2)
Gurnemanz Dezsö Ernster
Jerome Hines
(3)
Klingsor Alois Pernerstorfer
Lawrence Davidson (2)
Gerhard Pechner
(3)
Titurel Luben Vichey
Voice Jean Madeira
First
Esquire Genevieve Warner
Second
Esquire Mildred Miller
Third
Esquire Paul Franke
Fourth
Esquire Gabor Carelli
First
Knight Emery Darcy
Second
Knight Osie Hawkins
Flower
Maidens Lucine Amara
Lois
Hunt
Hertha
Glaz
Anne
Bollinger
Paula
Lenchner
Margaret
Roggero
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Joseph Urban
Designer Joseph Urban
METROPOLITAN OPERA
NEW YORK
1952 – 1953 Season
10.
21, 29 November, 4, 10, 29 December 1952, 20 February, 7 March 1953
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
Verdi
Leonora Zinka Milanov
Don
Alvaro Richard Tucker
Kurt Baum
(2, 6)
Mario Del Monaco (4, 5, 7, 8)
Don
Carlo Leonard Warren
Giuseppe Valdengo (4)
Paolo Silveri
(7, 8)
Padre
Guardiano Cesare Siepi
Jerome Hines (3,
5)
Preziosilla Mildred Miller
Jean Madeira
(7)
Fra
Melitone Gerhard Pechner
Marquis
de Calatrava Luben Vichey
Curra Laura Castellano
Thelma Votipka (5, 7)
Surgeon Algerd Brazis
George Cehanovsky (2, 6, 8)
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Renato Cellini
(7, 8)
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Eugene Berman
12,
17, 25 November, 13, 20, 26 December 1952, 3, 19 January, 14, 18 February, 26
March 1953
TOSCA
Puccini
Tosca Dorothy Kirsten
Licia Albanese (5,
8)
Delia Rigal (6, 7,
10)
Cavaradossi Ferruccio Tagliavini
Richard Tucker
(3)
Jan Peerce (5,
6, 9)
Mario Del Monaco (7)
Eugene Conley
(8)
Kurt Baum
(10)
Scarpia Paul Schöffler
Robert Weede (5, 8, 9)
Sigurd Björling
(7)
Paolo Silveri
(10)
Sacristan Lawrence Davidson
Gerhard Pechner (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
Spoletta Alessio De Paolis
Angelotti Clifford Harvuot
Lorenzo Alvary (5, 6, 7, 10)
Sciarrone George Cehanovsky
Shepherd Margaret Roggero
Hertha Glaz (3,
10)
Jailer Algerd Brazis
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Designers Mario Sala
Joseph
Novak
15,
20, 24 November, 5, 27 December 1952, 11 April 1953
LOHENGRIN
Wagner
Lohengrin Hans Hopf
Brian
Sullivan (6)
Elsa Eleanor Steber
Hilde Zadek
(5)
Ortrud Margaret Harshaw
Telramund Sigurd Björling
King
Heinrich Josef Greindl
Dezsö Ernster
(6)
Herald Arthur Budney
Noble Paul Franke
Emery Darcy
(5)
Noble Gabor Carelli
Noble Algerd Brazis
Noble Norman Scott
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Charles Elson
15,
22, 28 November, 3, 18, 23 December 1952, 5, 31 January, 7, 22, 26 February, 7
March 1953
RIGOLETTO
Verdi
Rigoletto Robert Merrill
Giuseppe Valdengo (3)
Leonard Warren (4-9, 12)
Paolo Silveri (10,
11)
Gilda Roberta Peters
Lily Pons
(5, 7)
Hilde Güden (6, 9, 12)
Genevieve Warner (8, 10, 11)
Duke
of Mantua Ferruccio Tagliavini
Giacinto Prandelli (2-6)
Jan Peerce (8,
11)
Jussi
Björling (9)
Eugene Conley (10, 12)
Maddalena Jean Madeira
Hertha Glaz (3-6,
10)
Martha Lipton (8,
9)
Sparafucile Jerome Hines
Luben Vichy (3, 4, 6, 8, 9)
Nicola Moscona (5, 7, 12)
Cesare Siepi
(11)
Monterone Norman Scott
Borsa Alessio De Paolis
Paul Franke
(2, 9)
Gabor Carelli (3-8, 10, 11, 12)
Marullo Clifford Harvuot
George Cehanovsky (2, 6, 10)
Count
Ceprano Lawrence Davidson
Countess
Ceprano Paula Lenchner
Lucine Amara (2, 10)
Anne Bollinger (8, 11)
Giovanna Thelma Votipka
Page Margaret Roggero
Paula Lenchner (2, 8, 10)
Guard Algerd Brazis
Carlo Tomanelli (2, 10)
Conductor Alberto Erede
Pietro Cimara
(10)
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Eugene Berman
19,
29 November, 6, 11, 15, 30 December 1952, 20, 30, 31 January, 6, February, 27
March, 10, 11 April 1953
CARMEN
Bizet
Carmen Risë Stevens
Fedora Barbieri (7, 9,
10)
Mildred Miller (8,
11)
Brenda Lewis
(12)
Don
José Mario Del Monaco
Kurt Baum (3, 5(i),
8)
Richard Tucker (4,
7)
Brian Sullivan
(5(ii-iv))
Ramon Vinay (10, 13)
Giulio Gari (11,
12)
Micaela Nadine Conner
Lucine Amara (3, 8, 10, 11)
Victoria de los Angeles (6, 7)
Hilde Güden
(9)
Laura Castellano
(12)
Escamillo Frank Guarrera
Robert Merrill (3, 4)
George London (7, 13)
Renato Capecchi (8, 11)
Frasquita Lucine Amara
Paula Lenchner (3, 8, 10, 11-13)
Mercédès Margaret Roggero
Hertha Glaz (11,
12)
Remendado Alessio De Paolis
Dancaïre George Cehanovsky
Zuniga Osie Hawkins
Norman Scott (6, 7, 11, 12)
Moralès Clifford Harvuot
Algerd Brazis
(12)
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Kurt Adler (3, 5-8, 10-12)
Director Tyrone Guthrie
Designer Rolf Gérard
22,
27 November, 1, 19, 24 December 1952, 6, 17 January, 5 March 1953
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Puccini
Cio-Cio-San Victoria de los Angeles
Licia Albanese (2, 3, 6-8)
Pinkerton Brian Sullivan
Giacinto Prandelli
(3)
Giulio Gari
(6, 8)
Eugene Conley
(7)
Suzuki Margaret Roggero
Mildred Miller
(3-5)
Sharpless Frank Valentino
John Brownlee
(4)
Giuseppe Vldengo (5, 8)
Goro Alessio De Paolis
Paul Franke (2,
4, 5)
Bonze Osie Hawkins
Lorenzo Alvary
(5)
Yamadori George Cehanovsky
Kate
Pinkerton Laura Castellano
Anne Bollinger (6,
8)
Commissioner Algerd Brazis
Lawrence Davidson (2-5)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Set
designer Joseph Urban
26
November, 6, 12, 22 December 1952, 15, 30 January, 14 March 1953
DON GIOVANNI
Mozart
Don
Giovanni Cesare Siepi
George London (5-7)
Donna
Anna Hilde Zadek
Margaret Harshaw (5-7)
Don
Ottavio Giacinto Prandelli
Jan Peerce (2,
5, 6)
Richard Holm
(3)
Eugene Conley
(7)
Donna
Elvira Delia Rigal
Regina Resnik (3, 4, 7)
Brenda Lewis
(5)
Leporello Erich Kunz
Salvatore Baccaloni (6, 7)
Zerlina Nadine Conner
Patrice Munsel
(2)
Roberta Peters (3, 4, 6, 7)
Genevieve Warner (5)
Masetto Lorenzo Alvary
Lawrence Davidson (6, 7)
Commendatore Dezsö Ernster
Norman Scott (5,
6)
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Max Rudolf (5,
6)
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Joseph Urban
2,
13, 20 December 1952, 8 January 1953
DON CARLO
Verdi
Don
Carlo Richard Tucker
Elizabeth
of Valois Delia Rigal
Rodrigo Robert Merrill
Princess
Eboli Fedora Barbieri
Blanche Thebom
(4)
Philip
II Jerome Hines
Cesare
Siepi (3)
Grand
Inquisitor Paul Schöffler
Dezsö Ernster (2,
4)
Jerome Hines
(3)
Celestial
Voice Lucine Amara
Friar Luben Vichey
Tebaldo Laura Castellano
Anne Bollinger
(4)
Count
of Lerma Paul Franke
Countess
of Aremberg Tilda Morse
Herald Emery Darcy
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Margaret Webster
Designer Rolf Gérard
8,
17 December 1952, 2, 10 January, 17 February 1953
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG
Wagner
Hans
Sachs Paul Schöffler
Eva Hilde Zadek
Eleanor Steber (3,
5)
Victoria de los Angeles (4)
Walther
von Stolzing Hans Hopf
Set Svanholm
(5)
Magdalene Jean Madeira
Hertha Glaz
(3-5)
David Richard Holm
Paul
Franke (5)
Beckmesser Erich Kunz
Gerhard Pechner (4,
5)
Pogner Josef Greindl
Hans
Hotter (5)
Kothner Mack Harrell
John Brownlee
(5)
Vogelgesang Thomas Hayward
Nachtigall Algerd Brazis
Ortel Osie Hawkins
Zorn Alessio De Paolis
Moser Gabor Carelli
Joseph Folmer
(4)
Eisslinger Emery Darcy
Foltz Lorenzo Alvary
Schwarz Lawrence Davidson
Night
Watchman Clifford Harvuot
George Cehanovsky (5)
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Hans Kautsky
16,
25 December 1952, 3, 16, 28 January, 2 February 1952
LA GIOCONDA
Ponchielli
La
Gioconda Zinka Milanov
Enzo Mario Del Monaco
Kurt
Baum (3)
Richard Tucker
(6)
Laura Fedora Barbieri
Blanche Thebom
(6)
Barnaba Leonard Warren
Alvise Cesare Siepi
Nicola Moscona (4-6)
La
Cieca Jean
Madeira
Zuàne George Cehanovsky
Isèpo Alessio De Paolis
Monk Norman Scott
Steersman Algerd Brazis
Singer Gabor Carelli
Singer Lawrence Davidson
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Designer Antonio Rovescalli
Joseph
Novak
Mathilde
Castel-Bert
27
December 1952, 1, 7, 12, 14 January, 13, 21, 25 February, 2, 10 March, 4 April
1953
LA BOHÈME
Puccini
Mimì Nadine Conner
Hilde Güden
(3)
Victoria de los Angeles (4, 7)
Licia Albanese (5, 11)
Lucine Amara
(6)
Rodolfo Richard Tucker
Eugene Conley (3, 5, 11)
Jan Peerce
(4, 7)
Brian Sullivan (6, 8, 9, 10)
Musetta Patrice Munsel
Brenda Lewis (2, 5-7, 9, 11)
Regina Resnik (3, 4, 8, 9, 10)
Marcello Robert Merrill
Frank Guarrera (3, 4, 6, 11)
Renato Capecchi (5, 7)
Schaunard Clifford Harvuot
George Cehanovsky (5, 7, 11)
Colline Jerome Hines
Nicola Moscona (3, 5, 6, 10)
Cesare Siepi (7, 10, 11)
Benoit Lawrence Davidson
Salvatore Baccaloni (11)
Alcindoro Alessio De Paolis
Parpignol Paul Franke
Sergeant Algerd Brazis
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Joseph L Mankiewicz
Designer Rolf Gérard
31
December 1952, 10 January, 10 February, 6 April 1953
DIE FLEDERMAUS
Johann
Strauss
Rosalinde Regina Resnik
Hilde Güden
(4)
Eisenstein Charles Kullman
Adele Patrice Munsel
Virginia MacWatters (2, 3, 4)
Alfred Brian Sullivan
Thomas Hayward (4)
Prince
Orlofsky Jarmila Novotna
Mildred Miller
(2)
Dr
Falke John
Brownlee
Dr
Blind Paul
Franke
Frank Clifford Harvuot
Ida Suzanne Ames
Frosch Jack Mann
Conductor Tibor Kozma
Director Garson Kanin
Designer Rolf Gérard
9,
14, 23, 24 January, 5, 9, 28 February, 13, 31 March 1953
AIDA
Verdi
Aida Zinka Milanov
Hilde Zadek
(2)
Herva Nelli
(3, 8)
Delia Rigal
(5-7)
Radamès Mario Del Monaco
Giulio
Gari (3)
Kurt
Baum (8)
Amneris Fedora Barbieri
Jean Madeira (3,
8)
Blanche Thebom (4, 9)
Nell
Rankin (5)
Elena Nikolaidi (6,
7)
Amonasro George London
Frank Valentino (2,
3)
Leonard Warren
(5)
Giuseppe Valdengo (8)
Ramfis Jerome Hines
Norman Scott
(3)
Nicola Moscona (5, 6, 8, 9)
Cesare
Siepi (7)
King Norman Scott
Luben Vichey (2-4, 6, 7)
Messenger Paul Franke
Thomas Hayward (2-4, 7-9)
Priestess Lucine Amara
Laura Castellano
(5)
Margaret Roggero (6)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Renato
Cellini (3)
Production Margaret Webster
Designer Rolf Gérard
13,
17, 23, 29 January, 7, 11 February 1953
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Mozart
Fiordiligi Eleanor Steber
Ferrando Richard Tucker
Brian Sullivan
(2, 4)
Dorabella Blanche Thebom
Mildred Miller
(5)
Guglielmo Frank Guarrera
Despina Roberta Peters
Don
Alfonso John Brownlee
Lorenzo Alvary
(4)
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Production Alfred Lunt
Designer Rolf Gérard
21
January, 3, 12, 16 February, 4, 10 April 1953
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Mascagni
Santuzza Zinka Milanov
Fedora Barbieri
(2)
Turiddu Kurt Baum
Jussi
Björling (2)
Lola Margaret Roggero
Alfio Frank Valentino
Mamma
Lucia Thelma Votipka
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Hans Busch
Set
designer Horace Armistead
Costume
designer John Robert Lloyd
PAGLIACCI
Leoncavallo
Nedda Delia Rigal
Lucine Amara (2,
6)
Canio Mario Del Monaco
Ramon Vinay (3,
4)
Tonio Leonard Warren
Frank Guarrera (2, 3ii, 4)
Paolo Silveri
(3i, 5)
Robert
Merrill (6)
Silvio Renato Capecchi
Clifford Harvuot
(6)
Beppe Thomas Hayward
Gabor
Carelli (2)
Conductor Alberto Erede
Set
designer Horace Armistead
Costume
designer John Robert Lloyd
22,
26 January, 4, 21, 28 February, 12, 20 March 1953
DER ROSENKAVALIER
Richard
Strauss
Octavian Risë Stevens
Jarmila Novotna
(3)
Mildred Miller (4,
7)
Princess
von Werdenberg Astrid
Varnay
Baron
Ochs Endre Koreh
Lorenzo Alvary (2, 7)
Sophie Nadine Conner
Roberta Peters
(2)
Hilde Güden (3, 4, 6,
7)
Faninal Erich Kunz
John Brownlee
(4-7)
Annina Martha Lipton
Hertha Glaz
(4-7)
Valzacchi Alessio De Paolis
Italian
Singer Kurt Baum
Giulio Gari (3,
6, 7)
Thomas Hayward (5)
Marianne Thelma Votipka
Mahomet Gloria Lyons
Princess'
Major-domo Emery Darcy
Orphan Laura Castellano
Orphan Paula Lenchner
Lucine Amara
(4)
Orphan Margaret Roggero
Dorothy Shawn
(4)
Milliner Genevieve Warner
Anne Bollinger
(2)
Paula Lenchner
(4)
Animal
Vendor Gabor Carelli
Hairdresser Adelino Palomanos
Notary Gerhard Pechner
Lawrence Davidson (6)
Leopold Rudolf Mayreder
Faninal's
Major-domo Paul Franke
Innkeeper Paul Franke
Police
Commissioner Osie Hawkins
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Max Rudolf
(4)
Director Herbert Graf
Set
designer Hans Kautsky
Costume
designer Alfred Roller
14,
19, 27 February, 4, 16 March 1953
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
Stravinsky
Tom
Rakewell Eugene Conley
Anne
Trulove Hilde Güden
Nick
Shadow Mack Harrell
Baba
the Turk Blanche Thebom
Jean Madeira (3,
4)
Trulove Norman Scott
Mother
Goose Martha Lipton
Jean Madeira
(3)
Sellem Paul Franke
Keeper Lawrence Davidson
Conductor Fritz Reiner
Director George Balanchine
Designer Horace Armistead
23
February, 11, 21, 27 March 1953
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
Wagner
Tristan Ramon Vinay
Set Svanholm (2,
3)
Isolde Margaret Harshaw
Helen Traubel (2,
3)
Kurwenal Paul Schöffler
Brangäne Blanche Thebom
Martha Lipton (2,
4)
King
Marke Hans Hotter
Melot Emery Darcy
Sailor's
Voice Thomas Hayward
Shepherd Paul Franke
Steersman Algerd Brazis
Lawrence Davidson (4)
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Joseph Urban
Costume
designer Mathilde Castel-Bert
3,
14, 19, 30 March, 8 April 1953
SAMSON ET DALILA
Saint-Saëns
Samson Ramon Vinay
Dalila Risë Stevens
Blanche Thebom (3, 5)
High
Priest Sigurd Björling
Abimélech Norman Scott
Old
Hebrew Luben Vichey
Nicola Moscona
(3) Dezsö Ernster (5)
Philistine Paul Franke
Alessio de Paolis (3, 4,
5)
Philistine George Cehanovsky
Messenger Emery Darcy
Gabor
Carelli (4)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Ellen
Meyer
6,
9, 21, 28 March, 2 April 1953
BORIS GODUNOV
Mussorgsky
Boris
Godunov George London
Cesare
Siepi (2)
Prince
Shuisky Andrew McKinley
Paul
Franke (3)
Pimen Jerome Hines
Norman Scott (4,
5)
Grigory Brian Sullivan
Marina Blanche Thebom
Nell
Rankin (3)
Rangoni Sigurd Björling
Varlaam Salvatore Baccaloni
Simpleton Paul Franke
Gabor
Carelli (3)
Nikitich Lawrence Davidson
Mitiukha Algerd Brazis
Woman Thelma Votipka
Shchelkalov Clifford Harvuot
Arthur Budney
(3)
Innkeeper Martha Lipton
Missail Thomas Hayward
Officer Osie Hawkins
Xenia Paula Lenchner
Genevieve Warner (3, 5)
Feodor Mildred Miller
Margaret Roggero (3)
Nurse Jean Madeira
Marina's
Companion Lucine Amara
Marina's
Companion Laura Castellano
Anne Bollinger
(3)
Marina's
Companion Hertha Glaz
Marina's
Companion Margaret Roggero
Dorothy Shawn
(3)
Lavitsky Osie Hawkins
Chernikovsky Lawrence Davidson
Boyar
in Attendance Gabor Carelli
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Tibor Kozma
(3)
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Designer Mstislav Dobujinsky
13,
18, 28 March, 9 April 1953
LA TRAVIATA
Verdi
Violetta Licia Albanese
Alfredo Eugene Conley
Germont Robert Merrill
Flora Paula Lenchner
Gastone Gabor Carelli
Alessio De Paolis
(3)
Baron
Douphol George Cehanovsky
Marquis
D'Obigny Algerd Brazis
Lawrence Davidson (4)
Dr
Grenvil Clifford Harvuot
Osie Hawkins (2-4)
Annina Margaret Roggero
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Désiré Defrère
Set
designer Jonel Jorgulesco
Set
designer Joseph Novak
Costume
designer Jonel Jorgulesco
23
March, 1, 3 April 1953
PARSIFAL
Wagner
Parsifal Set Svanholm
Emery Darcy
(2)
Kundry Astrid Varnay
Margaret Harshaw (2)
Amfortas Hans Hotter
Jerome Hines
(2)
George London
(3)
Gurnemanz Dezsö Ernster
Jerome Hines (2,
3)
Klingsor Gerhard Pechner
Lawrence Davidson (2)
Titurel Luben Vichey
Voice Jean Madeira
First
Esquire Genevieve Warner
Second
Esquire Mildred Miller
Third
Esquire Paul Franke
Fourth
Esquire Gabor Carelli
First
Knight Thomas Hayward
Second
Knight Osie Hawkins
Flower
Maidens: Lucine Amara, Laura Castellano, Hertha Glaz,
Anne Bollinger, Paula Lenchner, Margaret
Roggero, Martha Lipton
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Kurt
Adler (2)
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Joseph Urban
METROPOLITAN OPERA
NEW YORK
1953 – 1954 Season
16,
24, 28 November, 5, 9, 17, 28 December 1953, 8 January, 24 February, 20 March
1954
FAUST
Gounod
Faust Jussi Björling
Eugene Conley (4, 5, 7, 9)
Thomas Hayward (6ii and iii, 8, 10)
Marguerite Victoria de los Angeles
Nadine Conner (9, 10)
Méphistophélès Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
Jerome Hines (5, 8,
9)
George London (10)
Valentin Robert Merrill
Frank Guarrera (3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
Giuseppe Valdengo (6, 8)
Siebel Mildred Miller
Margaret Roggero (8)
Marthe Thelma Votipka
Wagner Lawrence Davidson
Conductor Pierre Monteux
Kurt Adler (9,
10)
Director Peter Brook
Designer Rolf Gérard
20,
23 November, 3, 16, 26 December 1953, 9, 28 January, 14 April 1954
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Mozart
Figaro Erich Kunz
Cesare Siepi
(7, 8)
Susanna Irmgard Seefried
Nadine Conner
(6)
Roberta Peters (7,
8)
Count
Almaviva Frank Guarrera
George London (7, 8)
Countess
Almaviva Lisa Della Casa
Eleanor Steber (6-8)
Cherubino Mildred Miller
Dr
Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Gerhard Pechner (6-8)
Marcellina Hertha Glaz
Don
Basilio Alessio De Paolis
Antonio Lawrence Davidson
Lorenzo Alvary (3, 4, 6, 8)
Barbarina Genevieve Warner
Don
Curzio Gabor Carelli
Peasant Maria Leone
Peasant Sandra Warfield
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Set
designer Horace Armistead
Costume
designer Ladislas Czettel
21,
26 November, 4, 14 December 1953, 2 January, 2, 17 February, 20 March 1954
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
Verdi
Leonora Zinka Milanov
Herva
Nelli (7)
Don
Alvaro Richard Tucker
Kurt
Baum (6)
Gino Penno
(7, 8)
Don
Carlo Josef Metternich
Leonard Warren (6-8)
Padre
Guardiano Jerome Hines
Nicola Moscona (2, 4, 5, 7)
Cesare
Siepi (6)
Preziosilla Jean Madeira
Margaret Roggero (6, 7)
Fra
Melitone Gerhard Pechner
Lawrence Davidson (6)
Marquis
de Calatrava Luben Vichey
Curra Thelma Votipka
Trabuco Paul Franke
Alessio De Paolis (3, 6, 7)
Surgeon George Cehanovsky
Algerd Brazis (6,
7)
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Pietro Cimara (6,
7)
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Eugene Berman
21,
25, 30 November, 19, 24 December 1953, 5, 15(m), 15 January, 1, 25 February,
13, 19, 26 March, 2, 9 April 1954
LA BOHÈME
Puccini
Mimì Hilde Güden
Lucine Amara (3, 8, 9, 11-13)
Nadine Conner
(5)
Victoria de los Angeles (6)
Licia Albanese
(7)
Rodolfo Eugene Conley
Brian Sullivan (6,
11-13)
Jussi
Björling (7)
Jan
Peerce (8)
Ferruccio Tagliavini
(9)
Giulio
Gari (10)
Musetta Jean Fenn
Virginia McWatters (6)
Patrice Munsel
(8)
Heidi
Krall (12)
Marcello Robert Merrill
Frank Guarrera (2, 3, 6, 10-12)
Frank Valentino (5, 9, 13)
Renato Capecchi
(8)
Schaunard Clifford Harvuot
George Cehanovsky (7, 8, 10-13)
Colline Norman Scott
Jerome Hines (6, 8, 13)
Cesare
Siepi (7)
Nicola Moscona
(11)
Benoit Lawrence Davidson
Gerhard Pechner (7, 13)
Lorenzo Alvary
(10)
Alcindoro Alessio De Paolis
Lorenzo Alvary
(13)
Parpignol James McCracken
Frank D’Elia
(11)
Sergeant Algerd Brazis
Conductor Alberto Erede
Kurt Adler (8, 12,
13)
Director Joseph L Mankiewicz
Stage
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Designer Rolf Gérard
27
November, 7, 23 December 1953, 2, 12 January 1954
PELLÉAS
ET MÉLISANDE
Pelléas Theodor Uppman
Mélisande Nadine Conner
Victoria de los Angeles (3, 5)
Golaud Martial Singher
Arkel Jerome Hines
Nicola Moscona
(3)
Lorenzo Alvary
(5)
Geneviève Martha Lipton
Yniold Vilma Georgiou
Physician Luben Vichey
Conductor Pierre Monteux
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Designer Horace Armistead
28
November, 6, 12, 21 December 1953, 20, 30 January, 12 February, 8 April 1954
RIGOLETTO
Verdi
Rigoletto Robert Merrill
Leonard Warren
(5)
Gilda Hilde Güden
Roberta Peters (2, 6, 7, 8)
Duke
of Mantua Eugene Conley
Jan Peerce (2,
3, 7)
Richard Tucker (6,
8)
Maddalena Jean Madeira
Martha Lipton
(5)
Sandra Warfield
(7)
Sparafucile Luben Vichey
Nicola Moscona
(7)
Monterone Norman Scott
Osie Hawkins (2,
8)
Clifford Harvuot
(6)
Borsa Paul Franke
Alessio De Paolis
(7)
Gabor
Carelli (8)
Marullo Clifford Harvuot
George Cehanovsky (5, 6, 8)
Count
Ceprano George Cehanovsky
Lawrence Davidson (2-8)
Countess
Ceprano Maria Leone
Heidi
Krall (7)
Giovanna Thelma Votipka
Page Sandra Warfield
Maria Leone
(7)
Guard Algerd Brazis
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Eugene Berman
2,
8, 25 December 1953, 7, 16 January, 22 February, 3 March, 17 April 1954
IL TROVATORE
Verdi
Manrico Kurt Baum
Gino Penno
(6-8)
Leonora Zinka Milanov
Herva
Nelli (8)
Count
Di Luna Robert Merrill
Ettore Bastianini
(3)
Josef Metternich
(4)
Leonard Warren (5-7)
Azucena Jean Madeira
Elena Nikolaidi (3, 5,
8)
Fedora Barbieri (6,
7)
Ferrando Nicola Moscona
Norman Scott (4,
7)
Ines Maria Leone
Ruiz Thomas Hayward
Paul Franke
(4, 7)
Messenger James McCracken
Alessio De Paolis
(8)
Gypsy Algerd Brazis
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Herbert Graf
Set
designer Harry Horner
Costume
designer Mary Percy Schenck
5,
11, 22 December 1953, 4, 27 January, 6, 11 February, 19 March 1954
LA TRAVIATA
Verdi
Violetta Licia Albanese
Jean
Fenn (5)
Eleanor Steber
(8)
Alfredo Richard Tucker
Eugene Conley (2,
7)
Jan Peerce (4,
5, 8)
Germont Ettore Bastianini
Giuseppe Valdengo (3, 5)
Leonard Warren
(6)
Renato Capecchi (7, 8)
Flora Margaret Roggero
Heidi
Krall (8)
Gastone Gabor Carelli
Alessio De Paolis
(5)
Baron
Douphol George Cehanovsky
Lawrence Davidson (8)
Marquis
D'Obigny Algerd Brazis
Osie Hawkins
(8)
Dr
Grenvil Osie Hawkins
Clifford Harvuot
(8)
Osie Hawkins
(3)
Annina Maria Leone
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Designers Jonel Jorgulesco
Joseph
Novak
10,
19 December 1953, 1, 6, 25 January, 6 February, 2, 13 March 1954
DON GIOVANNI
Mozart
Don
Giovanni Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
George London (2, 7, 8)
Cesare Siepi
(5, 6)
Donna
Anna Margaret Harshaw
Don
Ottavio Cesare Valletti
Eugene Conley (7,
8)
Donna
Elvira Eleanor Steber
Lisa Della Casa
(2-4)
Lucine Amara
(6)
Leporello Erich Kunz
Fernando Corena (6-8)
Zerlina Roberta Peters
Genevieve Warner (3)
Hilde Güden (4,
7)
Nadine Conner
(8)
Masetto Lorenzo Alvary
Lawrence Davidson (3, 6, 7)
Commendatore Luben Vichey
Dezsö Ernster
(3)
Conductor Max Rudolf
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Charles Elson
12,
18, 30 December 1953, 10, 18 January, 16 February, 11 March, 3, 10 April 1954
CARMEN
Bizet
Carmen Risë Stevens
Nell
Rankin (6)
Fedora Barbieri
(7)
Don
José Richard Tucker
Kurt Baum (4, 6, 7,
9)
Micaela Lucine Amara
Nadine Conner
(2)
Hilde Güden
(7)
Victoria de los Angeles (8, 9)
Escamillo Frank Guarrera
George London (4, 5)
Renato Capecchi
(7)
Robert
Merrill (9)
Frasquita Heidi Krall
Mercédès Margaret Roggero
Remendado Alessio De Paolis
Dancaïre George Cehanovsky
Zuniga Osie Hawkins
Moralès Clifford Harvuot
Algerd Brazis
(9)
Conductor Pierre Monteux
Tibor Kozma
(3-9)
Director Tyrone Guthrie
Designer Rolf Gérard
26,
29 December 1953, 9, 14 January, 8, 31 March 1954
TANNHÄUSER
Verdi
Tannhäuser Ramon Vinay
Charles Kullman
(4)
Elisabeth Margaret Harshaw
Astrid Varnay (4,
6)
Wolfram George London
Josef Metternich
(4)
Venus Astrid Varnay
Regina Resnik
(4)
Blanche Thebom
(6)
Hermann Jerome Hines
Ferdinand Frantz
(5)
Walther Brian Sullivan
Heinrich Paul Franke
Biterolf Clifford Harvuot
Reinmar Norman Scott
Shepherd Roberta Peters
Heidi Krall
(4-6)
Conductor George Szell
Max Rudolf (5,
6)
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Rolf Gérard
31
December 1953, 23 January, 15 February, 10, 25 March 1954
DIE FLEDERMAUS
Johann
Strauss
Rosalinde Eleanor Steber
Hilde Güden
(3)
Regina Resnik
(5)
Eisenstein Charles Kullman
Adele Roberta Peters
Patrice Munsel (2,
5)
Victoria MacWatters (3, 4)
Alfred Thomas Hayward
Jon
Crain (4)
Prince
Orlofsky Jarmila Novotna
Blanche Thebom (3, 4)
Dr
Falke John
Brownlee
Dr
Blind Paul
Franke
Frank Clifford Harvuot
Ida Suzanne Ames
Frosch Jack Mann
Conductor Tibor Kozma
Designer Rolf Gérard
Director Garson Kanin
11,
23, 29 January, 10, 18, 27 February, 6, 15, 23 March 1954
BORIS GODUNOV
Mussorgsky
Boris
Godunov Nicola Rossi-Lemeni
George London (2, 7, 8)
Cesare Siepi
(4, 6)
Jerome Hines (5,
9)
Prince
Shuisky Charles Kullman
Paul
Franke (7)
Pimen Norman Scott
Luben Vichey
(9)
Grigory Brian Sullivan
Giulio Gari
(2-9)
Marina Blanche Thebom
Nell Rankin (2, 4,
7-9)
Rangoni Clifford Harvuot
Varlaam Salvatore Baccaloni
Lorenzo Alvary (3-5, 7-9)
Simpleton Paul Franke
Charles Anthony (7, 9)
Nikitich Lawrence Davidson
Mitiukha Algerd Brazis
Woman Thelma Votipka
Shchelkalov Arthur Budney
Innkeeper Hertha Glaz
Martha Lipton (2-7)
Missail Thomas Hayward
James McCracken (4, 5, 8, 9)
Officer Osie Hawkins
Xenia Genevieve Warner
Vilma Georgiou
(7)
Feodor Mildred Miller
Margaret Roggero (4, 5)
Nurse Jean Madeira
Marina's
Companion Maria Leone
Marina's
Companion Heidi Krall
Marina's
Companion Margaret Roggero
Elizabeth Holiday (4,
5)
Marina's
Companion Sandra Warfield
Dorothy Shawn
(8)
Lavitsky Osie Hawkins
Chernikovsky Lawrence Davidson
Boyar
in Attendance Gabor Carelli
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Tibor Kozma
(9)
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Designer Mstislav Dobujinsky
13,
22, 30 January, 8, 20 February, 4 March 1954
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Donizetti
Lucia Lily Pons
Dolores Wilson
(4-6)
Edgardo Jan Peerce
Brian
Sullivan (6)
Enrico Ettore Bastianini
Frank Valentino (3,
6)
Renato Capecchi (4, 5)
Raimondo Norman Scott
Nicola Moscona
(6)
Normanno James McCracken
Alisa Thelma Votipka
Arturo Thomas Hayward
Gabor
Carelli (2)
Paul
Franke (6)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Pietro
Cimara (5)
Director Désiré Defrère
Designers Richard Rychtarik
Ruth
Morley
16,
21 January, 3 February, 22 March, 10 April 1954
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Mozart
Fiordiligi Eleanor Steber
Ferrando Richard Tucker
Dorabella Blanche Thebom
Mildred Miller
(3)
Guglielmo Frank Guarrera
Despina Patrice Munsel
Roberta Peters (3,
4)
Don
Alfonso John Brownlee
Lorenzo Alvary
(3)
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Production Alfred Lunt
Designer Rolf Gérard
Stage
Director Dino Yannopoulos
26
January, 5 March 1954
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
Stravinsky
Tom
Rakewell Eugene Conley
Anne
Trulove Hilde Güden
Nick
Shadow Mack Harrell
Baba
the Turk Blanche Thebom
Trulove Norman Scott
Mother
Goose Martha Lipton
Sellem Paul Franke
Keeper Osie Hawkins
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director George Balanchine
Designer Horace Armistead
Stage
Director Dino Yannopoulos
4,
13, 23 February, 17 March 1954
DIE WALKÜRE
Wagner
Brünnhilde Margaret Harshaw
Astrid Varnay
(3)
Siegmund Set Svanholm
Sieglinde Astrid Varnay
Margaret Harshaw (3)
Wotan Ferdinand Frantz
Hans
Hotter (3)
Fricka Blanche Thebom
Hunding Hans Hotter
Luben Vichey
(3)
Gerhilde Thelma Votipka
Grimgerde Martha Lipton
Rosalind Elias
(3, 4)
Helmwige Lucine Amara
Ortlinde Heidi Krall
Rossweisse Sandra Warfield
Margaret Roggero (4)
Schwertleite Jean Madeira
Siegrune Hertha Glaz
Waltraute Mariquita Moll
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Set
designer Lee Simonson
Costume
designer Mary Percy Schenck
Lighting
designer Lee Simonson
13,
20, 27 February, 5 March, 1, 12 April 1954
AIDA
Verdi
Aida Zinka Milanov
Herva Nelli
(3-6)
Radamès Kurt Baum
Gino Penno
(3-6)
Amneris Blanche Thebom
Fedora Barbieri (2,
3)
Nell Rankin
(5, 6)
Amonasro Leonard Warren
Robert Merrill
(3, 6)
George London
(5)
Ramfis Jerome Hines
Nicola Moscona (3,
4)
Norman Scott (5,
6)
King Luben Vichey
Messenger Paul Franke
James McCracken (3)
Priestess Margaret Roggero
Heidi Krall
(4, 6)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Kurt
Adler (5)
Production Margaret Webster
Designer Rolf Gérard
Stage
Director Dino Yannopoulos
19,
25 February, 1, 6, 12 March, 3, 7, 13 April 1954
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Rossini
Figaro Robert Merrill
Frank Guarerra
(5)
Renato Capecchi (7, 8)
Rosina Roberta Peters
Dolores Wilson
(5)
Victoria de los Angeles (7, 8)
Count
Almaviva Cesare Valletti
Dr
Bartolo Fernando Corena
Gerhard Pechner
(5)
Don
Basilio Cesare
Siepi
Jerome Hines (6,
8)
Berta Jean Madeira
Fiorello George Cehanovsky
Sergeant Alessio De Paolis
Ambrogio Cyril Ritchard
Rudolf Mayreder (2-8)
Notary Rudolf Mayreder
Conductor Alberto Erede
Director Cyril Ritchard
Designer Eugene Berman
9,
27 March, 9, 15 April 1954
NORMA
Bellini
Norma Zinka Milanov
Pollione Gino Penno
Kurt
Baum (4)
Adalgisa Fedora Barbieri
Blanche Thebom (2-4)
Oroveso Cesare Siepi
Nicola Moscona
(4)
Flavio Paul Franke
Clotilde Maria Leone
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Charles Elson
18,
24 March, 2, 5 April 1954
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Mascagni
Santuzza Zinka Milanov
Astrid Varnay
(3)
Turiddu Kurt Baum
Lola Mildred Miller
Alfio Frank Valentino
Mamma
Lucia Thelma Votipka
Conductor Alberto Erede
Renato
Cellini (2)
Director Hans Busch
Set
designer Horace Armistead
Costume
designer John Robert Lloyd
PAGLIACCI
Leoncavallo
Nedda Lucine Amara
Canio Ramon Vinay
Gino Penno
(2, 4)
Tonio Leonard Warren
Robert
Merrill (4)
Silvio Renato Capecchi
Frank Guarrera
(4)
Beppe Paul Franke
Charles Anthony (2-4)
Conductor Alberto Erede
Renato
Cellini (2)
Director Désiré Defrère
Set
designer Joseph Novak
26
March, 16, 17 April 1954
PARSIFAL
Wagner
Parsifal Charles Kullman
Set Svanholm
(2)
Kundry Astrid Varnay
Amfortas George London
Gurnemanz Ferdinand Frantz
Jerome Hines
(2)
Hans
Hotter (3)
Klingsor Gerhard Pechner
Lawrence Davidson (2, 3)
Titurel Luben Vichey
Voice Jean Madeira
First
Esquire Genevieve Warner
Second
Esquire Mildred Miller
Third
Esquire Paul Franke
Fourth
Esquire Gabor Carelli
First
Knight James McCracken
Second
Knight Osie Hawkins
Flower
Maidens Lucine Amara, Maria Leone, Hertha
Glaz, Heidi Krall, Jean Fenn, Margaret Roggero
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Joseph Urban
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