METROPOLITAN OPERA
NEW YORK
1954 – 1955 Season
10,
12, 17, 25, 29 November. 7, 25 December 1954, 4, 19 March 1955
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
Rossini
Figaro Frank Guarrera
Robert Merrill (2, 3, 5-7, 9)
Rosina Roberta Peters
Dolores Wilson (4-6)
Lily Pons
(8, 9)
Count
Almaviva Cesare Valletti
Eugene Conley (8,
9)
Dr
Bartolo Fernando Corena
Don
Basilio Cesare
Siepi
Nicola Moscona (6, 8, 9)
Berta Jean Madeira
Thelma Votipka
(6)
Sandra Warfield (8,
9)
Fiorello George Cehanovsky
Sergeant Alessio De Paolis
Ambrogio Rudolf Mayreder
Conductor Alberto Erede
Pietro Cimara
(8, 9)
Director Cyril Ritchard
Designer Eugene Berman
Stage
Director Robert Herman
11,
15, 26 November, 11, 28 December 1954
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG
Wagner
Hans
Sachs Otto Edelmann
Paul
Schöffler (3)
Eva Lisa Della Casa
Walther
von Stolzing Hans Hopf
Charles Kullmann
(2)
Magdalene Hertha Glaz
David Paul Franke
Beckmesser Gerhard Pechner
Lawrence Davidson (3)
Pogner Kurt Böhme
Kothner John Brownlee
Vogelgesang Charles Anthony
Nachtigall Calvin Marsh
Ortel Osie Hawkins
Zorn Alessio De Paolis
Benjamin Wilkes
(4)
Moser Gabor Carelli
Eisslinger James McCracken
Foltz Lorenzo Alvary
Schwarz Lawrence Davidson
Norman Scott
(4)
Night
Watchman Clifford Harvuot
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Ellen
Meyer
13,
19, 27 November, 1, 16 December 1954, 8, 24 January, 22 February 1955
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
Puccini
Cio-Cio-San Licia Albanese
Lisa Della Casa (2,
5)
Victoria de los Angeles (3, 8)
Dorothy Kirsten (4, 7)
Pinkerton Eugene Conley
Brian
Sullivan (5)
Giacinto Prandelli (6,
7)
Thomas Hayward (8)
Suzuki Mildred Miller
Margaret Roggero (3, 5, 7, 8)
Sharpless Frank Guarrera
Frank Valentino (2, 3, 8)
Goro Alessio De Paolis
Paul
Franke (3)
Bonze Norman Scott
Osie Hawkins (3, 7, 8)
Yamadori George Cehanovsky
Clifford Harvuot
(8)
Kate
Pinkerton Heidi Krall
Commissioner Calvin Marsh
Conductor Alberto Erede
Fausto Cleva
(7, 8)
Director Désiré Defrère
Set
designer Joseph Urban
16
November, 4, 10, 14, 23 December 1954, 17 January, 23 February, 26 March 1955
ANDREA CHÉNIER
Giordano
Andrea
Chénier Mario Del Monaco
Richard Tucker (5,
6)
Kurt
Baum (8)
Maddalena Zinka Milanov
Herva Nelli
(3, 8)
Renata Tebaldi
(7)
Carlo
Gérard Leonard Warren
Ettore Bastianini (3, 4, 6-8)
Bersi Rosalind Elias
Countess
di Coigny Hertha Glaz
Abbé Gabor Carelli
Fléville George Cehanovsky
L'Incredibile Alessio De Paolis
Charles Anthony (4, 5, 8)
Roucher Frank Valentino
Mathieu Salvatore Baccaloni
Lorenzo Alvary (5, 6, 8)
Gerhard Pechner
(7)
Madelon Nell Rankin
Sandra Warfield (2, 3, 6-8)
Dumas Osie Hawkins
Fouquier
Tinville Norman Scott
Schmidt Lawrence Davidson
Calvin Marsh
(6)
Major-domo Louis Sgarro
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Designer Frederick Fox
18,
22 November, 8, 24 December 1954, 7, 18, 19 February, 11, 18, 22, 25 March, 1,
6 April 1955
FAUST
Gounod
Faust Jan Peerce
Giacinto Prandelli (3,
4)
Eugene Conley
(6)
Thomas Hayward (8, 9, 12)
Giuseppe Campora (10)
Giulio Gari (11,
13)
Marguerite Victoria de los Angeles
Nadine Conner (4, 5, 9, 10, 13)
Heidi Krall
(6, 11)
Jean Fenn
(8, 12)
Méphistophélès Jerome Hines
Cesare Siepi (2,
5, 7)
Norman Scott (6, 8, 11)
Nicola Moscona (9, 12, 13)
George London (10)
Valentin Robert Merrill
Frank Guarrera (2-5, 10)
Clifford Harvuot (6, 9, 11-13)
Arthur Budney
(8)
Siebel Mildred Miller
Margaret Roggero (3, 5, 6, 8)
Rosalind Elias
(9-13)
Marthe Thelma Votipka
Wagner Lawrence Davidson
Osie Hawkins (6, 8-13)
Conductor Pierre Monteux
Kurt Adler (6,
8-13)
Director Peter Brook
Designer Rolf Gérard
Stage
Director Robert Herman
20,
24 November, 2, 13 December 1954, 1, 16 January, 4 February 1955
LA TRAVIATA
Verdi
Violetta Licia Albanese
Dorothy Kirsten (6,
7)
Alfredo Giacinto Prandelli
Jan
Peerce (6)
Thomas Hayward (7)
Germont Leonard Warren
Ettore Bastianini (2, 3,
5)
Robert Merrill
(4, 6)
Flora Heidi Krall
Margaret Roggero (3, 4, 6)
Gastone Gabor Carelli
Paul
Franke (7)
Baron
Douphol George Cehanovsky
Lawrence Davidson (3, 4, 6)
Marquis
D'Obigny Calvin Marsh
Lawrence Davidson (6)
Dr
Grenvil Osie Hawkins
Annina Maria Leone
Rosalind
Elias (7)
Conductor Alberto Erede
Pietro
Cimara (7)
Director Désiré Defrère
Set
designers Jonel Jorgulesco
Joseph
Novak
Costume
designer Jonel Jorgulesco
20,
30 November, 6 December 1954, 1, 15, 27 January, 18 March, 6 April 1955
AIDA
Verdi
Aida Herva Nelli
Zinka Milanov (2-5, 8)
Radamès Mario Del Monaco
Kurt Baum (3-6,
8)
Giulio
Gari (7)
Amneris Nell Rankin
Blanche Thebom (2-6, 8)
Amonasro Frank Guarrera
Ettore Bastianini (2, 3,
7)
George London (4, 5)
Robert McFerrin (6,
8)
Ramfis Nicola Moscona
Cesare Siepi
(2, 4)
Norman Scott (3,
6)
Jerome Hines (5,
7)
Giorgio
Tozzi (8)
King Luben Vichey
Norman Scott (2,
4)
Louis
Sgarro (3)
Messenger James McCracken
Priestess Rosalind Elias
Margaret Roggero (4, 7, 8)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Production Margaret Webster
Designer Rolf Gérard
Stage
Director Dino Yannopoulos
27
November, 4, 17 December 1954, 6, 19 January, 14 February 1955
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Mascagni
Santuzza Zinka Milanov
Herva Nelli
(2, 4)
Turiddu Richard Tucker
Kurt Baum
(3, 4)
Lola Mildred Miller
Margaret Roggero (4)
Alfio Frank Valentino
Clifford Harvuot
(2)
Mamma
Lucia Thelma Votipka
Conductor Alberto Erede
Kurt Adler
(4-6)
Director Hans Busch
Set
designer Horace Armistead
Costume
designer John Robert Lloyd
PAGLIACCI
Leoncavallo
Nedda Lucine Amara
Delia Rigal
(2, 5)
Canio Mario Del Monaco
Kurt Baum
(2, 5)
Ramon Vinay (3,
4)
Tonio Robert Merrill
Leonard Warren
(3)
Josef Metternich
(5)
Silvio Frank Guarrera
Clifford Harvuot
(6)
Beppe Thomas Hayward
Charles Anthony (3-6)
Conductor Alberto Erede
Tibor Kozma
(4-6)
Director Désiré Defrère
Set
designer Joseph Novak
3,
11, 18 December 1954, 13, 25 January, 2, 21 February, 31 March 1955
MANON
Massenet
Manon Victoria de los Angeles
Licia Albanese (4,
5)
Eleanor Steber (7,
8)
Dorothy Kirsten
(6)
Des
Grieux Cesare Valletti
Giacinto Prandelli (4,
6)
Fernando Corena
(7)
Giuseppe Campora (8)
Lescaut Fernando Corena
Frank Valentino
(4)
Ralph Herbert
(8)
Count
des Grieux Lorenzo Alvary
Jerome Hines (2-4,
7)
Nicola Moscona (5,
8)
Guillot Alessio De Paolis
Gabor Carelli
(6, 8)
Brétigny George Cehanovsky
Poussette Shakeh Vartenissian
Javotte Margaret Roggero
Rosette Rosalind Elias
Sandra Warfield (2, 6, 8)
Innkeeper Lawrence Davidson
Guard James McCracken
Guard Calvin Marsh
Maid May Savage
Conductor Pierre Monteux
Martin Rich
(5, 6)
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Ellen
Meyer
9,
20 December 1954, 5, 15 February, 1 February 1955
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Mozart
Figaro Cesare Siepi
Susanna Nadine Conner
Dolores Wilson (2,
5)
Count
Almaviva George London
Frank Guarrera (2, 4,
5)
Countess
Almaviva Lisa Della Casa
Eleanor Steber (3,
4)
Lucine Amara
(5)
Cherubino Mildred Miller
Margaret Roggero (5)
Dr
Bartolo Gerhard Pechner
Fernando Corena (2-5)
Marcellina Jean Madeira
Don
Basilio Alessio De Paolis
Antonio Lawrence Davidson
Lorenzo Alvary
(4)
Barbarina Vilma Georgiou
Don
Curzio Gabor Carelli
Peasant Maria Leone
Heidi
Krall (5)
Peasant Sandra Warfield
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Set
designer Jonel Jorgulesco
Costume
designer Ladislas Czettel
15,
22, 30 December 1954, 8, 10, 21 January 1955
SALOME
Richard
Strauss
Salome Christel Goltz
Herod Ramon Vinay
Charles Kullman
(5)
Herodias Blanche Thebom
Jochanaan Paul Schöffler
Clifford Harvuot
(5)
Narraboth Brian Sullivan
Page Mildred Miller Hertha Glaz (3, 5, 6)
Jew Gabor Carelli
Jew Thomas Hayward
James McCracken (4-6)
Jew Alessio De Paolis
Jew Paul
Franke
Jew Gerhard Pechner
Nazarene Kurt Böhme
Nicola Moscona (4-6)
Nazarene Calvin Marsh
Soldier Norman Scott
Soldier Lorenzo Alvary
Cappadocian Osie Hawkins
Slave Vilma Georgiou
Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
Director Herbert Graf
Set
designer Donald Oenslager
18,
27 December 1954, 28 January, 17 February, 5 March 1955
DON CARLO
Verdi
Don
Carlo Richard Tucker
Elizabeth
of Valois Eleanor Steber
Delia Rigal
(2-4)
Rodrigo Robert Merrill
Ettore Bastianini (3-5)
Princess
Eboli Blanche Thebom
Nell
Rankin (3)
Philip
II Cesare
Siepi
Jerome Hines (2,
5)
Grand
Inquisitor Paul Schöffler
Jerome Hines
(3)
Nicola Moscona (4,
5)
Celestial
Voice Shakeh Vartenissian
Friar Louis Sgarro
Tebaldo Vilma Georgiou
Count
of Lerma Charles Anthony
Countess
of Aremberg Natalie
Kelepovska
Herald James McCracken
Gabor Carelli
(2-5)
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Kurt Adler
(3, 5)
Production Margaret Webster
Designer Rolf Gérard
Stage
Director Dino Yannopoulos
25
December 1954, 4 January, 5, 16 February, 8, 14, 25 March 1955
TOSCA
Puccini
Tosca Licia Albanese
Delia
Rigal (3)
Zinka Milanov (4,
7)
Renata Tebaldi
(5)
Cavaradossi Eugene Conley
Jan
Peerce (2)
Giuseppe Campora (3-7)
Scarpia George London
Paul
Schöffler (2)
Walter Cassel (5-7)
Sacristan Salvatore Baccaloni
Fernando Corena (3-6)
Gerhard Pechner
(7)
Spoletta Alessio De Paolis
Paul Franke
(2, 3)
Angelotti Lorenzo Alvary
Clifford Harvuot
(2)
Louis
Sgarro (5)
Sciarrone Clifford Harvuot
George Cehanovsky (2, 4-7)
Shepherd Margaret Roggero
Rosalind Elias
(2-6)
Jailer Calvin Marsh
Louis Sgarro
(3, 4)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Designer Mario Sala
Joseph
Novak
29
December 1954, 3, 14 January, 5, 12 February, 16 March, 7 April 1955
CARMEN
Bizet
Carmen Risë Stevens
Nell Rankin
(3)
Blanche Thebom
(6)
Don
José Kurt
Baum
Richard Tucker
(3)
Mario Del Monaco (4, 7)
Micaela Lucine Amara
Hilde Güden
(5)
Nadine Conner (6, 7)
Escamillo Frank Guarrera
Robert Merrill (3, 5,
6)
Frasquita Heidi Krall
Mercédès Margaret Roggero
Hertha
Glaz (7)
Remendado Alessio De Paolis
Dancaïre George Cehanovsky
Zuniga Norman Scott
Osie Hawkins (3, 5-7)
Moralès Calvin Marsh
Clifford Harvuot
(6)
Conductor Max Rudolf
Tibor Kozma
(5)
Director Tyrone Guthrie
Designer Rolf Gérard
Stage
Director Dino Yannopoulos
31
December 1954, 22 January, 9 April 1955
DIE FLEDERMAUS
Johann
Strauss
Rosalinde Brenda Lewis
Eleanor Steber
(3)
Eisenstein Charles Kullman
Adele Patrice Munsel
Roberta Peters
(3)
Alfred Thomas Hayward
Prince
Orlofsky Jarmila Novotna
Dr
Falke John
Brownlee
Dr
Blind Paul
Franke
Frank Clifford Harvuot
Ida Natalie Kelepovska
Frosch Jack Mann
Conductor Tibor Kozma
Director Garson Kanin
Designer Rolf Gérard
Staged
by Robert Herman
7,
22, 29 January, 8, 26 February 1955
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Verdi
Amelia Zinka Milanov
Riccardo Richard Tucker
Jan Peerce
(3, 5)
Renato Leonard Warren
Josef Metternich (2-4)
Renato Merrill
(5)
Ulrica Marian Anderson
Jean Madeira (2-4)
Oscar Roberta Peters
Laurel Hurley
(4)
Samuel Nicola Moscona
Lorenzo Alvary (3,
4)
Tom Norman Scott
Silvano Calvin Marsh
Judge James McCracken
Servant Charles Anthony
Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
Tibor Kozma
(5)
Director Herbert Graf
Set
designer Mstislav Dobujinsky
Costume
designer Ladislas Czettel
12,
18 January, 12 February, 10 March, 1 April 1955
DON GIOVANNI
Mozart
Don
Giovanni George London
Cesare Siepi
(2, 3)
Jerome Hines (4,
5)
Donna
Anna Margaret Harshaw
Eleanor Steber (2,
4)
Don
Ottavio Cesare Valletti
Eugene Conley (4,
5)
Donna
Elvira Lucine Amara
Leporello Fernando Corena
Lorenzo Alvary
(4)
Zerlina Dolores Wilson
Roberta Peters
(3)
Hilde Güden
(4)
Nadine Conner
(5)
Masetto Lorenzo Alvary
Lawrence Davidson (2-5)
Commendatore Luben Vichey
Conductor Max Rudolf
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Charles Elson
20
January, 3, 9, 18 February, 26 March 1955
LA BOHÈME
Puccini
Mimì Dorothy Kirsten
Lucine Amara (2,
4)
Renata Tebaldi
(3)
Licia Albanese
(5)
Rodolfo Giuseppe Campora
Eugene Conley
(5)
Musetta Jean Fenn
Marcello Ettore Bastianini
Frank Valentino (2,
4) Frank Guarrera (5)
Schaunard Clifford Harvuot
George Cehanovsky (3, 4)
Colline Nicola Moscona
Norman Scott (2,
3)
Benoit Lawrence Davidson
Alcindoro Alessio De Paolis
Parpignol James McCracken
Sergeant Calvin Marsh
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Joseph L Mankiewicz
Designer Rolf Gérard
Stage
Director Dino Yannopoulos
26,
29 January, 25 February, 7 March 1955
TANNHÄUSER
Wagner
Tannhäuser Ramon Vinay
Bernd Aldenhoff
(3)
Set Svanholm
(4)
Elisabeth Margaret Harshaw
Astrid Varnay
(2)
Wolfram George London
Josef Metternich (3,
4)
Venus Astrid Varnay
Blanche Thebom (2, 4)
Brenda Lewis
(3)
Hermann Jerome Hines
Luben Vichey
(4)
Walther Giulio Gari
Heinrich Paul Franke
Biterolf Clifford Harvuot
Gerhard Pechner
(4)
Reinmar Norman Scott
Shepherd Heidi Krall
Conductor Rudolf Kempe
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Rolf Gérard
31
January, 11 February, 1, 5, 12, 17 March 1955
OTELLO
Verdi
Otello Mario Del Monaco
Set Svanholm
(6)
Desdemona Renata Tebaldi
Lucine Amara
(6)
Iago Leonard Warren
Emilia Martha Lipton
Cassio Paul Franke
Lodovico Luben Vichey
Montàno Clifford Harvuot
Osie Hawkins
(5)
Roderigo James McCracken
Herald Arthur Budney
Louis
Sgarro (6)
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Donald Oenslager
Set
designer Ellen
Meyer
10,
19, 26 February, 2, 24 March, 4 April 1955
ARABELLA
Richard
Strauss
Arabella Eleanor Steber
Mandryka George London
Walter
Cassel (6)
Zdenka Hilde Güden
Jean
Fenn (6)
Matteo Brian Sullivan
Giulio
Gari (5)
Adelaide Blanche Thebom
Martha Lipton (2, 4,
6)
Count
Waldner Ralph Herbert
Fortuneteller Thelma Votipka
Count
Elemer Gabor Carelli
Paul
Franke (6)
Count
Dominik Clifford Harvuot
Count
Lamoral Lawrence Davidson
Fiakermilli Roberta Peters
Laurel Hurley (5,
6)
Welko Benjamin Wilkes
Djura Matthew Farruggio
Jankel Paul Marko
Waiter Rudolf Mayreder
Conductor Rudolf Kempe
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Rolf Gérard
24,
28 February, 11, 30 March, 9 April 1955
ORFEO ED EURIDICE
Gluck
Orfeo Risë Stevens
Euridice Hilde Güden
Amore Roberta Peters
Laurel Hurley (3,
5)
Happy
Shade Laurel Hurley
Shakeh Vartenissian (3, 5)
Conductor Pierre Monteux
Director Herbert Graf
Set
designer Harry Horner
Costume
designer Frank Bevan
3,
12, 19 March 1955
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
Wagner
Tristan Set Svanholm
Bernd Aldenhoff
(2)
Isolde Astrid Varnay
Kurwenal Josef Metternich
Brangäne Blanche Thebom
King
Marke Jerome Hines
Melot James McCracken
Sailor's
Voice Albert Da Costa Shepherd Paul Franke
Steersman Calvin Marsh
Conductor Rudolf Kempe
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Joseph Urban
Costume
designer Mathilde
Castel-Bert
9,
31 March, 2 April 1955
LA GIOCONDA
Ponchielli
La
Gioconda Zinka Milanov
Enzo Kurt Baum
Laura Nell Rankin
Blanche Thebom
(2)
Barnaba Leonard Warren
Alvise Giorgio Tozzi
La
Cieca Sandra Warfield
Zuàne George Cehanovsky
Isèpo Alessio De Paolis
Monk Norman Scott
Louis
Sgarro (3)
Steersman Louis Sgarro
Calvin Marsh
(3)
Singer James McCracken
Singer Calvin Marsh
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Set
designer Antonio Rovescalli
Set
designer Joseph Novak
Costume
designer Mathilde
Castel-Bert
23
March, 8 April 1955
PARSIFAL
Wagner
Parsifal Bernd Aldenhoff
Kundry Astrid Varnay
Margaret Harshaw (2)
Amfortas Josef Metternich
George London
(2)
Gurnemanz Dezsö Ernster
Jerome Hines
(2)
Klingsor Lawrence Davidson
Gerhard Pechner
(2)
Titurel Nicola Moscona
Voice Jean Madeira
First
Esquire Vilma Georgiou
Second
Esquire Rosalind Elias
Third
Esquire Paul Franke
Fourth
Esquire Gabor Carelli
First
Knight Albert Da Costa
Second
Knight Osie Hawkins
Flower
Maidens Laurel Hurley, Maria Leone, Hertha
Glaz, Heidi Krall, Jean Fenn, Margaret Roggero, Jean Madeira
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Joseph Urban
METROPOLITAN OPERA
NEW YORK
1955 – 1956 Season
14,
23 November, 3, 24 December 1955, 6, 12 23 January, 7 February 1956
LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN
Offenbach
Hoffmann Richard Tucker
Giuseppe Campora (5, 6)
Olympia Roberta Peters
Laurel Hurley
(4-7)
Giulietta Risë Stevens
Jarmila Novotna
(4)
Blanche Thebom
(5)
Martha Lipton (6-8)
Antonia Lucine Amara
Nadine Conner
(8)
Stella Natalie Kelepovska
Lindorf Martial Singher
Coppélius Martial Singher
Dappertutto Martial Singher
Dr
Miracle Martial
Singher
Nicklausse Mildred Miller
Margaret Roggero (5, 6)
Andrès Alessio De Paolis
Charles Anthony (5-8)
Cochenille Alessio De Paolis
Charles Anthony (5-8)
Pitichinaccio Alessio De Paolis
Charles Anthony (5-8)
Frantz Alessio De Paolis
Charles Anthony (5-8)
Luther Lawrence Davidson
George Cehanovsky (3, 8)
Nathanael James McCracken
Hermann Calvin Marsh
Spalanzani Paul Franke
Schlemil Clifford Harvuot
Crespel Norman Scott
Mother's
Voice Sandra Warfield
Conductor Pierre Monteux
Martin Rich
(6-8)
Director Cyril Ritchard
Designer Rolf Gérard
17,
21, 29 November, 14 December 1955, 7 January, 3, 24, 25 February, 2, 7, 16, 23,
28 March, 12 April (m) & (e) 1956
RIGOLETTO
Verdi
Rigoletto Leonard Warren
Robert Merrill
(3-5)
Frank Guarrera (6,
7)
Frank Valentino
(9)
Ettore Bastianini
(10)
Robert McFerrin (11, 12, 15)
Clifford Harvuot (13, 14)
Gilda Roberta Peters
Lily
Pons (6)
Laurel Hurley (7, 9, 11, 13, 14)
Dolores Wilson (10, 12)
Hilde Güden
(15)
Duke
of Mantua Eugene Conley
Jan
Peerce (2)
Gianni
Poggi (4)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (5)
Richard Tucker (6, 8, 15)
Giulio Gari (7,
11)
Thomas Hayward (9, 13)
Gabor Carelli (12,
14)
Maddalena Rosalind Elias
Martha Lipton (4, 5, 11, 13)
Sandra Warfield (6, 15)
Margaret Roggero (14)
Sparafucile Giorgio Tozzi
Nicola Moscona (3, 4, 6, 10, 14)
Luben Vichey
(5)
Norman Scott
(9)
Louis Sgarro
(13)
Monterone Norman Scott
Louis Sgarro (6,
11)
Osie Hawkins (7, 9, 13, 14)
Clifford Harvuot
(12)
Borsa Gabor Carelli
Alessio De Paolis
(12)
Paul Franke (13,
14)
Marullo Clifford Harvuot
George Cehanovsky (7, 9, 12-15)
Count
Ceprano Calvin Marsh
Lawrence Davidson (5, 8, 11, 13, 14)
George Cehanovsky (6, 9, 10)
Countess
Ceprano Heidi Krall
Maria Leone (5-12, 15)
Giovanna Thelma Votipka
Page Vilma Georgiou
Emilia Cundari
(14)
Guard Louis Sgarro
Calvin Marsh (6, 9, 11, 13)
George Cehanovsky (8)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Pietro Cimara (6, 7,
9)
Kurt Adler
(11-14)
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Eugene Berman
18,
28 November, 7, 24 December 1955, 26 January, 25 February 1956
LOHENGRIN
Wagner
Lohengrin Brian Sullivan
Elsa Eleanor Steber
Ortrud Margaret Harshaw
Nell
Rankin (6)
Telramund Hermann Uhde
Walter Cassel
(5, 6)
King
Heinrich Otto Edelmann
Dezsö Ernster (5,
6)
Herald Arthur Budney
Noble Charles Anthony
Noble James McCracken
Noble Calvin Marsh
Noble Louis Sgarro
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Kurt
Adler (5)
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Charles Elson
19, 24 November, 10, 19, 31 December 1955, 8 February, 2 March 1956
19, 24 November, 10, 19, 31 December 1955, 8 February, 2 March 1956
AIDA
Verdi
Aida Renata Tebaldi
Herva Nelli
(4, 6)
Zinka Milanov (5,
7)
Radamès Mario Ortica
Kurt Baum (5-7)
Amneris Blanche Thebom
Elena Nikolaidi (2,
4)
Jean Madeira
(6)
Amonasro Ettore Bastianini
Josef Metternich
(4)
Robert Merrill (5,
6)
Robert McFerrin
(7)
Ramfis Giorgio Tozzi
Norman Scott
(2)
Nicola Moscona
(3)
Luben Vichey
(6)
King Louis Sgarro
Messenger James McCracken
Paul
Franke (3)
Priestess Shakeh Vartenissian
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Production Margaret Webster
Designer Rolf Gérard
Stage
Director Robert Herman
19,
25, 30 November, 12, 27 December 1955, 21 January, 17 March, 5 April 1956
CARMEN
Bizet
Carmen Risë Stevens
Blanche Thebom
(4)
Jean Madeira
(7)
Don
José Richard Tucker
Kurt
Baum (2)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (3-6)
Giulio
Gari (7)
Nadine Conner
(8)
Micaela Lucine Amara
Escamillo Frank Guarrera
Robert Merrill (5, 6,
8)
Frasquita Heidi Krall
Mercédès Margaret Roggero
Remendado Paul Franke
Alessio De Paolis
(2)
Dancaïre George Cehanovsky
Zuniga Norman Scott
Osie Hawkins
(2)
Moralès Calvin Marsh
Conductor Max Rudolf
Tibor Kozma (4,
7)
Director Tyrone Guthrie
Designer Rolf Gérard
26
November, 3, 10, 26 December 1955, 17 January, 2, 17 February 1956
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Verdi
Amelia Zinka Milanov
Herva Nelli
(2, 4)
Riccardo Jan Peerce
Richard Tucker
(5)
Mario
Ortica (6)
Jussi
Björling (7)
Renato Robert Merrill
Leonard Warren (4)
Josef Metternich
(5)
Ulrica Marian Anderson
Sandra Warfield (2,
5)
Martha Lipton
(6)
Jean Madeira
(7)
Oscar Roberta Peters
Laurel Hurley (4,
7)
Dolores Wilson (5,
6)
Samuel Giorgio Tozzi
Nicola Moscona
(2)
Tom Norman Scott
Lorenzo Alvary
(2)
Silvano Calvin Marsh
Judge James McCracken
Servant Charles Anthony
Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
Tibor Kozma
(6)
Director Herbert Graf
Set
designer Mstislav Dobujinsky
Costume
designer Ladislas Czettel
26
November, 1, 5, 17 December 1955, 23 March, 3 April 1956
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Mozart
Fiordiligi Eleanor Steber
Ferrando Cesare Valletti
Dorabella Blanche Thebom
Mildred Miller
(5)
Guglielmo Frank Guarrera
Despina Patrice Munsel
Roberta Peters
(3)
Don
Alfonso John Brownlee
Lorenzo Alvary (3, 4, 6)
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Production Alfred Lunt
Designer Rolf Gérard
2,
6, 15 December 1955, 2, 14, 25 January 1956
ANDREA CHÉNIER
Giordano
Andrea
Chénier Kurt Baum
Richard Tucker (3,
4)
Mario Ortica
(5, 6)
Maddalena Zinka Milanov
Herva
Nelli (3)
Renata Tebaldi (4,
5)
Carlo
Gérard Ettore Bastianini
Leonard Warren (3-5)
Frank Valentino
(6)
Bersi Rosalind Elias
Countess
di Coigny Martha Lipton
Hertha Glaz
(5, 6)
Abbé Gabor Carelli
Fléville George Cehanovsky
L'Incredibile Alessio De Paolis
Charles Anthony (3, 6)
Roucher Frank Valentino
Clifford Harvuot
(6)
Mathieu Salvatore Baccaloni
Lorenzo Alvary
(4-6)
Madelon Sandra Warfield
Martha Lipton (5,
6)
Dumas Osie Hawkins
Fouquier
Tinville Norman Scott
Schmidt Lawrence Davidson
Calvin Marsh
(5)
Major-domo Louis Sgarro
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Designer Frederick Fox
8,
13, 30 December 1955, 7, 13, 18 January, 11, 20 February, 8 March, 4 April 1956
TOSCA
Puccini
Tosca Renata Tebaldi
Zinka Milanov (5,
10)
Licia Albanese (7,
9)
Delia Rigal
(8)
Cavaradossi Richard Tucker
Giuseppe Campora (3, 6, 7, 9)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (5)
Daniele Baroni
(8)
Jussi Björling
(10)
Scarpia Leonard Warren
Tito Gobbi
(5, 6)
George London (7-9)
Walter Cassel
(10)
Sacristan Salvatore Baccaloni
Fernando Corena (4-6, 8)
Gerhard Pechner (7, 9, 10)
Spoletta Alessio De Paolis
Paul
Franke (7)
Angelotti Clifford Harvuot
Lorenzo Alvary (3,
5)
Sciarrone George Cehanovsky
Shepherd Peter Mark
Rosalind Elias
(10)
Jailer Calvin Marsh
Louis Sgarro (5, 7,
8)
Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Designer Frederick Fox
9,
17, 21 December 1955, 16 January, 4, 16 February 1956
FAUST
Gounod
Faust Giuseppe Di Stefano
Giuseppe Campora (5, 6)
Marguerite Dorothy Kirsten
Nadine Conner
(4)
Victoria de los Angeles (6)
Méphistophélès Jerome Hines
Valentin Frank Guarrera
Robert Merrill
(2, 3)
Clifford Harvuot
(4)
Robert McFerrin
(6)
Siebel Mildred Miller
Rosalind Elias
(3-6)
Marthe Thelma Votipka
Wagner Lawrence Davidson
Conductor Pierre Monteux
Kurt Adler
(4, 6)
Director Peter Brook
Designer Rolf Gérard
Staged
by Robert Herman
16,
22 December 1955, 10, 21 January, 21 February, 17 March, 2 April 1956
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO
Verdi
Leonora Zinka Milanov
Renata Tebaldi (3,
4)
Don
Alvaro Kurt Baum
Mario
Ortica (2)
Richard Tucker (3, 4, 6)
Gino Penno
(7iii)
Don
Carlo Josef Metternich
Leonard Warren (4-7)
Padre
Guardiano Otto Edelmann
Jerome Hines
(3)
Giorgio
Tozzi (4)
Cesare Siepi
(5, 6)
Luben Vichey
(7)
Preziosilla Margaret Roggero
Rosalind Elias
(4-7)
Fra
Melitone Gerhard Pechner
Fernando Corena (3, 4, 6, 7)
Marquis
de Calatrava Louis Sgarro
Norman Scott
(5)
Curra Thelma Votipka
Trabuco Alessio De Paolis
Surgeon George Cehanovsky
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Pietro Cimara (3,
4)
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Eugene Berman
23,
28 December 1955, 5 January, 11 February, 12 March 1956
DON PASQUALE
Donizetti
Don
Pasquale Fernando Corena
Norina Roberta Peters
Hilde Güden
(5)
Ernesto Cesare Valletti
Dr
Malatesta Frank Guarrera
Notary Alessio De Paolis
Conductor Thomas Schippers
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Designer Wolfgang Roth
29
December 1955, 4, 9, 28 January 1956
SAMSON ET DALILA
Saint-Saëns
Samson Ramon Vinay
Dalila Risë Stevens
Blanche Thebom
(4)
High
Priest Martial Singher
Clifford Harvuot (4)
Abimélech Norman Scott
Old
Hebrew Nicola Moscona
Philistine Gabor Carelli
Philistine Calvin Marsh
Messenger James McCracken
Conductor Pierre Monteux
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Ellen
Meyer
31
December 1955, 15 January, 14 April 1956
DIE FLEDERMAUS
Johann
Strauss
Rosalinde Eleanor Steber
Eisenstein Charles Kullman
Adele Virginia MacWatters
Patricia Munsel (2,
3)
Alfred Thomas Hayward
Gabor Carelli
(2, 3)
Prince
Orlofsky Jarmila Novotna
Blanche Thebom
(4)
Dr
Falke John
Brownlee
Dr
Blind Paul
Franke
Frank Clifford Harvuot
Ida Mary Ellen Moylan
Frosch Jack Mann
Guest
Artist Renata Tebaldi (1)
Otto Edelmann, Hilde Güden, Cesare Siepi, Jussi
Björling (3)
Conductor Tibor Kozma
Director Garson Kanin
Designer Rolf Gérard
Choreographer Zachary Solov
Staged
by Robert Herman
11,
28 January, 10, 27 February 1956
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG
Wagner
Hans
Sachs Otto Edelmann
Paul Schöffler
(2, 3)
Eva Lisa Della Casa
Victoria de los Angeles (4)
Walther
von Stolzing Albert Da Costa
Magdalene Hertha Glaz
Martha Lipton
(4)
David Paul Franke
Beckmesser Gerhard Pechner
Lawrence Davidson (3)
Ralph Herbert
(4)
Pogner Giorgio Tozzi
Dezsö Ernster
(3)
Kothner John Brownlee
Vogelgesang Thomas Hayward
Nachtigall Calvin Marsh
Ortel Osie Hawkins
Zorn Alessio De Paolis
Moser Gabor Carelli
Eisslinger James McCracken
Foltz Lorenzo Alvary
Schwarz Lawrence Davidson
Norman Scott
(3)
Night
Watchman Clifford Harvuot
Conductor Rudolf Kempe
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Set
designer Ellen
Meyer
14,
19 January, 1, 18 February, 16 March 1956
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Donizetti
Lucia Lily Pons
Roberta Peters
(4)
Dolores Wilson
(5)
Edgardo Jan Peerce
Giuseppe Campora (5)
Enrico Frank Valentino
Ettore Bastianini
(5)
Raimondo Nicola Moscona
Norman Scott
(4)
Normanno James McCracken
Alisa Thelma Votipka
Arturo Paul Franke
Thomas Hayward (2, 3)
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Pietro
Cimara (5)
Director Désiré Defrère
Designers Richard Rychtarik
Ruth
Morley
20,
31 January, 15 February, 3, 10, 19 March 1956
BORIS GODUNOV
Mussorgsky
Boris
Godunov Jerome Hines
George London (3, 5)
Cesare Siepi
(4, 6)
Prince
Shuisky Charles Kullman
Pimen Giorgio Tozzi
Norman Scott (3,
4)
Grigory Albert Da Costa
Giulio Gari
(3-6)
Marina Nell Rankin
Regina Resnik
(3)
Blanche Thebom (4-6)
Rangoni Clifford Harvuot
Frank Valentino (3,
4)
Varlaam Lorenzo Alvary
Lawrence Davidson (4, 6)
Simpleton Paul Franke
Charles Anthony (4-6)
Nikitich Lawrence Davidson
Osie Hawkins (4,
6)
Mitiukha Louis Sgarro
Woman Thelma Votipka
Shchelkalov Arthur Budney
Innkeeper Martha Lipton
Hertha Glaz
(3, 4)
Missail James McCracken
Thomas Hayward (3-6)
Officer Osie Hawkins
Xenia Laurel Hurley
Vilma Georgiou
(4)
Feodor Mildred Miller
Margaret Ruggero (2-4)
Nurse Sandra Warfield
Khrushchov Charles Anthony
Gabor Carelli (4-6)
Boyar
in Attendance Gabor Carelli
Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
Director Dino Yannopoulos
Designer Mstislav Dobujinsky
27
January, 4, 13 February, 1, 28 March, 7 April 1956
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Mozart
Figaro Martial Singher
Cesare Siepi
(4-6)
Susanna Nadine Conner
Roberta Peters
(4)
Dolores Wilson
(5)
Count
Almaviva George London
Frank Guarrera (3,
6)
Martial Singher
(5)
Countess
Almaviva Victoria
de los Angeles
Eleanor Steber
(4)
Lisa Della Scala
(5)
Cherubino Mildred Miller Margaret Roggero (4)
Dr
Bartolo Fernando Corena
Gerhard Pechner (3,
4)
Salvatore Baccaloni
(5)
Marcellina Sandra Warfield
Don
Basilio Alessio De Paolis
Antonio Lawrence Davidson
Lorenzo Alvary (2-5)
Barbarina Vilma Georgiou
Emilia Cundari (4-6)
Don
Curzio Gabor Carelli
Peasant Maria Leone
Peasant Rosalind Elias
Conductor Max Rudolf
Director Herbert Graf
Set
designer Jonel Jorgulesco
Costume
designer Ladislas Czettel
30
January, 9, 22, 24, 28 February, 7 April 1956
LA
BOHÈME
Puccini
Mimì Lucine Amara
Licia Albanese (2,
3)
Victoria de los Angeles (4)
Hilde Güden
(6)
Rodolfo Giuseppe Campora
Daniele Barioni
(3)
Musetta Jean Fenn
Laurel Hurley
(6)
Marcello Frank Guarrera
Ettore Bastianini
(3-5)
Frank Valentino
(6)
Schaunard Clifford Harvuot
George Cehanovsky (5)
Colline Norman Scott
Jerome Hines
(2)
Cesare
Siepi (5)
Giorgio
Tozzi (6)
Benoit Lawrence Davidson
Alessio De Paolis (2,
6)
Alcindoro Lorenzo Alvary
Parpignol James McCracken
Charles Anthony (2, 5)
Sergeant Calvin Marsh
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Joseph L Mankiewicz
Designer Rolf Gérard
6,
18 February, 9, 22, 31 March, 11 April 1956
DER ROSENKAVALIER
Richard
Strauss
Octavian Risë Stevens
Princess
von Werdenberg Lisa
Della Casa
Eleanor Steber
(6)
Baron
Ochs Otto Edelmann
Sophie Hilde Güden
Nadine Conner
(6)
Faninal Ralph Herbert
John Brownlee
(3-6)
Annina Martha Lipton
Hertha Glaz
(5, 6)
Valzacchi Alessio De Paolis
Italian
Singer Thomas Hayward
Kurt Baum
(3, 4)
Albert Da Costa
(6)
Marianne Thelma Votipka
Mahomet Marsha Warren
Princess'
Major-domo James
McCracken
Orphan Vilma Georgiou
Orphan Shakeh Vartenissian
Orphan Sandra Warfield
Milliner Emilia Cundari
Animal
Vendor Gabor Carelli
Hairdresser Adriano Vitale
Notary Lawrence Davidson
Gerhard Pechner
(5)
Leopold Rudolf Mayreder
Faninal's
Major-domo Charles
Anthony
Innkeeper Paul Franke
Gabor
Carelli (3)
Police
Commissioner Osie Hawkins
Conductor Rudolf Kempe
Max Rudolf
(6)
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Rolf Gérard
23
February, 3, 6, 15, 21, 26 March 1956
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Mozart
Pamina Lucine Amara
Tamino Brian Sullivan
Queen
of the Night Roberta Peters
Sarastro Jerome Hines
Papageno Theodor Uppman
Papagena Laurel Hurley
Monostatos Paul Franke
Speaker George London
Paul Schöffler (4-6)
First
Lady Heidi
Krall
Second
Lady Madelaine Chambers
Third
Lady Sandra Warfield
Genie Emilia Cundari
Genie Rosalind Elias
Genie Margaret Roggero
Priest James McCracken
Priest Osie Hawkins
Guard Albert Da Costa
Guard Louis Sgarro
Conductor Bruno Walter
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Harry Horner
29
February, 5, 24, 29 March, 14 April 1956
IL TROVATORE
Verdi
Manrico Kurt Baum
Gino Penno
(2-4)
Leonora Zinka Milanov
Herva
Nelli (3)
Count
Di Luna Leonard Warren
Ettore Bastianini (3,
4)
Azucena Jean Madeira
Nella Rankin
(4, 5)
Ferrando Norman Scott
Giorgio Tozzi
(3-5)
Ines Maria Leone
Ruiz Charles Anthony
Messenger James McCracken
Gypsy Calvin Marsh
Conductor Fausto Cleva
Director Désiré Defrère
Set
designer Harry Horner
Costume
designer Mary
Percy Schenck
14,
20, 31 March, 13 April 1956
MANON LESCAUT
Puccini
Manon Eleanor Steber
Licia Albanese (3,
4)
Des
Grieux Richard Tucker
Jussi Björling
(3, 4)
Lescaut Frank Guarrera
Geronte Fernando Corena
Lorenzo Alvary
(2)
Edmondo Thomas Hayward
Innkeeper George Cehanovsky
Solo
Madrigalist Rosalind Elias
Dancing
Master Alessio De Paolis
Sergeant Calvin Marsh
Lamplighter James McCracken
Captain Osie Hawkins
Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos
Director Herbert Graf
Designer H M Krehan-Crayon
24,
30 March, 6 April 1956
PARSIFAL
Wagner
Parsifal Set Svanholm
Kundry Margaret Harshaw
Astrid Varnay (2,
3)
Amfortas Paul Schöffler
Martial Singher
(3)
Gurnemanz Otto Edelmann
Jerome Hines
(2i)
Klingsor Gerhard Pechner
Lawrence Davidson (2)
Titurel Nicola Moscona
Voice Sandra Warfield
First
Esquire Vilma Georgiou
Second
Esquire Rosalind Elias
Third
Esquire Paul Franke
Fourth
Esquire Gabor Carelli
First
Knight Albert Da Costa
Second
Knight Clifford Harvuot
Osie Hawkins
(2)
Flower
Maidens Vilma Georgiou, Maria Leone,
Hertha Glaz,
Heidi
Krall, Emilia Cundari, Margaret Roggero, Laurel Hurley
Conductor Fritz Stiedry
Director Herbert Graf
Designer Leo Kerz
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