Friday, 9 December 2016

METROPOLITAN OPERA NEW YORK 1954 - 1956



1954 – 1955

Il barbiere di Siviglia: Frank Guarrera/Robert Merrill, Roberta Peters/Dolores Wilson/Lily Pons, Cesare Valletti/Eugene Conley, Fernando Corena, Cesare Siepi/Nicola Moscona; c. Alberto Erede/Pietro Cimara; 10 November 1954 (9 performances)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Otto Edelmann/Paul Schöffler, Lisa della Casa, Hans Hopf/Charles Kullman, Hertha Glaz, Paul Franke, Gerhard Pechner/Lawrence Davidson, Kurt Böhme; c. Fritz Stiedry; 11 November 1954 (5 performances)

Madama Butterfly: Licia Albanese/Lisa Della Casa/Victor del los Angeles/Dorothy Kirsten, Eugene Conley/Brian Sullivan/Giacinto Prandelli/Thomas Hayward, Mildred Miller/Margaret Roggero, Frank Guarrera/Frank Valentino; c. Alberto Erede/Fausto Cleva; 13 November 1954 (8 performances)

ANDREA CHÉNIER: Mario del Monaco/Richard Tucker/Kurt Baum, Zinka Milanov/Herva Nelli/Renata Tebaldi, Leonard Warren/Ettore Bastianini; c. Fausto Cleva; p. Dino Yannopoulos; d. Frederick Fox; 16 November 1954 (8 performances)

Faust: Jan Peerce/Giacinto Prandelli/Eugene Conley/Thomas Hayward/Giuseppe Campora/Giulio Gari, Victoria de los Angeles/Nadine Conner/Heidi Krall/Jean Fenn, Jerome Hines/Cesare Siepi/Norman Scott/Nicola Moscona/George London, Robert Merrill/Frank Guarrera/Clifford Harvuot/Arthur Budney; c. Pierre Monteux/Kurt Adler; 18 November 1954 (13 performances)

La traviata: Licia Albanese/Dorothy Kirsten, Giacinto Prandelli/Jan Peerce/Thomas Hayward, Leonard Warren/Ettore Bastianini/Robert Merrill; c. Alberto Erede/Pietro Cimara; 20 November 1954 (7 performances)

Aida: Herva Nelli/Zinka Milanov, Mario Del Monaco/Kurt Baum/Giulio Gari, Nell Rankin/Blanche Thebom, Frank Guarrera/Ettore Bastianini/George London/Robert McFerrin; c. Fausto Cleva; 20 November 1954 (8 performances)

Cavalleria rusticana: Zinka Milanov/Herva Nelli, Richard Tucker/Kurt Baum, Mildred Miller/Margaret Roggero, Frank Valentino/Clifford Harvuot; c. Alberto Erede/Kurt Adler; 27 November 1954 (6 performances)

Pagliacci: Lucine Amara/Delia Rigal, Mario del Monaco/Kurt Baum/Ramon Vinay, Robert Merrill/Leonard Warren/Josef Metternich, Frank Guarrera/Clifford Harvuot; c. Alberto Erede/Tibor Kozma; 27 November 1954 (6 performances)

Manon: Victoria de los Angeles/Dorothy Kirsten/Licia Albanese/Eleanor Steber, Cesare Valletti/Giacinto Prandelli/Eugene Conley/Giuseppe Campora, Fernando Corena/Frank Valentino, Lorenzo Alvary/Jerome Hines/Nicola Moscona; c. Pierre Monteux/Martin Rich; 3 December 1954 (8 performances)

Le nozze di Figaro: Cesare Siepi, Nadine Conner/Dolores Wilson, George London/Frank Guarrera, Lisa Della Casa/Eleanor Steber/Lucine Amara, Mildred Miller/Margaret Roggero; c. Fritz Stiedry; 9 December 1954 (5 performances)

Salome: Christel Goltz, Ramon Vinay/Charles Kullman, Blanche Thebom, Paul Schöffler/Clifford Harvuot, Brian Sullivan; c. Dimitri Mitropoulos; 15 December 1954 (6 performances)

Don Carlo: Richard Tucker, Eleanor Steber/Delia Rigal, Robert Merrill/Ettore Bastianini, Blanche Thebom/Nell Rankin, Cesare Siepi/Jerome Hines, Paul Schöffler/Jerome Hines/Nicola Moscona; c. Fritz Stiedry/Kurt Adler; 18 December 1954 (5 performances)

Tosca: Licia Albanese/Delia Rigal/Zinka Milanov/Renata Tebaldi, Eugene Conley/Jan Peerce/Giuseppe Campora, George London/Paul Schöffler/Walter Cassel; c. Fausto Cleva; 25 December 1954 (7 performances)

Carmen: Risë Stevens/Nell Rankin/Blanche Thebom, Kurt Baum/Richard Tucker/Mario del Monaco, Lucine Amara/Hilde Güden/Nadine Conner, Frank Guarrera/Robert Merrill; c. Max Rudolf/Tibor Kozma; 29 December 1954 (7 performances)

Die Fledermaus: Brenda Lewis/Eleanor Steber, Charles Kullman, Patrice Munsel/Roberta Peters, Thomas Hayward, Jarmila Novotna; c. Tibor Kozma; 31 December 1954 (3 performances)

Un ballo in maschera: Zinka Milanov, Richard Tucker/Jan Peerce, Leonard Warren/Josef Metternich/Robert Merrill, Marian Anderson/Jean Madeira, Roberta Peters/Laurel Hurley; c. Dimitri Mitropoulos/Tibor Kozma; 7 January 1955 (5 performances)

Don Giovanni: George London/Cesare Siepi/Jerome Hines, Margaret Harshaw/Eleanor Steber, Cesare Valletti/Eugene Conley, Lucine Amara, Fernando Corena/Lorenzo Alvary, Dolores Wilson/Roberta Peters/Hilde Güden/Nadine Conner; c. Max Rudolf; 12 January 1955 (5 performances)

La bohème: Dorothy Kirsten/Lucine Amara/Renata Tebaldi/Licia Albanese, Giuseppe Campora/Eugene Conley, Jean Fenn, Ettore Bastianini/Frank Valentino, Clifford Harvuot/George Cehanovsky, Nicola Moscona/Norman Scott; c. Fausto Cleva; 20 January 1955 (5 performances)

Tannhäuser: Ramon Vinay/Bernd Aldenhoff/Set Svanholm, Margaret Harshaw, George London/Josef Metternich, Astrid Varnay/Blanche Thebom/Brenda Lewis, Jerome Hines/Luben Vichey; 26 January 1955 (4 performances)

Otello: Mario Del Monaco/Set Svanholm, Renata Tebaldi/Lucine Amara, Leonard Warren; c. Fritz Stiedry; 31 January 1955 (6 performances)

ARABELLA: Eleanor Steber, George London/Walter Cassel, Hilde Güden/Jean Fenn, Brian Sullivan/Giulio Gari, Blanche Thebom/Martha Lipton, Ralph Herbert; c. Rudolf Kempe; 10 February 1955 (6 performances)

Orfeo ed Euridice: Risë Stevens, Hilde Güden, Roberta Peters/Laurel Hurley; c. Pierre Monteux; 24 February 1955

Tristan und Isolde: Set Svanholm/Bernd Aldenhoff, Astrid Varnay, Josef Metternich, Blanche Thebom, Jerome Hines; c. Rudolf Kempe; 3 March 1955 (3 performances)

La Gioconda: Zinka Milanov, Kurt Baum, Nell Rankin/Blanche Thebom, Leonard Warren, Giorgio Tozzi; c. Fausto Cleva; 9 March 1955 (3 performances)

Parsifal: Bernd Aldenhoff, Astrid Varnay/Margaret Harshaw, Josef Metternich/George London, Dezsö Ernster/Jerome Hines, Lawrence Davidson/Nicola Moscona; c. Fritz Stiedry; 23 March 1955 (2 performances)


1955 – 1956

LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN (Offenbach): Richard Tucker/Giuseppe Campora, Robert Peters/Laurel Hurley, Risë Stevens/Jarmila Novotna/Blanche Thebom/Martha Lipton, Lucine Amara/Nadine Conner, Martial Singher, Mildred Miller/Margaret Roggero, Alessio De Paolis/Charles Anthony; c. Pierre Monteux/Martin Rich; 14 November 1955 (8 performances)

Rigoletto: Leonard Warren/Robert Merrill/Frank Guarrera/Frank Valentino/Ettore Bastianini/Robert McFerrin/Clifford Harvuot, Roberta Peters/Lily Pons/Laurel Hurley/Dolores Wilson/Hilde Güden, Eugene Conley/Jan Peerce/Gianni Poggi/Giuseppe Di Stefano/Richard Tucker/Giulio Gari/Thomas Hayward/Gabor Carelli, Rosalind Elias/Martha Lipton/Sandra Warfield, Giorgio Tozzi/Nicola Moscona/Luben Vichey/Norman Scott/Louis Sgarro; c. Fausto Cleva/Pietro Cimara/Kurt Adler; 17 November 1955 (15 performances)

Lohengrin: Brian Sullivan, Eleanor Steber, Margaret Harshaw/Nell Rankin, Hermann Uhde/Walter Cassel, Otto Edelmann/Dezsö Ernster; c. Fritz Stiedry/Kurt Adler; 18 November 1955 (6 performances)

Aida: Renata Tebaldi/Herva Nelli/Zinka Milanov, Mario Ortica/Kurt Baum, Blanche Thebom/Elena Nikolaidi/Jean Madeira, Ettore Bastianini/Josef Metternich/Robert Merrill/Robert McFerrin; c. Fausto Cleva; 19 November 1955 (7 performances)

Un ballo in maschera: Zinka Milanov/Herva Nelli, Jan Peerce/Mario Ortica/Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill/Josef Metternich, Marian Anderson/Sandra Warfield/Martha Lipton/Jean Madeira, Roberta Peters/Laurel Hurley/Dolores Wilson; c. Dimitri Mitropoulos/Tibor Kozma; 26 November 1955 (7 performances)

Così fan tutte: Eleanor Steber, Cesare Valletti, Blanche Thebom/Mildred Miller, Frank Guarrera, Patrice Munsel/Roberta Peters, John Brownlee/Lorenzo Alvary; c. Fritz Stiedry; 26 November 1955 (6 performances)

Andrea Chénier: Kurt Baum/Richard Tucker/Mario Ortica, Zinka Milanov/Herva Nelli/Renata Tebaldi, Ettore Bastianini/Leonard Warren/Frank Valentino; c. Fausto Cleva; 2 December 1955 (6 performances)

Tosca: Renata Tebaldi/Zinka Milanov/Licia Albanese/Delia Rigal, Richard Tucker/Giuseppe Campora/Giuseppe Di Stefano/Daniele Baroni/Jussi Bjöling, Leonard Warren/Tito Gobbi/George London/Walter Cassel; c. Dimitri Mitropoulos; 8 December 1955 (10 performances)

Faust: Giuseppe Di Stefano/Giuseppe Campora, Dorothy Kirsten/Nadine Conner/Victoria de los Angeles, Jerome Hines, Frank Guarrera/Robert Merrill/.Clifford Harvuot/Robert McFerrin; c. Pierre Monteux/Kurt Adler; 9 December 1955; (6 performances)

La forza del destino: Zinka Milanov/Renata Tebaldi, Kurt Baum/Mario Ortica/Richard Tucker/Gino Penno, Josef Metternich/Leonard Warren, Otto Edelmann/Jerome Hines/Giorgio Tozzi/Cesare Siepi/Luben Vichey, Margaret Roggero/Rosalind Elias, Gerhard Pechner/Fernando Corena; c. Fritz Stiedry/Pietro Cimara; 16 December 1955 (7 performances)

DON PASQUALE (Donizetti): Fernando Corena, Roberta Peters/Hilde Güden, Cesare Valletti, Frank Guarrera; c. Thomas Schippers; 23 December 1955 (5 performances)

Samson et Dalila: Ramon Vinay, Risë Stevens/Blanche Thebom, Martial Singher/Clifford Harvuot; c. Pierre Monteux; 29 December 1955 (4 performances)

Die Fledermaus: Eleanor Steber, Charles Kullman, Virginia MacWatters/Patrice Munsel, Thomas Hayward/Gabor Carelli, Jarmila Novotna/Blanche Thebom; c. Tibor Kozma; 31 December 1955 (3 performances)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Otto Edelmann/Paul Schöffler, Lisa Della Casa/Victoria de los Angeles, Albert Da Costa/Martha Lipton, Hertha Glaz, Paul Franke, Gerhard Pechner/Lawrence Davidson/Ralph Herbert, Giorgio Tozzi/Dezsö Ernster; c. Rudolf Kempe; 11 January 1955 (4 performances)

Lucia di Lammermoor: Lily Pons/Roberta Peters/Dolores Wilson, Jan Peerce/Giuseppe Campora, Frank Valentino/Ettore Bastianini; c. Fausto Cleva/Pietro Cimara; 14 January 1955 (5 performances)

Boris Godunov: Jerome Hines/George London/Cesare Siepi, Charles Kullman, Giorgio Tozzi/Norman Scott, Albert Da Costa/Giulio Gari, Nell Rankin/Regina Resnik/Blanche Thebom, Clifford Harvuot/Frank Valentino; c. Dimitri Mitropoulos; 20 January 1956 (6 performances)

Le nozze di Figaro: Martial Singher/Cesare Siepi, Nadine Conner/Roberta Peters/Dolores Wilson, George London/Frank Guarrera/Martial Singher, Victoria de los Angeles/Eleanor Steber/Lisa della Casa, Mildred Miller/Margaret Roggero; c. Max Rudolf; 27 January 1956 (6 performances)

La bohème: Lucine Amara/Victoria de los Angeles/Hilde Güden, Giuseppe Campora/Daniele Barioni, Jean Fenn/Laurel Hurley, Frank Guarrera/Ettore Bastianini/Frank Valentino, Clifford Harvuot/George Cehanovsky Norman Scott/Jerome Hines/Cesare Siepi; c. Fausto Cleva; 30 January 1956 (6 performances)

Der Rosenkavalier: Risë Stevens, Lisa Della Casa, Otto Edelmann, Hilde Güden/Nadine Conner, Ralph Herbert/John Brownlee; c. Rudolf Kempe/Max Rudolf; 6 February 1956 (6 performances)

DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Mozart): Lucine Amara, Brian Sullivan, Roberta Peters, Jerome Hines, Theodor Uppman; c. Bruno Walter; 23 February 1956 (6 performances)

Il trovatore: Kurt Baum/Gino Penno, Zinka Milanov/Herva Nelli, Leonard Warren/Ettore Bastianini, Jean Madeira/Nell Rankin, Norman Scott/Giorgio Tozzi; c. Fausto Cleva; 29 February 1956 (5 performances)

Manon Lescaut: Eleanor Steber/Licia Albanese, Richard Tucker/Jussi Björling, Frank Guarrera, Fernando Corena/Lorenzo Alvary; c. Dimitri Mitropoulos; 14 March 1956 (4 performances)

PARSIFAL (Wagner): Set Svanholm/Charles Kullman, Margaret Harshaw/Astrid Varnay, Paul Schöffler/Martial Singher, Otto Edelmann/Jerome Hines, Gerhard Pechner/Lawrence Davidson; c. Fritz Stiedry; 24 March 1956 (3 performances)

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