Monday 30 August 2010

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

















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