San Francisco War Memorial 1933 Opera Artists Gala Concert Page 1 of 3 Opera Assn. Opera House

Opera Artists Gala Concert

Conductor CAST (see notes) (see notes)

*Role debut †U.S. opera debut PLACE AND TIME:

Sunday, December 3 1933, at 2:15 PM San Francisco War Memorial 1933 Opera Artists Gala Concert Page 2 of 3 Opera Assn. Opera House

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Notes: PROGRAM

Verdi, La Forza del Destino -- Overture Gaetano Merola, conductor

Massenet, Hérodiade -- "Vision Fugitive" Nathan Stewart

Delibes, Lakme -- "Bell Song" Emily Hardy

Thomas, Le Caid -- "Le Tambour Major" Bizet, Carmen -- Toreador Song Ezio Pinza

Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila -- "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" Myrtle Leonard

Leoncavallo, Pagliacci -- Prologue Lawrence Tibbett

INTERMISSION

Wolf-Ferrari, Il Segreto di Susanna -- Overture Antonio dell'Orefice, conductor

Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana -- Concertato Claudia Muzio and Chorus

Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana -- "Voi lo sapete" Claudia Muzio

Donizetti, L'Elisir d'Amore -- "Una furtiva lagrima" Dino Borgioli

Thomas, Mignon -- "Connais tu le pays" Lucrezia Bori

Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov -- Monologue Ezio Pinza

Verdi, La Traviata -- Duet from Act II Claudia Muzio Lawrence Tibbett

INTERMISSION

Wagner, Lohengrin -- Prelude Wilfred Pelletier, conductor

Verdi, Aida -- "Celeste Aida" Tandy Mackenzie

Leoncavallo, Pagliacci -- Nedda/Silvio duet Lucrezia Bori Lawrence Tibbett

Rimsky-Korsakov, Sadko -- Hindu Song Raymond Marlowe

Verdi, Rigoletto -- Quartet from Act IV Emily Hardy Dino Borgioli Alfredo Gandolfi Myrtle Leonard

Verdi, Aida -- Grand Finale of Act II Claudia Muzio San Francisco War Memorial 1933 Opera Artists Gala Concert Page 3 of 3 Opera Assn. Opera House

Tandy Mackenzie Alfredo Gandolfi Ezio Pinza Louis D'Angelo Myrtle Leonard Chorus and Stage Band