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OPERA IN PHILADELPHIAPERFORMANCE CHRONOLOGY 1925 - 1949
COMPILED BY FRANK HAMILTON © 2009
http://FrankHamilton.orgfh@FrankHamilton.org
sources
• Metropolitan Opera Archives, computer database (Robert Tuggle)
• Academy of Music / Philadelphia Orchestra Archives (Joanne E. Barry)
• Free Library of Philadelphia:Folder: Philadelphia Grand Opera Company 1916-1934 miscellaneous
• Free Library of Philadelphia:Folder: San Carlo Grand Opera Co. 1921-22Folder: San Carlo Grand Opera Co. 1922-23Folder: San Carlo Grand Opera Co. 1923-24Folder: San Carlo Grand Opera Co. 1924-Folder: San Carlo Grand Opera Co. undated
• A History of the Savoy Company 1901-1940: William C. Ferguson, Jr.: The Savo yCompany,Philadelphia 1940.
• A History of the Savoy Company 1901-1950: William C. Ferguson, Jr.: The Savo yCompany,Philadelphia 1951.
• San Carlo Opera Co. of America 1913-1955 : Grand Opera for Profit: Cardell Bishop:published privately by Cardell Bishop, Cudahy, California.
• Chicago Opera 1915-1946: Charles Jahant: Baltimore: . . .
• Free Library of Philadelphia:Bound: Phila. Grand Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P532p 1926/27 - 1928/29Bound: Phila. Grand Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P532p 1929/30 - 1933/34Folder: Phila. Grand Opera Co. 1951-55Bound: Phila. Grand Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P532p 1955/56 - 1959Bound: Phila. Grand Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P532p 1955/56 - 1959Bound: Phila. Grand Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P532p 1960 - 1963/64Bound: Phila. Grand Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P532p 1965 - 1969Bound: Phila. Grand Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P532p 1970 - 1971/72Bound: Phila. Grand Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P532p 1972 - 1973
• Free Library of Philadelphia:Folder: Phila Civic Opera Co. 1928-29Folder: Phila Civic Opera Co. 1929-30
• Free Library of Philadelphia:Bound: Philadelphia Orchestra 1929-1930: M785 P53Bound: Philadelphia Orchestra 1930-1931: M785 P53Bound: Philadelphia Orchestra 1931-1932: M785 P53Bound: Philadelphia Orchestra 1932-1933: M785 P53Bound: Philadelphia Orchestra 1934-1935: M785 P53
• Free Library of Philadelphia:Bound: Journal of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1935-1936: M785 P53Bound: Journal of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1935-1936: M785 P53Bound: Journal of the Philadelphia Orchestra 1937-1938: M785 P53
• Free Library of Philadelphia:Folder: Academy of Music-Phila. Opera Co. 1939-40Folder: Academy of Music-Phila. Opera Co. 1940-41Folder: Academy of Music-Phila. Opera Co. 1941-42Folder: Academy of Music-Phila. Opera Co. 1942-43
• Free Library of Philadelphia:Folder: Academy of Music-Phila. Opera Co. 1938-39Folder: Philadelphia Opera Company [1940-43]
• Free Library of Philadelphia:Folder: Boston Comic Opera CompanyFolder: Drury Opera CompanyFolder: Phila Operatic Society 1920Folder: Puccini Grand Opera CompanyFolder: Steel Pier Opera Co., Atlantic City 1935Folder: Syre Opera Company
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center:Clipping file: Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera CompanyClipping file: Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center:Folder: *MBD (uncataloged): Philadelphia Civic Opera CompanyFolder: *MBD (uncataloged): Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera CompanyFolder: *MBD (uncataloged): Philadelphia Grand OperaFolder: *MBD (uncataloged): Philadelphia Grand Opera CompanyFolder: *MBD (uncataloged): Philadelphia La Scala Opera CompanyFolder: *MBD (uncataloged): Philadelphia Lyric Opera CompanyFolder: *MBD (uncataloged): Philadelphia Opera Company (2 folders)Folder: *MBD (uncataloged): Philadelphia Opera House
• Free Library of Philadelphia:Bound: Phila. LaScala Opera Company: 782.1 P5324p 1938/39 - 1941/42Bound: Phila. LaScala Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P5324p
1942/43 - 1944/45Bound: Phila. LaScala Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P5324p
1945/46 - 1946/47Bound: Phila. LaScala Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P5324p 1947/48Bound: Phila. LaScala Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P5324p 1948/49Bound: Phila. LaScala Opera Company : Programme: 782.1 P5324p
1949/50 1953/54
• The Philadelphia La Scala Opera 1943-44: Lee Stanley: unpublished manuscript.The Philadelphia La Scala Opera 1944-45: Lee Stanley: unpublished manuscript.
• Free Library of Philadelphia:Folder: Academy of Vocal ArtsFolder: American Opera Company
• New York Public Library : Humanities and Social Sciences Library:Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1925: R-535 - R-562Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1926: R-564 - R-576Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1927: R-577 - R-589Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1928: R-589 - R-603Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1929: R-603 - R-616Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1930: R-616 - R-628Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1931: R-628 - R-639Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1932: R-639 - R-650Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1933: R-650 - R-661Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1934: R-661 - R-673Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1935: R-673 - R-686Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1936: R-686 - R-700Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1937: R-700 - R-715Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1938: R-715 - R-728Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1939: R-728 - R-747Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1940: R-748 - R-771Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1941: R-772 - R-795Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1942: ZY 1 - ZY 24Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1943: ZY 25 - ZY 48Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1944: ZY 49 - ZY 72Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1945: ZY 73 - ZY 96Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1946: ZY 97 - ZY 120Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1947: ZY 121 - ZY 145Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1948: ZY 146 - ZY 173Microfilm: Philadelphia Inquirer 1949: ZY 174 - ZY 205
• New York Public Library via Inter Library Loan:Microfilm: Philadelphia Evening Bulletin 1/17/23 - 5/26/23Microfilm: Philadelphia Evening Bulletin 10/20/25 - 12/17/25
• Temple University : Urban Archives (Samuel Paley Library):Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (morgue)Clipping files: (operas by name)Clipping files: (opera companies by name)
• Harry Saunders, Philadelphia : photocopies of Curtis Institute programmes
• Curtis Institute of Music, Library and Archives, Joanne Seitter
19251/06/25: Falstaff: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Sir John Falstaff Antonio ScottiMister Ford Lawrence Tibbett
Fenton Armand TokatyanDottor Cajus Angelo Badà
Bardolfo Giordano PaltrinieriPistola Adamo Didur
Mistress Alice Ford Lucrezia BoriNannetta Frances Alda
Mistress Quickly Marion TelvaMistress Meg Page Kathleen Howard
maestro direttore Tullio Serafinmaestro del coro Giulio Setti
1/08/25: L’amore dei tre re: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Alex D. Puglia; scenery from Metropolitan Opera Company, New York
Fiora Helen StanleyAvito Paul Althouse
Manfredo Alfredo GandolfiArchibaldo Henri Scott
Flaminio Charles ClineUn’ancella Regina Marsh
role unknown Florence Wilcoxmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
˜ 1/10/25: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia - New York Grand Opera Co.), hour: 2015
Il conte di Luna Elia PalmaManrico Nicola ZerolaLeonora Emilia Vergeri
maestro direttore Antonio dell’Orefice
1/13/25: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Cio-Cio-San Elisabeth RethbergB. F. Pinkerton Mario Chamlee
Suzuki Ina BourskayaSharpless Giuseppe de Luca
Goro Angelo BadàIl principe Yamadori Louis d’Angelo
Lo zio Yakusidé Paolo QuintinaLo zio Bonzo Paolo Ananian
Il commissario imperiale Vincenzo ReschiglianKate Pinkerton Minnie Egener
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
1/20/25: Andrea Chénier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Andrea Chénier Miguel FletaCarlo Gérard Giuseppe Danise
Maddalena di Coigny Florence EastonLa mulatta Bersi Ellen Dalossy
La contessa di Coigny Ina BourskayaLa vecchia Madelon Ina Bourskaya
Roucher Millo PiccoIl romanziere, Pietro Fléville Lawrence Tibbett
Fouquier-Tinville William GustafsonIl sanculotto Mathieu detto «Populus»Paolo Ananian
Un «Incredibile» Giordano PaltrinieriL’abate Giordano Paltrinieri
Il maestro di casa Vincenzo ReschiglianSchmidt Vincenzo ReschiglianDumas Arnold Gabor
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
1/22/25: Carmen: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Alex D. Puglia; ballet mistress Florence Cowanova
Carmen Julia ClaussenDon José Paul AlthouseEscamillo Alfredo Gandolfi
Micaëla May Ebrey HotzFr asquita Jennie Kneedler JohnsonMercédès Ruth Montague
Zuniga Fred PattonMoralès Theodore Bayer
Le Dancaïre Valentin FiganiakLe Remendado Theodore Bayer Albert Mahler
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
première danseuse Florence Cowanova
2/03/25: Le Pardon de Ploërmel(Meyerbeer), Italian: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company,New York), hour: 2000
Hoël Giuseppe de LucaCorentin Armand TokatyanDinorah Amelita Galli-Curci
Un chasseur Louis d’AngeloUn faucheur Angelo Badà
Deux pâtres Charlotte Ryan
Merle Alcockmaestro direttore Gennaro Papi
˜ 2/07/25: Aida: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia National Grand Opera Company)
Amneris Beatrice EatonAida Emilia Virgere
Radamès Nicola ZerolaRamfis Nino Ruisi
Amonasro Elia Palmamaestro direttore Antonio dell’Orefice
5
˜ 2/12/25: Aida: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company): stage director Alex D.Puglia; ballet mistress Florence Cowanova
Il re d’Egitto Reinhold SchmidtAmneris Augusta Lanska
Aida Marie RappoldRadamès Ulysses Lappas
Ramfis Fred PattonAmonasro Nelson Eddy
Un messaggero Nino MazzeoUna sacerdotessa Sara Murphymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
2/14/25: Un ballo in maschera: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Puccini Grand Opera Company, Philip F. Ienni),hour: 2015: stage director Luigi Raybaut; costumes Ottone Pernpruner, New York
Riccardo Alessandro BonciRenato Alfredo GandolfiAmelia Margherita Amilla Marie Rappold
Ulrica Dorothea PilzerOscar Rosalinda Rudko
Silvano Luigi dalle MolleSamuel Ivan Steschenko
Tom Giuseppe La PumaUn giudice Amedeo Baldi
maestro direttore Antonio dell’Orefice
2/16/25: The bohemian girl: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Operatic Society): stage directorWilliam Morris; ballet mistress Marie Bernadette Kerns; assistant conductor Gustave A. Loeben;costumes and make-up Charles Saake, Jr.; wardrobe mistress Ethyl B. Squires; master of propertiesJohn Crozier; librarian Saul H. Mann
Count Arnheim Andrew KnoxFlorestein George R. TaylorThaddeus Herman Gatter
Devilshoof William L. SchryerArline Edyth Ramsey Patman
The gypsy queen Ellen Richmond MarshallThe child Arline Betty Schryer
Buda Katherine Anne ReeseA gypsy Thomas J. Loftus
Captain of the guard Frank G. Rittermaestro direttore Hedda van den Beemt
première danseuse Marie Bernadette KernsIncidental dances: Thomas McMahon, Florence Goddard
6
2/17/25: Roméo et Juliette: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Roméo Edward JohnsonJuliette Queena Mario
Frère Laurent Léon RothierStéphano Raymonde DelaunoisMercutio Giuseppe de LucaBenvolio Max AltglassGertrude Henriette Wakefield
Le comte Capulet William GustafsonTybalt George Meader
Le comte Pâris Millo PiccoGrégorio Paolo Ananian
Le duc de Vérone Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
2/24/25: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mimì Maria MüllerRodolfo Beniamino Gigli
Marcello Giuseppe DaniseSchaunard Millo Picco
Colline Giovanni Martino
Pompilio MalatestaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Louise Hunter
Parpignol Max AltglassSergente dei doganieri Giuseppe Cottino
maestro direttore Gennaro Papi
2/26/25: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Co.), 2015: dir. Alex D. Puglia
Il conte di Luna Ivan IvantzoffLeonora Marie RappoldAzucena Beatrice EatonManrico Giuseppe Bonini Fortunato de Angelis
Ferrando Fred PattonInes Helen BotwrightRuiz Nino Mazzeo
Un messaggero Albert Mahlermaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
3/03/25: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1945
Isolde Nanny Larsén-TodsenTristan Curt Taucher
Brangäne Marion TelvaKurwenal Friedrich Schorr
König Marke Michael BohnenMelot Arnold Gabor
Ein junger Seemann George MeaderEin Hirt George Meader
Der Steuermann Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
7
3/07/25: Carmen(revised adaptation): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (company not stated on program), hour: 1400:associate conductor Claude Gonvierre; costumes Henri Bendel, New York; incidental dances by NedWayburn; performed without chorus
Carmen Geraldine FarrarDon José Luigi PasinatiEscamillo Joseph Royer
Micaëla Emma NoéFr asquita not performedMercédès Neira Riegger
Zuniga Marcel VisionMoralès not performed
Le Dancaïre not performedLe Remendado not performed
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Ruth Laird, Mildred Leisy, Gladys Meredith, Star Woodman
3/10/25: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Carmen Ina BourskayaDon José Edward JohnsonEscamillo Clarence Whitehill
Micaëla Queena MarioFr asquita Laura RobertsonMercédès Henriette Wakefield
Zuniga Giovanni MartinoMoralès Vincenzo Reschiglian
Le Dancaïre Paolo AnanianLe Remendado Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
unknown
3/17/25: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1930
Siegfried Rudolf LaubenthalMime George Meader
Der Wanderer Friedrich SchorrAlberich Gustav Schützendorf
Fafner William GustafsonErda Karin Branzell
Brünnhilde Nanny Larsén-TodsenStimme des WaldvogelsThalia Sabanieeva
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
8
3/19/25: Madama Butterfly(English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour:2015: stage director Alex D. Puglia
Cio-cio-san Helen StanleyB. F. Pinkerton Paul Althouse
Suzuki Marie Stone LangstonSharpless Fred Patton
Goro Edouard LippeIl principe Yamadori Theodore Bayer
Lo zio Bonzo Valentin FiganiakIl commissario imperiale Thomas F. Shay
Kate Pinkerton Sara MurphyDolore Robert Franklin Sippel
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
3/24/25: Giovanni Gallurese(Montemezzi): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NY), 2000
Giovanni Gallurese Giacomo Lauri-VolpiMaria Maria MüllerNuvis Louis d’Angelo
Rivegas Giuseppe DaniseBastiano Angelo Badà
Un ufficiale spagnuolo Millo PiccoJosé Adamo Didur
Tr opéa Vincenzo ReschiglianDon Pasquale Pompilio Malatesta
Un ragazzo Mary Bonettimaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Giuseppe BonfiglioFlorence Rudolph
3/26/25: Samson et Dalila: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Alex D. Puglia; ballet mistress Florence Cowanova
Dalila Julia ClaussenSamson Paul Althouse
Le Grand-prêtre de Dagon Alfredo GondolfiAbimélech Fred Patton
Un vieillard hébreu J. Helffenstein MasonUn messager philistin Alexander Angelucci
Premier Philistin Nino MazzeoDeuxième Philistin Theodore Bayer
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
première danseuse Florence Cowanova
˜ 3/28/25: L’elisir d’amore: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Puccini Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Nemorino Alessandro BonciAdina Rosalinda Rudko
Il dottor Dulcamara Joseph La PumaBelcore Alfredo Gandolfi
Giannetta unknownmaestro direttore unknown
9
3/31/25: Die Meistersinger: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1915
Hans Sachs Clarence WhitehillVeit Pogner Léon Rothier
Kunz Vogelgesang Max BlochKonrad Nachtigall Louis d’AngeloSixtus BeckmesserGustav Schützendorf
Fritz Kothner Lawrence TibbettBalthasar Zorn Angelo Badà
Ulrich Eißlinger Giordano PaltrinieriAugustin Moser Max AltglassHermann Ortel Paolo AnanianHans Schwarz William Gustafson
Hans Foltz James WolfeWalter von Stolzing Rudolf Laubenthal
David George MeaderEva Maria Müller
Magdalene Kathleen HowardEin Nachtwächter Arnold Gabormaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
4/07/25: La juive: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
La princesse Eudoxie Charlotte RyanRachel Nanny Larsén-Todsen
Le Juif Éléazar Giovanni MartinelliLe Cardinal de Brogni José Mardones
Léopold Ralph ErrolleRuggiero Arnold Gabor
Albert Louis d’AngeloHéraut d’Armes de l’Empereur James Wolfe
Majordome James Wolfemaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
unknown
4/14/25: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il re d’Egitto Paolo AnanianAmneris Karin Branzell
Aida Elisabeth RethbergRadamès Giovanni Martinelli
Ramfis José MardonesAmonasro Giuseppe Danise
Un messaggero Giordano PaltrinieriUna sacerdotessa Charlotte Ryanmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Florence Rudolph
10
4/21/25: Les cloches de Corneville(Robert Planquette), English: Philadelphia, Mercantile Hall (Syre Opera Company):stage director Julius Neumuller; ballet director Marie Bernadette Kerns; costumes Charles A. Saake
Serpolette Cecelia BetzGermaine Claire Bissell
Village MaidensGertrude Marie Spingler
Jeanne Margaret PfirmanManette Josephine AndererSuzanne Anne SchillingNanette Hilda KlockLizette Klara AndererRosette Leona SpinglerMarie Marie Muller
Marguerite Anna BeckerEleanore Ruth Schaffer
Henri de Corneville Charles FoxJean Grenicheux Carl Urban
Gaspard, le tabellion Harry MillerThe bailli Oscar Schuck
The notary Albert Behrend
CoachmenJacques Fred Brede
Victor John GimpelGustave Al Kappel
Jean William Fitz
Male ServantsPaul Albert Anderer
Lecoca Eugene AndererAndre John Schwengler
Camille John Lesch
maestro del coro Leopold Syre
4/28/25: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Puccini Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Louis Raybaut; costumes Ottone Pernpruner, New York
Miss Lucia Rosalinda RudkoSir Edgardo di RavenswoodGiuseppe Barsotti
Lord Enrico Asthon Silvio GaravelliRaimondo Bidebent Alfredo ValentiLord Arturo Buclaw Amedeo Baldi
Alisa Josephine La PumaNormanno Raimondo Mantelli
maestro direttore Antonio dell’Orefice
˜ 4/29/25: Flis (Stanislaw Moniuszko): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Polish Choral Society): with members ofthe Philadelphia Orchestra
Leo CortilliJanina StanskaPhilomena VysockaValentin FiganiakThaddeus Gorecki
maestro direttore Walter G. Grigaitis
11
5/04/25: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Violetta Valéry Josephine LuccheseAlfredo Germont Dimitri OnofreiGiorgio Germont Elia Palma
Flora Bervoix Gladis MatthewIl barone Douphol Luigi dalle Molle
Bice AgniniAmedeo BaldiA. GiacchiniE. di GiacomoK. FritzA. MartinA. Baldy
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
5/04/25: Carmen(abridged): Philadelphia, Earle Theater (DeFeo Opera Company): ran two performances nightly for aweek, with other features.
Carmen Anne SmithDon José Louis Dose
˜ 5/05/25: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Strawbridge and Clothier Chorus): dir. P. W. Edmonds
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.Louis A. StarrCaptain Corcoran Harold SimondsRalph Rackstraw Bernard Poland
Dick Deadeye Frederick GeorgeBill Bobstay, boatswain John Vandersloot
Bob Becket, boatswain’s mateCarl F. AshwoodMidshipmate Helen Rutherford
Sergeant of Marines L. Herbert TilyJosephine Ethel Righter Wilson
Little Buttercup Maybelle Beretta MarstonHebe Adele Wendler Bates
maestro direttore Herbert J. Tily
5/15/25: Patience: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2015: stage director Joseph Craig Fox;stage manager Walter Antrim; accompanist Ruth Barber
Colonel Calverly Albert W. ZimmermanMajor Murgatroyd Craig Heberton, II
Lieutenant, the duke of DunstableGerald EtchellsReginald Bunthorne John Craig Janney
Archibald Grosvenor J. Logan FittsMr. Bunthorne’s solicitor John F. Arndt
The lady Angela Mary FalckThe lady Saphir Betty Boyd
The lady Ella Edith BuchananThe lady Jane Sara B. Bailey
Patience, a dairy maid Marie C. Zaramaestro direttore J. W. F. Leman
5/16/25: Patience: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany)
12
5/23/25: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Puccini Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il duca di Mantova Giuseppe BarsottiRigoletto Millo Picco
Gilda Rosalinda RudkoSparafucile Alfredo ValentiMaddalena Ada Paggi
maestro direttore Antonio dell’Orefice
5/25/25: Der Zigeunerbaron(for the benefit of St. Peter’s Church), English: Philadelphia, Girard Avenue Theatre (SyreOpera Company): stage director Julius Neumuller; costumes and wigs Charles A. Saake
Graf Peter Homonay Harry MillerConte Carnero Charles Fox
Sándor Barinkay Gerald EtchellsKálmán Zsupán Julius Neumuller
Arsena Claire BissellMirabella Marie Spingler
Ottokar Raymond FleckCzipra Cecelia Betz
Saffi Dorothy GithensPali John B. Becker
Josie Frank EinhausLittle gypsy boy Agnes Renz
Zsupán’s servant John Leschmaestro direttore Leopold Syre
5/26/25: Der Zigeunerbaron: Philadelphia, Girard Avenue Theatre (Syre Opera Company, Leopold Syre)˜ 6/03/25: Aida (Act II): Philadelphia, Franklin Field (Spring Music Festival / Philadelphia Music League), hour: 2000:
members of Philadelphia Orchestra
Il re d’Egitto Valentin FiganiakAmneris Marie Stone Langston
Aida Bianca SaroyaRadamès Royal P. MacLellan
Ramfis Henri ScottAmonasro Nelson Eddy
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
6/06/25: Patience: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)8/06/25: Aida: Philadelphia, National League Park (La Scala Grand Opera / University of Pennsylvania Summer School),
hour: 2030: stage director Alessandro Puglia; artistic director Clarence C. Nice
Il re d’Egitto Valentin FiganiakAmneris Dorothea Pilzer
Aida Alice EversmanRadamès Bernardo de Muro
Ramfis A. PalazziAmonasro Elia Palma
Un messaggero D. CalvinoUna sacerdotessa Margaret Eberbachmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
13
10/03/25: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: incidental dances bymembers of the Russian Imperial Ballet
Il duca di Mantova Giuseppe ReschiglianRigoletto Elia Palma
Gilda Rosalinda Rudko-MoriniSparafucile Alfredo ValentiMaddalena Ada Paggi
Il conte di Monterone Luigi dalle MolleMatteo Borsa Adolfo Marretti
La contessa di Ceprano Maria AnelliGiovanna Ida Bennetti
Il cavaliere Marullo Guiseppe ZeccaIl conte di Ceprano Giordano Faust
Usciere di corte Giuseppe UlserPa g gio della duchessaTina Morelli
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
10/05/25: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Santuzza Emilia VergeriLola Katrine Mahler
Turiddu Filippo CulcasiAlfio Luigi dalle Molle
Lucia Ida Bennettimaestro direttore Clarence C. Nice
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company)
Canio Nicola ZerolaNedda Doris MarbroTonio Elia PalmaBeppe Adolfo CalvettiSilvio Luigi dalle Molle
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
10/06/25: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: incidental dances bymembers of the Russian Imperial Ballet
Le docteur Faust Giuseppe ReschiglianMéphistophélès Ivan Steschenko
Marguerite Doris MarbroValentin Emanuel Nugnez
Siébel Margaret EberbachDame Marthe Schwertlein Ida Bennetti
Wa gner Luigi dalle Mollemaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
14
10/07/25: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: incidental dancesby members of the Russian Imperial Ballet
Il conte di Luna Elia PalmaLeonora Ida Giannone or Emilia VergeriAzucena Dorothea PilzerManrico Bernardo de Muro
Ferrando Alfredo ValentiInes Ida BennettiRuiz Adolfo Calvetti
Un messaggero Luigi dalle Mollemaestro direttore unknown
10/08/25: Martha (Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 1415
Lady Harriet Durham Rosalinda RudkoNancy Dorothea Pilzer
Lord Tristan Mickleford Luigi dalle MolleLyonel Giuseppe Cavadori
Plumkett Alfredo ValentiDer Richter zu Richmond Guiseppe Zecca
maestro direttore Clarence C. Nice
10/08/25: La forza del destino: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: incidentaldances by members of the Russian Imperial Ballet
Il marchese di Calatrava Luigi MolliniLeonora di Vargas Emilia Vergeri
Don Carlo di Vargas Emanuel NugnezDon Alvaro Lodovico TomarchioPreziosilla Ada Paggi
Padre Guardiano Alfredo ValentiFr a Melitone Luigi dalle Molle
Curra Ida BennettiUn alcade unknown
Mastro Trabuco Adolfo CalvettiUn chirurgo unknown
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
10/09/25: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: incidental dances bymembers of the Russian Imperial Ballet
Il re d’Egitto Luigi dalle MolleAmneris Ada Paggi
Aida Ida Giannone or Constance WardleeRadamès Bernardo de Muro
Ramfis Ivan SteschenkoAmonasro Elia Palma
Un messaggero Adolfo CalvettiUna sacerdotessa Margaret Eberbachmaestro direttore unknown
15
10/10/25: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 1415
Miss Lucia Rosalinda Rudko-MoriniSir Edgardo di RavenswoodGiuseppe Reschiglian
Lord Enrico Asthon Emanuel NugnezRaimondo Bidebent Ivan SteschenkoLord Arturo Buclaw Adolfo Calvetti
Alisa Ida BennettiNormanno unknown
maestro direttore Clarence C. Nice
10/19/25: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (San Carlo Grand Opera Co. / Fortune Gallo), hour: 2015
Il duca di Mantova Franco TafuroRigoletto Emilio Ghirardini
Gilda Josephine LuccheseSparafucile Pietro de BiasiMaddalena Bernice Schalker
Il conte di Monterone Natale CerviMatteo Borsa Francesco Curci
La contessa di Ceprano Frances MorosiniGiovanna unknown
Il cavaliere Marullo Luigi de CesareIl conte di Ceprano Eloi Grimar
Usciere di corte unknownPa g gio della duchessaFrancesco Morosini
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Divertissements: (Pavley - Oukrainsky Ballet): dances arranged byMessrs.Pavley and Oukrainsky
Strauß:Blue Danube waltz Mlles. Elisius, Bennett, Chapman, Eggeman, WinnieSchubert:The bee Mlle. Milar
Beethoven:A crucifixion Andreas PavleyGrossman:Czardas Mlles. Elisius, Milar, Bennett, Campana
MM. Baldus, Francesco, Luttman, McDanielcorps de ballet
maestro direttore Adolph Schmid
10/20/25: Carmen: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Carmen Stella de MetteDon José Franco TafuroEscamillo Mario Valle Henri Scott
Micaëla Leonora Cori Olga Kargau
Fr asquita Frances MorosiniMercédès Bernice Schalker
Zuniga Pietro de BiasiMoralès Luigi de Cesare
Le Dancaïre Francesco CurciLe Remendado Natale Cervi
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Incidental dances:Act II Mlles. Elisius, Milar, Bennett, Campana
Act IV: a) Andreas Pavley,Mlle. Elisius, Bennett, Campana, Eggemanb) Mlle. Milarc) Andreas Pavley, corps de ballet
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10/21/25: Faust: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 1430: dances arrangedby MM. Pavley and Oukrainsky
Le docteur Faust Demetrio Onofrei Giuliano Oliver
Méphistophélès Henri ScottMarguerite Anne Roselle
Valentin Giuseppe Interrante Mario Valle
Siébel Frederica Werlien Bernice Schalker
Dame Marthe Schwertlein Bernice SchalkerWa gner Luigi de Cesare
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Incidental dances:Mlle. Shermont,M. Gilmore, corps de ballet
10/21/25: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Santuzza Bianca SaroyaLola Bernice Schalker
Turiddu Franco TafuroAlfio Giuseppe Interrante
Lucia Virginia Grassimaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (San Carlo Grand Opera Company)
Canio Manuel SalazarNedda Olga KargauTonio Emilio GhirardiniBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Giuseppe Interrante
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
10/22/25: La forza del destino: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il marchese di Calatrava Natale CerviLeonora di Vargas Bianca Saroya
Don Carlo di Vargas Mario ValleDon Alvaro Manuel SalazarPreziosilla Stella de Mette
Padre Guardiano Pietro de BiasiFr a Melitone Natale Cervi
Curra Frances MorosiniMastro Trabuco Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
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10/23/25: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Miss Lucia Josephine LuccheseSir Edgardo di RavenswoodFranco Tafuro
Lord Enrico Asthon Mario Valle Giuseppe Interrante
Raimondo Bidebent Natale CerviLord Arturo Buclaw Francesco Curci
Alisa Frances MorosiniNormanno Luigi de Cesare
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Divertissements: (Pavley - Oukrainsky Ballet): dances arranged byMessrs.Pavley and Oukrainsky
Beethoven:Holland dance Mlles. Chapman, Eggeman, Winnie, AllenMlles. Edgecombe, Deal, O’Brien, VogelMM. Baldus, Francesco, Luttman, McDaniel
Boccherini:Serenade Andreas Pavley
Lecocq: Russian peasant girl and her doll:The girl Mlle. CampanaThe doll Mlle. Milar
Strauß:Blue Danubewaltz Mlles. Elisius, Bennett, Chapman, Eggeman, Winnie
maestro direttore Adolph Schmid
10/24/25: Les contes d’Hoffmann: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 1430
Hoffmann Demetrio OnofreiNicklausse Bernice Schalker
Olympia Josephine LuccheseAntonia Josephine Lucchese
Giulietta Gladys AxmanCoppélius Henri Scott
Dr. Miracle Henri ScottDapertutto Henri ScottCochenille Francesco Curci
Fr antz Francesco CurciLa mère d’Antonia Frances Morosini
Spalanzani Natale CerviSchlémil Luigi de Cesare
Nathanaël Alice HomerLuther Luigi de Cesare
Crespel Natale Cervimaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Divertissements: (Pavley - Oukrainsky Ballet): dances arranged byMessrs.Pavley and Oukrainsky
Massenet:Nymphs at play Mlles. Elisius, Bennett, Allen, WinnieJessell:Fr ench polka Andreas Pavley,Mlle. Milar
Tchaikovsky:Russian dance Mlle. ElisiusGanne:Hymn of joy Andreas Pavley, corps de ballet
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10/24/25: Aida: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (San Carlo Grand Opera Co.), 2020: Pavley - Oukrainsky Ballet
Il re d’Egitto Natale CerviAmneris Beatrice Eaton
Aida Anne RoselleRadamès Manuel Salazar
Ramfis Pietro de BiasiAmonasro Emilio Ghirardini
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Bernice Schalkermaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
11/05/25: Aida: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il re d’Egitto Reinhold SchmidtAmneris Rhea Toniolo
Aida Bianca SaroyaRadamès Thomas C. Muir
Ramfis Henri ScottAmonasro Nelson Eddy
Un messaggero Alessandro AngelucciUna sacerdotessa Sara Murphymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
11/10/25: Martha (Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Wymetal; set design Joseph Urban
Lord Tristan Mickleford Frances AldaLyonel Beniamino GigliNancy Kathleen Howard
Plunkett Giuseppe de LucaLord Tristan Mickleford Pompilio Malatesta
Der Richter zu Richmond Millo Picco1. Magd Flora Cingolani2. Magd Lavinia Puglioli3. Magd Agnes Moore
Diener der Lady Vincenzo Reschiglianmaestro direttore Gennaro Papi
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11/19/25: I gioielli della Madonna: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour:2015: stage director Alex D. Puglia; ballet director Caroline Littlefield
Maliella Helen StanleyRuth MontagueElsa MeiskeyTilly BarmachVeronica Sweigart
Grazia Catherine LittlefieldHelen BotwrightSara MurphyIda Swank
Gennaro Edoardo Ferrari-FontanaRafaele Alfredo Gandolfi
Biaso Bernard PolandAlbert MahlerNino MazzeoTheodore BayerPierino SalvucciAlexander AngelucciLouis MetzingerFrancis DesmondVirgilio Cossovel
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
11/24/25: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Floria Tosca Maria JeritzaMario Cavaradossi Giovanni Martinelli
Il barone Scarpia Antonio ScottiCesare Angelotti Paolo Ananian
Il sagrestano Pompilio MalatestaSpoletta Giordano Paltrinieri
Sciarrone Vincenzo ReschiglianUn pastore Merle Alcock
Un carceriere Millo Piccomaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
˜ 11/29/25: Les cloches de Corneville(Robert Planquette): Philadelphia, unknown (Philadelphia Turngemeinde), hour: 2015
maestro direttore Leopold Syre
˜ 11/30/25: Les cloches de Corneville: Philadelphia, unknown (Philadelphia Turngemeinde), hour: 2015
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12/01/25: L’africaine (Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Sélika Rosa PonselleVasco da Gama Beniamino Gigli
Inès Queena MarioNélusko Giuseppe Danise
Don Pédro Adamo DidurDon Diégo Paolo AnanianDon Alvar Angelo Badà
Le Grand Inquisiteur Léon RothierLe Grand-Prêtre de Brama Léon Rothier
Anna Henriette WakefieldUsher Vincenzo Reschiglian
Officer Max Altglassmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
12/03/25: Faust(English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Alex D. Puglia; ballet director Caroline Littlefield
Le docteur Faust Ernest DavisMéphistophélès Henri Scott
Marguerite Helen StanleyValentin Horatio Connell
Siébel Veronica SweigartDame Marthe Schwertlein Lena Weber Bricker
Wa gner Theodore Bayermaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
12/08/25: Der Barbier von Bagdad(Peter Cornelius): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NewYork), hour: 2000
Der Kalif Gustav SchützendorfBaba Mustapha George Meader
Margiana Marcella RöselerBostana Ina Bourskaya
Nureddin Rudolf LaubenthalAbul Hassan Ali Ebn Bekar, BarbierPaul Bender
Vier Bewaffnete
Giordano Paltrinieri
Max AltglassVincenzo ReschiglianArnold Gabor
Drei Muezzins
Max Altglass
Arnold GaborGiordano PaltrinieriVincenzo Reschiglian
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
L’heure espagnole(Maurice Ravel): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NY)
Conception Lucrezia BoriTorquemada Angelo Badà
Ramiro Lawrence TibbettDon Inigo Gomez Adamo Didur
Gonzalve Ralph Errollemaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
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12/15/25: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NY), hour: 2000
Il re d’Egitto William GustafsonAmneris Jeanne Gordon
Aida Frances PeraltaRadamès Giovanni Martinelli
Ramfis José MardonesAmonasro Giuseppe Danise
Un messaggero Max AltglassUna sacerdotessa Laura Robertsonmaestro direttore Giulio Setti
Florence Rudolph
12/16/25: Boccaccio(Franz von Suppé), English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour:2015: stage director Luigi Raybaut; ballet director W. Mikolaichik
Giovanni Boccaccio Thelma Melrose DaviesPietro John B. Becker
Leonetto Alice W. FischelisScalza Ralph Wieder
Beatrice Valera HarlanLotteringhi Daniel Matthews
Isabella Valera HarlanFr esco Dorothy Anne Butterworth
Fr atella Wilbur EvansLambertuccio F. C. Bennington
Peronella Eva Allen RitterFiametta Margaret Eberbach
Checco Arthur SeymourFillippa Helen Schmitberger
Der Maggiordomo des HerzogsPaul Bartonmaestro direttore Clarence K. Bawden
W. Mikolaichik, Zena Larina
12/17/25: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company, Francesco Pelosi / FranklinGrand Opera Association), hour: 2015: stage director Luigi Raybaut; artist director Clarence C.Nice; orchestra manager Anthony Liuzzi; assistant manager John R. di Giorgi; librarian DomenicoAbbonizio; costumes A. Stivanello / Consolidated Theatrical Costumes, New York; Ethel Quirk-Philips Ballet
La gioconda Emilia VergeriLaura Adorno Beatrice Kendall Eaton
Alvise Badoero Eugenio SandriniLa cieca Ada Paggi
Enzo Grimaldo Filippo CulcasiBarnaba Riccardo Stracciari
Zuàne Luigi della MolleIsèpo Giuseppe Galvetti
Un pilota Antonio Serignomaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
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˜ 12/19/25: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company andMatinee Musical Club), matinée: chorus of Matinee Musical Club, Helen Pulaski Innes
Peter Frederick CaperoonGertrud Ruth MontagueHänsel Tilly BarmachGretel Jennie Kneedler Johnson
Die Knusperhexe Marie Stone LangstonSandmännchen Ethel Povlick EckardTaumännchen Hilda Reiter
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Christmas ballet: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House: ballet director Caroline Littlefield12/29/25: Thaïs: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York): stage director Wymetal; set
design Joseph Urban; costume design Gretel Urban; choreography Rosina Galli
Thaïs Maria JeritzaAthanaël Clarence Whitehill
Nicias Armand TokatyanPalémon Louis d’AngeloCrobyle Grace AnthonyMyrtale Minnie EgenerAlbine Kathleen Howard
Le serviteur de Nicias Arnold Gabormaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
Florence RudolphGiuseppe Bonfiglio
12/31/25: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company): stagedirector Alex D. Puglia
Santuzza Elsa AlsenLola Elizabeth Bonner
Turiddu Dimitri OnofreiAlfio Nelson Eddy
Lucia Charlotte Hausmanmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company): dir. Alex D. Puglia
Canio Antonio MarquesNedda Irene WilliamsTonio Ivan IvantzoffBeppe Albert MahlerSilvio Nelson Eddy
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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19261/05/26: La cena delle beffe(Giordano): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Giannetto Malespini Beniamino GigliNeri Chiaramantesi Titta Ruffo
Gabriello Chiaramantesi Angelo BadàIl Tornaquinci Louis d’Angelo
Il Calandra Vincenzo ReschiglianFazio Millo Picco
Il Trinca Giordano PaltrinieriIl dottore Adamo Didur
Lapo Max AltglassGinevra Frances Alda
Lisabetta Ellen DalossyFiammetta Grace AnthonyLaldomine Merle Alcock
Cintia Henriette Wakefieldmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
1/12/26: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York): stagedirector Armando Agnini; set design Joseph Urban
Il conte d’Almaviva Armand TokatyanIl dottore Bartolo Pompilio Malatesta
Rosina Amelita Galli-CurciFigaro Giuseppe Danise
Don Basilio José MardonesFiorello Vincenzo Reschiglian
Berta Henriette WakefieldUn ufficiale Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Gennaro Papi
Lesson scene:Adolphe Adam:Le toréador Ah vous dirai-je mamanHenry Rowley Bishop:Clari Home sweet home
1/14/26: La navarraise: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company)Gianni Schicchi(English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company)
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1/19/26: I gioielli della Madonna: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Gennaro Giovanni MartinelliCarmela Marion TelvaMaliella Maria JeritzaRafaele Giuseppe Danise
Biaso Angelo BadàCiccillo Giordano Paltrinieri
Stella Grace AnthonyConcetta Charlotte Ryan
Serena Henriette WakefieldTotonno Max Altglass
Rocco Paolo AnanianGirl Grace AnthonyGirl Charlotte RyanGirl Henriette Wakefield
maestro direttore Gennaro Papi
Florence RudolphAlbert Troy
1/28/26: Carmen: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015
Carmen Julia ClaussenDon José Paul AlthouseEscamillo Henri Scott
Micaëla May Ebrey HotzZuniga Burton Piersol
Theodore BayerDorothy GithensRuth MontagueAlbert Mahler
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
2/02/26: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1945
Isolde Nanny Larsén-TodsenTristan Rudolf Laubenthal
Brangäne Karin BranzellKurwenal Friedrich Schorr
König Marke Michael BohnenMelot Arnold Gabor
Ein junger Seemann George MeaderEin Hirt George Meader
Der Steuermann James Wolfemaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
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2/11/26: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il duca di Mantova Norbert AdlerRigoletto Ivan Ivantzoff
Gilda Maria KurenkoSparafucile Henri ScottMaddalena Anne Yago
Il conte di Monterone Piotr F. WizlaMatteo Borsa Albert Mahler
Il cavaliere Marullo Theodore BayerVirgilio CossovelLouis Metzinger
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
2/16/26: La juive: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
La princesse Eudoxie Nina MorganaRachel Nanny Larsén-Todsen
Le Juif Éléazar Giovanni MartinelliLe Cardinal de Brogni Léon Rothier
Léopold Ralph ErrolleRuggiero Arnold Gabor
Albert Louis d’AngeloHéraut d’Armes de l’Empereur Paolo Ananian
Majordome James Wolfemaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
Florence RudolphGiuseppe Bonfiglio
2/18/26: Samson et Dalila: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Alex D. Puglia; ballet director Caroline Littlefield
Dalila Julia ClaussenSamson Paul Althouse
Le Grand-prêtre de Dagon Henri ScottAbimélech Nelson Eddy
Un vieillard hébreu J. Helffenstein MasonUn messager philistin Alexander Angelucci
Premier Philistin Nino MazzeoDeuxième Philistin Louis Metzinger
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
2/20/26: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Violetta Valéry Rosalinda Rudko-MoriniAlfredo Germont Giuseppe BarsottiGiorgio Germont Joseph Royer
Il barone Douphol Luigi dalle Mollemaestro direttore Clarence C. Nice
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2/23/26: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1930
Siegmund Lauritz MelchiorHunding William Gustafson
Wotan Friedrich SchorrSieglinde Maria Müller
Brünnhilde Nanny Larsén-TodsenFricka Marion Telva
Gerhilde Phradie WellsOrtlinde Laura Robertson
Waltraute Henriette WakefieldSchwertleite Kathleen Howard
Helmwige Marcella RöselerSiegrune Raymonde Delaunois
Grimgerde Marion TelvaRoßweiße Ina Bourskaya
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
2/25/26: La sonnambula(English): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour:2015: stage director Luigi Raybaud; ballet master W. Mikolaichik; assistant chorus master C. R.Marshall, John Becker; wardrobe mistressMrs. John Curtis; members of Philadelphia Music ClubJunior Chorus, Elma Carey Johnson; members of Schumann Club; pupils driected by Frederic F.Leonard
Amina Rosalinda Rudko-MoriniElvino Herman Gatter
Il conte Rodolfo Andrew KnoxTeresa Dorothy Royle-King
Lisa Charlotte T. LoebenAlessio Ranco di Lauro
Un notaio Otto E. Bossmaestro direttore Clarence K. Bawden
3/02/26: Tannhäuser: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1945
Hermann William GustafsonTannhäuser Rudolf Laubenthal
Wolfram von EschenbachFriedrich SchorrWalter von der Vogelweide George Meader
Biterolf Arnold GaborHeinrich der Schreiber Giordano Paltrinieri
Reinmar von Zweter Louis d’AngeloElisabeth Maria Müller
Venus Frances PeraltaEin Hirtenknabe Elizabeth Kandt
Pa g e Grace AnthonyPa g e Minnie EgenerPa g e Laura RobertsonPa g e Mary Bonetti
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
unknown
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3/06/26: Norma: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Norma Agnes Robinson Emilia Vergeri
Pollione Antonio MarquesAdalgisa Ada PaggiOroveso Eugenio SandriniClotilde Mary Allen
Flavio Nino Mazzeomaestro direttore Pirro Paci
3/09/26: La vida breve: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Salud Lucrezia BoriPaco Ralph Errolle
La Abuela Kathleen HowardTío Sarvaor Louis d’Angelo
Carmela Merle AlcockManuel Millo Picco
El cantaor Arnold Gabor
Voces
Charlotte Ryan
Grace AnthonyAngelo BadàMax Altglass
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Florence RudolphGiuseppe Bonfiglio
Solovey(Stravinsky,Le rossignol), French: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NY)
Nightingale Marion TalleyFisherman Ralph Errolle
Cook Ina BourskayaEmperor Adamo Didur
Chamberlain Gustav SchützendorfBonze James WolfeDeath Henriette Wakefield
Japanese Envoy Max AltglassJapanese Envoy Millo PiccoJapanese Envoy Giordano PaltrinieriLantern Servant Laura RobertsonLantern Servant Max AltglassLantern Servant Mary Bonetti
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
3/11/26: Tosca: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015
Floria Tosca Fidela Campigna Anna Fitziu
Mario Cavaradossi Norbert AdlerIl barone Scarpia Alfredo GandolfiCesare Angelotti Reinhold Schmidt
Il sagrestano Theodore BayerSpoletta Nino Mazzeo
Sciarrone Virgilio CossovelUn pastore Charlotte Hausman
Un carceriere Louis Metzingermaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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3/16/26: Die Meistersinger: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1915
Hans Sachs Clarence WhitehillVeit Pogner Léon Rothier
Kunz Vogelgesang Max BlochKonrad Nachtigall Louis d’AngeloSixtus BeckmesserGustav Schützendorf
Fritz Kothner Carl SchlegelBalthasar Zorn Angelo Badà
Ulrich Eißlinger Giordano PaltrinieriAugustin Moser Max AltglassHermann Ortel Paolo AnanianHans Schwarz William Gustafson
Hans Foltz James WolfeWalter von Stolzing Rudolf Laubenthal
David George MeaderEva Maria Müller
Magdalene Marion TelvaEin Nachtwächter Arnold Gabormaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
3/20/26: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (La Scala Grand Opera Co.), 2015: dir. Louis Raybaut
Il duca di Mantova Giuseppe BarsottiRigoletto Riccardo Stracciari
Gilda Hazel PriceSparafucile Eugenio SandriniMaddalena Beatrice Kendall Eaton
Il conte di Monterone Luigi della Mollemaestro direttore Pirro Paci
3/23/26: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
La gioconda Nanny Larsén-TodsenEnzo Grimaldo Beniamino GigliLaura Adorno Karin Branzell
Barnaba Giuseppe DaniseAlvise Badoero José Mardones
La cieca Merle AlcockZuàne Vincenzo ReschiglianIsèpo Giordano Paltrinieri
Un monaco Paolo AnanianUn pilota Paolo Ananian
Un cantore Vincenzo Reschiglianmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
˜ 3/25/26: Tannhäuser(English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company): withadditional chorus of Penn Mutual Glee Club/William P. Bentz
Hermann Henri ScottTannhäuser Paul Althouse
Wolfram von EschenbachNelson EddyElisabeth Helen Stanley
Venus Marie Stone Langstonmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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3/30/26: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000:stage manager Armando Agnini
Il duca di Mantova Giacomo Lauri-VolpiRigoletto Mario Basiola
Gilda Marion TalleySparafucile José MardonesMaddalena Merle Alcock
Giovanna Henriette WakefieldIl conte di Monterone Paolo Ananian
Il cavaliere Marullo Millo PiccoMatteo Borsa Angelo Badà
Il conte di Ceprano Vincenzo ReschiglianLa contessa di Ceprano Phradie Wells
Pa g gio della duchessaPaolina Tomisanimaestro direttore Tullio Serafinmaestro del coro Giulio Setti
4/06/26: Don Quichotte(Massenet): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., NY), 2000
La belle Dulcinée Florence EastonDon Quichotte Fyodor ChaliapinSancho Panza Giuseppe de Luca
Pedro Grace AnthonyGarcias Minnie Egener
Rodriguez George MeaderJuan Angelo Badà
Le chef de bandits Paolo Ananian
Deux valets Vincenzo Reschiglian
Arnold Gabor
Bandits Louis d’Angelo
James Wolfemaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
˜ 4/10/26: La bohème: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
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4/13/26: Samson et Dalila: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Dalila Karin BranzellSamson Giovanni Martinelli
Le grand-prêtre de Dagon Clarence WhitehillAbimélech Paolo Ananian
Un vieillard hébreu José MardonesPremier Philistin Giordano Paltrinieri
Deuxième Philistin Vincenzo ReschiglianUn messager philistin Angelo Badà
maestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
Lilyan Ogden
Petrushka: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Petrushka Adolph BolmThe ballerina Florence Rudolph
The blackamoor Giuseppe BonfiglioThe charlatan Ottokar Bartik
A merchant Armando Agnini
Street Dancers Mollie Friedenthal
Rita de Leporte
Gypsies
Lilyan Ogden
Jessie RoggeFlorence Glover
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
4/21/26: Rip van Winkle(Reginald de Koven): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society),hour: 2015: stage director Luigi Raybaud; ballet master W. Mikolaichik; custodian of wardrobeMrs.John Curtis; members of Philadelphia Music Club Junior Chorus, Elma Carey Johnson; members ofSchumann Club; pupils driected by Frederic F. Leonard
Rip van Winkle Edwyn G. RorkeHendrick Hunson Andrew W. Knox
Dirck Spuytenduyvil Edward RyglewiczNicholas Vedder Norman Barr
Derrick van Bummel Otto E. BossJan van Bummel John B. Becker
Hans van Bummel G. Rutherford ScottPeterkee Vedder Carmen SzaboKatrina Vedder Katherine Anne Reese
Goose girl Dorothy Anne Butterworthmaestro direttore Clarence K. Bawden
première danseuse Zena Larina
4/24/26: Aida: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il re d’Egitto Luigi dalle MolleAmneris Beatrice Eaton
Aida Fidela CampignaRadamès Eduardo Gaviria
Ramfis Eugenio SandriniAmonasro Rocco Pandiscio
Un messaggero unknownUna sacerdotessa Josephine McNamaramaestro direttore Clarence C. Nice
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5/14/26: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company): 2015: stage director Joseph Craig Fox;stage manager Walter Antrim; accompanist Ruth Barber
The Mikado of Japan Edward C. JacobyNanki-Poo Horace B. Entriken
Ko-Ko Leslie Wells JoyPoo-Bah Norman L. Barr
Pish-Tush Albert W. ZimmermanYum-Yum Marie Zara RandallPitti-Sing Anna Carey BeckerPeep-Bo Lydia M. W. BeattyKatisha Maybelle Beretta Marston Mrs. Hartung
maestro direttore J. W. F. Leman
5/15/26: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany)5/29/26: The Mikado: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens, Conservatory (The Savo yCompany)
10/28/26: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: Corps de balletaugmented by Jerrie Meyer’s Dancers
Il re d’Egitto Jerome UhlAmneris Marta Wittkowska
Aida Vera CurtisRadamès John Dwight Sample
Ramfis Ivan SteschenkoAmonasro Chief Caupolican
Un messaggero Enrico GurneiUna sacerdotessa Margaret Eberbachmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Incidental dance, Act II, 2: Ayenara Alexeyew a,Holger Alexeyev-Mehner
11/01/26: Tosca: Philadelphia, Sam S. Shubert Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Company / Fortune Gallo), hour: 2015:stage manager B. A. Altieri; orchestra manager Francesco Liazza; librarian Silvio Palma; mastercarpenter Frank Whitten; master of properties H. Nicolai; chief electrician William Fink; master ofwardrobe A. Bacigalupi; costumes Ottone Pernpruner; scenery Hugu Gerber Studios; wigs Senz
Floria Tosca Bianca SaroyaMario Cavaradossi Franco Tafuro
Il barone Scarpia Lorenzo ConatiCesare Angelotti Andrea Mongelli
Il sagrestano Natale CerviSpoletta Francesco Curci
Sciarrone Luigi de CesareUn pastore Philine Falco
Un carceriere Luigi de Cesaremaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Strauß:Blue Danube waltz Mlles. Romany, Olga Zari, Marcella Madson, Stanton, BarashkovaTa ven:The toreador Pedro Rubin
Saint-Saëns:The swan Maria YurievaDvorák:Variation Vechslav Swoboda
Retana:Portugese fado Pedro Rubin,Mlles. Olga Zari, Stanton, WhiteVaughn, Leon, Shott, Durand
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11/02/26: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stage directorWymetal; set design Mario Sala
Floria Tosca Maria JeritzaMario Cavaradossi Giovanni Martinelli
Il barone Scarpia Antonio ScottiCesare Angelotti Louis d’Angelo
Il sagrestano Pompilio MalatestaSpoletta Angelo Badà
Sciarrone Vincenzo ReschiglianUn pastore Dorothea Flexer
Un carceriere Millo Piccomaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
11/02/26: Aida: Philadelphia, Sam S. Shubert Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Co.), 2015: choreo. Vechslav Swoboda
Il re d’Egitto Natale CerviAmneris Stella de Mette
Aida Clara JacoboRadamès Gaetano Tommasini
Ramfis Andrea MongelliAmonasro Gino Lulli
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Philine Falcomaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Incidental ballet: Maria Yurieva, Olga Zari, Marcella Madson, corps de ballet
11/03/26: Faust: Philadelphia, Sam S. Shubert Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Co.), 1430: choreo. Vechslav Swoboda
Le docteur Faust Demetrio OnofreiMéphistophélès Andrea Mongelli
Marguerite Bianca SaroyaValentin Giuseppe Interrante
Siébel Bernice SchalkerDame Marthe Schwertlein Philine Falco
Wa gner Eloi Grimarmaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
11/03/26: La traviata: Philadelphia, Sam S. Shubert Th. (San Carlo Grand Opera Co.), 2015: choreo. Vechslav Swoboda
Violetta Valéry Tina PaggiAlfredo Germont Franco TafuroGiorgio Germont Lorenzo Conati
Flora Bervoix Philine FalcoIl barone Douphol Luigi de Cesare
Il dottor Grenvil Natale CerviAnnina Philine Falco
Gastone di Letorières Francesco CurciIl marchese d’Obigny unknown
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Incidental dances: Maria Yurieva, Vechslav Swoboda, corps de ballet
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11/04/26: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Sam S. Shubert Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Santuzza Gladys AxmanLola Bernice Schalker
Turiddu Franco TafuroAlfio Giuseppe Interrante
Lucia Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Sam S. Shubert Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Company)
Canio Gaetano TommasiniNedda Bianca SaroyaTonio Lorenzo ConatiBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Giuseppe Interrante
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
11/05/26: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Sam S. Shubert Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Co.), 2015: choreo. Vechslav Swoboda
Il duca di Mantova Demetrio OnofreiRigoletto Lorenzo Conati
Gilda Consuelo EscobarSparafucile Andrea MongelliMaddalena Bernice Schalker
Il conte di Monterone Natale CerviMatteo Borsa Francesco Curci
La contessa di Ceprano Philine FalcoGiovanna unknown
Il cavaliere Marullo Luigi de CesareIl conte di Ceprano Eloi Grimar
Usciere di corte unknownPa g gio della duchessaFlorilla Shaw
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
11/06/26: Carmen: Philadelphia, Sam S. Shubert Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 1420
Carmen Marguerite SylvaDon José Franco TafuroEscamillo Giuseppe Interrante
Micaëla Tina PaggiFr asquita Philine FalcoMercédès Bernice Schalker
Zuniga Andrea MongelliMoralès Francesco Curci
Le Dancaïre Francesco CurciLe Remendado Natale Cervi
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Act II Mlles. Olga Zari, Marcella Madson, Stanton, WhiteAct IV: a) Mlles. Stanton, Barashkova, White, Vaughn, Durand, Shearer
b) Maria Yurieva, Vechslav Swobodac) Pedro Rubin,Mlle. Romany, Olga Zari, Marcella Madson
corps de ballet
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11/06/26: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Sam S. Shubert Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Co.), 2015: choreo. Pedro Rubin
Il conte di Luna Gino LulliLeonora Clara JacoboAzucena Stella de MetteManrico Gaetano Tommasini
Ferrando Natale CerviInes Philine FalcoRuiz Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Incidental dances: Pedro Rubin, Marcella Madson, corps de ballet
11/09/26: L’africaine (Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NY): stage dir. SamuelThewman; set design Joseph Urban; costume design Gretel Urban; choreography August Berger
Sélika Rosa PonselleVasco da Gama Beniamino Gigli
Inès Nannette GuilfordNélusko Giuseppe Danise
Don Pédro Adamo DidurDon Diégo Paolo AnanianDon Alvar Angelo Badà
Le Grand Inquisiteur Léon RothierLe Grand-Prêtre de Brama Léon Rothier
Anna Henriette WakefieldUsher Vincenzo Reschiglian
Officer Max Altglassmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
11/11/26: Tannhäuser(Dresden version): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company),hour: 2000: ballet mistress Florence Cowanova
Hermann Fred PattonTannhäuser Paul Althouse
Wolfram von EschenbachNelson EddyWalter von der Vogelweide Albert Mahler
Biterolf Reinhold Schmidt[Heinrich der Schreiber] Piotr F. Wizla
[Reinmar von Zweter] Charles ClineElisabeth Helen Stanley
Venus Elsa MeiskeyEin Hirtenknabe Helen Botwrightmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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11/13/26: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il conte di Luna Joseph RoyerLeonora Fidela CampignaAzucena Rhea TonioloManrico James de Gaviria
Ferrando Henri ScottInes Tilly BarmachRuiz Giuseppe Marchitti
Un vecchio zingaro John WittUn messaggero Torquato Talucci
maestro direttore Pirro Paci
première danseuse: Catherine Littlefield
11/15/26: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Fyodor Chaliapin), hour: 2015: staged byFyodor Chaliapin
Il conte d’Almaviva Joseph BobrevichIl dottore Bartolo Giuseppe La Puma
Rosina Elvira de HidalgoFigaro Giorgio Durando
Don Basilio Fyodor ChaliapinBerta Anna Lissetskaya
maestro direttore Eugene Plotnikoff
11/16/26: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage directorKarl T. F. Schroeder; technical director Chas. E. O’Halloran; ballet director Ayenara Alexeyew a,Holger Alexeyev-Mehner
Il duca di Mantova Benito CappelliRigoletto Millo Picco Vincente Ballester
Gilda Josephine LuccheseSparafucile Ivan SteschenkoMaddalena Berta Levina
Il conte di Monterone Jerome UhlMatteo Borsa Alessandro Angelucci
La contessa di Ceprano Helen BarlowGiovanna Marie Zara
Il cavaliere Marullo Beniamino GrobaniIl conte di Ceprano Robert McDougal
Usciere di corte James LandheerPa g gio della duchessaAnita Menarde
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrierimaestro del coro John Thoms
Divertissements: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company)Ayenara Alexeyew a,Holger Alexeyev-Mehner
Amor et PsycheDanse grecque
Valse de la morteMinuette
11/16/26: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Fyodor Chaliapin), hour: 2015
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11/18/26: Madama Butterfly(English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour:2015: stage director Alex D. Puglia
Cio-cio-san Helen StanleyB. F. Pinkerton Paul Althouse
Suzuki Marie Stone LangstonSharpless Nelson Eddy
Goro Albert MahlerIl principe Yamadori Theodore Bayer
Lo zio Bonzo Piotr F. WizlaIl commissario imperiale Louis Metzinger
Kate Pinkerton Anne GeyerLa madre di Cio-cio-san Anna M. Upp
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
11/20/26: Carmen: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015:set design A. Stivanelo & Co., New York
Carmen Fidela CampignaDon José James de GaviriaEscamillo Henri Scott
Micaëla Reba PattonEthel EckardDorothy Anne ButterworthAdolfo RobertiMichele SantacanaAntonio Calvetti
Le Dancaïre Valentin Figaniakmaestro direttore Pirro Paci
première danseuse: Catherine Littlefield
11/23/26: Die Zauberflöte: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Sarastro Paul BenderTamino George Meader
Sprecher Pavel LudikarKönigin der Nacht Marion Talley
Pamina Elisabeth RethbergErste Dame der Königin Marcella Röseler
Zweite Dame der Königin Phradie WellsDritte Dame der Königin Marion Telva
Papageno Gustav SchützendorfPapagena Louise Hunter
Monostatos Max BlochErster Knabe Charlotte Ryan
Zweiter Knabe Grace AnthonyDritter Knabe Dorothea Flexer
Erster geharnischter Mann Max BlochGuard William Gustafson
Erster Priester Arnold GaborZweiter Priester Ludwig Burgstallermaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
11/28/26: Il trovatore: Newark, Broad Street Theatre (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company)
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11/30/26: Turandot: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
La principessa Turandot Maria JeritzaL’imperatore Altoum Max Altglass
Timur Pavel LudikarIl principe ignoto(Calàf) Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Liù Martha AttwoodPing Giuseppe de LucaPang Angelo BadàPong Alfio Tedesco
Un mandarino George Cehanovsky
Le ancelle di Turandot Louise Lerch
Dorothea Flexermaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
12/07/26: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mimì Frances AldaRodolfo Beniamino Gigli
Marcello Antonio ScottiSchaunard Millo Picco
Colline Adamo Didur
Pompilio MalatestaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Nannette Guilford
Parpignol Giordano PaltrinieriSergente dei doganieri Giuseppe Cottino
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
12/11/26: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Co.), 2015
Santuzza Fidela CampignaTuriddu James de Gaviria Graziano Lauro
Alfio Valentin Figaniakmaestro direttore Clarence C. Nice
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company)
Canio James de GaviriaNedda Helen SheridanTonio Elia Palma
maestro direttore Pirro Paci
Divertissements: described as a "Christmas Eve" balletCatherine Littlefield, Dorothy Littlefield, Ann Gray, Bettina Schofield
12/12/26: Tosca: Newark, Broad Street Theatre (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company)
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12/14/26: Andrea Chénier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Andrea Chénier Giacomo Lauri-VolpiCarlo Gérard Titta Ruffo
Maddalena di Coigny Elisabeth RethbergLa mulatta Bersi Grace Anthony
La contessa di Coigny Ina BourskayaLa vecchia Madelon Ina Bourskaya
Roucher Millo PiccoIl romanziere, Pietro Fléville George Cehanovsky
Fouquier-Tinville William GustafsonIl sanculotto Mathieu detto «Populus»Adamo Didur
Un «Incredibile» Angelo BadàL’abate Alfio Tedesco
Il maestro di casa Vincenzo ReschiglianSchmidt Vincenzo ReschiglianDumas George Cehanovsky
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
˜ 12/15/26: El capitan: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour: 2015: stage director CarlSchroeder; ballet master W. Mikolaichik
Count Verroda Chris W. GrahamEstrelda Amy Brumbaugh
Don Medigus Daniel MatthewsSenor Pozzo John B. Becker
Princess Marghause Eva Allen RitterIsabela Edyth Patman
Don Cazarro Wilbur EvansScaramba Frederick Homer
Nerado F. C. BenningtonMontalbo James L. Davis
General Nerbana Frank G. Rittermaestro direttore John Philip Sousamaestro del coro Clarence K. Bawden
W. Mikolaichik, Zena Larina
12/16/26: Roméo et Juliette: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Alex D. Puglia; ballet mistress Florence Cowanova
Roméo Ralph ErrolleJuliette Rosa Low
Frère Laurent J. Helffenstein MasonStéphano Hilda ReiterMercutio Nelson Eddy
Le comte Capulet Piotr F. WizlaGertrude Lena Weber Bricker
Tybalt Albert MahlerBenvolio Nino Mazzeo
Le comte Pâris Virgilio CossovelGrégorio Theodore Bayer
Le duc de Vérone Louis Metzingermaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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12/21/26: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director KarlT. F. Schroeder; technical director Chas. E. O’Halloran; ballet director Ayenara Alexeyew a,HolgerAlexeyev-Mehner
Le docteur Faust Charles HartMéphistophélès Ivan Steschenko
Marguerite Irene WilliamsValentin Chief Caupolican
Siébel Margaret EberbachDame Marthe Schwertlein Berta Levina
Wa gner Beniamino Grobanimaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Ayenara Alexeyew a,Holger Alexeyev-MehnerCorps de ballet, Jerrie Meyer Dancers
12/28/26: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1930
Siegmund Curt TaucherHunding Paul Bender
Wotan Clarence WhitehillSieglinde Florence Easton
Brünnhilde Julia ClaussenFricka Kathleen Howard
Gerhilde Charlotte RyanOrtlinde Editha Fleischer
Waltraute Merle AlcockSchwertleite Kathleen Howard
Helmwige Nannette GuilfordSiegrune Grace Anthony
Grimgerde Mary BonettiRoßweiße Ina Bourskaya
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
19271/04/27: La vestale(Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Giulia Rosa PonselleLicinio Giacomo Lauri-VolpiCinna Mario Basiola
Il sommo sacerdote Ezio PinzaLa gran vestale Marion Telva
Un console Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Lilyan OgdenRita de LeporteArthur Mahoney
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˜ 1/08/27: Cavalleria rusticana(Italian): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company),hour: 1415: stage director Alex D. Puglia
Santuzza Frances PeraltaTuriddu Norbert Adler
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Gianni Schicchi(English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company)
May Ebrey HotzThomas C. Muir
Gianni Schicchi Nelson Eddymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Divertissements: ballet mistress Florence Cowanova
The silver hoop Lillian HouckValse elegante Amy Ackerman, Grace Chamberlain
Mercury Nancy LeslieLe cynge noir Gladys Bernstein
The dancing slave Florence ZappleyHungarian rhapsody Mercedes Raspa, Albert Ballendorf
Pas de deux Sophia Wysocka, Eric BottomlyRussian carnival led by Frank Turner
1/09/27: La traviata: Newark, Broad Street Theatre (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company)1/11/27: La cena delle beffe: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Giannetto Malespini Beniamino GigliNeri Chiaramantesi Titta Ruffo
Gabriello Chiaramantesi Angelo BadàIl Tornaquinci Louis d’Angelo
Il Calandra Vincenzo ReschiglianFazio Millo Picco
Il Trinca Giordano PaltrinieriIl dottore Adamo Didur
Lapo Max AltglassGinevra Frances Alda
Lisabetta Ellen DalossyFiammetta Charlotte RyanLaldomine Merle Alcock
Cintia Henriette Wakefieldmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
1/13/27: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Co.), 2015: dir. Alex D. Puglia
Il conte di Luna Alfredo GandolfiLeonora Alma Peterson Frances Peralta
Azucena Julia ClaussenManrico Judson House
Ferrando Fred PattonInes Helen BotwrightRuiz Nino Mazzeo
role unknown Pierino Salvuccimaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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1/15/27: Faust: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Louis Raybaut; ballet director Caroline Littlefield
Le docteur Faust Giuseppe ReschiglianMéphistophélès Henri Scott
Marguerite Helen SheridanValentin Joseph Royer
Siébel Tilly BarmachDame Marthe Schwertlein Salomea Zbetniew
Wa gner Valentin Figaniakmaestro direttore Walter G. Grigaitis
première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
1/18/27: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il duca di Mantova Giacomo Lauri-VolpiRigoletto Giuseppe Danise
Gilda Amelita Galli-CurciSparafucile Adamo Didur
Giovanna Grace AnthonyMaddalena Merle Alcock
Il conte di Monterone Paolo AnanianIl cavaliere Marullo Vincenzo Reschiglian
Matteo Borsa Giordano PaltrinieriIl conte di Ceprano George Cehanovsky
La contessa di Ceprano Minnie EgenerPa g gio della duchessaPaolina Tomisani
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
1/25/27: L’amore dei tre re: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Fiora Lucrezia BoriAvito Edward Johnson
Manfredo Lawrence TibbettArchibaldo Pavel Ludikar
Flaminio Angelo BadàUn’ancella Mary Bonetti
Una giovanetta Grace AnthonyUn giovanetto Angelo Badà
Una vecchia Dorothea FlexerUn pastore Dorothea Flexer
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
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1/27/27: Carmen: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2000: balletmistress Florence Cowanova
Carmen Frances PeraltaDon José Ulysses LappasEscamillo Ivan Ivantzoff
Micaëla Irene WilliamsFr asquita Helen BotwrightMercédès Ruth Montague
Zuniga Piotr F. WizlaMoralès Theodore Bayer
Le Dancaïre Reinhold SchmidtLe Remendado Albert Mahler
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
1/29/27: Otello: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Luigi Raybaut; costumes, wigs, scenery Consolidated Theatrical Costume Co, NewYork; orchestra manager Anthony Liuzzi; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield
Otello Fortunato de AngelisJa go Titta Ruffo
Cassio Paolo CalvinoRoderigo Giuseppe MarchittiLodovico Henri ScottMontàno Luigi dalle Molle
Desdemona Muriella CianciEmilia Salomea Zbetniew
maestro direttore Pirro Pacimaestro del coro Walter G. Grigaitis
Fantastique(ballet divertissement, music unknown): Philadelphia (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company)The dancing maidens: Mlles. Gidding, Sellers, Weiner, B. Swift, Garrity, Shutté, Hillsee, Lanake, H. Swift
The Nautch girls: Mlles. Drucker, CampbellThe Etheopians: Mlles. Goodwin, Jackson, Pickard, Hudson, D. Littlefield
The gold girls: Mlles. Hubbard, ZellerSpecial dancer Bettina Schofield
The young prince William HughesNadya, the favorite Catherine Littlefield
2/01/27: Lohengrin: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Heinrich der Vogler Pavel LudikarLohengrin Walter Kirchhoff
Elsa von Brabant Maria JeritzaFriedrich von Telramund Gustav Schützendorf
Ortrud Julia ClaussenDer Heerrufer des Königs George Cehanovsky
Vier Edelknaben
Grace Anthony
Mary BonettiDorothea FlexerCharlotte Ryan
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
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2/10/27: Der Ring des Polykrates(Korngold), American première, German: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House(Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director Alex D. Puglia
Wilhelm Arndt Judson HouseLaura Irene Williams
Florian Döblinger Albert MahlerLieschen Hilda Reiter
Peter Vogel Reinhold Schmidtmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company)
Canio Paul AlthouseNedda Mary CraigTonio Marcel Salzinger Ivan Ivantzoff
Beppe Albert MahlerSilvio Reinhold Schmidt
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
2/12/27: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il duca di Mantova Giuseppe BarsottiRigoletto Riccardo Stracciari
Gilda Pina GaravelliSparafucile Henri ScottMaddalena Anne Yago Dorothea Pilzer
Il conte di Monterone Luigi dalle Mollemaestro direttore Pirro Paci
première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
2/15/27: La juive: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
La princesse Eudoxie Nina MorganaRachel Nanny Larsén-Todsen
Le Juif Éléazar Giovanni MartinelliLe Cardinal de Brogni Ezio Pinza
Léopold Alfio TedescoRuggiero Millo Picco
Albert Louis d’AngeloHéraut d’Armes de l’Empereur Paolo Ananian
Majordome Paolo Ananianmaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
Mollie FriedenthalRita de Leporte
Giuseppe Bonfiglio
2/17/27: Aida: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il re d’Egitto Reinhold SchmidtAmneris Margarete Matzenauer
Aida Frances PeraltaRadamès Paul Althouse
Ramfis Fred PattonAmonasro Nelson Eddy
Un messaggero Pierino SalvucciUna sacerdotessa Sara Murphymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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2/20/27: Rigoletto: Newark, Broad Street Theatre (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company)2/22/27: Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director
Karl T. F. Schroeder; technical dir. Chas. E. O’Halloran; costumes Charles Saake, Jr.; wigs Hepner
Canio John Dwight SampleNedda Euphemia Giannini-GregoryTonio Robert SteelBeppe Alessandro AngelucciSilvio Chief Caupolican
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrierimaestro del coro Stanley Muschamp
The red terror(ballet by Ayenara Alexeyew a,Holger Alexeyev-Mehner: music Borodin, Glinka, Moussorgsky,Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky): stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Scene I :The Dawn of tyrannyThe tsar Holger Alexeyev-Mehner
Russia Ayenara Alexeyew aThe bojar Boris Malarov
Song of sorrowsung by Alessandro Angelucci
Scene II :The red terrorThe red terror Holger Alexeyev-Mehner
Russia Ayenara Alexeyew a
Scene III :The white princeThe white prince Holger Alexeyev-Mehner
Russia Ayenara Alexeyew amaestro direttore Michael Feveisky
The black swan and the lily(ballet Kaia Heliostalakti: music Wladimir Bützow):The black swan Holger Alexeyev-Mehner
The lily Ayenara Alexeyew amaestro direttore Michael Feveisky
The bacchanale(ballet: music Glazounov):Ayenara Alexeyew a,Holger Alexeyev-Mehner
maestro direttore Michael Feveisky
˜ 2/26/27: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company)
Il conte d’Almaviva Giuseppe BarsottiRosina Pina GaravelliFigaro Riccardo Stracciari
Don Basilio Henri Scottmaestro direttore Pirro Paci
première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
3/01/27: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegfried Walter KirchhoffMime George Meader
Der Wanderer Michael BohnenAlberich Gustav Schützendorf
Fafner William GustafsonErda Karin Branzell
Brünnhilde Florence EastonStimme des WaldvogelsEditha Fleischer
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
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3/08/27: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Cio-Cio-San Florence EastonB. F. Pinkerton Mario Chamlee
Suzuki Ina BourskayaSharpless Antonio Scotti
Goro Angelo BadàIl principe Yamadori Pompilio Malatesta
Lo zio Yakusidé Paolo QuintinaLo zio Bonzo James Wolfe
Il commissario imperiale Vincenzo ReschiglianKate Pinkerton Dorothea Flexer
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
3/10/27: La bohème: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Co.), 2015: dir. Alex D. Puglia
Mimì Irene WilliamsRodolfo Ralph Errolle
Marcello Nelson EddySchaunard Reinhold Schmidt
Colline Sigurd NilssenBenoît Theodore Bayer
Alcindoro J. Burnett HollandMusetta Emily Stokes Hagar
Parpignol Pierino SalvucciSergente dei doganieri Virgilio Cossovel
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Coppelia(Act I): Philadelphia (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company): ballet mistress Florence Cowanova
première danseuse Nancy Leslie
3/15/27: Falstaff: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Sir John Falstaff Antonio ScottiMister Ford Lawrence Tibbett
Fenton Armand TokatyanDottor Cajus Angelo Badà
Bardolfo Giordano PaltrinieriPistola Adamo Didur
Mistress Alice Ford Editha FleischerNannetta Queena Mario
Mistress Quickly Marion TelvaMistress Meg Page Henriette Wakefield
Host of "The Garter" Inn Ludwig Burgstallermaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
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3/17/27: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Alex D. Puglia
Il conte d’Almaviva Giuliano OliverIl dottore Bartolo Giuseppe La Puma
Rosina Marguerite Cobby Rosalinda Rudko-Morini
Figaro Ivan IvantzoffDon Basilio Giovanni Martino
Fiorello Theodore BayerBerta Ruth Montague
Un ufficiale Virgilio Cossovelmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
El amor brujo (Manuel de Falla), American première: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (PhiladelphiaCivic Opera Company)
mezzo-soprano Kathryn Nollmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
3/17/27: Manon: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour: 2015: stage directorMiss E. C.Dillon; ballet master W. Mikolaichik
Manon Lescaut Vera Murray CovertLe chevalier des Grieux Thomas Williams
Lescaut Herbert W. SmithLe comte des Grieux Paul D. Towner
Guillot de Morfontaine Norman BarrDe Brétigny Harold Wright
Poussette Edyth PatmanJavotte Dorothy Anne ButterworthRosette Dorothy Royle King
Postillon Stewart HollingsheadL’hôtelier Joseph Crosby
maestro direttore Clarence K. Bawden
3/20/27: Cavalleria rusticana: Newark, Broad Street Theatre (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company)Pa gliacci: Newark, Broad Street Theatre (Philadelphia La Scala Grand Opera Company)
3/22/27: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000:stage director Samuel Thewman; set design Joseph Urban; costume design Mathilde Castel-Bert
Isolde Nanny Larsén-TodsenTristan Rudolf Laubenthal
Brangäne Karin BranzellKurwenal Clarence Whitehill
König Marke Pavel LudikarMelot Arnold Gabor
Ein junger Seemann George MeaderEin Hirt George Meader
Der Steuermann Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
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˜ 3/24/27: Lohengrin(English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2000:stage director Alex D. Puglia
Heinrich der Vogler Fred PattonLohengrin Tudor Davies
Elsa von Brabant Alma PetersonFriedrich von Telramund Louis Kreidler
Ortrud Nevada van der VeerDer Heerrufer des Königs Nelson Eddy
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
3/29/27: The king’s henchman(Deems Taylor): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., NY), 2000
Aethelwold Edward JohnsonAelfrida Nannette GuilfordEadgar Lawrence TibbettMaccus William Gustafson
Ase Merle AlcockOrdgar Louis d’Angelo
Dunstan George MeaderOstharu Grace AnthonyGodgyfu Louise Lerch
Hildeburh Henriette WakefieldLeofsydu Dorothea Flexer
Brand Joseph MacphersonCynric George Cehanovsky
Gunner Max AltglassOslac James Wolfe
Wulfred Millo PiccoHwita Max Bloch
Thored Arnold GaborBlacksmith James Wolfe
Blacksmith’s wife Minnie EgenerSaddler Paolo Ananian
Miller Joseph MacphersonMiller’s wife Mary Bonetti
Fisherman Frederick VajdaFisherman’s wife Grace Anthony
An old man Max BlochA servant Dorothea Flexer
A girl Louise Lerchmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
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3/31/27: Otello: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director KarlT. F. Schroeder; orchestra manager Henri Elkan; technical director Chas. E. O’Halloran; balletdirector Ayenara Alexeyew a,Holger Alexeyev-Mehner; costumes and wigs Charles Saake, Jr.;furniture Chapman Decorative Company
Otello John Dwight SampleJa go Chief Caupolican
Cassio Giuseppe AnsaldoRoderigo Alessandro AngelucciLodovico Ivan SteschenkoMontàno Beniamino Grobani
Un araldo Robert McDougalDesdemona Vera Curtis
Emilia Mignon Sutoriusmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrierimaestro del coro John Thoms
4/05/27: Boris Godunov(Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Boris Godunov Fyodor ChaliapinFeodor Grace AnthonyXenia Charlotte Ryan
Xenia’s nurse Kathleen HowardPrince Vassili Ivanovich ShuiskyAngelo Badà
Andrei Shchelkalov George CehanovskyPimen Ezio Pinza
Grigory Otrepiev / Dimitri Armand TokatyanMarina Mnishek Marion Telva
Varlaam Paolo AnanianMissail Giordano Paltrinieri
Hostess of the inn Ina BourskayaThe simpleton Alfio Tedesco
Nikitch Louis d’AngeloLavitsky George Cehanovsky
Chernikovsky Vincenzo Reschiglianmaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
4/12/27: Mignon: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mignon Lucrezia BoriWilhelm Meister Beniamino Gigli
Lothario Léon RothierPhiline Marion Talley
Frédéric Ellen DalossyLaërte Angelo BadàJarno James Wolfe
Antonio Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
Ruth Page
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4/19/27: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director KarlT. F. Schroeder; technical director Chas. E. O’Holloran; ballet director Ayenara Alexeyew a,HolgerAlexeyev-Mehner; costumes and wigs Chas. Saake, Jr.
Carmen Marta WittkowskaDon José Armand TokatyanEscamillo Chief Caupolican
Micaëla Euphemia Giannini-GregoryFr asquita Tilly BarmachMercédès Berta Levina
Zuniga Ivan SteschenkoMoralès Alessandro Angelucci
Le Dancaïre Natale CerviLe Remendado Giuseppe Ansaldo
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrierimaestro del coro John Thoms
Incidental dances: Ayenara Alexeyew a,Holger Alexeyev-Mehner, corps de balletThe ballet fromL’Arlesiennewas introduced into the second act.
4/23/27: Tosca: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Consolidated Grand Opera Co., NY), 2015: dir. Alex D. Puglia
Floria Tosca Clara JacoboMario Cavaradossi James de Gaviria
Il barone Scarpia Riccardo StracciariCesare Angelotti Juan Santacan
Il sagrestano Giuseppe La PumaSpoletta Paolo Calvino
Sciarrone Luigi dalle Molle Eugenio Sandrini
Un pastore Anna LodatoUn carceriere A. Antoli D. Fazio
maestro direttore Alberto Baccolini
4/25/27: The Princess Bonnie(Willard Spencer): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Catholic Operatic Society), hour:2015: stage director Frank Fitzpatrick; dance direction Karlene Franz
Bonnie Marion HaleyKitty Grace Wade McElwee
Auntie Crabbe Katherine MahoneyAdmiral Pomposo Peter PatraitisCaptain Tarpaulin Edward Gaffney
Roy Stirling Raymond UhlShrimps George Redd
Count Falsetti F. J. WallCaptain Surf Frederick Beck
Salvador Frank McConnellrole unknown Frank Reichall
maestro direttore [William S. Murphy]
˜ 4/25/27: Chimes of Normandy: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Beethoven Society)
Olive Wilsonmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
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5/07/27: Un ballo in maschera: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Consolidated Grand Opera Company, NY):stage director Alex D. Puglia
Riccardo Graziano LauroRenato Riccardo StracciariAmelia Clara JacoboUlrica Maria TonioloOscar Anna Lodato
Silvano Luigi dalle MolleSamuel Emanuele Sandrini
Tom Juan SantacanUn giudice Antonio Frascona
Un servitore di Amelia Antonio Frasconamaestro direttore Alberto Baccolini
5/10/27: Mignon (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour: 2015: stage directorEnrica Clay Dillon; ballet master W. Mikolaichik; custodian of wardrobe Caroline P. Curtis; assistantSue T. Jochem; augmented male chorus from Mendelssohn Club and Philadelphia Music League
Mignon Nyra DorranceWilhelm Meister Herman Gatter
Lothario Frederick HomerPhiline Edyth Patman
Frédéric Helen Ackroyd-ClareLaërte Horace B. EntrikenJarna Daniel Mathews
Antonio Renato di Lauromaestro direttore Clarence K. Bawden
5/14/27: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Puccini Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
La gioconda Frances PeraltaLaura Adorno Maria Winetzkaja
Alvise Badoero Giovanni MartinoLa cieca Grace Devine
Enzo Grimaldo Norbert AdlerBarnaba Pasquale Amato
maestro direttore Carlo Nicosia
5/20/27: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2015: stage director Joseph Craig Fox;accompanist Ruth Barber
The Lord Chancellor Albert W. ZimmermanEarl of Mountararat Robert V. Bolger
Earl Tolloller Walter AntrimPrivate Willis Edward C. Jacoby
Strephon Nelson EddyQueen of the fairies Maybelle Beretta Marston
Iolanthe Anna Deans RemontCelia Phyllis NewgeonLeila Christine Murdoch KendrickFleta Mary Carroll Rolin
Phyllis Marie Zara Randallmaestro direttore J. W. F. Leman
5/21/27: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2015
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10/18/27: The beggar’s opera: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (visiting from Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London),hour: 2030
Peachum Norman WilliamsLockit Charles Magrath
MacHeath George BakerFilch Alfred Heather
role unknown George GregsonMrs. Peachum Lena MaitlandPolly Peachum Sylvia Melis
Lucy Lockit Celia TurrillDiana Trapes Julie Meo
Jenny Diver Alison Ramseymaestro direttore unknown
10/20/27: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage directorKarl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director Fabien Sevitzky; assistant stage director AlessandroAngelucci; artistic directorMrs. Wm. C. Hammer; technical director Charles E. O’Halloran;costumes and wigs Charles Saake; furniture Chapman Decorative Company
La gioconda Clara JacoboLaura Adorno Mignon Sutorius
Alvise Badoero Ivan SteschenkoLa cieca Berta Levina
Enzo Grimaldo Ivan DneproffBarnaba Chief Caupolican
Zuàne Daniel MathewsI° cantore Michael Rusyn
II° cantore Clarence GrimsleyUn cantore Robert McDougal
Isèpo Alessandro AngelucciUn pilota Clarence Grimsley
Un monaco Michael Rusynmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrierimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
Incidental dances: Catherine Littlefield, William Hughes, Corps de ballet
11/01/27: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Samuel Thewman; set design Antonio Rovescalli, Joseph Novak; costume design MathildeCastel-Bert; choreography August Berger
La gioconda Rosa PonselleEnzo Grimaldo Beniamino GigliLaura Adorno Marion Telva
Barnaba Giuseppe DaniseAlvise Badoero Léon Rothier
La cieca Merle AlcockZuàne Vincenzo ReschiglianIsèpo Alfio Tedesco
Un monaco Louis d’AngeloUn pilota Louis d’Angelo
Un cantore Vincenzo Reschiglianmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
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11/03/27: Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage directorKarl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director Fabien Sevitzky; assistant stage director AlessandroAngelucci; artistic directorMrs. Wm. C. Hammer; technical director Charles E. O’Halloran;costumes and wigs Charles Saake
Canio Ivan DneproffNedda Mildred ParisetteTonio Chief CaupolicanBeppe Alessandro AngelucciSilvio Rodolfo Hoyos
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrierimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
L’hiver (ballet, music of Tchaikovsky, Moussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov): stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder;costumes and scenery designed and executed under supervision of Caroline Littlefield
The girl Catherine LittlefieldThe boy Paul Mathis
The rival William HughesThe old lady Fanya Lev eneThe old man Perry Cox
Dances: Bettina Schofield, Irene Hubbard, Marjorie Haines, Doris Zellerunknown Barbus, Betty Stratton, Dorothy Littlefield, Frank Turner
Corps de ballet of eightymaestro direttore Henri Elkan
11/10/27: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Co.), 2000: dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder
Violetta Valéry Fanny ColeAlfredo Germont Ivan VelikanoffGiorgio Germont Robert Steel
Flora Bervoix Mary KnappIl barone Douphol Robert McDougal
Il dottor Grenvil Frederick MillarAnnina Marie Zara
Gastone di Letorières Alessandro AngelucciIl marchese d’Obigny Charles Hagey
Two gypsies Ida Cash
Maria Pielichowskimaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
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11/15/27: Violanta (Erich Wolfgang Korngold): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand OperaCompany), hour: 2000: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal; stage manager Armando Agnini; newscenic production Joseph Urban
Simone Tro vai Clarence WhitehillViolanta Maria JeritzaAlfonso Walter Kirchhoff
Giovanni Bracca Angelo BadàBice Nannette Guilford
Barbara Henriette WakefieldMatteo Max Altglass
Erster Soldat Giordano PaltrinieriZweiter Soldat James Wolfe
Erste Magd Charlotte RyanZweite Magd Mary Bonetti
maestro direttore Artur Rodzinskimaestro del coro Giulio Setti
Hänsel und Gretel: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company)
Peter Gustav SchützendorfGertrud Henriette WakefieldHänsel Ina BourskayaGretel Queena Mario
Die Knusperhexe Dorothee ManskiSandmännchen Merle AlcockTaumännchen Mildred Parisette
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzkymaestro del coro Giulio Setti
11/16/27: Hamlet: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Luigi Raybaut; ballet director Louise Le Gai
Hamlet Titta RuffoOphélie Pina Garavelli
Claudius Mario FattoriLaërte Giuseppe Reschiglian
La reine Gertrude Rhea TonioloLe spectre Ivan IsmailovMarcellus John Witf
Horatio Valentin FiganiakPolonius Preston Foster
maestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
Beatrice Whitney
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11/17/27: Carmen: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Co.), 2015: ballet d. Alexis Kosloff
Carmen Dreda AvesDon José Norberto Ardelli (pka: Norbert Adler)Escamillo Marcel Salzinger
Micaëla Irene WilliamsFr asquita Elizabeth HarrisonMercédès Ruth Montague
Zuniga Sigurd NilssenMoralès Clarence Reinert
Le Dancaïre Reinhold SchmidtLe Remendado Albert Mahler
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Lunia Nestor
11/22/27: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il re d’Egitto Joseph MacphersonAmneris Marion Telva
Aida Grete StückgoldRadamès Giovanni Martinelli
Ramfis Pavel LudikarAmonasro Giuseppe Danise
Un messaggero Alfio TedescoUna sacerdotessa Charlotte Ryanmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Rita de Leporte
11/29/27: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mimì Frances AldaRodolfo Beniamino Gigli
Marcello Giuseppe DaniseSchaunard Adamo Didur
Colline Léon Rothier
Paolo AnanianBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Editha Fleischer
Parpignol Max AltglassSergente dei doganieri Vincenzo Reschiglian
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
11/30/27: Otello: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Luigi Raybaut; ballet director Louise Le Gai
Otello Fortunato de AngelisJa go Titta Ruffo
Cassio Adolfo RobertiRoderigo unknownLodovico Valentin FiganiakMontàno Preston Foster
Un araldo unknownDesdemona Maria Mickita
Emilia Salomea Zbetniewmaestro direttore Artur Rodzinski
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12/01/27: Die Maienkönigin(Christoph Willibald Gluck) (German): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (PhiladelphiaCivic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director Bernard Cantor; assistant musical director JohnThoms; cene design Attmore Robinson; cenery painted by Otto Bauer
Helene Irene WilliamsLisette Ethel Righter Wilson
Philinte Charles MassingerDamon Albert Mahler (lka: Anthony Marlowe)Richard Reinhold Schmidt
Pa g es Jeanne Haenigsen
Mary Bromleymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
incidental dances Anna Duncan
Feuersnot (Richard Strauss) (German): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic OperaCompany): stage director Bernard Cantor; assistant musical director John Thoms; with members ofthe Matinee Musical Chorus/Helen Pulaski Innes; orchestra increased to seventy-two members of thePhiladelphia Orchestra; scenery painted by Otto Bauer
Schweiker von GundelfingenGeorge RaselyOrtolf Sentlinger Sigurd Nilssen
Diemut Helen StanleyElsbeth Ruth MontagueWigelis Marguerite Barr
Margret Mildred FaasKunrad Marcel Salzinger
Jörg Pöschel Reinhold SchmidtHämerlein Nelson Eddy
Kofel Clarence ReinertKunz Gilgenstock Paul D. Towner
Ortlieb Tulbeck Albert MahlerUrsula Maybelle Barretta Marston
Ruger Aspeck James SmithWalpurg Florence Michell
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
˜ 12/05/27: Martha: Philadelphia, The Manufactures’ Club
Lady Harriet Durham Elizabeth HarrisonNancy Marie Stone LangstonLyonel Albert Mahler
Plumkett Piotr F. Wizlarole unknown Louis A. Starrrole unknown Robert Strouse
maestro direttore Carlo Nicosia
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12/06/27: Der Rosenkavalier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Die Feldmarschallin Florence EastonDer Baron Ochs auf LerchenauRichard Mayr
Octavian Grete StückgoldHerr von Faninal Gustav Schützendorf
Sophie Editha FleischerJungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin Dorothee Manski
Valzacchi Angelo BadàAnnina Kathleen Howard
Ein Polizeikommissar James WolfeDer Haushofmeister bei der FeldmarschallinMax Altglass
Der Haushofmeister bei Faninal Raimondo DitelloEin Notar William Gustafson
Ein Wirt George MeaderEin Sänger Alfio Tedesco
Drei adelige Waisen
Mary Bonetti
Philine FalcoMildred Parisette
Eine Modistin Phradie WellsEin Tierhändler Raffaele Lipparini
Ein Friseur Armando AgniniLeopold Ludwig Burgstaller
Den Mohammed Madeline Leweckmaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
12/07/27: La traviata: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Violetta Valéry Pina GaravelliAlfredo Germont Lomolino SilviaGiorgio Germont Joseph Royer
Flora Bervoix Edith Housemaestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
12/08/27: Il segreto di Susanna(English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company),hour: 2015: stage director Bernard Cantor; assistant musical director John Thoms; asst. artisticdirector Maurice B. du Marais; stage decoration Ethel de Coursey; costumes by ConsolidatedTheatrical Costume Company, New York; scenery designed and painted by Otto Bauer
La contessa SusannaIrene WilliamsIl conte Gil Nelson Eddy
Sante Joseph Craig Foxmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Cavalleria rusticana(Italian): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company):costumes by Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York; scenery designed and paintedby Otto Bauer
Santuzza Pauline LawnLola Florence Michell
Turiddu Norberto ArdelliAlfio Alfredo Gandolfi
Lucia Ruth Cornettmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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12/13/27: Manon Lescaut: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Manon Lescaut Frances AldaLescaut Antonio Scotti
Il cavaliere Renato des GrieuxBeniamino GigliGeronte di Ravoir Pavel Ludikar
Edmondo Alfio TedescoL’oste Millo Picco
Un musico Merle AlcockUn sergente Vincenzo Reschiglian
Un lampionaio Max AltglassIl maestro di ballo Angelo Badà
Un comandante di marina Paolo Ananianmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
12/14/27: Martha (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour: 2015: stage directorEnrica Clay Dillon; ballet master W. Mikolaichik; custodian of wardrobe Caroline P. Curtis; assistantSue T. Jochem; costumes Charles Saake; wigs A. M. Buch
Lady Harriet Durham Edyth PatmanNancy Helen Ackroyd-Clare
Lord Tristan Mickleford Forest C. DennisLyonel Herman Gatter
Plumkett Wilbur EvansDer Richter zu Richmond Arthur Seymour
His assistant Thomas FischerA farmer Samuel Angelson
A farmer’s wife Mary E. Senat1. Magd Lillian F. Chivian2. Magd Mary Elizabeth Adams3. Magd Margaret Adams
1. Diener John Monaghan2. Diener Charles Neidhart3. Diener Samuel AngelsonThe bear Joseph Nixon
His keeper David Nixonmaestro direttore Alberto Bimboni
première danseuse Zena Larinapremiere danseur W. Mikolaichik
12/15/27: La bohème: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:
Mimì Irene WilliamsRodolfo Norberto Ardelli Ralph Errolle
Marcello Nelson EddySchaunard Reinhold Schmidt
Colline Sigurd NilssenBenoît Theodore Bayer
Alcindoro J. Burnett HollandMusetta Pauline Lawn
Parpignol Pierino SalvucciSergente dei doganieri Virgilio Cossovel
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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12/15/27: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage director KarlT. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director Fabien Sevitzky; assistant stage director AlessandroAngelucci; artistic directorMrs. Wm. C. Hammer; technical director Charles E. O’Halloran;costumes and wigs Charles Saake; furniture Chapman Decorative Company; church furnishing H. L.Kilner & Co.
Floria Tosca Martha AttwoodMario Cavaradossi Ivan Dneproff
Il barone Scarpia Chief CaupolicanCesare Angelotti Ivan Steschenko
Il sagrestano Giuseppe La PumaSpoletta Rodolfo Poli
Sciarrone Alfonso GeorgiUn pastore Chas. E. Koob, Jr.
Un carceriere Robert McDougalmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrierimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
12/20/27: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Santuzza Maria JeritzaLola Ina Bourskaya
Turiddu Frederick JagelAlfio Mario Basiola
Lucia Philine Falcomaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Queena MarioTonio Giuseppe de LucaBeppe Angelo BadàSilvio Lawrence Tibbett
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
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12/22/27: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director Fabien Sevitzky; assistant stage directorAlessandro Angelucci; artistic directorMrs. Wm. C. Hammer; technical director Charles E.O’Halloran; costumes and wigs Charles Saake; furniture Chapman Decorative Company
Santuzza Lisa RomaLola Mignon Sutorius
Turiddu Sergei RadamskyAlfio Rodolfo Hoyos
Lucia Berta Levinamaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrierimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
Die Puppenfée(ballet, Josef Bayer): ballet director Caroline Littlefield; stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
The toymaker Perry Cox
His assistants Perdu Cleaver
Frank TurnerThe doll on the table Doris Wilson
Little girl with broken doll Scottie FitzgeraldThe postman Carlos Murrie
The farmer Ray GoodwinThe English gentleman Charles Hubbard
His wife Irene HubbardLittle girl who wants to buy a doll Harriet Schofield
Her sister Dorothy WeidmanHer brother Helen Leigh
Tyrolian doll Dorothy LittlefieldBaby doll Emma GoodwinGollywog Fanya Lev ene
Spanish dolls Dorothy Hubbard
Marjorie Haines
Harlequins
Betty Stratton
Mlle. WhiteMarjorie HainesIrene Hubbard
Waltzing doll Doris Zeller
Dresden China dolls Bettina Schofield
George GladhillJack-in-the-box Paul Mathis
Fairy doll Catherine LittlefieldPrince Charming William Hughesmaestro direttore Henri Elkan
12/27/27: Norma: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Norma Rosa PonsellePollione Frederick JagelAdalgisa Marion TelvaOroveso Léon RothierClotilde Philine Falco
Flavio Giordano Paltrinierimaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
12/28/27: Die Puppenfée(ballet): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Grand Opera Co. Ballet), 1415
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19281/03/28: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Cio-Cio-San Elisabeth RethbergB. F. Pinkerton Giovanni Martinelli
Suzuki Marion TelvaSharpless Giuseppe de Luca
Goro Giordano PaltrinieriIl principe Yamadori Pompilio Malatesta
Lo zio Yakusidé Paolo QuintinaLo zio Bonzo William Gustafson
Il commissario imperiale Vincenzo ReschiglianKate Pinkerton Phradie Wells
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
1/05/28: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il conte di Luna Ivan IvantzoffLeonora Alma PetersonAzucena Kathryn MeisleManrico Judson House
Ferrando Nino MazzeoInes Helen BotwrightRuiz Pierino Salvucci
Un vecchio zingaro unknownUn messaggero unknown
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
1/09/28: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company): stage managerJohn Clements; sets and costumes Woodman Thompson; costumes executed by Mahieu; wigs byAlfred Barris; dances Louise Gifford; scenery paintd by Triangle Scenic Studio; scenery built by P. J.Cary Company
The Lord Chancellor Fred WrightEarl of Mountararat John Barclay
Earl Tolloller J. Humbird DuffeyPrivate Willis William C. Gordon
Strephon William WilliamsQueen of the fairies Vera Ross
Iolanthe Bettina HallCelia Virginia FoxLeila Suissabell SterlingFleta Paula Langlen
Phyllis Lois BennettThe trainbearer George C. Lehrian
maestro direttore Sepp Morscher
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1/10/28: Die Meistersinger: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1945
Hans Sachs Friedrich SchorrVeit Pogner Pavel Ludikar
Kunz Vogelgesang Max BlochKonrad Nachtigall Louis d’AngeloSixtus BeckmesserGustav Schützendorf
Fritz Kothner Arnold GaborBalthasar Zorn Angelo Badà
Ulrich Eißlinger Giordano PaltrinieriAugustin Moser Aaron WeisbergHermann Ortel Paolo AnanianHans Schwarz William Gustafson
Hans Foltz James WolfeWalter von Stolzing Rudolf Laubenthal
David George MeaderEva Grete Stückgold
Magdalene Kathleen HowardEin Nachtwächter George Cehanovskymaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
1/10/28: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)1/11/28: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company), matinée1/11/28: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)1/12/28: L’amore dei tre re: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:
artistic direction W. Attmore Robinson
Fiora Helen StanleyAvito Paul Althouse
Manfredo Nelson EddyArchibaldo Adamo Didur
Flaminio Albert MahlerUn’ancella Ruth Cornett
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
1/12/28: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director Fabien Sevitzky; assistant stage directorAlessandro Angelucci; artistic directirMrs. Wm. C. Hammer; technical director Charles E.O’Halloran; costumes and wigs Charles Saake
Cio-cio-san Takane NambuB. F. Pinkerton Giuseppe Agostini
Suzuki Mignon SutoriusSharpless Rodolfo Hoyos
Goro Alessandro AngelucciIl principe Yamadori Ivan Steschenko
Lo zio Bonzo Ivan SteschenkoIl commissario imperiale Beniamino Grobani
Kate Pinkerton Bertha McGrathL’ufficiale del registro unknown
La madre di Cio-cio-san unknownLa cugina Maria Pielichowski
Dolore Doris Wilsonmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrierimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
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1/12/28: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)1/13/28: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)1/14/28: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company), matinée1/14/28: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)1/17/28: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Le docteur Faust Giacomo Lauri-VolpiMéphistophélès Fyodor Chaliapin
Marguerite Frances AldaValentin Giuseppe Danise
Siébel Ellen DalossyDame Marthe Schwertlein Philine Falco
Wa gner James Wolfemaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
1/17/28: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company):staged director Winthrop Ames; sets and costumes Woodman Thompson; dances by Louise Gifford;stage manager John Clements; scenery painted by Triangle Studio
Richard, pirate chief John BarclaySamuel, his lieutenant J. Humbird Duffey
Fr ederic, a pirate apprentice William WilliamsMajor-General Stanley Fred Wright
His orderly George C. LehrianEdward, a sergent of police William C. Gordon
A doctor of divinity George C. LehrianMabel Lois Bennett
Kate Suissabell SterlingEdith Virginia FoxIsabel Bettina HallMaud Paula LanglenRuth Vera Ross
maestro direttore Sepp Morscher
1/18/28: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Th. (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co.), matinée1/18/28: Aida: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Co.), 2015: dir. Luigi Raybaut
Il re d’Egitto Valentin FiganiakAmneris Rhea Toniolo
Aida Maria MickitaRadamès Giovanni Zenatello
Ramfis Mario FattoriAmonasro Joseph Royer
Un messaggero M. ZahariaUna sacerdotessa Jane Karlewska Edith House
maestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
1/18/28: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)
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1/19/28: Otello: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Co.), hour: 2000: dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder
Otello John Dwight SampleJa go Pasquale Amato
Cassio Rodolfo PoliRoderigo Alessandro AngelucciLodovico Ivan SteschenkoMontàno Daniel Mathews Beniamino Grobani
Un araldo Robert McDougalDesdemona Claire Alcée
Emilia Mignon Sutoriusmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
1/19/28: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)1/20/28: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)1/21/28: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Th. (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Co.), matinée1/21/28: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)1/23/28: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company): costumes
made by Evans Costume Company; painting on costumes by Helene Pons Studio; wigs by AlfredBarris; scenery painted by Triangle Scenic Studio; scenery built by Frank Dwyer, Inc.
The Mikado of Japan John BarclayNanki-Poo William Williams
Ko-Ko Fred WrightPoo-Bah William C. Gordon
Pish-Tush J. Humbird DuffeyYum-Yum Lois BennettPitti-Sing S. Russell SterlingPeep-Bo Bettina HallKatisha Vera Ross
maestro direttore unknown
1/24/28: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Carmen Maria JeritzaDon José Giovanni MartinelliEscamillo Mario Basiola
Micaëla Queena MarioFr asquita Charlotte RyanMercédès Merle Alcock
Zuniga Louis d’AngeloMoralès George Cehanovsky
Le Dancaïre Millo PiccoLe Remendado Angelo Badà
maestro direttore Wilfrid Pelletier
unknown
1/24/28: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)1/25/28: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company), matinée1/25/28: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)
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1/26/28: Lohengrin(English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms; Matinee Musical ClubChorus, Helen Pulaski Innes
Heinrich der Vogler Sigurd NilssenLohengrin Tudor Davies
Elsa von Brabant Alma PetersonFriedrich von Telramund Reinhold Schmidt
Ortrud May BarronDer Heerrufer des Königs Nelson Eddy
Vier Edelknaben
Carolyn Nussle
Ada BaxterRuth CornettEdna Wood
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
1/26/28: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)1/27/28: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)1/28/28: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company), matinée1/28/28: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)1/30/28: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company): 1/09/281/31/28: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il conte d’Almaviva Armand TokatyanIl dottore Bartolo Pompilio Malatesta
Rosina Amelita Galli-CurciFigaro Giuseppe de Luca
Don Basilio Ezio PinzaFiorello George Cehanovsky
Berta Henriette WakefieldUn ufficiale Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
1/31/28: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company): 1/23/282/01/28: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company), matinée2/01/28: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)2/02/28: Samson et Dalila: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:
stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; stage decorations Ethel DeCoursey; assistant musical directorJohn Thoms; ballet master Alexis Kosloff
Dalila Margarete MatzenauerSamson Paul Althouse
Le Grand-prêtre de Dagon Ivan IvantzoffAbimélech Reinhold Schmidt
Un vieillard hébreu J. Helffenstein MasonUn messager philistin Albert Mahler
Premier Philistin Louis PurdeyDeuxième Philistin Sydney Sutcliffe
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
première danseuse Lunia Nestor
2/02/28: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)2/03/28: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)2/04/28: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company), matinée2/04/28: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Walnut St. Theatre (Winthorp Ames’ Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company)
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2/08/28: Tosca: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Floria Tosca Myrna SharlowMario Cavaradossi Giovanni Zenatello
Il barone Scarpia Titta RuffoCesare Angelotti Valentin Figaniak
Il sagrestano Mario FattoriSpoletta Adolfo Roberti
Sciarrone Luigi dalle MolleUn pastore unknown
Un carceriere Albertine Hundertmarkmaestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
2/09/28: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Co.), hour: 2000: dir. Alex D. Puglia
Mimì Maria KoussevitzkyRodolfo Ivan Dneproff
Marcello Chief CaupolicanSchaunard Beniamino Grobani
Colline Ivan Steschenko
Giuseppe La PumaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Fanny Cole
Parpignol Alessandro AngelucciSergente dei doganieri Robert G. McDougal
Un ufficiale unknownmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
2/09/28: Madama Butterfly(English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour:2015: stage director W. Attmore Robinson
Cio-cio-san Helen StanleyB. F. Pinkerton Tudor Davies
Suzuki Marie Stone LangstonSharpless Nelson Eddy
Goro Albert MahlerIl principe Yamadori Theodore Bayer
Lo zio Bonzo Reinhold SchmidtIl commissario imperiale Sheldon Walker
Kate Pinkerton Anne Geyermaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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2/14/28: Les contes d’Hoffmann: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hoffmann Mario ChamleeNicklausse Kathleen Howard
Olympia Marion TalleyAntonia Queena Mario
Giulietta Leonora CoronaLindorf James Wolfe
Coppélius Adamo DidurDr. Miracle Léon RothierDapertutto Giuseppe de Luca
Andrès Giordano PaltrinieriCochenille Giordano Paltrinieri
Fr antz Giordano PaltrinieriPitichinaccio Giordano Paltrinieri
La mère d’Antonia Henriette WakefieldSpalanzani George Meader
Hermann Arnold GaborSchlémil George Cehanovsky
Nathanaël Alfio TedescoLuther William Gustafson
Crespel Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
2/16/28: Aida: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorW. Attmore Robinson; ballet master Alexis Kosloff
Il re d’Egitto Reinhold SchmidtAmneris Margarete Matzenauer
Aida Florence AustralRadamès Edward Papania
Ramfis Sigurd NilssenAmonasro Nelson Eddy
Un messaggero Pierino SalvucciUna sacerdotessa Sara Murphymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
première danseuse Lunia Nestor
2/21/28: L’amore dei tre re: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Fiora Florence EastonAvito Edward Johnson
Manfredo Lawrence TibbettArchibaldo Léon Rothier
Flaminio Angelo BadàUn’ancella Mary Bonetti
Una giovanetta Mildred ParisetteUn giovanetto Giordano Paltrinieri
Una vecchia Dorothea FlexerUn pastore Dorothea Flexer
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
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2/23/28: Die Walküre(German): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour:2015: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Siegmund Paul AlthouseHunding Sigurd Nilssen
Wotan Fred PattonSieglinde Helen Stanley
Brünnhilde Florence AustralFricka Marie Stone Langston
Mildred FaasEmily Stokes HagarHilda BurkeMarjorie MeyerEsther BinkerHelen BentzMaybelle Marston
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
2/23/28: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage directorAlexander D. Puglia; assistant musical director Fabien Sevitzky; assistant stage director AlessandroAngelucci; artistic directorMrs. Wm. C. Hammer; technical director Charles E. O’Halloran;costumes and wigs Charles Saake; furniture Chapman Decorative Company
Le docteur Faust Ivan VelikanoffLe docteur Faust Giuseppe Agostini (last act)Méphistophélès Ivan Steschenko
Marguerite Euphemia Giannini-GregoryValentin Chief Caupolican
Siébel Janina StanskaDame Marthe Schwertlein Berta Levina
Wa gner Daniel Mathewsmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrierimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
William HughesCatherine Littlefield
2/28/28: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Isolde Gertrude KappelTristan Rudolf Laubenthal
Brangäne Julia ClaussenKurwenal Friedrich Schorr
König Marke Pavel LudikarMelot Arnold Gabor
Ein junger Seemann George MeaderEin Hirt George Meader
Der Steuermann Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
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2/29/28: Andrea Chénier: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Luigi Raybaut
Andrea Chénier Giovanni ZenatelloCarlo Gérard Titta Ruffo
Maddalena di Coigny Myrna SharlowLa mulatta Bersi Mae Mackie
La contessa di Coigny Rhea TonioloValentin FiganiakMario FattoriAdolfo RobertiEdward Ryglewicz
maestro direttore Artur Rodzinski
3/01/28: L’enfant prodigue(Debussy), French: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Co.),hour: 2000: stage dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical dir. John Thoms; scene and costumedesign W. Attmore Rosinson; scenery painted by Otto Bauer; stage decoration Ethel de Coursey
Lia Janet MaybonAzael George Rasely
Simeon Reinhold Schmidtmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Anna DuncanRiva Hoffman Dancers
Orfeo ed Euridice(Gluck), Italian: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Co.)
Orfeo Margarete MatzenauerEuridice Alma Peterson
Amore Hilda Burkemaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Anna DuncanRiva Hoffman Dancers
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3/06/28: Madonna Imperia(Franco Alfano): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., NY), hour: 2000
Imperia Nannette GuilfordFilippo Frederick JagelRagusa Ezio Pinza
Coíra James WolfeCount Louis d’Angelo
Fiorella Charlotte RyanBalda Philine FalcoValet Giordano Paltrinieri
Servant Millo PiccoPrelate Angelo Badà
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Zolotoy Pyetushok(Le Coq d’Or), French: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NY)
Cockerel Nannette Guilford
Queen of Shemakha Marion Talley
Rosina Galli (dancer)
King Dodon Ezio Pinza
Alexis Kosloff (dancer)
Amelfa Merle Alcock
Rita de Leporte (dancer)
The astrologer Rafaelo Díaz
Giuseppe Bonfiglio (dancer)
Voevoda Polkan Louis d’Angelo
Ottokar Bartik (dancer)
Prince Gvidon Giordano Paltrinieri
Isador Swee (dancer)
Knight
Giordano Paltrinieri
Vincenzo ReschiglianEtienne BaroneFrancisco Casanova
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
3/08/28: Ye vgeny Onegin(Eugene Onegin), Russian: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand OperaCompany), hour: 2000: stage director Alex D. Puglia
Ye vgeny Onegin Vladimir RadeeffTatiana Maria Koussevitzky
Vladimir Lensky Ivan DneproffOlga Veronica Sweigart
Prince Gremin Ivan SteschenkoMadame Larina Marie Zara
Filipyevna Berta LevinaMonsieur Triquet Giuseppe Agostini
Zaretsky Mikhail Rusynmaestro direttore Fabien Sevitzky
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3/14/28: Les contes d’Hoffmann(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour: 2015:stage director Enrica Clay Dillon; custodian of wardrobe Caroline P. Curtis; costumes Charles Saake;wigs A. M. Buch; furnishing Rosenbach & Co.
Hoffmann Joseph WetzelNicklausse Dorothy Anne Butterworth
Olympia Marian PalmerAntonia Mary Elizabeth Adams
Giulietta Dorothy TerrellLindorf Paul G. Swope
Forest C. Dennis
CoppéliusDr. MiracleDapertutto
Samuel Angelson
NathanaëlCochenille
Fr antzPitichinaccio J. Norman Lewis
La mère d’Antonia Frances KilburnSpalanzani John B. Becker
Hermann John F. MonahanSchlémil F. H. Brehm, Jr.
Luther J. Gerard CrosbyCrespel Frederick Homer
maestro direttore Alberto Bimbonimaestro del coro Forest C. Dennis
prima ballerina Marie Bernadette Kerns
3/15/28: Der Ring des Polykrates(Erich Wolfgang Korngold), German: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House(Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015
Wilhelm Arndt Judson HouseLaura Irene Williams
Florian Döblinger Albert MahlerLieschen Hilda Burke
Peter Vogel Reinhold Schmidtmaestro direttore unknown
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company)
Canio Paul AlthouseNedda Helen StanleyTonio Ivan IvantzoffBeppe Albert MahlerSilvio Nelson Eddy
maestro direttore unknown
3/18/28: The beggar’s opera: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (from Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London), hour: 2030
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3/20/28: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il duca di Mantova Beniamino GigliRigoletto Giuseppe Danise
Gilda Marion TalleySparafucile Léon RothierMaddalena Henriette Wakefield
Giovanna Philine FalcoIl conte di Monterone Fred Patton
Il cavaliere Marullo Paolo AnanianMatteo Borsa Alfio Tedesco
Il conte di Ceprano Vincenzo ReschiglianLa contessa di Ceprano Minnie Egener
Pa g gio della duchessaPaolina Tomisanimaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
3/21/28: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Luigi Raybaut; ballet mistress Ethel Phillips
La gioconda Rhea TonioloLaura Adorno Ada Paggi Mae Mackie
Alvise Badoero Mario FattoriLa cieca Bernice Schalker Ada Paggi
Enzo Grimaldo Philip Culcasi Graziano Lauro
Barnaba Joseph Royer Titta Ruffo
Zuàne Valentin FiganiakIsèpo Edward Riegelwicz
maestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
3/22/28: Tosca: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015
Floria Tosca Leone KruseMario Cavaradossi Norberto Ardelli
Il barone Scarpia Ivan IvantzoffCesare Angelotti Reinhold Schmidt
Il sagrestano Edouard LippeSpoletta Albert Mahler
Sciarrone Virgilio CossovelUn pastore Manila Ressler
Un carceriere Sheldon Walkermaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
3/22/28: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: dir. Alex D. Puglia
Carmen MadameCahierDon José Ivan DneproffEscamillo Chief Caupolican
Micaëla Virginia Arter WhelenFr asquita Marie ZaraMercédès Berta Levina
Zuniga Ivan SteschenkoMoralès Alessandro Angelucci
Le Dancaïre Giuseppe La PumaLe Remendado Rodolfo Poli
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Catherine Littlefield, William Hughes, Corps de ballet
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3/27/28: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1945
Siegfried Rudolf LaubenthalMime Max Bloch
Der Wanderer Michael BohnenAlberich Gustav Schützendorf
Fafner William GustafsonErda Karin Branzell
Brünnhilde Florence EastonStimme des WaldvogelsEditha Fleischer
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
3/29/28: I gioielli della Madonna: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour:2015: ballet master Alexis Kosloff
Gennaro Norberto ArdelliMaliella Helen StanleyRafaele Joseph Royer
Ruth MontagueHilda BurkeOlive MarshallMaybelle MarstonHelen BonbrightSara MurphyIda SwankAlbert MahlerNino MazzeoPierino SalvucciVirgilio CossovelLouis PurdeyAlfred de LongSydney Sutcliffe
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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4/03/28: Parsifal: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1300: stage directorWymetal; design Joseph Urban
Amfortas Gustav SchützendorfTiturel William Gustafson
Gurnemanz Michael BohnenParsifal Walter Kirchhoff
Klingsor Arnold GaborKundry Gertrude Kappel
Erster Gralsritter Angelo BadàZweiter Gralsritter Louis d’Angelo
Altstimme Marion TelvaErster Knappe Ellen Dalossy
Zweiter Knappe Mildred ParisetteDritter Knappe George MeaderVierter Knappe Giordano Paltrinieri
Zaubermädchen
Louise Lerch
Nannette GuilfordEllen DalossyEditha FleischerCharlotte RyanMarion Telva
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
4/03/28: La rondine: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Magda de Civry Lucrezia BoriRuggero Lastouc Beniamino Gigli
Prunier Armand TokatyanLisette Editha Fleischer
Rambaldo Fernandez Pavel LudikarYvette Charlotte Ryan
Bianca Philine FalcoSuzy Merle Alcock
Georgette unknownGabrielle unknown
Lolette unknownGobin Giordano Paltrinieri
Périchaud Millo PiccoCrébillon James Wolfe
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
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4/10/28: Le prophète: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Jean de Leyde Giovanni MartinelliBerthe Editha FleischerFidès Karin Branzell
Zacharie Ezio PinzaJonas Alfio Tedesco
Mathisen Louis d’AngeloLe comte d’Oberthal Léon Rothier
Un paysan Max AltglassAnabaptiste George CehanovskyUn officier Max Altglass
Citizen Vincenzo ReschiglianCaptain George Cehanovsky
Choirboy Minnie EgenerChoirboy Philine FalcoChoirboy Mildred ParisetteChoirboy Mary BonettiChoirboy Dorothea FlexerChoirboy Charlotte Ryan
maestro direttore Wilfrid Pelletier
Giuseppe BonfiglioRita de Leporte
4/12/28: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Co.), hour: 2000: stage dir. Alex D. Puglia;ballet director Caroline Littlefield; costumes Charles Saake; furniture Chapman Decorative Company
Il re d’Egitto Luigi dalle MolleAmneris Carmela Ponselle
Aida Kathryne RossRadamès John Dwight Sample
Ramfis Ivan SteschenkoAmonasro Chief Caupolican
Un messaggero Alessandro AngelucciUna sacerdotessa Bertha McGrathmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Catherine Littlefield, William Hughes, Corps de ballet
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4/18/28: Dances of the Pyrenees(ballet by Céleste de Longpré Heckscher): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House(Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000
Khovanschchina(American première): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Co.):ballet master Mikhail Mordkin; ballet mistress Ethel Phillips
Prince Andrew Khovanski Marek WindheimPrince Ivan Kovansky Michael Shvetz
Prince Vassili Golitayn Demetre CrionaBoyarin Shaklovity Leon Kairoff
Dosifay Valentin FiganiakMartha Linda Fedotova
A serivener Josef KalliniAnna CrionaMaria MickitaMaxmilian de SchauenseeEdward RyglewiczPreston FosterJoseph Figaniak
maestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
4/19/28: Crispino e la comare(Luigi Ricci): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Apollo Grand Opera Company),hour: 2015: artistic director Rodolfo Pili; ballet mistress Florence Cowanova
Crispino Tracchetto Giuseppe La PumaAnnetta Jennie Kneedler Johnson
La comare Zara JayFabrizio Giuseppe Maero Nino Fucile
[Mirabolano] Eugenio ProsperoneIl contino del Fiore Giuseppe Cavadori
[Bartolo] Robert Strousemaestro direttore Carlo Nicosia
première danseuse Florence Cowanova
Alexandre Luigini Ballet ÉgyptienSaint-Saëns Danse Macabre op. 40
4/22/28: Hin und Zurück(Hindmith): Philadelphia, Broad Street Theatre (Society for Contemporary Music)
Irene WilliamsNelson EddyEdouard LippeAlbert MahlerPeggy OliverSydney SutcliffeMargaret Scott Oliver
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Vibrations(Isadore Freed), ballet: Philadelphia, Broad Street Theatre (Society for Contemporary Music)Riva Hoffman, Corps de ballet
L’histoire du soldat(Stravinsky): Philadelphia, Broad Street Theatre (Society for Contemporary Music)
Reader Tom PowersDevil Jacques Cartier
Soldier Blake ScottPrincess Lily Lubell
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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4/26/28: Le roi David(Honegger): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orch. and Mendelssohn Club), 2015
Narrator Paul LeyssacSoprano Mabel Garrison
Contralto Mina HagerTenor Tudor Davies
maestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Bruce Carey
The program began with Richard Strauss’Don Quixoteop. 35.
4/27/28: Le roi David: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra and Mendelssohn Club), hour: 14304/30/28: Rigoletto (benefit for Musicians’ Relief Fund): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Apollo Grand Opera
Company), hour: 2015: ballet mistress Ethel Phillips
Il duca di Mantova Giuseppe ReschiglianRigoletto Martino Rossi Joseph Royer
Gilda Edith StetaSparafucile Mario FattoriMaddalena Rhea Toniolo
Il conte di Monterone Luigi dalle Molle Valentin Figaniak
Matteo Borsa Torquato Taluccimaestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
5/11/28: Princess Ida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2015: stage director Walter Antrim;accompanist Ruth Barber
King Hildebrand Franklin L. WoodHilarion Richard Ramsay Mead
Cyril Paul VolkmannFlorian Malcolm Atterbury
King Gama John Steele WilliamsPrince Arac Clifford Burnett
Prince Guron John G. BechtelPrince Scynthius Craig Heberton
Princess Ida Marie ZaraLady Blanche Carol HowellLady Psyche Christine Murdoch Kendrick
Melissa Sara Baily HebertonSacharissa Phyllis Newgeon
Chloe Mary Elizabeth WoodAda Adinor Powell Antrim
Armor bearer John F. Arndtmaestro direttore A. Gordon Mitchell
5/12/28: Princess Ida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2015
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5/16/28: Les pêcheurs de perles(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour: 2015:stage d. Enrica Clay Dillon; custodian of wardrobe Caroline P. Curtis; ballet master W. Mikolaichik
Nadir Howard P. HaugLeïla Vera Murray Covert
Zurga Forest C. DennisNourabad Paul G. Swope
maestro direttore Alberto Bimbonimaestro del coro Enrica Clay Dillon
première danseuse Zena Larina
An orchestral piece,The Slavby Céleste de Longpré Heckscher, was played after the first act.
5/22/28: Die Puppenfée(ballet): Wilmington , Shubert Playhouse (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company): Alex D. Puglia
Fairy doll Catherine LittlefieldWilliam HughesPaul MathisBettina SchofieldDorothy Littlefield
maestro direttore Henri Elkan
Cavalleria rusticana: Wilmington , Shubert Playhouse (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company): Alex D. Puglia
Santuzza Kathryne RossLola Mignon Sutorius
Turiddu Almerico SebastianelliAlfio Giuseppe Martino-Rossi
Lucia Berta Levinamaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
˜ 5/29/28: Rigoletto: Wilmington , Shubert Playhouse (Apollo Grand Opera Company)
Il duca di Mantova Giuseppe CavadoriRigoletto Nino Fucile
Gilda Marion Hoesch
˜ 5/30/28: Crispino e la comare: Wilmington , Shubert Playhouse (Apollo Grand Opera Company), matinée˜ 5/30/28: Crispino e la comare: Wilmington , Shubert Playhouse (Apollo Grand Opera Company)
6/02/28: Princess Ida: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)10/10/28: Aida: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company): stage director Luigi
Raybaut; ballet director Mikhain Mordkin; ballet mistress Ethel Philipps
Il re d’Egitto Luigi dalle MolleAmneris Rhea Toniolo
Aida Myrna SharlowRadamès Pasquale Ferrara
Ramfis Mario FattoriAmonasro Rocco Pandiscio
Un messaggero M. ZahariaUna sacerdotessa Lottie Lockowiczmaestro direttore Federico del Cupolo
premier danceur Mikhain Mordkinprima ballerina Florence Rudolph
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˜ 10/12/28: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Masonic Temple (Chester)
Alice TongeMae ReynoldsGuilio FerrariFlorence Lea
maestro direttore Carl Ncoka
10/15/28: La gioconda: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000:stage director Alex D. Puglia
La gioconda Kathryne RossLaura Adorno Mignon Sutorius
Alvise Badoero Ivan SteschenkoLa cieca Berta Levina
Enzo Grimaldo Fernando BertiniBarnaba Chief Caupolican
Zuàne Robert McDougal, Jr.Un cantore unknown
Isèpo Alessandro AngelucciUn pilota Clarence Grimsley
Un monaco John Pasqualemaestro direttore Artur Rodzinski
première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
10/18/28: Aida: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; stage decorations Ethel DeCoursey; assistant musical director JohnThoms; ballet master Alexandre Gavrilov
Il re d’Egitto Reinhold SchmidtAmneris Julia Claussen
Aida Emily RooseveltRadamès Paul Althouse
Ramfis Sigurd NilssenAmonasro Nelson Eddy
Un messaggero Pierino SalvucciUna sacerdotessa Sara Murphymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
premiere danseur Alexandre Gavrilovpremière danseuse Vera Strelska
10/24/28: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour:2015: stage director Luigi Raybaut
Cio-cio-san Tamaki MiuraB. F. Pinkerton Davide d’Orlini
Suzuki Rhea TonioloSharpless Joseph Royer
Goro Giuseppe ReschiglianIl principe Yamadori Maxmilian de Schauensee
Lo zio Bonzo Mario FattoriIl commissario imperiale Luigi dalle Molle
Kate Pinkerton Anna SimonLa madre di Cio-cio-san Albertine Undermark
La cugina Mildred Kaymaestro direttore Federico del Cupolo
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10/30/28: Andrea Chénier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Samuel Thewman; set design Triangle Studio (Acts I, II), J. Fox (Acts III, IV); costumedesign Triangle Studio, Mathilde Castel-Bert; choreography Rosina Galli
Andrea Chénier Beniamino GigliCarlo Gérard Giuseppe Danise
Maddalena di Coigny Elisabeth RethbergLa mulatta Bersi Ellen Dalossy
La contessa di Coigny Ina BourskayaLa vecchia Madelon Marion Telva
Roucher Millo PiccoIl romanziere, Pietro Fléville George Cehanovsky
Fouquier-Tinville William GustafsonIl sanculotto Mathieu detto «Populus»Adamo Didur
Un «Incredibile» Angelo BadàL’abate Alfio Tedesco
Il maestro di casa Pompilio MalatestaSchmidt Pompilio MalatestaDumas Arnold Gabor
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
11/01/28: Ariadne auf Naxos(American premiere): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic OperaCompany), hour: 2015: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms;stage decoration Ethel de Coursey
Primadonna/Ariadne Alma PetersonZerbinetta Charlotte Boykin
Der Komponist Irene WilliamsDer Tenor/Bacchus Judson House
Der Haushofmeister Emil KramerEin Musiklehrer Reinhold Schmidt
Ein Offizier Robert ElwynEin Tanzmeister Albert Mahler
Ein Perückenmacher Nelson EddyEin Lakai Clarence Reinert
Najade Elizabeth HarrisonDryade Maybelle Marston
Echo Helen JepsonHarlekin Nelson Eddy
Scaramuccio Robert ElwynTruffaldin Reinhold SchmidtBrighella Albert Mahler
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
80
11/07/28: Demon(Anton Gregor Rubinstein), Russian: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Pennsylvania GrandOpera Company), hour: 2015: stage director Luigi Raybaut; ballet director Mikhail Mordkin; balletmistress Mlle. Ethel Philipps
Prince Gudal Michael ShvetzTamara Maria Koussevitzky
Prince Sinodal Stanislao VestaThe old servant N. Kondraty
The old nurse Lydia KoretskyThe angel Anna Savina
The demon Nicolas SchwartzThe messenger Maxmilian de Schauensee
maestro direttore Fabien Sevitzky
premier danceur Mikhain Mordkin
solo dancers: Sergeeva, Crockett, Dollar, Valodden, Cody, Matthias, Kenneth
11/08/28: La bohème: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms; lighting Frank P. Mulkhern;stage decoration Ethel Houston de Coursey; scene painter Otto Bauer; costumes and sceneryConsolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York
Mimì Irene WilliamsRodolfo Norberto Ardelli
Marcello Nelson EddySchaunard Reinhold Schmidt
Colline Sigurd NilssenBenoît Albert Mahler
Alcindoro J. Burnett HollandMusetta Pauline Lawn
Parpignol Pierino SalvucciSergente dei doganieri Virgilio Cossovel
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
11/13/28: Die ägyptische Helena: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Helena Maria JeritzaMenelas Walter Kirchhoff
Aithra Editha FleischerDie allwissende Muschel Marion Telva
Altair Gustav SchützendorfDa-ud Jane Carroll
Hermione unknownDie erste Dienerin Philine Falco
Die zweite Dienerin Ina BourskayaErster Elf Ina Bourskaya
Zweiter Elf Louise LerchDritter Elf Charlotte RyanVierter Elf Henriette Wakefield
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
81
11/15/28: L’oracolo (Franco Leoni): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company),hour: 2000: stage director Alex D. Puglia; artistic directorMrs. Wm. C. Hammer; assistant stagedirector Alessandro Angelucci; technical director Charles E. O’Halloran; ballet director CarolineLittlefield; costumes and wigs Charles Saake; furniture Chapman Decorative Company
Uin-Sci Ivan SteschenkoCim-Fen Adamo DidurHu-Tsin Nicholas Karlash
Alessandro AngelucciA policeman
L’indovinoAh-Joe Takane NambuHu-Chi Victor Mazzeo
Uin-San-Lui Giuseppe AgostiniHua-Qui Berta Levina
maestro direttore Artur Rodzinskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
Salomè(ballet, music arr. by Henri Elkan from Glazounov, Dukas, Debussy, Granville Bantock): arranged andproduced under the direction of Caroline Littlefield; costume and scenic design Caroline Littlefield
Salome Catherine LittlefieldJokanaan Warren Crosby Jacques Cartier.
Narraboth Philip WarringtonHerod Alessandro Angelucci
Herodias Berta MilarYoung page of Herodias Stella Clausen
Handmaidens of Salome Lucy Hammond
Lois Atkinson
Dancers with timbrels Doris Zeller
Felice HenneDancer behind the veil Ela Huff
Roman maiden Bettina Schofield
Odalisques Dorothy Hubbard
Betty StrattonZuleika Dorothy Barr
role unknown Dorothy Littlefieldmaestro direttore Henri Elkan
11/20/28: L’africaine (Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Sélika Rosa PonselleVasco da Gama Beniamino Gigli
Inès Louise LerchNélusko Mario Basiola
Don Pédro Adamo DidurDon Diégo Paolo AnanianDon Alvar Angelo Badà
Le Grand Inquisiteur Léon RothierLe Grand-Prêtre de Brama Léon Rothier
Anna Henriette WakefieldUsher Vincenzo Reschiglian
Officer Max Altglassmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
82
11/21/28: Verbum Nobile(Stanislaw Moniuszko): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Co.), 2015
Susanna Maria KoussevitzkyPan Lagoda Mario Fattori
Joseph FiganiakStanislao VestaMichael Shvetz
maestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company)
Canio Giovanni ZenatelloNedda Renata FlandinaTonio Pasquale AmatoBeppe Giuseppe ReschiglianSilvio Luigi dalle Molle Dante Gobbi
maestro direttore Federico del Cupolo
Carnaval: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company)
premier danceur Mikhain Mordkinprima ballerina Florence Rudolph
maestro direttore Fabien Sevitzky
11/22/28: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic OperaCompany), hour: 1930: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms;chorus augmented with members of the Philadelphia Choral Society, the Fortnightly Club and theSnellenburg Male Chorus
Hans Sachs Fred PattonVeit Pogner Herbert Gould
Kunz Vogelgesang Robert ElwynKonrad Nachtigall Clarence ReinertSixtus Beckmesser Arnold Gabor Robert Ringling
Fritz Kothner Nelson EddyBalthasar Zorn Clyde Dengler
Ulrich Eißlinger James MontgomeryAugustin Moser James SmithHermann Ortel Reinhold SchmidtHans Schwarz Sydney Sutcliffe
Hans Foltz Paul D. TownerWalter von Stolzing Karl Jörn Paul Althouse
David Albert MahlerEva Helen Stanley
Magdalene Maybelle MarstonEin Nachtwächter Sheldon Walkermaestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro Henry Gordon Thunder
83
11/27/28: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Samuel Thewman; set design Hans Kautsky
Siegmund Rudolf LaubenthalHunding Richard Mayr
Wotan Clarence WhitehillSieglinde Elisabeth Rethberg
Brünnhilde Florence EastonFricka Margarete Matzenauer
Gerhilde Charlotte RyanOrtlinde Mildred Parisette
Waltraute Merle AlcockSchwertleite Dorothea Flexer
Helmwige Dorothee ManskiSiegrune Jane Carroll
Grimgerde Marion TelvaRoßweiße Ina Bourskaya
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
12/04/28: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il duca di Mantova Giacomo Lauri-VolpiRigoletto Giuseppe de Luca
Gilda Queena MarioSparafucile Adamo DidurMaddalena Merle Alcock
Giovanna Henriette WakefieldIl conte di Monterone Louis d’Angelo
Il cavaliere Marullo Millo PiccoMatteo Borsa Giordano Paltrinieri
Il conte di Ceprano Vincenzo ReschiglianLa contessa di Ceprano Phradie Wells
Pa g gio della duchessaPaolina Tomisanimaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
12/06/28: Samson et Dalila: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000:stage director Alex D. Puglia; assistant stage director Alessandro Angelucci; technical directorCharles E. O’Halloran; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; costumes and wigs Charles Saake
Dalila MadameCahierSamson John Dwight Sample
Le Grand-prêtre de Dagon Errico GiorgiAbimélech Nicholas Karlash
Un vieillard hébreu Ivan SteschenkoUn messager philistin Alessandro Angelucci
Premier Philistin Nino MazzeoDeuxième Philistin Robert G. McDougal, Jr.
maestro direttore Artur Rodzinskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
84
12/10/28: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour:2015: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms
Santuzza Pauline LawnLola Maybelle Marston
Turiddu Norberto ArdelliAlfio Alfredo Gandolfi
Lucia Manila Resslermaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company)
Canio Ifor ThomasNedda Irene WilliamsTonio Ivan IvantzoffBeppe Louis Purdey Albert Mahler
Silvio Nelson Eddymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
12/11/28: Ernani: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stage directorSamuel Thewman; set design Joseph Urban; costume design Gretel Urban choreo. Rosina Galli
Ernani Giovanni MartinelliDon Carlo Giuseppe Danise
Don Ruy Gomez de SilvaEzio PinzaDonna Elvira Rosa Ponselle
Giovanna Philine FalcoDon Riccardo Giordano Paltrinieri
Ja go Vincenzo Reschiglianmaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
Rosina GalliGiuseppe Bonfiglio
12/12/28: Carmen: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Luigi Raybaut; choreography Mikhain Mordkin, Ethel Phillips
Carmen Rhea TonioloDon José Giovanni ZenatelloEscamillo Henri Scott
Micaëla Dorothy FoxFr asquita Bianca Fiore (aka: Blodwen Morgan Wipplinger)Mercédès Ruth Montague
Zuniga Mario FattoriMoralès Luigi dalle Molle
Le Dancaïre Luigi dalle MolleLe Remendado Giuseppe Reschiglian
maestro direttore Federico del Cupolo
premier danceur Mikhain Mordkinpremière danseuse Florence Rudolph
solo dancer Sally Gibbs
85
12/18/28: Hänsel und Gretel: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hänsel Editha FleischerGretel Queena Mario
Die Knusperhexe Dorothee ManskiGertrud Henriette Wakefield
Peter Gustav SchützendorfSandmännchen Merle AlcockTaumännchen Louise Lerch
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Canio Giacomo Lauri-VolpiNedda Elisabeth RethbergTonio Giuseppe DaniseBeppe Angelo BadàSilvio George Cehanovsky
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
12/20/28: Manon Lescaut: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Manon Lescaut Pauline LawnLescaut Nelson Eddy
Il cavaliere Renato des GrieuxNorberto ArdelliGeronte di Ravoir Reinhold Schmidt
Edmondo Albert MahlerL’oste Sheldon Walker
Un sergente degli arcieri Alfred de LongUn musico Veronica Sweigart
Un lampionaio Louis PurdeyIl maestro di ballo Albert Mahler
Il comandante di marina Magnus Schillingsmaestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro John Thoms
12/21/28: Manon: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Alex D. Puglia; artistic directorMrs. Wm. C. Hammer; assistant stage director AlessandroAngelucci; technical director Charles E. O’Halloran; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; costumesand wigs Charles Saake; furniture Chapman Decorative Company
Manon Lescaut Hope HamptonLe chevalier des Grieux Ralph Errolle
Lescaut Pavel LudikarLe comte des Grieux Ivan Steschenko
Guillot de Morfontaine Alessandro AngelucciDe Brétigny Conrad Thibault
Poussette Hilde RowlandJavotte Bianca de PinillosRosette Celia Branz
Premier garde John PasqualeDeuxième garde Gilbert Mason
Une servante Johanna van den Burgmaestro direttore Artur Rodzinskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
86
12/26/28: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms
Siegmund Paul AlthouseHunding Sigurd Nilssen
Wotan Georges BaklanoffSieglinde Helen Stanley
Brünnhilde Florence AustralFricka Marie Stone Langston
Gerhilde Helen JepsonOrtlinde Florence Irons
Waltraute Marie TownsendSchwertleite Esther Binker
Helmwige Olive MarshallSiegrune Helen Bentz
Grimgerde Maybelle MarstonRoßweiße Veronica Sweigart
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
12/27/28: Carmen: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Co.), 2000: dir. Alex D. Puglia
Carmen Eleanor PainterDon José Ralph Errolle Louis Graveure
Escamillo George Fleming HoustonMicaëla Patricia O’Connel
Fr asquita Charlotte SimonsMercédès Berta Levina
Zuniga Ivan SteschenkoMoralès Alessandro Angelucci
Le Dancaïre Dudley Marwick Giuseppe La Puma
Le Remendado Rodolfo Polimaestro direttore Artur Rodzinski
Catherine Littlefield, Philip WarringtonBettina Schofield, Dorothy Littlefield, Corps de ballet
19291/01/29: Manon: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Manon Lucrezia BoriLe chevalier des Grieux Beniamino Gigli
Lescaut Giuseppe de LucaLe comte des Grieux Léon Rothier
Guillot de Morfontaine Angelo BadàDe Brétigny George Cehanovsky
Poussette Louise LerchJavotte Mildred ParisetteRosette Dorothea Flexer
L’hôtelier Paolo AnanianPremier garde Arnold Gabor
Deuxième garde Marek WindheimLa servante Gina Gola
Un archer George CehanovskyUn sergent Paolo Ananian
maestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
87
1/08/29: Tannhäuser: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hermann Richard MayrTannhäuser Walter Kirchhoff
Wolfram von EschenbachFriedrich SchorrWalter von der Vogelweide Max Altglass
Biterolf Arnold GaborHeinrich der Schreiber Max Bloch
Reinmar von Zweter James WolfeElisabeth Maria Jeritza
Venus Julia ClaussenEin Hirtenknabe Louise Lerchmaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
Lilyan OgdenJessie Rogge
Letitia Brugnani
1/10/29: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Co.), 2000: d. Alex D. Puglia
Il conte di Luna Giuseppe Martino-RossiLeonora Frances Peralta Kathryne Ross
Azucena MadameCahierManrico John Dwight Sample
Ferrando Nicholas KarlashInes Bertha McGrathRuiz Nino Mazzeo
Un vecchio zingaro Robert G. McDougal, Jr.Un messaggero Gilbert Mason
maestro direttore Artur Rodzinski
1/15/29: L’amore dei tre re: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Fiora Rosa PonselleAvito Edward Johnson
Manfredo Lawrence TibbettArchibaldo Adamo Didur
Flaminio Angelo BadàUn’ancella Mary Bonetti
Una giovanetta Mildred ParisetteUn giovanetto Max Altglass
Una vecchia Dorothea FlexerUn pastore Dorothea Flexer
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
88
1/16/29: Andrea Chénier: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company): stagedirector Luigi Raybaut; ballet director Ethel Phillips
Andrea Chénier Giovanni ZenatelloCarlo Gérard Pasquale Amato
Maddalena di Coigny Bianca SaroyaLa mulatta Bersi Ruth Montague
La contessa di Coigny Rhea TonioloLa vecchia Madelon Rhea Toniolo
Roucher Valentin FiganiakIl romanziere, Pietro Fléville unknown
Fouquier-Tinville unknownIl sanculotto Mathieu detto «Populus»Mario Fattori
Un «Incredibile» Giuseppe ReschiglianL’abate Maxmilian de SchauenseeSchmidt Luigi dalle MolleDumas Adolfo Pichetti
maestro direttore Federico del Cupolomaestro del coro Walter Grigaitis
1/17/29: Tannhäuser: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; corps de ballet Cortissoz School; choreography Alexandre Gavrilov
Hermann Herbert GouldTannhäuser Paul Althouse
Wolfram von EschenbachNelson EddyWalter von der Vogelweide Albert Mahler
Biterolf Reinhold SchmidtHeinrich der Schreiber James Montgomery
Reinmar von Zweter Ralph JuskoElisabeth Leone Kruse Helen Stanley
Venus Emily RooseveltEin Hirtenknabe Florence Irons
Vier Edelknaben
Pauline Snyder
Edna ZanzingerRuth CornettEdna Wood
maestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro John Thoms
première danseuse Valentina Koshuba
1/22/29: Lohengrin: Philadelphia. Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Heinrich der Vogler Michael BohnenLohengrin Walter Kirchhoff
Elsa von Brabant Florence EastonFriedrich von Telramund Friedrich Schorr
Ortrud Karin BranzellDer Heerrufer des Königs Lawrence Tibbett
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
89
1/24/29: Faust: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Co.), hour: 2000: stage dir. AlexD. Puglia; assistant stage dir. Alessandro Angelucci; technical dir. Charles E. O’Halloran; costumesand wigs Charles Saake; furniture, draperies, etc. Chapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia;oriental decoration Maison Zagha, Philadelphia; organ Estey Reed Organ Studios, Philadelphia
Le docteur Faust Ralph ErrolleMéphistophélès Ivan Steschenko
Marguerite Lucretia GoddardValentin Stuart Gracey
Siébel Charlotte SimonsDame Marthe Schwertlein Anne Tyson Berta Levina
Wa gner John Pasqualemaestro direttore Artur Rodzinskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
Act I, 2: solo dancer:Florence Campbell
Act IV, 1 (The Walpurgis Night in the Harz Mountains):Aspasia Bettina Schofield, Corps de ballet
Helen of Troy, and Grecian maidensDorothy Littlefield, Corps de balletCleopatra and Egyptian slave girlsDorothy Hubbard, Corps de ballet
dance variation Catherine Littlefieldpetite ballet Doris Zeller, Bettina Schofield, Dorothy Littlefieldbacchanale Catherine Littlefield, Corps de ballet
1/28/29: Das Rheingold: Philadelphia, Keith’s Theatre (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 2030
Wotan Karl Braun Richard Gross
Donner Franz EgenieffFr oh Karl PremmacLoge Carl Jörn
Alberich Werner KiusMime Waldemar HenkeFasolt Bennett ChallisFafner Albert MarwickFricka Sonia SharnovaFr eia Dorothy GithensErda Ottilie Metzger-Latterman
Wo glinde Edna ZahmWellgunde Hildegard BartzFloßhilde Helena Lanvin Arabelle Merrifield
maestro direttore Ernest Knoch
1/29/29: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il conte d’Almaviva Armand TokatyanIl dottore Bartolo Pompilio Malatesta
Rosina Amelita Galli-CurciFigaro Titta Ruffo
Don Basilio Ezio PinzaFiorello Vincenzo Reschiglian
Berta Henriette WakefieldUn ufficiale Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
90
1/29/29: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Keith’s Theatre (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000
Isolde Mary Diercks Juliette Lippe
Tristan Willy ZilkenBrangäne Sonia SharnovaKurwenal Werner Kius
König Marke Albert Marwick Karl Braun
Melot Franz EgenieffEin junger Seemann Waldemar Henke
Ein Hirt Waldemar HenkeDer Steuermann [Albert Marwick]maestro direttore Walter Rabl
1/30/29: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Keith’s Theatre (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 1800
Siegmund Carl JörnHunding Bennett Challis
Wotan Karl BraunSieglinde Anna Scheffler-Schorr
Brünnhilde Johanna GadskiFricka Ottilie Metzger-Latterman
role unknown Dorothy Githensrole unknown Sonia Sharnovarole unknown Maura Canning
maestro direttore Ernest Knoch
1/31/29: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder
Il conte di Luna Ivan IvantzoffLeonora Bianca Saroya Leone Kruse
Azucena Kathryn MeisleManrico Judson House
Ferrando Herbert GouldInes Helen BotwrightRuiz Pierino Salvucci
Un messaggero Louis Purdeymaestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro John Thoms
1/31/29: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Keith’s Theatre (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 1800
Siegfried Willy Zilken Hans Taenzler
Mime Waldemar HenkeDer Wanderer Marcel Salzinger
Alberich Werner KiusFafner Albert Marwick
Erda Arabelle Merrifield Helena Lanvin
Brünnhilde Juliette LippeStimme des WaldvogelsDorothy Githens
maestro direttore Walter Rabl
91
2/01/29: Götterdämmerung: Philadelphia, Keith’s Theatre (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 1730
Siegfried Hans Taenzler Carl Jörn
Gunther Franz EgenieffHagen Bennett Challis
Alberich Werner Kius Guido Scheutzendorf
Brünnhilde Mary DiercksGutrune Hildegard Bartz Anna Scheffler-Schorr
Waltraute Ottilie Metzger-LattermanErste Norn Arabelle Merrifield
Zweite Norn McIlvainDritte Norn Merran Reader
Wo glinde Edna ZahmWellgunde Hildegard BartzFolßhilde Helena Lanvin
maestro direttore Walter Rabl
2/02/29: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Keith’s Theatre (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 1400
Isolde Johanna GadskiTristan Karl Jörn Willy Zilken
Brangäne Sonia SharnovaKurwenal Marcel Salzinger
König Marke Albert Marwick Karl Braun
Melot Franz EgenieffEin junger Seemann Waldemar Henke
Ein Hirt Oliver H. Stewart Waldemar Henke
Der Steuermann Albert Marwickmaestro direttore Ernest Knoch
2/02/29: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Keith’s Theatre (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 1930
Siegmund Willy Zilken Hans Taenzler
Hunding Karl Braun Bennett Challis
Wotan Richard GrossSieglinde Anna Scheffler-Schorr
Brünnhilde Juliette LippeFricka Maura Canning
role unknown Sonia Sharnovamaestro direttore Walter Rabl
2/05/29: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Cio-Cio-San Maria MüllerB. F. Pinkerton Edward Johnson
Suzuki Ina BourskayaSharpless Antonio Scotti
Goro Giordano PaltrinieriIl principe Yamadori Pompilio Malatesta
Lo zio Yakusidé Paolo QuintinaLo zio Bonzo William Gustafson
Il commissario imperiale Millo PiccoKate Pinkerton Phradie Wells
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
92
2/06/29: La bohème: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Luigi Raybaut
Mimì Maria KoussevitzkyRodolfo Davide d’Orlini
Marcello Joseph RoyerSchaunard Valentin Figaniak
Colline Mario Fattori
Natale Cervi Luigi dalle MolleBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Dorothy Seegar
Sergente dei doganieri Luigi dalle MolleUn ufficiale unknown
maestro direttore Federico del Cupolo
2/07/29: Le chemineau(Xavier Leroux) French: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic OperaCompany), hour: 2015: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; costume and scenery design W. AttmoreRobinson; scenery painted by Otto Bauer; decoration Ethel de Coursey; costumes ConsolidatedTheatrical Costume Company, New York
Toinette Irene WilliamsAline Marie Zara
Catherine Maybelle MarstonLe chemineau Georges Baklanoff
Fr ançois Alfredo GandolfiToinet Albert Mahler
Maître Pierre Herbert GouldMartin Louis Purdey
Thomas Reinhold Schmidtmaestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro John Thoms
2/12/29: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il re d’Egitto William GustafsonAmneris Julia Claussen
Aida Maria MüllerRadamès Frederick Jagel
Ramfis Ezio PinzaAmonasro Giuseppe Danise
Un messaggero Giordano PaltrinieriUna sacerdotessa Aida Doninellimaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Rita de Leporte
93
2/14/29: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour:2000: stage director Alex D. Puglia; artistic directorMrs. Wm. C. Hammer; assistant stage directorAlessandro Angelucci; technical director Charles E. O’Halloran; costumes and wigs Charles Saake;furniture Chapman Decorative Company
Santuzza Kathryne RossLola Eunice Harper Evelyn MacNevin
Turiddu Josef WolinskiAlfio Giuseppe Martino-Rossi
Lucia Jane Clarkmaestro direttore Artur Rodzinskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
Versailles(ballet, music by Meyerbeer and Auber), American premiere: stage director Alex D. PugliaMinuet
Pas de quatre: Bettina Schofield, Dorothy Littlefield, Cecilia White, Dorothy Hubbard
Parade of the pagesPas de deux: Catherine Littlefield, Edwin Strawbridge
PolonaisePas de quatre: Dorothy Littlefield, Doris Zeller, Bettina Schofield, Betty Nolan
Variation I Catherine LittlefieldVariation II Edwin Strawbridge
Finalepremière danseuse Catherine Littlefieldpremiere danseur Edwin Strawbridgemaestro direttore Henri Elkan
2/19/29: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1945
Siegfried Rudolf LaubenthalMime George Meader
Der Wanderer Friedrich SchorrAlberich Gustav Schützendorf
Fafner William GustafsonErda Karin Branzell
Brünnhilde Gertrude KappelStimme des WaldvogelsThalia Sabanieeva
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
94
2/21/29: Carmen: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; ballet master Alexandre Gavrilov; costumes and scenery ConsolidatedTheatrical Costume Company, New York
Carmen Marguerite NamaraDon José Paul AlthouseEscamillo Henri Scott Georges Baklanoff
Micaëla Irene WilliamsFr asquita Elizabeth HarrisonMercédès Maybelle Marston
Zuniga Ralph JuskoMoralès Clarence Reinert
Le Dancaïre Reinhold SchmidtLe Remendado Albert Mahler
maestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro John Thoms
première danseuse Vera Strelska
2/26/29: The king’s henchman(Deems Taylor): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., NY), 2000
Aethelwold Edward JohnsonAelfrida Florence EastonEadgar Lawrence TibbettMaccus William Gustafson
Ase Merle AlcockOrdgar Louis d’Angelo
Dunstan George MeaderOstharu Charlotte RyanGodgyfu Mildred Parisette
Hildeburh Mary BonettiLeofsydu Dorothea Flexer
Brand Everett MarshallCynric George Cehanovsky
Gunner Max AltglassOslac James Wolfe
Wulfred Paolo AnanianHwita Marek Windheim
Thored Arnold GaborBlacksmith James Wolfe
Blacksmith’s Wife Minnie EgenerSaddler Paolo Ananian
Saddler’s Wife Mary BonettiMiller Everett Marshall
Miller’s Wife Mary BonettiFisherman Frederick Vajda
Fisherman’s Wife Charlotte RyanOld Man Marek WindheimServant Dorothea Flexer
Girl Mildred Parisettemaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
95
2/27/29: Un ballo in maschera: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour:2015: stage director Luigi Raybaut; ballet director Ethel Phillips
Riccardo Giovanni ZenatelloRenato Pasquale AmatoAmelia Renata Flandina Bianca Saroya
Ulrica Rhea TonioloOscar Dorothy Fox
Silvano Valentin FiganiakSamuel Mario Fattori
Tom Luigi dalle MolleUn giudice Adolfo Caldetti
maestro direttore Federico del Cupolo
2/28/29: La bohème: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Co.), 2000: d. Alex D. Puglia
Mimì Hope HamptonRodolfo Dimitri Onofrei
Marcello Errico GiorgiSchaunard Giuseppe Interrante
Colline Ivan Steschenko
Giuseppe La PumaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Mary Mellish
Parpignol Alessandro AngelucciSergente dei doganieri Robert G. McDougal, Jr.
Un ufficiale unknownmaestro direttore Artur Rodzinski
3/05/29: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Isolde Gertrude KappelTristan Lauritz Melchior
Brangäne Karin BranzellKurwenal Friedrich Schorr
König Marke Michael BohnenMelot Arnold Gabor
Ein junger Seemann George MeaderEin Hirt George Meader
Der Steuermann Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
3/06/29: Tosca: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Floria Tosca Bianca SaroyaMario Cavaradossi Giovanni Zenatello
Il barone Scarpia Pasquale AmatoCesare Angelotti Valentin Figaniak
Il sagrestano Mario FattoriSpoletta Giuseppe Reschiglian
Sciarrone Luigi dalle MolleUn pastore Salomea Zbetniew
Un carceriere unknownmaestro direttore Federico del Cupolo
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3/07/29: Madama Butterfly(English): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company),hour: 2015: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; stage decoration Ethel de Coursey
Cio-cio-san Helen StanleyB. F. Pinkerton Paul Althouse
Suzuki Marie Stone LangstonSharpless Nelson Eddy
Goro Albert MahlerIl principe Yamadori Clarence Reinert
Lo zio Bonzo Ralph JuskoIl commissario imperiale Sheldon Walker
Kate Pinkerton Ruth CornettDolore Anna Morelli Stern
maestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro John Thoms
3/12/29: Boris Godunov(Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Boris Godunov Fyodor ChaliapinFeodor Ellen DalossyXenia Charlotte Ryan
Xenia’s nurse Dorothea FlexerPrince Vassili Ivanovich ShuiskyAngelo Badà
Andrei Shchelkalov George CehanovskyPimen Léon Rothier
Grigory Otrepiev / Dimitri Armand TokatyanMarina Mnishek Marion Telva
Varlaam Paolo AnanianMissail Giordano Paltrinieri
Hostess of the inn Ina BourskayaThe simpleton Alfio Tedesco
Nikitch Louis d’AngeloLavitsky George Cehanovsky
Chernikovsky Vincenzo Reschiglianmaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
3/13/29: Tosca: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; stage decoration Ethel de Coursey
Floria Tosca Leone KruseMario Cavaradossi Norberto Ardelli
Il barone Scarpia Ivan IvantzoffCesare Angelotti Ralph Jusko
Il sagrestano Edouard LippeSpoletta Albert Mahler
Sciarrone Virgilio CossovelUn pastore Manila Ressler
Un carceriere Magnus Shillingsmaestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro John Thoms
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3/14/29: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Alex D. Puglia; with the Littlefield Ballet
Il duca di Mantova Josef WolinskiRigoletto John Charles Thomas
Gilda Sofia del CampoSparafucile Ivan SteschenkoMaddalena Berta Levina
Il conte di Monterone Beniamino GrobaniMatteo Borsa Alessandro Angelucci
La contessa di Ceprano Jane ClarkGiovanna Bertha McGrath
Il cavaliere Marullo Nino MazzeoIl conte di Ceprano Robert G. McDougal, Jr..mk y
Usciere di corte unknownPa g gio della duchessaEdna Keen
maestro direttore Henri Elkan
3/19/29: La rondine: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Magda de Civry Lucrezia BoriRuggero Lastouc Beniamino Gigli
Prunier Armand TokatyanLisette Editha Fleischer
Rambaldo Fernandez Pavel LudikarYvette Charlotte Ryan
Bianca Philine FalcoSuzy Merle Alcock
Georgette unknownGabrielle unknown
Lolette unknownGobin Giordano Paltrinieri
Périchaud Millo PiccoCrébillon James Wolfe
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
3/21/29: Le nozze di Figaro: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; stage decoration Ethel de Coursey
Il conte d’Almaviva Nelson EddyLa contessa d’Almaviva Alma Peterson
Susanna Irene WilliamsFigaro Alfredo Gandolfi
Cherubino Rosalinda RudkoMarcellina Helen Jepson
Doctor Bartolo Sheldon Walker Clarence Reinert
Don Basilio Albert MahlerDon Curzio James Montgomery
Antonio Ralph JuskoBarbarina Florence Irons
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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3/26/29: Parsifal: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1300: stage directorWymetal; design Joseph Urban
Amfortas Gustav SchützendorfTiturel William Gustafson
Gurnemanz Michael BohnenParsifal Lauritz Melchior
Klingsor Arnold GaborKundry Gertrude Kappel
Erster Gralsritter Angelo BadàZweiter Gralsritter Louis d’Angelo
Altstimme Marion TelvaErster Knappe Ellen Dalossy
Zweiter Knappe Philine FalcoDritter Knappe George MeaderVierter Knappe Max Altglass
Zaubermädchen
Louise Lerch
Philine FalcoEllen DalossyEditha FleischerCharlotte RyanMarion Telva
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
3/26/29: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Lord Enrico Asthon Giuseppe de LucaMiss Lucia Marion Talley
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodGiacomo Lauri-VolpiLord Arturo Buclaw Alfio TedescoRaimondo Bidebent Ezio Pinza
Alisa Philine FalcoNormanno Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
3/28/29: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company), hour:2000: stage director Alex D. Puglia
Il conte d’Almaviva Ralph ErrolleIl dottore Bartolo Giuseppe La Puma
Rosina Josephine LuccheseFigaro Errico Giorgi
Don Basilio Ivan SteschenkoFiorello Beniamino Grobani
Berta Berta LevinaUn ufficiale Alessandro Angelucci
maestro direttore Artur Rodzinski
Lesson scene:Benedict Carnival of Venice
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4/02/29: Fr a Gherardo(Ildebrando Pizzetti): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., NY), hour: 2000
Gherardo Edward JohnsonMariola Maria Müller
Una vecchia Ina BourskayaIl guercio Louis d’AngeloIl notaro Giordano PaltrinieriIl cieco Paolo Ananian
Un gentiluomo Everett MarshallUna donna bionda Aida DoninelliUna voce rabbiosa Henriette WakefieldUna voce di donna Phradie Wells
Primo soldato George CehanovskySecondo soldato Fred Patton
Un uomo Vincenzo ReschiglianUna donna Phradie Wells
Fr ate Guido Pavel LudikarFr ate Simone Angelo Badà
Il vecchio Antonio Ezio PinzaUn incredulo Giordano Paltrinieri
Una madre Julia ClaussenUna madre Merle Alcock
Fr ate Guido Putagio Marek WindheimIl vescovo Mario Basiola
Una guardia Vincenzo ReschiglianIl podestà Ezio Pinza
Il rosso Louis d’AngeloUn ragazzo Arnold Gabor
L’assessore del podestàGeorge Cehanovskymaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
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4/03/29: Il tabarro (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Michele Pasquale AmatoLuigi Pasquale Ferrara
Il Tinca Giuseppe ReschiglianIl Talpa Adolfo Galvetti
Giorgetta Renata FlandinaLa Frugola Mignon Sutorius
maestro direttore Federico del Cupolo
Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company)
Santuzza Rhea TonioloLola Mignon Sutorius
Turiddu Davide d’OrliniAlfio Valentin Figaniak
Lucia Ruth Montaguemaestro direttore Federico del Cupolo
Bacchanale Ballet: Philadelphia, (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Co.): ballet dir. and choreo. Mikhain Mordkin
Maria KoussevitzkyAleksandr Glazunov Romance Orientale
premier danceur Mikhain Mordkinprima ballerina Katia Sergeeva
maestro direttore Fabien Sevitzky
4/04/29: L’enfant prodigue(Debussy) French: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic OperaCompany), hour: 2015: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; corps de ballet Cortissoz Dancers; balletmaster Alexandre Gavrilov; scene and costume design W. Attmore Rosinson; scenery painted byOtto Bauer; stage decoration Ethel de Coursey
Lia Alma PetersonAzael Albert Mahler
Simeon Nelson Eddymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
première danseuse Vera Strelska
Orfeo ed Euridice(Christoph Willibald Gluck), Italian: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (PhiladelphiaCivic Opera Company): stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; corps de ballet Cortissoz Dancers; balletmaster Alexandre Gavrilov; scene and costume design W. Attmore Rosinson; scenery painted byOtto Bauer; flute solo W. M. Kincaid
Orfeo Margarete MatzenauerEuridice Alma Peterson
Amore Hilda Burkemaestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro John Thoms
première danseuse Vera Strelska
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4/09/29: Mignon: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mignon Lucrezia BoriWilhelm Meister Beniamino Gigli
Lothario Clarence WhitehillPhiline Marion Talley
Frédéric Ellen DalossyLaërte Angelo BadàJarno James Wolfe
Antonio George Cehanovskymaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
Mildred Schneider
4/10/29: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Holy Name Church, Moose Hall (presented by Don Regas with the EnricoCaruso Memorial Theatre Club), hour: 2015
Santuzza Alvera DashingtonLola Ann G. Simon
Turiddu Don RegasAlfio De Giuseppe Giovanni
Lucia L. Massarimaestro direttore Raffaelo-Correlli
Broadway Variety Revue: Philadelphia, Holy Name Church: with violinist Nicola de Collibus; dancer MarieHanlon; soprano and pianist Alvera Dashington; soprano Clara Gelehrter
4/11/29: Aida: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Co.), 2000: dir. Alex D. Puglia
Il re d’Egitto Nicholas KarlashAmneris Stella de Mette
Aida Kathryne RossRadamès Josef Wolinski
Ramfis Ivan SteschenkoAmonasro Giuseppe Martino-Rossi Nicholas Karlash
Un messaggero Alessandro AngelucciUna sacerdotessa Bertha McGrathmaestro direttore Artur Rodzinski
Catherine Littlefield, Corps de ballet
4/17/29: La forza del destino: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour:2015: stage director Luigi Raybaut; ballet director Ethel Phillips
Il marchese di Calatrava Luigi dalle MolleLeonora di Vargas Bianca Saroya
Don Carlo di Vargas Pasquale AmatoDon Alvaro Pasquale FerraraPreziosilla Rhea Toniolo
Padre Guardiano Mario FattoriFr a Melitone Natale Cervi
Curra Elsa OverbeckMastro Trabuco Giuseppe Reschiglian
maestro direttore Federico del Cupolo
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4/18/29: Samson et Dalila: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; ballet master Alexandre Gavrilov
Dalila Margarete MatzenauerSamson Paul Althouse
Le Grand-prêtre de Dagon Ivan IvantzoffAbimélech Nelson Eddy
Un vieillard hébreu J. Helffenstein MasonUn messager philistin Albert Mahler
Premier Philistin Louis PurdeyDeuxième Philistin Alfred de Long
maestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro John Thoms
première danseuse: Vera Strelska
4/00/29: La vedova allegra: Philadelphia, Casino Theatre (G. Magni Italian Operetta Company)4/00/29: Il paese del campanelli(Ranzato): Philadelphia, Casino Theatre (G. Magni Italian Operetta Company)4/24/29: Boccaccio: Philadelphia, Casino Theatre (G. Magni Italian Operetta Company)
Rossana San MarcoIlda SaraOdone ZaniratoDora MarzocchiI. ArtaoliG. MattioliG. Magni
maestro direttore Luigi Lovreglio
5/01/29: Falstaff: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Pennsylvania Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: withRiva Hoffmann Dancers
Sir John Falstaff Pasquale AmatoMister Ford Mario Valle
Fenton Davide d’OrliniDottor Cajus Giuseppe Reschiglian
Bardolfo Giuseppe CavadoriPistola Adamo Didur
Mistress Alice Ford Renata FlandinaNannetta Dorothy Seegar
Mistress Quickly Rhea TonioloMistress Meg Page Mignon Sutorius
maestro direttore Federico del Cupolo
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5/04/29: Il trovatore (narrative, tableaux, and song version arranged by Katharine Yardley Thurber): Philadelphia, DrexelInstitute Auditorium (Drexel Institute Students), hour: 2030: performed with student actors andprofessional singers; with Drexel Orchestra and Glee Club
Il conte di Luna George E. EmesLeonora May Ebrey HotzAzucena Marie Stone LangstonManrico Bernard Poland
Ferrando Frank M. Conlymaestro direttore unknown
Narrator Charles Franklin SettleIl conte di Luna Robert E. Oberholtzer / actor
Leonora Mary R. Shuck / actorAzucena Muriel B. Titus / actorManrico George C. Salmons / actor
Ferrando S. Kenneth Tyson / actorInes Ella Kratz / actor
5/09/29: Tiefland(dress rehearsal): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 14005/12/29: Tiefland: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Curtis Institute of Music), 2015: dir. Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.
Sebastiano Conrad ThibaultTommaso Ralph Jusko
Marta Genia WilkomirskaPepa Selma Amansky
Antonia Natalie BodanskayaRosalia Paceli Diamond
Nuri Eleanor LewisMoruccio Beniamino Grobani
Pedro Albert MahlerNando Daniel Healy
maestro direttore Artur Rodzinski
5/17/29: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCo.): dir. Walter Antrim; accomp. Ruth Barber
The duke of Plaza-Toro Charles Francis WardLuiz J. Logan Fitts
Don Alhambra del Bolero John Steele WilliamsMarco Palmieri James S. Montgomery
Giuseppe Palmieri Edward WalshAntonio John G. Betchel
Fr ancesco Sherman G. CoatesGiorgio Albert Carl Lohmann
The duchess of Plaza-ToroSara Baily HebertonCasilda Marie Zara
Gianetta Christine Murdoch KendrickTessa Jean K. Baxter
Fiametta Dorothy C. JepsonVittoria Matilda OkieGiulia Elizabeth Madeira
Inez Marian P. Toulminmaestro direttore John Thoms
5/18/29: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany)5/25/29: The gondoliers: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)
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10/23/29: Carmen: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company, William C. Hammer /Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2000: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductorSylvan Levin; assistant stage manager Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenerydesigned by Alfred Roller, Wien; scenery executed by A. Jarin Studios, Philadelphia; costumes andwigs Charles Saake
Carmen Sophie BraslauDon José Ralph ErrolleEscamillo Chief Caupolican
Micaëla Charlotte SymonsFr asquita Helen JepsonMercédès Rose Bampton
Zuniga Ivan SteschenkoMoralès Albert Mahler
Le Dancaïre Beniamino GrobaniLe Remendado Albert Mahler
maestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
Act II, Incidental dance: Catherine Littlefield,Mlle. Iannone,Mlle. Gamson,Mlle. Schoenberg
Act IV, Entr’acte: Dorothy Littlefield, Thomas Cannon, corps de balletMenuet: Catherine Littlefield, Virgil Coudy, William Dollar
Farandole: Corps de ballet
10/24/29: Knyaz’ Igor’ (Russian): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour:2000: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; ballet director Alexandre Gavrilov; assistant musicaldirector John Thoms; scenery designed and painted by The Jarin Studios
Prince Igor Ivan IvantzoffPrincess Yaroslavna Anna Lissetskaya
Vladimir Demetre CrionaPrince Galitsky Vladimir Dubinsky
Konchak Ada KousnetzovKonchakovna Anna Sablukova
Scoula Ralph JuskoEroschka Louis Purdey
Ovlour James MontgomeryYaroslavna’s nurse Maybelle MarstonA Polovetzian maid Elizabeth Harrison
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Ballet, Act II:prima ballerina Vera Strelska
Civic Opera Ballet
10/24/29: Mireille (English): Philadelphia, Plays and Players Playhouse, 1714 Delancy Street (Philadelphia Singers), 2015
Mireille Josephine ReillyVincent Carl Urban
Taven Esther CohnOurrias Robert Z. StraussRamon Cyril Wood
Clémence Ella BachAmbroise Russell Lee
Andreloun Anna Ornoratomaestro direttore Carlo Nicosia
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10/29/29: La campana sommersa(Ottorino Respighi): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company,New York), hour: 2000: stage director Wymetal; set design Joseph Urban
Rautèndelein Elisabeth RethbergEnrico Giovanni Martinelli
La strega Julia ClaussenL’ondino Giuseppe de Luca
Magda Dorothee ManskiIl curato Ezio Pinza
Il maestro Louis d’AngeloIl barbiere Giordano Paltrinieri
Il fauno Alfio TedescoNeighbor Philine Falco
Tr e elfi
Aida Doninelli
Pearl BesunerGladys Swarthout
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
10/31/29: Le jongleur de Notre Dame: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company /Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2000: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductorSylvan Levin; assistant stage manager Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenerydesign Alfred Roller, Wien; scenery executed by A. Jarin; costumes and wigs Charles Saake,Philadelphia
Jean Mary GardenBoniface Chief CaupolicanLe prieur Ivan Steschenko
Un moine poéte Albert MahlerUn moine peintre Beniamino Grobani
Un moine musicien John BarclayUn moine sculpteur Arthur Holmgren
La vierge(apparition) Sally Gibbsmaestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
11/05/29: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Armando Agnini; costume design Blaschke & Cie
Mimì Lucrezia BoriRodolfo Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Marcello Lawrence TibbettSchaunard Millo Picco
Colline Tancredi Pasero
Pompilio MalatestaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Nannette Guilford
Parpignol Giordano PaltrinieriSergente dei doganieri Giuseppe Cottino
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
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11/07/29: Roméo et Juliette: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms
Roméo David DorliniJuliette Irene Williams
Frère Laurent Sigurd NilssenStéphano Elizabeth HarrisonMercutio Nelson Eddy
Le comte Capulet Ralph JuskoGertrude Maybelle Marston
Tybalt Louis PurdeyBenvolio James Montgomery
Le comte Pâris Virgilio CossovelGrégorio Magnus Shillings
Le duc de Vérone Sheldon Walkermaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
11/12/29: Lohengrin: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Ernst Lert; design Joseph Urban
Heinrich der Vogler Richard MayrLohengrin Walter Kirchhoff
Elsa von Brabant Grete StückgoldFriedrich von Telramund Gustav Schützendorf
Ortrud Margarete MatzenauerDer Heerrufer des Königs Everett Marshall
maestro direttore Joseph Rosenstock
11/14/29: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2000: stage dir. Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assist. conductor Sylvan Levin;assist. stage manager Charles Demarest; scenery design Alfred Roller, Wien; scenery executed by A.Jarin Scenic Studios; costumes Charles Saake, Philadelphia; wigs William Punzel, NY
Cio-cio-san Eleanor PainterB. F. Pinkerton Ralph Errolle
Suzuki Berta LevinaSharpless John Barclay
Goro Albert MahlerIl principe Yamadori Arthur Holmgren
Lo zio Bonzo Clarence ReinertIl commissario imperiale Beniamino Grobani
Kate Pinkerton Helen JepsonL’ufficiale del registro Abraham Robofsky
Dolore Joan Smithmaestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
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11/19/29: La fanciulla del West: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Minnie Falconer Maria JeritzaJack Rance Lawrence Tibbett
Dick Johnson(Ramerrez) Giovanni MartinelliNick Alfio Tedesco
Ashby Tancredi PaseroSonora Everett Marshall
Trin Angelo BadàSid Arnold Gabor
Bello George CehanovskyHarry Giordano Paltrinieri
Joe Marek WindheimHappy Pompilio Malatesta
Jim Larkens Millo PiccoBilly Jackrabbit Paolo Ananian
Wowkle Pearl BesunerJake Wallace Joseph MacphersonJosè Castro Paolo Ananian
Un postiglione Max Altglassmaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
11/21/29: Das Rheingold: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms
Wotan Fred PattonDonner Nelson Eddy
Fr oh Louis PurdeyLoge Louis Dornay
Alberich Arnold Gabor Ivan Ivantzoff
Mime Bernard PolandFasolt Ralph JuskoFafner Herbert GouldFricka Fernanda DoriaFr eia Irene WilliamsErda Ruth Montague
Wo glinde Elizabeth WynkoopWellgunde Marie BuddeFloßhilde Maybelle Marston
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
11/25/29: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Playhouse, Delancy St. (Little Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Joseph Craig Fox
The Mikado of Japan David HauptNanki-Poo Joseph Lane
Ko-Ko George FrancisPoo-Bah Harry Blank
Pish-Tush John HilbertYum-Yum Emily HouckPitti-Sing Pauline LucasPeep-Bo Ella M. WatkinsKatisha Myrtle Miller Ethel Young
role unknown Herachel Shortlidge, Jr.maestro direttore Perley Dunn Aldrich
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11/26/29: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegmund Rudolf LaubenthalHunding William Gustafson
Wotan Clarence WhitehillSieglinde Grete Stückgold
Brünnhilde Dorothee ManskiFricka Julia Claussen
Gerhilde Phradie WellsOrtlinde Pearl Besuner
Waltraute Henriette WakefieldSchwertleite Dorothea Flexer
Helmwige Dreda AvesSiegrune Jane Carroll
Grimgerde Marion TelvaRoßweiße Ina Bourskaya
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
11/26/29: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Playhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 201511/27/29: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Playhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 201511/28/29: Lakmé: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute of
Music), hour: 2015: stage dir. Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assist. conductor Sylvan Levin; assist.stage manager Charles Demarest; scenery design Alfred Roller, Wien; scenery executed by A. JarinScenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Charles Saake, Philadelphia; wigs William Punzel, NY
Lakmé Josephine LuccheseNilakantha Ivan Steschenko
Mallika Lucia ChagnonHadji Albert Mahler
Gérald Ralph ErrolleEllen Helen Jepson
Frédéric Mario ValleRose Agnes Davis
Mistress Bentson Rose BamptonUn domben Abraham Robofsky
Un marchand chinois Daniel HealyUn kouravar Arthur Holmgren
maestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
première danseuse: Catherine Littlefield
11/28/29: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Playhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 2015
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11/29/29: Boris Godunov(in concert) (original version / American premiere), English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music(Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 1430: with The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, conductor BruceCorey; performed with the Polish Scene from the composer’s second version of the opera
Boris Godunov Georges BaklanoffFeodor Rose BamptonXenia Natalie Bodanskaya
Xenia’s nurse Paceli DiamondPrince Vassili Ivanovich ShuiskyRichard Crooks
Andrei Shchelkalov Daniel HealyPimen Herbert Gould
Grigory Otrepiev / Dimitri Richard CrooksMarina Mnishek Sophie Braslau
Rangoni Fred PattonVarlaam Fred PattonMissail Albert Mahler
Hostess of the inn Josephine JirakThe simpleton Albert Mahler
Nikitch Beniamino GrobaniMitiukha Clarence Reinert
Boyer in attendance Albert MahlerKhrushchov Daniel Healy
A Boyar Benjamin de LoacheLavitsky Daniel Healy
Chernikovsky Arthur Holmgrenmaestro direttore Leopold Stokowski
11/29/29: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Apollo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il conte di Luna Ettore VernaLeonora Evelyn BrandtAzucena May BarronManrico Pasquale Ferrara Antonio Ronini
Ferrando Nino RuisiInes Mary ConreyRuiz Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Aldo Franchetti
11/29/29: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Playhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 201511/30/29: Boris Godunov: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2015: [11/29/29]11/30/29: La traviata: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Apollo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Violetta Valéry Gloria MarionAlfredo Germont Erminio IalacciGiorgio Germont Ettore Verna
Flora Bervoix Anne SimonAnnina Cecilia K. Gessel
maestro direttore Aldo Franchetti
11/30/29: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Playhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 201512/02/29: Boris Godunov: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2020: [11/29/29]
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12/03/29: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Violetta Valéry Lucrezia BoriAlfredo Germont Armand TokatyanGiorgio Germont Mario Basiola
Flora Bervoix Minnie EgenerIl barone Douphol Alfredo Gandolfi
Il dottor Grenvil James WolfeAnnina Philine Falco
Gastone di Letorières Giordano PaltrinieriIl marchese d’Obigny Millo Picco
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Rita de Leporte
12/05/29: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director KarlT. F. Schroeder; assistant conductor John Thoms
Le docteur Faust David DorliniMéphistophélès Georges Baklanoff
Marguerite Anne Roselle Marie Sundelius
Valentin Nelson EddySiébel Veronica Sweigart
Dame Marthe Schwertlein Ruth MontagueWa gner Eric Belar
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
12/09/29: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor SylvanLevin; assistant stage manager Charles Demarest; scenery designed and executed by A. Jarin ScenicStudios, Philadelphia; costumes Charles Saake, Philadelphia; wigs William Punzel, New York
Santuzza Bianca SaroyaLola Genia Wilkomirska
Turiddu Josef WolinskiAlfio Giuseppe Martino-Rossi
Lucia Rose Bampton
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute of Music)
Canio Alexandre KourganoffNedda Nannette GuilfordTonio John Charles ThomasBeppe Albert MahlerSilvio Conrad Thibault
maestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
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12/10/29: Turandot: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Wymetal; set design Joseph Urban; costume design Gretel Urban, Umberto Brunelleschi
La principessa Turandot Maria JeritzaL’imperatore Altoum Max Altglass
Timur Pavel LudikarIl principe ignoto(Calàf) Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Liù Augusta OltrabellaPing Mario BasiolaPang Angelo BadàPong Alfio Tedesco
Un mandarino George Cehanovsky
Le ancelle di Turandot Charlotte Ryan
Dorothea Flexermaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
12/12/29: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage directorKarl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms
Siegmund Paul AlthouseHunding Sigurd Nilssen
Wotan Georges BaklanoffSieglinde Helen Stanley
Brünnhilde Florence AustralFricka Fernanda Doria
Gerhilde Elizabeth WynkoopOrtlinde Marie Budde
Waltraute Edith Marie TownsendSchwertleite Esther Binker
Helmwige Olive MarshallSiegrune Helen Bentz
Grimgerde Maybelle MarstonRoßweiße Veronica Sweigart
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
12/17/29: Die Meistersinger: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hans Sachs Clarence WhitehillVeit Pogner Léon Rothier
Kunz Vogelgesang Max BlochKonrad Nachtigall Louis d’AngeloSixtus BeckmesserGustav Schützendorf
Fritz Kothner Arnold GaborBalthasar Zorn Angelo Badà
Ulrich Eißlinger Giordano PaltrinieriAugustin Moser Max AltglassHermann Ortel Paolo AnanianHans Schwarz William Gustafson
Hans Foltz James WolfeWalter von Stolzing Rudolf Laubenthal
David Marek WindheimEva Elisabeth Rethberg
Magdalene Henriette WakefieldEin Nachtwächter George Cehanovskymaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
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12/26/29: Judith (Eugene Goossens) English: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Co. /Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2015: stage dir. Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assist. conductor SylvanLevin; assist. stage manager Charles Demarest; scenery designed and executed by A. Jarin ScenicStudios, Philadelphia; costumes Charles Saake, Philadelphia; wigs William Punzel, NY
Judith Bianca SaroyaHaggith Berta Levina
Holofernes Ivan SteschenkoBagoas Ralph ErrolleAchior Carroll Ault
maestro direttore Eugene Goossens
première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
Mlles. Zeller, Axford, Flynn, Loewenthal, CampbellSmythe, Ionone, Cohen, Roncase, Jacob, Garrity, Gamson
Guards: Thomas Cannon, Virgil Coudy
Die Entführung aus dem Serail(Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Co. / CurtisInstitute of Music): stage dir. Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.: Curtis Institute Student Orchestra
Bassa Selim Mario ValleKonstanze Harriet van Emden Josephine Lucchese
Blonde Natalie Bodanskaya (lka: Natalie Bodanya)Belmonte Josef Wolinski
Pedrillo Albert MahlerOsmin Ivan Steschenko
Klaas, ein Schiffer Alessandro Angeluccimaestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
12/28/29: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 1430:stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms
Peter Nelson EddyGertrud Ruth MontagueHänsel Grace LeslieGretel Irene Williams
Die Knusperhexe Fernanda DoriaSandmännchen Edna WoodTaumännchen Edna Haddock
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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19301/02/30: Aida (Italian): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:
ballet director Alexandre Gavrilov
Il re d’Egitto Ralph JuskoAmneris Lydia van Gilder
Aida Florence AustralRadamès Dan Gridley
Ramfis Sigurd NilssenAmonasro Nelson Eddy
Un messaggero Tierno RinoUna sacerdotessa Sara Murphymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
premier danceur Alexandre Gavrilovprima ballerina Vera Strelska
1/07/30: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000:stage director Armando Agnini; set design James Fox; costume design Mathilde Castel-Bert
Lord Enrico Asthon Giuseppe DaniseMiss Lucia Amelita Galli-Curci
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodGiovanni MartinelliLord Arturo Buclaw Alfio TedescoRaimondo Bidebent Tancredi Pasero
Alisa Minnie EgenerNormanno Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
1/09/30: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 1930: stage director KarlT. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms
Siegfried Hans TaenzlerMime Bernard Poland
Der Wanderer Fred PattonAlberich Ralph Jusko
Fafner Herbert GouldErda Nevada van der Veer
Brünnhilde Elsa AlsenStimme des WaldvogelsIrene Williams
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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1/11/30: Das Rheingold: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 1430
Wotan Gotthold DitterDonner Franz Egenieff
Froh Max Wiederholt Josef Lengyel
Loge Johannes SembachAlberich Hans E. Hey
Mime Alexander LarsenFasolt Bennett ChallisFafner Laurenz PierotFricka Mabel RitchFr eia Milo MiloradovichErda Sonia Sharnova
Wo glinde Edna ZahmWellgunde Merran ReaderFloßhilde Shiela Fryer
maestro direttore Ernest Knoch
1/11/30: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000
Isolde Juliette LippeTristan Karl Jörn Rudolf Ritter
Brangäne Sonia SharnovaKurwenal Marcel Salzinger
König Marke Dudley MarwickMelot Karl Pusch Franz Egenieff
Ein junger Seemann Josef LengyelEin Hirt Gustav Werner
Der Steuermann Albert Jablonskimaestro direttore Ernest Mehlich
1/13/30: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000
Siegmund Johannes SembachHunding Carl Braun
Wotan Gotthold DitterSieglinde Juliette Lippe
Brünnhilde Johanna GadskiFricka Sonia Sharnova
Gerhilde Edna ZahmOrtlinde Isolde von Bernhard
Waltraute Mabel RitchSchwertleite Maura Cauning
Helmwige Morran RenderSiegrune Milo Miloradovich
Grimgerde Helena LanvinRoßweiße Shiela Fryer
maestro direttore Ernest Knoch
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1/14/30: Luisa Miller: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il conte di Walter Tancredi PaseroRodolfo Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Federica Gladys SwarthoutWurm Pavel LudikarMiller Giuseppe de LucaLuisa Rosa PonselleLaura Aida Doninelli
Un contadino Marek Windheimmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
1/15/30: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000
Siegfried Rudolf RitterMime Alexander Larsen
Der Wanderer Richard Gross Gotthold Ditter
Alberich Hans E. HeyFafner Dudley Marwick
Erda Sonia SharnovaBrünnhilde Johanna Gadski
Stimme des WaldvogelsEdna Zahmmaestro direttore Ernest Knoch
1/16/30: Götterdämmerung: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 1930: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms
Siegfried Hans TaenzlerGunther Nelson Eddy
Hagen Allen HinckleyAlberich Ralph Jusko
Brünnhilde Florence AustralGutrune Hildegard Bartz Irene Williams
Waltraute Nevada van der VeerErste Norn Veronica Sweigart
Zweite Norn Ruth MontagueDritte Norn Olive Marshall
Wo glinde Elizabeth WynkoopWellgunde Marie BuddeFolßhilde Maybelle Marston
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
1/17/30: Der fliegende Holländer: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000
Daland Laurenz PierotSenta Margarethe BaumerErik Karl Jörn
Mary Mabel RitchDer Steuermann Dalands Alexander Larsen Gustav Werner
Der Holländer Richard Grossmaestro direttore Ernest Mehlich
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1/18/30: Don Giovanni: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 1400
Don Giovanni Franz EgenieffIl Commendatore Dudley Marwick
Donna Anna Juliette LippeDonna Elvira Edna ZahmDon Ottavio Josef Lengyel
Leporello Carl BraunZerlina Milo MiloradovichMasetto Hans E. Hey
maestro direttore Ernest Knoch
1/18/30: Götterdämmerung: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000
Siegfried Rudolf RitterGunther Richard Gross
Hagen Laurenz PierotAlberich Werner Kius
Brünnhilde Johanna GadskiGutrune Isolde von Bernhard
Waltraute unknownErste Norn Maura Canning
Zweite Norn Mabel RitchDritte Norn Merran Reader
Wo glinde Milo MiloradovichWellgunde Merran ReaderFolßhilde Helena Lanvin
maestro direttore unknown
1/20/30: Don Giovanni: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000
Don Giovanni Franz EgenieffIl Commendatore Dudley Marwick
Donna Anna Margarethe BaumerDonna Elvira Edna ZahmDon Ottavio Josef Lengyel
Leporello Hans E. HeyZerlina Irma SacksMasetto Werner Kius
maestro direttore Ernest Knoch
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1/21/30: Tannhäuser: Philadelphia. Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hermann Michael BohnenTannhäuser Walter Kirchhoff
Wolfram von EschenbachFriedrich SchorrWalter von der Vogelweide Marek Windheim
Biterolf Arnold GaborHeinrich der Schreiber Max Bloch
Reinmar von Zweter James WolfeElisabeth Gertrude Kappel
Venus Elisabeth OhmsEin Hirtenknabe Louise Lerchmaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
Lilyan OgdenJessie RoggeIrene Saffran
1/21/30: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (German Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000
Isolde Johanna GadskiTristan Johannes Sembach
Brangäne Sonia SharnovaKurwenal Richard Gross
König Marke Dudley MarwickMelot Franz Egenieff Karl Pusch
Ein junger Seemann Alexander LarsenEin Hirt Gustav Werner
Der Steuermann Albert Jablonskimaestro direttore Ernest Mehlich
1/28/30: Roméo et Juliette: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Roméo Edward JohnsonJuliette Grace Moore
Frère Laurent Léon RothierStéphano Gladys SwarthoutMercutio Giuseppe de LucaBenvolio Max AltglassGertrude Henriette Wakefield
Le comte Capulet Pavel LudikarTybalt Angelo Badà
Le comte Pâris Millo PiccoGrégorio Paolo Ananian
Le duc de Vérone Joseph Macphersonmaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
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1/30/30: Samson et Dalila: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; ballet master Alexandre Gavrilov
Dalila Julia ClaussenSamson Paul Althouse
Le grand-prêtre de Dagon Nelson EddyAbimélech Ralph Jusko
Un vieillard hébreu Sigurd NilssenUn messager philistin James Montgomery
Premier Philistin Louis PurdeyDeuxième Philistin Eric Belar
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
prima ballerina Vera Strelskasolo dance Carola Collings
2/04/30: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Floria Tosca Maria JeritzaMario Cavaradossi Frederick Jagel
Il barone Scarpia Antonio ScottiCesare Angelotti George Cehanovsky
Il sagrestano Pompilio MalatestaSpoletta Giordano Paltrinieri
Sciarrone Alfredo GandolfiUn pastore Dorothea Flexer
Un carceriere Millo Piccomaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
2/06/30: Lohengrin: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2000: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;assistant stage manager Charles Demarest; scenery design Alfred Roller, Wien; scenery executed byA. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, NewYork; wigs William Punzel, New York
Heinrich der Vogler Augusto OttoneLohengrin Josef Wolinski
Elsa von Brabant Marianne GonitchFriedrich von Telramund Chief Caupolican
Ortrud Margarete MatzenauerDer Heerrufer des Königs Leo de Hierapolis
Vier Edelknaben
Selma Amansky
Agnes DavisRuth GordonHelen Jepson
Herzog Gottfried Bernice Dollartonmaestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
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2/11/30: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Isolde Elisabeth OhmsTristan Rudolf Laubenthal
Brangäne Karin BranzellKurwenal Clarence Whitehill
König Marke Michael BohnenMelot Arnold Gabor
Ein junger Seemann Max BlochEin Hirt Max Bloch
Der Steuermann James Wolfemaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
2/13/30: Die Zauberflöte(Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms
Sarastro Herbert GouldTamino David Dorlini
Papageno Nelson EddyMonostatos James Montgomery
Orator Ralph JuskoPriester Louis Purdey
Königin der Nacht Madge CowdenPamina Alma Peterson
Papagena Elizabeth Harrison Irene Williams
Erste Dame der Königin Marie BuddeZweite Dame der Königin Olive MarshallDritte Dame der Königin Mae Mackie
Erster Knabe Ruth MontagueZweiter Knabe Maybelle MarstonDritter Knabe Veronica Sweigart
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
2/18/30: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Le docteur Faust Armand TokatyanMéphistophélès Léon Rothier
Marguerite Grace MooreValentin Giuseppe de Luca
Siébel Gladys SwarthoutDame Marthe Schwertlein Henriette Wakefield
Wa gner Paolo Ananianmaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
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2/20/30: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;assistant stage manager Charles Demarest; scenery design Alfred Roller, Wien; scenery executed byA. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, NewYork; wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company,Philadelphia
Il duca di Mantova Josef WolinskiRigoletto John Charles Thomas
Gilda Josephine LuccheseSparafucile Ivan SteschenkoMaddalena Josephine Jirak
Il conte di Monterone Beniamino GrobaniMatteo Borsa Albert Mahler
La contessa di Ceprano Henrietta HorleGiovanna Paceli Diamond
Il cavaliere Marullo Conrad ThibaultIl conte di Ceprano Alfred de Long
Usciere di corte Alessandro AngelucciPa g gio della duchessaSelma Amansky
maestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
2/24/30: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Clubhouse, 1714 Delancy St. (Little Opera Company), hour:2015: with Jerrie Meyer Dancers (Hornpipe, Act I)
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.William StamplerCaptain Corcoran John Hilbert
[Ralph Rackstraw] Joseph LaneDick Deadeye Percy Moor
Bill Bobstay, boatswain unknownBob Becket, boatswain’s mateunknown
[Josephine] Emily HouckLittle Buttercup Myrtle Miller
Hebe Mezzy Halemaestro direttore Percy Edmunds
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2/25/30: Sadko(Rimsky-Korsakov), French: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., NY), hour: 2000
Sadko Edward JohnsonVolkhova Editha Fleischer
Okian-more James WolfeLyubava Buslayevna Julia Claussen
Nezhata Gladys SwarthoutFoma Nazarich Max AltglassLuka Zinovich Joseph Macpherson
Duda Louis d’AngeloSopel Angelo Badà
Viking merchant William GustafsonHindu merchant Alfio Tedesco
Venetian merchant Mario Basiola
Jesters Philine Falco
Pearl BesunerApparition George Cehanovsky
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
2/25/30: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Clubhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 20152/26/30: Tiefland (Eugene d’Albert), German: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera
Company / Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistantconductor Sylvan Levin; assistant stage manager Charles Demarest; scenery by Teichner Studios,New York; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York; wigs William Punzel,New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia
Sebastiano Conrad Thibault Pavel Ludikar
Tommaso Augusto OttoneMarta Genia WilkomirskaPepa Selma Amansky
Antonia Natalie BodanskayaRosalia Paceli Diamond
Nuri Eleanor LewisMoruccio Beniamino Grobani
Pedro Albert MahlerNando Daniel Healy
maestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
2/26/30: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Clubhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 20152/27/30: L’elisir d’amore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage
director Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms
Nemorino David DorliniAdina Genia Zielinska
Il dottor Dulcamara Giuseppe La PumaBelcore Nelson Eddy
Giannetta Elizabeth Harrisonmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
2/27/30: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Clubhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 20152/28/30: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Clubhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 2015
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˜ 2/28/30: Aida: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Drury Opera Company)
Il re d’Egitto Alonzo RobinsonAmneris Phyllis Nearn
Aida Edith Burges WilliamsRadamès Embry Bonner
Ramfis William RichardsonAmonasro Ernest O’Banyoun
Un messaggero Wilbur MarshallUna sacerdotessa Lillian Davis
Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 9, 1930:Aida by Colored Singers: Aida will be given its first performance here bynegro singers when that Veridi perennial is presented by the Drury Opera Company at the Metropolitan OperaHouse on Friday evening, February 28, for the benefit of the Robert Wood Industrial Home for ColoredChildren. [I could find no announcements for this on days just before the scheduled performance, nor a review.]
3/01/30: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Clubhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 20153/04/30: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Cio-Cio-San Maria MüllerB. F. Pinkerton Armand Tokatyan
Suzuki Ina BourskayaSharpless Mario Basiola
Goro Angelo BadàIl principe Yamadori Louis d’Angelo
Lo zio Yakusidé Paolo QuintinaLo zio Bonzo Paolo Ananian
Il commissario imperiale Alfredo GandolfiKate Pinkerton Phradie Wells
maestro direttore Giuseppe Sturani
3/06/30: La traviata: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;assistant stage manager Charles Demarest; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia;costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York; wigs William Punzel, New York;furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia
Violetta Valéry Josephine LuccheseAlfredo Germont Alexandre KourganoffGiorgio Germont Mario Valle
Flora Bervoix Helen JepsonIl barone Douphol Alfred de Long
Il dottor Grenvil Enrico GiovanniAnnina Paceli Diamond
Gastone di Letorières Albert MahlerIl marchese d’Obigny Arthur Holmgren
Giuseppe Alessandro Angeluccimaestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
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3/13/30: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorKarl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms
Il conte di Luna Ivan IvantzoffLeonora Anna LissetskayaAzucena Lydia van GilderManrico Dan Gridley
Ferrando Ralph JuskoInes Dorothy AberRuiz Pierino Salvucci
Un messaggero Louis Purdeymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
3/18/30: Fidelio: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Don Fernando George CehanovskyDon Pizarro Gustav Schützendorf
Florestan Rudolf LaubenthalLeonore Gertrude Kappel
Rocco Pavel LudikarMarzelline Queena Mario
Jaquino George MeaderErster Gefangener Max Altglass
Zweiter Gefangener Arnold Gabormaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
3/20/30: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms
Santuzza Emilia AberlandiLola Veronica Sweigart
Turiddu David DorliniAlfio Ralph Jusko
Lucia Manila Resslermaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company)
Canio Paul AlthouseNedda Irene WilliamsTonio Ivan IvantzoffBeppe Louis PurdeySilvio Giuseppe Interrante Nelson Eddy
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
3/25/30: L’elisir d’amore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Nemorino Beniamino GigliAdina Nina Morgana
Il dottor Dulcamara Ezio PinzaBelcore Giuseppe de Luca
Giannetta Philine Falcomaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
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3/27/30: Le nozze di Figaro: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms; furniture Kayser and Allman
Il conte d’Almaviva Nelson EddyLa contessa d’Almaviva Alma Peterson
Susanna Irene WilliamsFigaro Ivan Ivantzoff
Cherubino Genia ZielinskaMarcellina Maybelle Marston
Doctor Bartolo Sheldon WalkerDon Basilio James MontgomeryDon Curzio Louis Purdey
Antonio Ralph JuskoBarbarina Marie Budde
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
4/01/30: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il re d’Egitto Louis d’AngeloAmneris Karin Branzell
Aida Maria MüllerRadamès Frederick Jagel
Ramfis Ezio PinzaAmonasro Giuseppe Danise
Un messaggero Giordano PaltrinieriUna sacerdotessa Aida Doninellimaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Rita de Leporte
4/03/30: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic OperaCompany), hour: 1930: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; assistant musical director John Thoms;with additional male chorus through William P. Bentz and Sydney Sutcliffe
Hans Sachs Fred PattonVeit Pogner Herbert Gould
Kunz Vogelgesang Ross LockwoodKonrad Nachtigall Peter PetraitisSixtus BeckmesserRalph Jusko
Fritz Kothner Nelson EddyBalthasar Zorn David Berkowitz
Ulrich Eißlinger James MontgomeryAugustin Moser James SmithHermann Ortel Sheldon WalkerHans Schwarz Sydney Sutcliffe
Hans Foltz Paul D. TownerWalter von Stolzing Hans Taenzler
David Bernard PolandEva Helen Stanley
Magdalene Maybelle MarstonEin Nachtwächter Magnus Shillingsmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
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4/05/30: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Italian Opera Co., John R. di Giorgio), 2015
Santuzza Zita RossiLola Leonora Goldoni
Turiddu Pietro Barchi Fernando Bertini
Alfio Carlo NockaLucia Edna Neeson
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Italian Opera Company)
Canio Jose Tortosa Fernando Bertini
Nedda Bianca FioreTonio Ciro de RitisBeppe Adolfo CalvettiSilvio Bernardo Taylor
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
4/08/30: Hänsel und Gretel: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hänsel Editha FleischerGretel Queena Mario
Die Knusperhexe Henriette WakefieldGertrud Marion Telva
Peter Gustav SchützendorfSandmännchen Dorothea FlexerTaumännchen Louise Lerch
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Canio Edward JohnsonNedda Nannette GuilfordTonio Giuseppe DaniseBeppe Giordano PaltrinieriSilvio George Cehanovsky
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
4/10/30: Un ballo in maschera: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor SylvanLevin; assistant stage manager Charles Demarest; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia;costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York; wigs William Punzel, New York;furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia
Riccardo Alexandre KourganoffRenato John Charles ThomasAmelia Bianca SaroyaUlrica Faina PetrovaOscar Henrietta Horle
Silvano Beniamino GrobaniFr ancesco Ivan Steschenko
Antonio Abraham RobofskyUn giudice Alfred de Long
Un servitore di Amelia Daniel Healymaestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
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4/15/30: Parsifal: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1300: stage directorWymetal; design Joseph Urban
Amfortas Gustav SchützendorfTiturel William Gustafson
Gurnemanz Siegfried TappoletParsifal Lauritz Melchior
Klingsor Adamo DidurKundry Gertrude Kappel
Erster Gralsritter Angelo BadàZweiter Gralsritter Louis d’Angelo
Altstimme Marion TelvaErster Knappe Ellen Dalossy
Zweiter Knappe Philine FalcoDritter Knappe George MeaderVierter Knappe Max Altglass
Zaubermädchen
Louise Lerch
Aida DoninelliEllen DalossyEditha FleischerPearl BesunerMarion Telva
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
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4/15/30: Louise: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Louise Lucrezia BoriJulien Antonin Trantoul
La mère Ina BourskayaLa père Léon Rothier
La petite chiffonnière Gladys SwarthoutLa glaneuse de charbonGrace Divine
Le noctambule Alfio TedescoLa plieuse Pearl Besuner
Le bricoleur Paolo AnanianLa laitière Minnie Egener
Le chiffonnier Louis d’AngeloLe premier gardien de la paix Coscia L. Belleri
Le gavroche Thalia SabanieevaLa balayeuse Mildred Parisette
Le peintre Alfredo GandolfiLe sculpteur Millo Picco
Le chansonnier George CehanovskyLe premier philosophe Paolo Ananian
Le jeune poète Marek WindheimLe deuxième philosopheWilliam Gustafson
L’étudiant Giordano PaltrinieriLe rempailleuse Dorothea Flexer
La marchande d’artichauts Aida DoninelliLe marchand de carottesMarek Windheim
La marchande de mouronCharlotte RyanUn marchand ambulant Giordano Paltrinieri
Blanche Phradie WellsMarguerite Mildred Parisette
Suzanne Pearl BesunerGertrude Dorothea FlexerCamille Charlotte Ryan
Irma Aida DoninelliÉlise Minnie Egener
Madeleine Philine FalcoLe marchand d’habits Max Bloch
La première Maria SavageLe pape des fous Alfio Tedesco
La marchande de pois vertsGiordano PaltrinieriLe marchand de cressonGrace Divine
An errand girl Thalia Sabanieevamaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
Rita de Leporte
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4/24/30: Aida: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;assistant stage manager Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A. JarinScenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York; wigsWilliam Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia
Il re d’Egitto Leo de HierapolisAmneris Cyrena van Gordon
Aida Marianne GonitchRadamès Josef Wolinski
Ramfis Ivan SteschenkoAmonasro John Charles Thomas
Un messaggero Albert MahlerUna sacerdotessa Florence Ironsmaestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
5/05/30: Aida: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Drury Opera Company), hour: 2000
Il re d’Egitto Alonzo RobinsonAmneris Phyllis Nearn
Aida Edith Burges WilliamsRadamès Embry Bonner
Ramfis William RichardsonAmonasro Ernest O’Banyoun
Un messaggero Wilbur MarshallUna sacerdotessa Mary Cola Gray
pianist Eulee Townes
5/09/30: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company), hour: 2015: stage directo WalterAntrim; accompanist Ruth M. Barber
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.John Steele WilliamsCaptain Corcoran Elmer LangworthyRalph Rackstraw James S. Montgomery
Dick Deadeye Albert Carl LohmannBill Bobstay, boatswain Edward C. Jacoby
Bob Becket, boatswain’s mateWilliam C. Ferguson, Jr.Josephine Christine Murdoch Kendrick
Hebe Marian P. ToulminLittle Buttercup Albertine Hundertmark
maestro direttore John Thoms
5/10/30: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Apollo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Miss Lucia Gloria MarionSir Edgardo di RavenswoodGiuseppe Barsotti
Lord Enrico Asthon Mario ValleRaimondo Bidebent unknownLord Arturo Buclaw unknown
Alisa Marie ZaraNormanno unknown
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
5/10/30: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2015
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5/12/30: Patience: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Clubhouse (Little Opera Co.), hour: 2015: dir. Percy Edmunds
[Colonel Calverly] Joseph Lane[Major Murgatroyd] John Hilbert
[Lieutenant, the duke of Dunstable]Percy MooreReginald Bunthorne Louis A. Starr
Archibald Grosvenor William StamplerMr. Bunthorne’s solicitor unknown
The lady Angela Ella M. WatkinsThe lady Saphir Jean Seare
The lady Ella Mirgie PetersonThe lady Jane unknown
Patience, a dairy maid Mary A. Elise Quigleymaestro direttore David Houck
pianist Helen Ferguson
5/13/30: Patience: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Clubhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 20155/14/30: Patience: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Clubhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 20155/15/30: Patience: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Clubhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 20155/15/30: The bohemian girl: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Operatic So.): dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder
Count Arnheim H. Ralph WiederFlorestein George R. TaylorThaddeus Herman Gatter
Devilshoof William L. SchryerArline Olive Marshall
The gypsy queen Ellen Richmond Marshallmaestro direttore Clarence K. Bawden
5/16/30: The wolf and the goats(Leon Lewin): Philadelphia, Fleisher Auditorium (Children’s Opera Co.), hour: 16005/16/30: Patience: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Clubhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 20155/17/30: Patience: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Clubhouse (Little Opera Company), hour: 20155/24/30: H. M. S. Pinafore: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens, Conservatory (The Savo yCompany)9/29/30: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Municipal Stadium, Sesqui Centennial Grounds (Apollo Grand Opera Co.):
artistic director Rodolfo Pili
Santuzza Amelia BrancaLola Flora Lanza
Turiddu Dimitri OnofreiAlfio Giuseppe Interrante
Lucia Mary Conreymaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Municipal Stadium (Apollo Grand Opera Company)
Canio Pasquale FerraraNedda Gloria MarionTonio Giuseppe Martino-RossiBeppe Francesco Curci Giuseppe Reschiglian
Silvio Giuseppe Interrantemaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
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10/16/30: Aida: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A.Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York;wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company,Philadelphia
Il re d’Egitto Nicholas KonratyAmneris Cyrena van Gordon
Aida Anne RoselleRadamès Aroldo Lindi
Ramfis Ivan SteschenkoAmonasro Chief Caupolican
Un messaggero Fiorenzo TassoUna sacerdotessa Florence Ironsmaestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
Catherine LittlefieldDouglas CoudyWilliam Dollar
10/23/30: Le jongleur de Notre Dame: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company),hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin; stagemanager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorus masterJeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A. JarinScenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York; wigsWilliam Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia
Jean Mary GardenBoniface Chief CaupolicanLe prieur Ivan Steschenko
Un moine poète Albert MahlerUn moine peintre Conrad Thibault
Un moine musicien Nicholas KonratyUn moine sculpteur Alfred de Long
Un moine crieur Benjamin de LoacheUn ivrogne Abraham Robofsky
La vierge(apparition) Sally Gibbsmaestro direttore Eugene Goossensmaestro del coro Henri Elkan
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10/28/30: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Ernst Lert; set design Antonio Rovescalli, Joseph Novak; costume design Mathilde Castel-Bert; choreography August Berger
La gioconda Rosa PonselleEnzo Grimaldo Beniamino GigliLaura Adorno Julia Claussen
Barnaba Giuseppe DaniseAlvise Badoero Ezio Pinza
La cieca Gladys SwarthoutZuàne Alfredo GandolfiIsèpo Giordano Paltrinieri
Un monaco Louis d’AngeloUn pilota Arnold Gabor
Due cantori Alfredo Gandolfi
Giordano Paltrinierimaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
10/30/30: Gianni Schicchi: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2015: Orchestra of Curtis Institute of Music; stage director Wilhelm vonWymetal, Jr.; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci;librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios,Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia; wigs William Punzel, New York; furnitureand decoration by Chapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia
Gianni Schicchi Chief CaupolicanLauretta Natalie Bodanskaya
Zita Paceli DiamondRinuccio Albert Mahler
Gherardo Daniel HealyNella Agnes Davis
Gherardino Vitale AngelucciBetto di Signa Abraham Robofsky
Simone Ivan SteschenkoMarco Conrad Thibault
La Ciesca Henrietta HorleIl Maestro Spinelloccio Benjamin de LoacheSer Amantio di Nicolao Alfred de Long
Pinellino Arthur HolmgrenGuccio Walter Vassar
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Civic Opera Company): stage directorWilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard; costumes Consolidated TheatricalCostume Company, New York
Canio Aroldo LindiNedda Helen JepsonTonio John Charles ThomasBeppe Albert MahlerSilvio Conrad Thibault
maestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
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11/04/30: La fanciulla del West: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000:stage director Ernst Lert; set design Joseph Novak
Minnie Falconer Maria JeritzaJack Rance Giuseppe Danise
Dick Johnson(Ramerrez) Edward JohnsonNick Alfio Tedesco
Ashby Louis d’AngeloSonora Alfredo Gandolfi
Trin Angelo BadàSid Arnold Gabor
Bello George CehanovskyHarry Giordano Paltrinieri
Joe Marek WindheimHappy Pompilio Malatesta
Jim Larkens Millo PiccoBilly Jackrabbit Paolo Ananian
Wowkle Pearl BesunerJake Wallace Joseph MacphersonJosè Castro Paolo Ananian
Un postiglione Lamberto Bellerimaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
11/06/30: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor SylvanLevin; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistantchorus master Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; sceneryby A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, NewYork; wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company,Philadelphia
Miss Lucia Josephine LuccheseSir Edgardo di RavenswoodJosef Wolinski
Lord Enrico Asthon Chief CaupolicanRaimondo Bidebent Ivan SteschenkoLord Arturo Buclaw Albert Mahler
Alisa Rose BamptonNormanno Daniel Healy
maestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
133
11/11/30: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegmund Rudolf LaubenthalHunding Ivar Andresen
Wotan Friedrich SchorrSieglinde Maria Müller
Brünnhilde Gertrude KappelFricka Karin Branzell
Gerhilde Phradie WellsOrtlinde Pearl Besuner
Waltraute Henriette WakefieldSchwertleite Dorothea Flexer
Helmwige Dorothee ManskiSiegrune Grace Divine
Grimgerde Marion TelvaRoßweiße Ina Bourskaya
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
11/13/30: Boris Godunov(Russian): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company /Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2000: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductorSylvan Levin; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci;assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director CarolineLittlefield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costume design Helen Stevenson West,executed by Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia; wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture anddecoration by Chapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia
Boris Godunov Ivan SteschenkoFeodor Irra PetinaXenia Charlotte Symons
Xenia’s nurse Marie KoshetzPrince Vassili Ivanovich ShuiskyJosef Lvov
Andrei Shchelkalov Conrad ThibaultPimen Nicholas Konraty
Grigory Otrepiev / Dimitri Ivan DneproffMarina Mnishek Genia Wilkomirska
Pristav Abraham RobofskyVarlaam Michael ShvetzMissail Josef Kallini
Hostess of the inn Marie KoshetzThe simpleton Albert Mahler
The herald Albert MahlerKhrushchov Benjamin de Loache
Lavitsky Daniel HealyChernikovsky Arthur Holmgren
maestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
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11/18/30: Hänsel und Gretel: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hänsel Editha FleischerGretel Queena Mario
Die Knusperhexe Dorothee ManskiGertrud Henriette Wakefield
Peter Gustav SchützendorfSandmännchen Dorothea FlexerTaumännchen Beatrice Belkin
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Lucrezia BoriTonio Giuseppe de LucaBeppe Angelo BadàSilvio Claudio Frigerio
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
11/25/30: Andrea Chénier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Ernst Lert; set design Triangle Studio (Acts I, II), James Fox (Acts III, IV); costume designTriangle Studio, Mathilde Castel-Bert; choreography Rosina Galli
Andrea Chénier Beniamino GigliCarlo Gérard Mario Basiola
Maddalena di Coigny Rosa PonselleLa mulatta Bersi Gladys Swarthout
La contessa di Coigny Ina BourskayaLa vecchia Madelon Ina Bourskaya
Roucher Millo PiccoIl romanziere, Pietro Fléville George Cehanovsky
Fouquier-Tinville William GustafsonIl sanculotto Mathieu detto «Populus»Pavel Ludikar
Un «Incredibile» Angelo BadàL’abate Marek Windheim
Il maestro di casa Alfredo GandolfiSchmidt Alfredo GandolfiDumas Paolo Ananian
maestro direttore Giuseppe Sturani
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11/27/30: Tosca: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A.Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York;wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company,Philadelphia
Floria Tosca Bianca SaroyaMario Cavaradossi Richard Crooks
Il barone Scarpia Chief CaupolicanCesare Angelotti Ivan Steschenko
Il sagrestano Abraham RobofskySpoletta Albert Mahler
Sciarrone Alfred de LongUn pastore Rose Bampton
Un carceriere Benjamin de Loachemaestro direttore Eugene Goossensmaestro del coro Henri Elkan
12/02/30: Der fliegende Holländer: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., New York), hour: 2000
Daland Ivar AndresenSenta Maria JeritzaErik Walter Kirchhoff
Mary Marion TelvaDer Steuermann DalandsHans Clemens
Der Holländer Friedrich Schorrmaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
12/04/30: La traviata: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A.Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York;wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company,Philadelphia
Violetta Valéry Clare ClairbertAlfredo Germont Ivan DneproffGiorgio Germont John Charles Thomas
Flora Bervoix Helen JepsonIl barone Douphol Abraham Robofsky
Il dottor Grenvil Enrico GiovanniAnnina Paceli Diamond
Gastone di Letorières Albert MahlerIl marchese d’Obigny Alfred de Long
Giuseppe Alessandro Angeluccimaestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
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12/09/30: Don Giovanni: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Don Giovanni Ezio PinzaIl Commendatore Léon Rothier
Donna Anna Rosa PonselleDonna Elvira Maria MüllerDon Ottavio Beniamino Gigli
Leporello Pavel LudikarZerlina Editha FleischerMasetto Louis d’Angelo
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
12/11/30: Thaïs: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A.Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York;wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company,Philadelphia
Thaïs Marianne GonitchAthanaël John Charles Thomas
Nicias Ivan DneproffPalémon Ivan SteschenkoCrobyle Agnes DavisMyrtale Rose BamptonAlbine Josephine Jirak
Le serviteur de Nicias Alfred de Longmaestro direttore Eugene Goossensmaestro del coro Henri Elkan
Act II, 2, ballet divertissement:première danseuse Catherine Littlefield
Assyrian maiden Dorothy LittlefieldSlaves: William Dollar, Douglas Coudy, Thomas Cannon
12/16/30: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mimì Lucrezia BoriRodolfo Giovanni Martinelli
Marcello Mario BasiolaSchaunard Millo Picco
Colline Tancredi Pasero
Paolo AnanianBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Thalia Sabanieeva
Parpignol Marek WindheimSergente dei doganieri Carlo Coscia
maestro direttore Giuseppe Sturani
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12/20/30: Hänsel und Gretel(German): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company /Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 1415: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductorSylvan Levin; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci;assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director CarolineLittlefield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated TheatricalCostume Company, New York; wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration byChapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia
Peter Chief CaupolicanGertrud Selma AmanskyHänsel Paceli DiamondGretel Natalie Bodanskaya
Die Knusperhexe Edwina EustisSandmännchen Edna CordayTaumännchen Irene Singer
maestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
Die Puppenfée(ballet, Josef Bayer): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company):costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
The toymaker Abrasha Robofsky
His assistants Frank Davenport
George SouthernThe postman Reynolds Mazzei
A peasant Maurice RossThe English gentleman Brantley Elliott
His wife Kathryn McIlhenney
Their children
Doris Wilson
Cupie WolffMargaret Shaw
Harlequin William Dollar
Tyrolese dolls Florence Campbell
Lucille BremerBaby French doll Stella Clausen
Gollywog Fanya Lev eneSpanish doll Rosalie Markowitz
Porcelain dolls Dorothy Rendleman
Jack PotteigerMarionette Dorothy Littlefield
Captain of Hussars Thomas CannonSailor doll Nicolai Popov
Russian doll Harold TaubTr oubadour Nace Bernert
The fairy princess doll Catherine LittlefieldPrince Charming Douglas Coudy
Corps de ballet:Mlles. Hoffman, Gray, Becker, Kahl, Jacob, Renninger, Karklinsch, Dollarton
Mlles. Guerard, Nokel, Vosseler, Shaw, Gamson, Flynn, Iannone, Fowler
maestro direttore Henri Elkan
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12/27/30: The wolf and the goats(Leon Lewin): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Children’s Opera Company),hour: 1415: assistant Mrs. Cecelia Binder
The dulcimer players(Leon Lewin): Philadelphia , Metropolitan Opera House (Children’s Opera Company)Children performers in the two operas:
Lucille WalkerHyman Rand
Osenath WilkinsMiriam RosenNaomi Seigel
Beatrice MargolisPearl GrossmanSonia Binder
maestro direttore: Leon Lewin
19311/06/31: Boccaccio(Franz von Suppé): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., New York), hour: 2000
Giovanni Boccaccio Maria JeritzaPietro Walter Kirchhoff
Fiametta Editha FleischerBeatrice Nina Morgana
Scalza George MeaderIsabella Dorothee Manski
Lotteringhi Marek WindheimPeronella Marion Telva
Lambertuccio Gustav SchützendorfLeonetto Hans Clemens
Tofano Max AltglassDer Maggiordomo des HerzogsJames Wolfe
Der Buchhändler Alfredo GandolfiChecco Arnold GaborFilippa Dorothea Flexer
Pantalone Gustav SchützendorfColombina Nina MorganaPulcinella Ludwig BurgstallerArlecchino George MeaderNarcisino Hans Clemens
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
1/13/31: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegfried Rudolf LaubenthalMime George Meader
Der Wanderer Friedrich SchorrAlberich Gustav Schützendorf
Fafner Siegfried TappoletErda Karin Branzell
Brünnhilde Elisabeth OhmsStimme des WaldvogelsThalia Sabanieeva
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
139
1/15/31: Lohengrin: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2000: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A.Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York;women’s costumes in Act II by Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia; wigs William Punzel, New York;furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia
Heinrich der Vogler Ivan SteschenkoLohengrin Forrest Lamont
Elsa von Brabant Marianne GonitchFriedrich von Telramund Chief Caupolican
Ortrud Cyrena van GordonDer Heerrufer des Königs Leo de Hierapolis
Vier Edelknaben
Selma Amansky
Agnes DavisRuth GordonHelen Jepson
Herzog Gottfried Bernice Dollartonmaestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
1/20/31: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Floria Tosca Maria JeritzaMario Cavaradossi Armand Tokatyan
Il barone Scarpia Antonio ScottiCesare Angelotti Louis d’Angelo
Il sagrestano Pompilio MalatestaSpoletta Giordano Paltrinieri
Sciarrone Alfredo GandolfiUn pastore Dorothea Flexer
Un carceriere Pompilio Malatestamaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
1/22/31: The Princess Bonnie(Willard Spencer): Philadelphia, Mercantile Hall (Tioga Operatic Society), hour: 2015:Tioga Community Orchestra; stage director Owen Fitzgerald; musical director C. Victor Dealy
Augusta T. VetterRuth Edna Loreau
Ella M. WatkinEdward I. Rementer
Fredrick R. DayWalton Rainey
Neal A. CrandallFrank H. Haman, Jr.
maestro direttore Walter Albert
140
1/22/31: Missa da Requiem(Verdi): Philadelphia, Strand Theatre (Reading Choral Society), hour: 2015: members of thePhiladelphia Orchestra
Soprano Olive MarshallTenore Judson House
Mezzo-soprano Grace LeslieBasso Nelson Eddy
maestro direttore N. Lindsay Norden
With theRequiemwas also performed a musical setting of Bryant’sThanatopsis.
1/27/31: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000:stage director Armando Agnini; set design Joseph Urban
Il conte d’Almaviva Alfio TedescoIl dottore Bartolo Pompilio Malatesta
Rosina Lily PonsFigaro Giuseppe de Luca
Don Basilio Ezio PinzaFiorello Alfredo Gandolfi
Berta Philine FalcoUn ufficiale Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
Lesson scene:Heinrich Proch Deh ! torna mio bene, op. 164
Henry Rowley Bishop Lo here the gentle lark
2/03/31: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Le docteur Faust Giovanni MartinelliMéphistophélès Léon Rothier
Valentin Mario BasiolaSiébel Pearl Besuner
Dame Marthe Schwertlein Henriette WakefieldWa gner Paolo Ananian
maestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
141
2/05/31: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: Orchestra of Curtis Institute of Music; stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.;assistant conductor Sylvan Levin; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage managerAlessandro Angelucci; assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; balletdirector Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn &Son, Philadelphia; wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman DecorativeCompany, Philadelphia
Il duca di Mantova Alexandre KourganoffRigoletto John Charles Thomas
Gilda Josephine LuccheseSparafucile Ivan SteschenkoMaddalena Berta Levina
Il conte di Monterone Abrasha RobofskyMatteo Borsa Albert Mahler
La contessa di Ceprano Henrietta HorleGiovanna Paceli Diamond
Il cavaliere Marullo Conrad ThibaultIl conte di Ceprano Alfred de Long
Usciere di corte Alessandro AngelucciPaggio della duchessa Ruth Gordon Selma Amansky
maestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
2/10/31: Götterdämmerung: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegfried Rudolf LaubenthalGunther Friedrich Schorr
Hagen Michael BohnenAlberich not performed
Brünnhilde Gertrude KappelGutrune Dorothee Manski
Waltraute not performedErste Norn not performed
Zweite Norn not performedDritte Norn not performed
Wo glinde Editha FleischerWellgunde Phradie WellsFloßhilde Marion Telva
Vassal Max AltglassVassal Arnold Gabor
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
142
2/17/31: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., New York), hour: 2000
Cio-Cio-San Elisabeth RethbergB. F. Pinkerton Armand Tokatyan
Suzuki Faina Petrova Ina Bourskaya
Sharpless Antonio ScottiGoro Marek Windheim
Il principe Yamadori Pompilio MalatestaLo zio Yakusidé Paolo Quintina
Lo zio Bonzo Paolo AnanianIl commissario imperiale Alfredo Gandolfi
Kate Pinkerton Phradie Wellsmaestro direttore Giuseppe Sturani
2/24/31: Aida: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il re d’Egitto Louis d’AngeloAmneris Karin Branzell
Aida Leonora CoronaRadamès Giovanni Martinelli
Ramfis Ezio PinzaAmonasro Lawrence Tibbett
Un messaggero Giordano PaltrinieriUna sacerdotessa Aida Doninellimaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Rita de Leporte
2/26/31: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor SylvanLevin; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistantchorus master Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; sceneryby A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, NewYork; wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company,Philadelphia
Cio-cio-san Hitzi KoykeB. F. Pinkerton Ralph Errolle
Suzuki Berta LevinaSharpless Chief Caupolican
Goro Albert MahlerIl principe Yamadori Benjamin de Loache
Lo zio Bonzo Ivan SteschenkoIl commissario imperiale Benjamin Grobani
Kate Pinkerton Helen JepsonL’ufficiale del registro Walter Vassar
Dolore Evelyn Smithmaestro direttore Emil Mlynarskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
143
3/03/31: Peter Ibbetson(Deems Taylor): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NY), hour: 2000
Peter Edward JohnsonMary, Duchess of Towers Lucrezia Bori
Colonel Ibbetson Lawrence TibbettMrs. Deane Marion Telva
Mrs. Glyn Ina BourskayaAchille Angelo Badà
Major Duquesnois Léon RothierThe chaplain of Newgate PrisonLouis d’Angelo
Madge Plunkett Grace DivineCharlie Plunkett Giordano PaltrinieriGuy Mainwaring Millo Picco
Diana Vivash Phradie WellsMme. Seraskier Aida Doninelli
Pasquier de la Mariére George CehanovskyMarie Pasquier Santa Biondo
Victorine Philine FalcoA footman Marek Windheim
Manservant Alfredo GandolfiA Sister of Charity Minnie Egener
The prison governor George CehanovskyTurnkey Alfredo Gandolfi
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
3/05/31: Faust: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; stage manager Erich von Wymetal;assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard; librarianCharles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios,Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York; wigs William Punzel,New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia
Le docteur Faust Ralph ErrolleMéphistophélès Ivan Steschenko
Marguerite Charlotte BoernerValentin Chief Caupolican
Siébel Charlotte SymonsDame Marthe Schwertlein Paceli Diamond
Wa gner Benjamin Grobanimaestro direttore Sylvan Levin Emil Mlynarski
maestro del coro Henri Elkan
Act IV, 2, Walpurgis night:première danseuse: Catherine Littlefield
Dorothy Littlefield, Dorothy Hubbard, corps de ballet
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3/10/31: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Isolde Gertrude KappelTristan Lauritz Melchior
Brangäne Maria RanzowKurwenal Clarence Whitehill
König Marke Michael BohnenMelot Arnold Gabor
Ein junger Seemann Hans ClemensEin Hirt George Meader
Der Steuermann James Wolfemaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
3/12/31: L’heure espagnole: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor SylvanLevin; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistantchorus master Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; sceneryby A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, NewYork; wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company,Philadelphia
Concepcion Charlotte BoernerTorquemada Albert Mahler
Ramiro Chief CaupolicanDon Inigo Gomez Abrasha Robofsky
Gonzalve Ralph Errollemaestro direttore Eugene Goossens
Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music): stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal
Santuzza Bianca SaroyaLola Genia Wilkomirska
Turiddu Dimitri OnofreiAlfio Giuseppe Martino-Rossi
Lucia Rose Bamptonmaestro direttore Eugene Goossensmaestro del coro Henri Elkan
3/17/31: Pelléas et Mélisande: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mélisande Lucrezia BoriPelléas Edward JohnsonGolaud Clarence Whitehill
Geneviève Ina BourskayaArkel Léon Rothier
Yniold Ellen DalossyUn médicin Paolo Ananian
maestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
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3/19/31: Wozzeck(American première), German: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Grand OperaCompany / Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2010: one hundred sixteen members of the PhiladelphiaOrchestra; stage band of twenty-five from The Curtis Symphony Orchestra; stage director Wilhelmvon Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin; scene and costume design Robert EdmondJones; scenery A. Jarin Scenic Studios; costumes Van Horn & Son
Wozzeck Ivan IvantzoffTambourmajor Gabriel Leonoff
Andres Sergei RadamskyHauptmann Bruno Korell
Doktor Ivan Steschenko1. Handwerksbursch Abrasha Robofsky2. Handwerksbursch Benjamin de Loache
Der Narr Albert MahlerMarie Anne Roselle
Margret Edwina EustisMariens Knabe Evelyn Smith
Soldat Louis Purdeymaestro direttore Leopold Stokowskimaestro del coro Henri Elkan
3/24/31: Manon: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Manon Grace MooreLe chevalier des Grieux Beniamino Gigli
Lescaut Giuseppe de LucaLe comte des Grieux Pavel Ludikar
Guillot de Morfontaine George MeaderDe Brétigny Millo Picco
Poussette Aida DoninelliJavotte Minnie EgenerRosette Dorothea Flexer
L’hôtelier Paolo AnanianPremier garde Max Altglass
Deuxième garde Arnold GaborLa servante Gina Gola
Un archer Millo PiccoUn sergent Paolo Ananian
maestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
3/26/31: Les pêcheurs de perles: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor SylvanLevin; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistantchorus master Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; sceneryby A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, NewYork; wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company,Philadelphia
Nadir Ralph ErrolleLeïla Josephine Lucchese
Zurga John Charles ThomasNourabad Ivan Steschenko
maestro direttore Eugene Goossenspremière danseuse: Catherine Littlefield
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3/31/31: Parsifal: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1300: stage directorWymetal; design Joseph Urban
Amfortas Gustav SchützendorfTiturel Siegfried Tappolet
Gurnemanz Michael BohnenParsifal Rudolf Laubenthal
Klingsor Arnold GaborKundry Elisabeth Ohms
Erster Gralsritter Angelo BadàZweiter Gralsritter Louis d’Angelo
Altstimme Marion TelvaErster Knappe Ellen Dalossy
Zweiter Knappe Philine FalcoDritter Knappe George MeaderVierter Knappe Max Altglass
Zaubermädchen
Louise Lerch
Philine FalcoEllen DalossyEditha FleischerCharlotte RyanMarion Telva
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
3/31/31: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Lord Enrico Asthon Mario BasiolaMiss Lucia Lily Pons
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodGiacomo Lauri-VolpiLord Arturo Buclaw Alfio TedescoRaimondo Bidebent Ezio Pinza
Alisa Minnie EgenerNormanno Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
4/07/31: Guillaume Tell(Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Guillaume Tell Giuseppe DaniseArnold Melcthal Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Walter Furst Léon RothierMelcthal Louis d’Angelo
Jemmy Aida DoninelliGesler Pavel Ludikar
Rodolphe Angelo BadàRuodi, pêcheur Alfio Tedesco
Leuthold George CehanovskyMathilde Editha FleischerHedwige Faina Petrova
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Elizabeth MayerL Moore
Jack QuinnMildred Schneider
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4/09/31: Carmen: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A.Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Consolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York;wigs William Punzel, New York; furniture and decoration by Chapman Decorative Company,Philadelphia
Carmen Ina BourskayaDon José Ralph ErrolleEscamillo John Charles Thomas
Micaëla Charlotte SymonsFr asquita Helen JepsonMercédès Rose Bampton
Zuniga Ivan SteschenkoMoralès Conrad Thibault
Le Dancaïre Benjamin GrobaniLe Remendado Albert Mahler
maestro direttore Eugene Goossensmaestro del coro Henri Elkan
Act II, incidental dance: Catherine Littlefield, Dorothy Littlefield
Act IV: Dorothy Littlefield, Thomas CannonCatherine Littlefield, Douglas Coudy, William Dollar
Corps de ballet
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4/10/31: OEdipus Rex(Igor Strawinsky): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra and League ofComposers), hour: 1430: with chorus from the Princeton Glee Club, Alexander Russell; setting,figure, and costumes design Robert Edmond Jones; figures by Remo Bufano; technical director LouisSimon; costume department Valentina Kashouba; pianist Winifred Young Cornish; costumesexecuted by Masque Studios; stage designs executed by Bergman Studio and Cleon ThrockmortonStudio: electrical amplification by Philco Radio
Jocasta Margarete MatzenauerOEdipus Paul Althouse
M. RudinovCreon
MessengerTiresias Sigurd Nilssen
Shepherd Daniel HealyThe reader Wayland Rudd
maestro direttore Leopold Stokowski
Operators of Figures:Remo Bufano, Fernand Alvarez, Frank Brownlow, John Cunningham
Ross Matthew, Florence Koehler, John Murno, A. Spolidoro, Robert Turney
Le pas d’acier(ballet:The age of steel: Serge Prokofiev): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (PhiladelphiaOrchestra and League of Composers): scenario, settings, and costumes by Lee Simonson;choreography Edwin Strawbridge
Efficiency experts Edwin Strawbridge
Yeichi NimuraSteel Pauline KonerIron Grace CornellCoal Ruth Wilton
Bucolic laborers
Martha Eaton
John GlennMary Rivoire
Human belt: Bernard Bay, Philip Behi, Margaret Fischer, Mattie HaimGertrude Hilgenberg, Valeska Hubbard, Meta Leo, Rose Lieder
Rose Mann, Pat McGrath, William Meisel, Virginia MillarJack Salas, Pauline Squires, Gould Stevens
Symbolic belt: Helen Armstrong, Robert Barrow, Fritz BrosiusGeorge Clossay, Morris Honig, Vivien Jacobson
Sally Polayes, William Robinson, Katherine SelbyRose Stallings, Yon Theodore, Alice Watson
continued. . .
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4/10/31: Le pas d acier / The age of steel(continued):
Labor leader Abraham FelcherClergyman Buckly Walters
Foremen Tom Draper
Alexander Durand
Wood scouts Sheila Nielsen
Gail West
Uplift Army leaders Grace Jones
Karen Nielsen
Dowagers Evelyn Bonham
Jean Dexter
Blue Cross nurses Catherine Dominick
Thelma Johnson
Flappers Francesca Chittolini
Floy Vance
College professors Janet Bullett
Gay Hill
Financier Milton Ackerman
Soldiers
Charles Leeman
Michail LenziJohn MazzarellaJack McEnerney
Shadow figures Leo Cohen
Alexandroff Zarembovsky
maestro direttore Leopold Stokowski
4/11/31: OEdipus Rex: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2020: 4/10/31Le pas d’acier: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra): 4/10/31
4/13/31: OEdipus Rex: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2020: 4/10/31Le pas d’acier: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra): 4/10/31
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4/16/31: Tannhäuser(German): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2000: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor SylvanLevin; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistantchorus master Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; choreography Catherine Littlefield; balletdirector Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumesConsolidated Theatrical Costume Company, New York; wigs William Punzel, New York; furnitureand decoration by Chapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia
Hermann Ivan SteschenkoTannhäuser Bruno Korell
Wolfram von EschenbachJohn Charles ThomasWalter von der Vogelweide Albert Mahler
Biterolf Abrasha RobofskyHeinrich der Schreiber Conrad Thibault
Reinmar von Zweter Leo de HierapolisElisabeth Marianne Gonitch
Venus Cyrena van GordonEin Hirtenknabe Florence Irons
Vier Edelknaben
Helen Jepson
Selma AmanskyAgnes DavisRuth Gordon
maestro direttore Eugene Goossensmaestro del coro Henri Elkan
Act I, Bacchanale: Dorothy Littlefield, Douglas CoudyWilliam Dollar, Thomas Cannon, Dorothy Hubbard
Irene Sussell, Lorna Rothney, corps de ballet
4/21/31: OEdipus Rex: New York, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra and League of Composers)Le pas d’acier: New York, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra and League of Composers)
4/22/31: OEdipus Rex: New York, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra and League of Composers)Le pas d’acier: New York, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra and League of Composers)
5/03/31: Faust(in concert): Philadelphia, Simon B. Fleischer Auditorium ("Y" Choral Society (Young Men and Women’sHebrew Association)), hour: 2030: "Y" Symphony Orchestra
Faye FarberMeta Jacobson
Miriam WassermanRose DantowitzTillie KohlmanRose Belinski
Henry KrasnoffSam Oshiver
Andrew CanaleMartin PortinIsidor Gordon
maestro direttore Louis Kazze
The opera appears to have been performed with another concertized version ofFaustby Zamecnik, and the castabove probably represents the participants in both works. The announcements and review were confusing.
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5/11/31: Carmen: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Drury Opera Company), hour: 2015: Vernon Cuffee ConcertOrchestra; pianoMrs. Janivive St. Akeman; associate director Vernon Cuffee; assistant directorFerdinand Motley; stage director Alonzo Jackson; costume and make-up Wm. H. Robertson; balletdirector Grace C. Frye; period decorations and effect by The Art Studio, 517 So. 19th St.
Carmen Phyllis NearnDon José Embry BonnerEscamillo John Thomas
Micaëla unknownFr asquita Carrie GreenhillMercédès Alice Wood
Zuniga James BurchMoralès Wilbur Marshall
Le Dancaïre Wilbur MarshallLe Remendado Ferdinand Motley
Lillas Pastia W. King McIntoshmaestro direttore Theodore Drury
5/17/31: Les cloches de Corneville(excerpts, in concert): Philadelphia, Willow Grove Park (Philharmonic Orch. and Ch.)Elizabeth CookMolly R. Lipkin
Sophie LevinIolla SewardMarion Lentz
Elevyn CadwaladerClifford Barnett
Carl UrbanEdward RementerRaymond Nelson
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Apparently excerpts fromThe chimes of Normandywere presented in concert form three times on this Sundayafternoon. The announcement for the preformance mentions that the same artists also performed the operetta ata recent concert.
5/22/31: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company), hour: 2015: stage directorWalter Antrim; accompanist Ruth Barber
Richard, a pirate chief Wilbur EvansSamuel, his lieutenant Gerald Bruce West
Fr ederic, a pirate apprentice James MontgomeryMajor-General Stanley John Steele Williams
Edward, a sergent of police Albert Carl LohmannMabel Christine Murdoch KendrickEdith Elizabeth Jane TaylorKate Mary Miller Lewis Jack
Isabel Margretta Wheatley ShipleyRuth Marion Kendrick
maestro direttore John Thoms
5/23/31: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2015
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˜ 6/03/31: Martha: Philadelphia, Theatre of the Upper Darby Junior High School, Bywood (Music and Drama Club ofDelaware County): stage director Charles F. Kennedy
Lady Harriet Durham Charlotte Loeben ConoverNancy Ellen Richmond Marshall
Lord Tristan Mickleford William L. SchryerLyonel Horace B. Entriken
Plumkett Daniel MathewsDer Richter zu Richmond Charles J. Dickinson
maestro direttore Cuvier R. Marshall
6/06/31: The Pirates of Penzance: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)6/06/31: Andrea Chénier: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Florentine Grand Opera Company, Francesco Pelosi)
Andrea Chénier Bernardo de MuroCarlo Gérard Ciro de Ritis
Maddalena di Coigny Anna LeskayaLa mulatta Bersi Edith House
La contessa di Coigny Elena BussingerLa vecchia Madelon Elena Bussinger
Roucher Eugenio ProsperoneIl romanziere, Pietro Fléville unknown
Fouquier-Tinville unknownIl sanculotto Mathieu detto «Populus»Giuseppe La Puma
Un «Incredibile» Mario CurciL’abate unknown
Il maestro di casa unknownSchmidt unknownDumas Luigi dalle Molle
maestro del coro Walter Grigaitis
6/08/31: Il trovatore: Tr enton, Crescent Temple (Florentine Grand Opera Company)
Manrico Bernardo de Muro
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10/22/31: Tannhäuser(German): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2000: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor SylvanLevin; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistantchorus master Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield;scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Hermann Ivan SteschenkoTannhäuser Gottfried Pistor
Wolfram von EschenbachJohn Charles ThomasWalter von der Vogelweide Albert Mahler
Biterolf Abrasha RobofskyHeinrich der Schreiber Daniel Healy
Reinmar von Zweter Leo de HierapolisElisabeth Anne Roselle
Venus Cyrena van GordonEin Hirtenknabe Helen Jepson
Vier Edelknaben
Carol Deis
Virginia KendrickHelen JepsonRuth Gordon
maestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
Act I, Bacchanale:The three Graces: Irene Sussell, Dorothy Hubbard, Bingham
Fauns: Douglas Coudy, William Dollar, Harold Taub, Nicolai PopovNymphs: Dorothy Littlefield, Florence Campbell, Stella Clausen
unknown Mountain, unknown JacobGrecian youths and maidens: Catherine Littlefield, corps de ballet
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10/29/31: Elektra (German, American première of German version): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music(Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelmvon Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistantstage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard; librarian CharlesDemarest; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield; amplification system Electrical Research Products,New York, Joseph Maxfield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn &Son, Philadelphia
Elektra Anne RoselleChrysothemis Charlotte BoernerKlytämnestra Margarete Matzenauer
Orest Nelson EddyAegisth Bruno Korell
Der Pfleger des Orest Walter VassarDie Vertraute Marie Edelle
Die Schleppträgerin Edwina EustisEin junger Diener Daniel Healy
Ein alter Diener Abrasha RobofskyDie Aufseherin Irra Petina
1. Magd Rose Bampton2. Magd Virginia Kendrick3. Magd Paceli Diamond4. Magd Marie Edelle5. Magd Helen Jepson
maestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
Six maid servants: Martha Everett, Charlotte LockowitzMary Foster, Bertha Schlessinger, Irene Jacoby, Josephine Beale
11/02/31: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Civic Light Opera Company)
The learned judge Frank MoulanThe defendant (Edwin) Howard Marsh
Counsel for the plaintiff Allen WaterousUsher William Danforth
Foreman of the jury Herbert WaterousThe plaintiff (Angelina) Ruth Altman
maestro direttore unknown
H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Civic Light Opera Company)
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.Frank MoulanCaptain Corcoran Allen WaterousRalph Rackstraw Howard Marsh
Dick Deadeye, able seamanWilliam DanforthBill Bobstay, boatswain Herbert Waterous
Josephine Ruth AltmanHebe Ethel Clark
Little Buttercup Fay Templetonmaestro direttore unknown
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11/03/31: Manon: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000:stage director Armando Agnini; design Joseph Urban
Manon Lucrezia BoriLe chevalier des Grieux Beniamino Gigli
Lescaut Mario BasiolaLe comte des Grieux Léon Rothier
Guillot de Morfontaine Angelo BadàDe Brétigny George Cehanovsky
Poussette Aida DoninelliJavotte Minnie EgenerRosette Grace Divine
L’hôtelier Paolo AnanianPremier garde Max Altglass
Deuxième garde Arnold GaborLa servante Gina Gola
Un archer George CehanovskyUn sergent Paolo Ananian
maestro direttore Louis Hasselmansmaestro del coro Giulio Setti
11/05/31: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor SylvanLevin; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistantchorus master Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield;scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Cio-cio-san Hitzi KoykeB. F. Pinkerton Dimitri Onofrei
Suzuki Paceli DiamondSharpless Nelson Eddy
Goro Albert MahlerIl principe Yamadori Abrasha Robofsky
Lo zio Bonzo Ivan SteschenkoIl commissario imperiale Abrasha Robofsky
Kate Pinkerton Helen JepsonL’ufficiale del registro Walter Vassar
Dolore Rosalie Wilsonmaestro direttore Alberto Bimbonimaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
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11/10/31: S’vanda dudák (Jaromír Weinberger,Svanda the bagpiper), German: Philadelphia, Academy of Music(Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Svanda Friedrich SchorrDorotka Maria Müller
Babinsky Rudolf LaubenthalQueen Iceheart Karin Branzell
Sorcerer Ivar AndresenThe judge Giordano Paltrinieri
The executioner Marek WindheimThe devil Gustav Schützendorf
The devil’s disciple Marek WindheimThe devil’s captain Max Altglass
Two forest guards Max Altglass
James Wolfemaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
11/12/31: La traviata: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A.Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia; furniture and decorationby Chapman Decorative Company, Philadelphia; flowers H. H. Battles, Philadelphia
Violetta Valéry Josephine LuccheseAlfredo Germont Dimitri OnofreiGiorgio Germont Robert Steel
Flora Bervoix Helen JepsonIl barone Douphol Abrasha Robofsky
Il dottor Grenvil Enrico GiovanniAnnina Paceli Diamond
Gastone di Letorières Albert MahlerIl marchese d’Obigny Conrad Thibault
Giuseppe Alessandro Angeluccimaestro direttore Alberto Bimbonimaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
11/17/31: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Floria Tosca Maria JeritzaMario Cavaradossi Giovanni Martinelli
Il barone Scarpia Antonio ScottiCesare Angelotti George Cehanovsky
Il sagrestano Pompilio MalatestaSpoletta Angelo Badà
Sciarrone George CehanovskyUn pastore Dorothea Flexer
Un carceriere Pompilio Malatestamaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
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11/19/31: Wozzeck: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: one hundred sixteen members of the Philadelphia Orchestra; stage band oftwenty-five from the Curtis Symphony Orchestra; stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistantconductor Sylvan Levin; scene and costume design Robert Edmond Jones; scenery A. Jarin ScenicStudios; costumes Van Horn & Son
Wozzeck Ivan IvantzoffTambourmajor Nelson Eddy
Andres Sergei RadamskyHauptmann Bruno Korell
Doktor Ivan Steschenko1. Handwerksbursch Abrasha Robofsky2. Handwerksbursch Benjamin de Loache
Der Narr Albert MahlerMarie Anne Roselle
Margret Edwina EustisMariens Knabe Doris Wilson
Soldat George Gerhardimaestro direttore Leopold Stokowskimaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
11/24/31: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Acaademy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegmund Max LorenzHunding Carlton Gauld
Wotan Friedrich SchorrSieglinde Maria Müller
Brünnhilde Elisabeth OhmsFricka Karin Branzell
Gerhilde Phradie WellsOrtlinde Pearl Besuner
Waltraute Henriette WakefieldSchwertleite Dorothea Flexer
Helmwige Dorothee ManskiSiegrune Grace Divine
Grimgerde Sonia EssenRoßweiße Ina Bourskaya
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
11/24/31: Wozzeck: New York, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute of Music),hour: 2030: 11/19/31
11/23/31: Patience: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Civic Light Opera Company)
Colonel Calverly William DanforthMajor Murgatroyd Frederick Persson
Lieutenant, the duke of DunstableHoward MarshReginald Bunthorne Frank Moulan
Archibald Grosvenor Allen WaterousThe lady Angela Dean DickensThe lady Saphir Frances Moore
The lady Ella Harriet GottliebThe lady Jane Vera Ross
Patience, a dairy maid Vi vian Hartmaestro direttore unknown
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11/30/31: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Civic Light Opera Company)
The Lord Chancellor Frank MoulanLord Mountararat Frederick Persson
Earl Tolloller Howard MarshPrivate Willis, of the Grenadier GuardsHerbert Waterous
Strephon, an arcadian shepherdAllen WaterousQueen of the fairies Vera Ross
Iolanthe Dean DickensPhyllis, an arcadian shepherdessVi vian Hart
maestro direttore unknown
12/01/31: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Violetta Valéry Lucrezia BoriAlfredo Germont Beniamino GigliGiorgio Germont Giuseppe de Luca
Flora Bervoix Minnie EgenerIl barone Douphol Alfredo Gandolfi
Il dottor Grenvil Paolo AnanianAnnina Philine Falco
Gastone di Letorières Angelo BadàIl marchese d’Obigny Millo Picco
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Rita de LeporteGiuseppe BonfiglioMildred Schneider
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12/03/31: Cavalleria rusticana(Italian): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company /Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; stage manager Erichvon Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard;librarian Charles Demarest; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios,Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia; furniture and decoration by ChapmanDecorative Company, Philadelphia; flowers H. H. Battles, Philadelphia
Santuzza Bianca SaroyaLola Irra Petina
Turiddu Dimitri OnofreiAlfio Giuseppe Martino-Rossi
Lucia Paceli Diamondmaestro direttore Sylvan Levinmaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
Gianni Schicchi(English): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company /Curtis Institute of Music)
Gianni Schicchi Nelson EddyLauretta Natalie Bodanskaya
Zita Paceli DiamondRinuccio Albert Mahler
Gherardo Daniel HealyNella Irra Petina
Gherardino Vitale AngelucciBetto di Signa Abrasha Robofsky
Simone Peter ChambersMarco Conrad Thibault
La Ciesca Marie EdelleIl Maestro Spinelloccio Benjamin de LoacheSer Amantio di Nicolao Alfred de Long
Pinellino John CosbyGuccio Walter Vassar
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
Preceding the performance, Handel’s funeral march was conducted by Leopold Stokowski as a tribute toWilliam C. Hammer, general manager of the Grand Opera Company, who had died suddenly a few days before.
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12/08/31: L’oracolo: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Uin-Scî Tancredi PaseroCim-Fen Antonio ScottiHu-Tsin Louis d’AngeloAh-Joe Nannette Guilford
L’indovino Giordano PaltrinieriUin-San-Lui Armand Tokatyan
Hua-Qui Henriette WakefieldHu-Cî Lyova Rosenthal
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Editha FleischerTonio Giuseppe DaniseBeppe Giordano PaltrinieriSilvio Claudio Frigerio
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
12/10/31: Boris Godunov(Russian): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company /Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2000: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductorSylvan Levin; stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci;assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet mistress CarolineLittlefield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Boris Godunov Ivan SteschenkoFeodor Irra PetinaXenia Natalie Bodanskaya
Xenia’s nurse Marie KoshetzPrince Vassili Ivanovich ShuiskyJosef Kallini
Andrei Shchelkalov Conrad ThibaultPimen Nicholas Konraty
Grigory Otrepiev / Dimitri Dimitri OnofreiMarina Mnishek Genia Wilkomirska
Pristav Abrasha RobofskyVarlaam Michael ShvetzMissail Josef Kallini
Hostess of the inn Marie KoshetzThe simpleton Albert Mahler
The herald Albert MahlerKhrushchov John Cosby
Lavitsky Daniel HealyChernikovsky Walter Vassar
maestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
12/15/31: Der fliegende Holländer: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., New York), hour: 2000
Daland Pavel LudikarSenta Maria JeritzaErik Max Lorenz
Mary Julia ClaussenDer Steuermann DalandsHans Clemens
Der Holländer Friedrich Schorrmaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
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12/19/31: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company /Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 1415: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; stage manager Erichvon Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard;librarian Charles Demarest; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios,Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Peter Nelson EddyGertrud Marie EdelleHänsel Paceli DiamondGretel Natalie Bodanskaya
Die Knusperhexe Edwina EustisSandmännchen Ruth Carhart Virginia Kendrick
Taumännchen Edna Cordaymaestro direttore Sylvan Levinmaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
Die Puppenfée(ballet, Josef Bayer): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company /Curtis Institute of Music)
The toymaker Abrasha Robofsky
His assistants Frank Davenport
George SouthernThe postman Frank Colker
Little girl with broken doll Doris WilsonA peasant Nicholas Popov
A peasant girl Margaret MillerThe English gentleman Charles Hubbard
His wife Kathryn McIlhenny
Their children
Cupie Wolff
Henreitta ConradDoris WilsonSylvia Rosenbaum
Tyrolese dolls Florence Campbell
Lucille BremerBaby doll Stella ClausenGollywog Eleanor del Bueno
Porcelain dolls Dorothy Rendleman
Harold TaubSpanish doll Mildred Kahl
Jack-in-the-box Jack PotteigerMarionette Dorothy Littlefield
Prince Charming Douglas CoudyThe fairy doll Catherine Littlefield
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
Corps de ballet:Mlles. Hoffman, Vossler, Geurard, Karklinsch, Leitch, Miller, Young, Haines
Sayre, Patsy, Woods, Renninger, Becker, Dollarton, Mountain, Grahm
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
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19321/05/32: Donna Juanita(Franz von Suppé): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., NY), hour: 2000
René Dufaure Maria JeritzaRiégo Rudolf Laubenthal
Gil Polo Gustav SchützendorfPetrita Editha FleischerGaston Hans Clemens
Olympia Dorothee ManskiPomponio Marek Windheim
Douglas Louis d’AngeloPicador George Cehanovsky
Tepa Pearl BesunerMarco Dorothea Flexer
Eusebio Max AltglassPichegru Arnold Gabor
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
1/07/32: Tosca: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Andrew Luck; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A.Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Floria Tosca Bianca SaroyaMario Cavaradossi Dimitri Onofrei
Il barone Scarpia John Charles ThomasCesare Angelotti Peter Chambers
Il sagrestano Abrasha RobofskySpoletta Albert Mahler
Sciarrone John CosbyUn pastore Rose Bampton
Un carceriere Benjamin de Loachemaestro direttore Eugene Goossensmaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
163
1/12/32: Hänsel und Gretel: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hänsel Ina BourskayaGretel Queena Mario
Die Knusperhexe Dorothee ManskiGertrud Henriette Wakefield
Peter Pavel LudikarSandmännchen Dorothea FlexerTaumännchen Pearl Besuner
maestro direttore Karl Riedel
La notte di Zoraima(Italo Montemezzi): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., New York)
Zoraima Rosa PonselleMuscar Frederick Jagel
Manuela Santa BiondoPedrito Mario BasiolaLyoval Louis d’AngeloVoice Alfio Tedesco
Insurgent Arnold GaborInsurgent James WolfePrisoner Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
1/14/32: Thaïs: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; stage manager Erich von Wymetal;assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard; librarianAndrew Luck; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia;costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Thaïs Bianca SaroyaAthanaël John Charles Thomas
Nicias Albert Mahler Enzo Aita
Palémon Ivan SteschenkoCrobyle Helen JepsonMyrtale Rose BamptonAlbine Maud Runyon
Le serviteur de Nicias Benjamin de Loachemaestro direttore Sylvan Levinmaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
première danseuse Catherine LittlefieldAssyrian maiden Dorothy Littlefield
Slaves: Douglas Coudy, Thomas Cannon, Jack Potteiger
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1/15/32: Richard Wagner Concert: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra), matinéeTristan und Isolde: Love Music from Act II
Isolde Elsa AlsenTristan Paul Althouse
Brangäne Rose Bampton
Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into WalhallaWo glinde Henrietta Horle
Wellgunde Rose BamptonFloßhilde Edwina Eustis
Die Walküre : Song of the ValkyriesWotan Abrasha Robofsky
Brünnhilde Elsa AlsenGerhilde Agnes DavisOrtlinde Paceli Diamond
Waltraute Rose BamptonSchwertleite Irra Petina
Helmwige Henrietta HorleSiegrune Ruth Gordon
Grimgerde Edwina EustisRoßweiße Ruth Carhart
Siegfried: Siegfried mounting the rock to BrünnhildeSiegfried Paul Althouse
Götterdämmerung: The Rhine maidens and SiegfriedWo glinde Henrietta Horle
Wellgunde Rose BamptonFloßhilde Edwina EustisSiegfried Paul Althouse
Götterdämmerung: Brünnhilde’s immolationBrünnhilde Elsa Alsen
maestro direttore Leopold Stokowski
1/16/32: Richard Wagner Concert: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra): (broadcastthroughout America and to other countries by short-wav e transmission)
1/18/32: Richard Wagner Concert: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra)1/19/32: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il duca di Mantova Giacomo Lauri-VolpiRigoletto Giuseppe de Luca
Gilda Lily PonsSparafucile Léon RothierMaddalena Ina Bourskaya
Giovanna Philine FalcoIl conte di Monterone Alfredo Gandolfi
Il cavaliere Marullo Millo PiccoMatteo Borsa Angelo Badà
Il conte di Ceprano Paolo AnanianLa contessa di Ceprano Minnie Egener
Pa g gio della duchessaPaolina Tomisanimaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
165
1/26/32: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Isolde Gertrude KappelTristan Lauritz Melchior
Brangäne Karin BranzellKurwenal Friedrich Schorr
König Marke Ivar AndresenMelot Arnold Gabor
Ein junger Seemann Hans ClemensEin Hirt Hans Clemens
Der Steuermann James Wolfemaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
1/28/32: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Andrew Luck; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A.Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Il duca di Mantova Nino MartiniRigoletto John Charles Thomas
Gilda Josephine LuccheseSparafucile Ivan SteschenkoMaddalena Edwina Eustis
Il conte di Monterone Peter ChambersMatteo Borsa Albert Mahler
La contessa di Ceprano Virginia KendrickGiovanna Paceli Diamond
Il cavaliere Marullo Conrad ThibaultIl conte di Ceprano Benjamin de Loache
Usciere di corte Alessandro AngelucciPa g gio della duchessaCarol Deis
maestro direttore Cesare Soderomaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
2/02/32: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mimì Elisabeth RethbergRodolfo Giovanni Martinelli
Marcello Giuseppe de LucaSchaunard Adamo Didur
Colline Ezio PinzaBenoît Paolo Ananian
Alcindoro Pompilio MalatestaMusetta Nannette Guilford
Parpignol Max AltglassSergente dei doganieri Carlo Coscia
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
166
2/04/32: Les pêcheurs de perles: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; stage manager Erich vonWymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard;librarian Andrew Luck; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios,Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Nadir Nino MartiniLeïla Josephine Lucchese
Zurga John Charles ThomasNourabad Ivan Steschenko
maestro direttore Sylvan Levinmaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
première danseuse Dorothy Littlefield
2/09/32: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegfried Lauritz MelchiorMime Hans Clemens
Der Wanderer Michael BohnenAlberich Gustav Schützendorf
Fafner Siegfried TappoletErda Doris Doe
Brünnhilde Gertrude KappelStimme des WaldvogelsThalia Sabanieeva
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
2/16/32: Simon Boccanegra: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Simon Boccanegra Lawrence TibbettMaria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Elisabeth Rethberg
Jacopo Fiesco (Andrea) Ezio PinzaPaolo Albiani Claudio Frigerio
Pietro Paolo AnanianGabriele Adorno Giovanni Martinelli
Un’ancella di Amelia Pearl BesunerUn capitano dei balestrieri Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
167
2/18/32: Lohengrin: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 1945: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Andrew Luck; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A.Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Heinrich der Vogler Ivan SteschenkoLohengrin Paolo Marion
Elsa von Brabant Anne RoselleFriedrich von Telramund Chief Caupolican
Ortrud Cyrena van GordonDer Heerrufer des Königs Nelson Eddy
Vier Edelknaben
Carol Deis
Agnes DavisVirginia KendrickRuth Carhart
Vier brabantische Edlen
Daniel Healy
Albert MahlerConrad ThibaultJohn Cosby
Herzog Gottfried Bernice Dollartonmaestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
2/23/32: Tannhäuser: Philadelphia, Acaademy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hermann Siegfried TappoletTannhäuser Lauritz Melchior
Wolfram von EschenbachFriedrich SchorrWalter von der Vogelweide Hans Clemens
Biterolf Arnold GaborHeinrich der Schreiber Giordano Paltrinieri
Reinmar von Zweter James WolfeElisabeth Gertrude Kappel
Venus Dorothee ManskiEin Hirtenknabe Editha Fleischermaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
Lilyan OgdenJessie Rogge
Helen Sumholz
168
2/25/32: Faust: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2000: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; stage manager Erich von Wymetal;assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard; librarianAndrew Luck; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A. Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia;costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Le docteur Faust Dimitri OnofreiMéphistophélès Ivan Steschenko
Marguerite Charlotte BoernerValentin Conrad Thibault
Siébel Irra PetinaDame Marthe Schwertlein Edwina Eustis
Wa gner Abrasha Robofskymaestro direttore Sylvan Levinmaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
première danseuse Catherine LittlefieldDorothy Littlefield, Dorothy Hubbard, Douglas Coudy
Corps de ballet
3/01/32: Peter Ibbetson(Deems Taylor): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., NY), hour: 2000
Peter Edward JohnsonMary, Duchess of Towers Lucrezia Bori
Colonel Ibbetson Lawrence TibbettMrs. Deane Gladys Swarthout
Mrs. Glyn Ina BourskayaAchille Angelo Badà
Major Duquesnois Léon RothierThe chaplain of Newgate PrisonLouis d’Angelo
Madge Plunkett Grace DivineCharlie Plunkett Giordano PaltrinieriGuy Mainwaring Millo Picco
Diana Vivash Phradie WellsMme. Seraskier Aida Doninelli
Pasquier de la Mariére George CehanovskyMarie Pasquier Santa Biondo
Victorine Philine FalcoA footman Marek Windheim
Manservant Alfredo GandolfiA Sister of Charity Minnie Egener
The prison governor George CehanovskyTurnkey Alfredo Gandolfi
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
169
3/03/32: Elektra: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Charles Demarest; ballet mistress Caroline Littlefield; amplificationsystem Electrical Research Products, New York, Joseph Maxfield; scenery by A. Jarin ScenicStudios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Elektra Anne RoselleChrysothemis Charlotte BoernerKlytämnestra Margarete Matzenauer
Orest Nelson EddyAegisth Bruno Korell
Der Pfleger des Orest Walter VassarDie Vertraute Marie Edelle
Die Schleppträgerin Edwina EustisEin junger Diener Daniel Healy
Ein alter Diener Abrasha RobofskyDie Aufseherin Irra Petina
1. Magd Rose Bampton2. Magd Virginia Kendrick3. Magd Paceli Diamond4. Magd Marie Edelle5. Magd Helen Jepson
maestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
Six maid servants: Martha Everett, Charlotte LockowitzMary Foster, Bertha Schlessinger, Irene Jacoby, Josephine Beale
3/08/32: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il re d’Egitto Joseph MacphersonAmneris Faina Petrova
Aida Elisabeth RethbergRadamès Francesco Merli
Ramfis Ezio PinzaAmonasro Lawrence Tibbett
Un messaggero Giordano PaltrinieriUna sacerdotessa Aida Doninellimaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Rita de Leporte
170
3/10/32: Il segreto di Susanna(English): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company/ Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant stagemanager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorus master Jeanne Renard; scenery A. Jarin ScenicStudios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
La contessa SusannaHelen JepsonIl conte Gil Nelson Eddy
Sante Erich von Wymetalmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
Pa gliacci (Italian): Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / CurtisInstitute of Music): stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.
Canio Aroldo LindiNedda Charlotte BoernerTonio John Charles ThomasBeppe Albert MahlerSilvio Conrad Thibault
maestro direttore Cesare Soderomaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
3/15/32: Sadko(Rimsky-Korsakov), French: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., NY), hour: 2000
Sadko Georges ThillVolkhova Editha Fleischer
Okian-more Pavel LudikarLyubava Buslayevna Ina Bourskaya
Nezhata Faina PetrovaFoma Nazarich Max AltglassLuka Zinovich Alfredo Gandolfi
Duda Louis d’AngeloSopel Angelo Badà
Viking merchant Joseph MacphersonHindu merchant Alfio Tedesco
Venetian merchant Mario Basiola
Jesters Philine Falco
Pearl BesunerApparition George Cehanovsky
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
171
3/22/32: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il conte d’Almaviva Armand TokatyanIl dottore Bartolo Pompilio Malatesta
Rosina Lily PonsFigaro Giuseppe de Luca
Don Basilio Ezio PinzaFiorello Alfredo Gandolfi
Berta Henriette WakefieldUn ufficiale Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
3/29/32: Roméo et Juliette: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Roméo Edward JohnsonJuliette Lucrezia Bori
Frère Laurent Léon RothierStéphano Gladys SwarthoutMercutio Lawrence TibbettBenvolio Max AltglassGertrude Henriette Wakefield
Le comte Capulet Louis d’AngeloTybalt Angelo Badà
Le comte Pâris Millo PiccoGrégorio Paolo Ananian
Le duc de Vérone James Wolfemaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
172
3/31/32: L’heure espagnole(English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company /Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director Erich von Wymetal
Concepcion Charlotte BoernerTorquemada Albert Mahler
Ramiro Chief CaupolicanDon Inigo Gomez Abrasha Robofsky
Gonzalve Ralph Errollemaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
H. P. (ballet, Carlos Chávez and Diego Rivera) world première: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House(Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute of Music): choreography Catherine Littlefield,Alexis Dolinoff; stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; scenery design and executed by A. JarinScenic Studios; decor and costumes Diego Rivera; costumes made by Van Horn & Son
H. P. Alexis DolinoffSiren Dorothy Littlefield
King Banana Douglas CoudyFirst native Thomas Cannon
Flapper Dorothy LittlefieldRed Snapper Rosalie Betz
Sword fish Patsy TaulaneSun fish Lorraine GamsonCaptain Erich von Wymetal
First mate Louis PurdeyCabin boy Kenneth HowardVentilator Sophie FadumGas pump Dorothy Jackson
Tobacco Mary WoodsSilver Anna McCueGold Martha Fitzpatrick
Cotton Stella Clausenmaestro direttore Leopold Stokowski
Sirens: Mmes.Hoffman, Cutler, Mountain, Jackson, Ionone, P. Gamson
Cocoanuts: Mmes.Becker, Bremer, Vosseler, Greene, Cohen, Smythe, Stuard
Native women: Mmes.Rendleman, Dollarton, Karklinsch, King, Campbell, Geurard, Graham
Native men: MM. Lowe, Popov, Taub
Sailors: MM. Hamlin, Littlefield, Fischman, Colker, Vassar, Ramey, LevinHolland, Hemmerley, Dravermann, Reiss, Irvine
Women workers: Mmes.Zane, Doughty, Taulane, Kauffman, Del Buno, McCueReihman, Deacon, Miller, Sayre, Walsh, Mert, Goldsmith
Schoenberg, Chambers, Vaughan, Thomas
Men workers: MM. Higgins, Gallagher, Konopka, McKleever, BernertSteubing, Saxon, Dougherty
Native children: Mmes.S. Rosenbaum, G. Rosenbaum, SmithBenner, Vosseler, Conrad
Pineapples: Mmes.Axford, Loeb, Flynn
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4/05/32: Götterdämmerung: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegfried Rudolf LaubenthalGunther Clarence Whitehill
Hagen Michael BohnenAlberich not performed
Brünnhilde Göta LjungbergGutrune Dorothee Manski
Waltraute not performedErste Norn not performed
Zweite Norn not performedDritte Norn not performed
Wo glinde Editha FleischerWellgunde Phradie WellsFloßhilde Sonia Essen
Vassal Max AltglassVassal Arnold Gabor
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
4/07/32: Carmen: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Andrew Luck; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A.Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Carmen Coe GladeDon José Aroldo LindiEscamillo Chief Caupolican
Micaëla Natalie BodanskayaFr asquita Helen JepsonMercédès Rose Bampton
Zuniga Ivan SteschenkoMoralès Conrad Thibault
Le Dancaïre Abrasha RobofskyLe Remendado Albert Mahler
maestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
première danseuse Catherine LittlefieldDorothy Littlefield, Douglas Coudy, Thomas Cannon
Corps de ballet of 100 members
174
4/12/32: L’africaine (Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Sélika Elisabeth RethbergVasco da Gama Beniamino Gigli
Inès Nina MorganaNélusko Armando Borgioli
Don Pédro Pavel LudikarDon Diégo Paolo AnanianDon Alvar Angelo Badà
Le Grand Inquisiteur Ezio PinzaLe Grand-Prêtre de Brama Ezio Pinza
Anna Henriette WakefieldUsher Alfredo Gandolfi
Officer Marek Windheimmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
4/14/32: Aida: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Grand Opera Company / Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2015: stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; assistant conductor Sylvan Levin;stage manager Erich von Wymetal; assistant stage manager Alessandro Angelucci; assistant chorusmaster Jeanne Renard; librarian Andrew Luck; ballet director Caroline Littlefield; scenery by A.Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Philadelphia
Il re d’Egitto Leo de Hierapolis Nicholas Konraty
Amneris Cyrena van GordonAida Anne Roselle
Radamès Aroldo LindiRamfis Ivan Steschenko
Amonasro Chief CaupolicanUn messaggero Fiorenzo Tasso
Una sacerdotessa Natalie Bodanskayamaestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann
Figure of Gold Catherine LittlefieldDorothy Littlefield, Douglas Coudy, Thomas Cannon
Corps de ballet
4/26/32: Faust (English): Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour: 2015: stagedirector Giuseppe Agostini; assistant musical director Wm. L. Schryer; ballet mistress UrsalaNaughton; custodian of wardrobeMrs. John Curtis; costumes, wigs, and make-up Carl F. Saake; malechorus augmented by Engineers’ Club Glee Club, William T. Timmings
Le docteur Faust Herman GatterMéphistophélès Henri Scott
Marguerite Marvel BiddleValentin Forest C. Dennis
Siébel Dorothy Butterworth BarringtonDame Marthe Schwertlein Josephine R. Bonniwell
Wa gner Otto E. Bossmaestro direttore Gustave A. Loeben
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5/05/32: Amore-Vita(Carlo Nicosia, libretto Florio Mancini), operetta: Philadelphia, Fleischer Aud. (Aurora Society)
The gondolier Mario LanzaPrincess Zina di Sante
Cupid Florence DeVineitisMaiden in pursuit of Love Anna Onorato
Companions of the princess
Ella Bach
Helen ChathamMary CavalieriMabel CavalieriAngela MarinoFlora CappyStella AlfonsiAlexandria BishopJean Borowski
maestro direttore Carlo Nicosia
5/13/32: The Yeomen of the Guard(broadcast WPEN): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company), hour:2015: members of the Philadelphia Orchestra; stage director Pacie Ripple, accompanist Ruth Barber
Sir Richard Cholmondeley George F. JohnstonColonel Fairfax James MontgomerySergeant Meryll Albert Carl LohmannLeonard Meryll H. Henry Brown, Jr.
Jack Point Wilbur EvansWilfred Shadbolt John Steele Williams
The Headsman Charles S. HubbardFirst Yeoman John Stephen Peake
Second Yeoman John G. BechtelFirst Citizen William McCook
Second Citizen Paul J. McKeoneElsie Maynard Marie Zara RandallPhoebe Meryll Edith Mary Earp
Dame Carruthers Marion KendrickKate Mary Elizabeth Wood
maestro direttore John Thoms
5/14/32: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 20155/17/32: The bohemian girl: Philadelphia, New Upper Darby, Junior High School (Music and Drama Club of Delaware
County): stage director Thomas E. Kraemer; costumes Carl F. Saake; scenic effects Joseph Mellor;properties Ernest Wenzel
Count Arnheim Erling HaabestadFlorestein Alfred GonzalesThaddeus Paul Dahlgren
Devilshoof Dan L. MathersArline Anna Mac Kennedy
The gypsy queen Ellen Richmond MarshallThe child Arline unknown
Buda Katherine SheppardCaptain of the guard unknown
maestro direttore Cuvier R. Marshall
176
5/24/32: Evangeline(Francesco Marcacci), excerpts: Philadelphia, Mitten Memorial Hall (Temple University), hour: 2030
role unknown Fiorenzo Tassorole unknown Claudio Frigerio
Gabriel Beniamino GigliEvangeline Zita Rossi
An indian woman Elena Bussingerpiano accompaniment Miguel Santoval
violin obbligato Anthony Candelori
Excerpts:The song of Acadia Fiorenzo TassoThe song of Justice Claudio Frigerio
Love duet (Evangeline and Gabriel) Beniamino Gigli / Zita RossiEvangeline’s narrative Zita Rossi
The narrative of the Indian Woman Elena BussingerDuet and Finale of Third Act Beniamino Gigli / Zita Rossi
Finale of Fourth Act Beniamino Gigli / Zita Rossi
5/26/32: Zaporozhets za Dunayem(Semyon Hulak-Artemovsky): Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Ukrainian ArtTheatre), hour: 2015: with orchestra; ballet master Dimitri Chutro
Ivan Karazh Michael ShvetzOdarka Tilly BarmachAndrei Francesco Cipriotti
Oksana Elena BussingerThe sultan Benjamin Grobani
Imam Benjamin GrobaniSelih-Aga unknown
maestro direttore Guglielmo Sabatini
Khovanschchina(ballet): Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Ukrainian Art Theatre): staged by Dimitri Chutro;ballet master Dimitri Chutro
maestro direttore Guglielmo Sabatini
6/04/32: The Yeomen of the Guard: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)11/18/32: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (Puccini Educational Grand Opera Company, Philip F.
Ienni), hour: 2015: stage manager Luigi Raybaut
Il conte d’Almaviva Giuseppe BarsottiIl dottore Bartolo Giuseppe La Puma
Rosina Beatrice BelkinFigaro Joseph Royer
Don Basilio Nicholas Nicolichrole unknown Olindo Oliverio
Berta Marguerite Wankelmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrierimaestro del coro Albert Diecher
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11/22/32: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Acaademy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Alexander Sanine; set design Antonio Rovescalli, Joseph Novak; costume design MathildeCastel-Bert; choreography Rosina Galli
La gioconda Rosa PonselleEnzo Grimaldo Giacomo Lauri-VolpiLaura Adorno Rose Bampton
Barnaba Armando BorgioliAlvise Badoero Tancredi Pasero
La cieca Faina PetrovaZuàne Alfredo GandolfiIsèpo Giordano Paltrinieri
Un monaco Louis d’AngeloUn pilota Arnold Gabor
Due cantori Alfredo Gandolfi
Giordano Paltrinierimaestro direttore Giuseppe Sturani
11/29/32: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000:stage director Armando Agnini; set design Joseph Urban
Il conte d’Almaviva Tito SchipaIl dottore Bartolo Pompilio Malatesta
Rosina Lily PonsFigaro Richard Bonelli
Don Basilio Ezio PinzaFiorello Giordano Paltrinieri
Berta Henriette WakefieldUn ufficiale Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
Lesson scene:Heinrich Proch Deh ! torna mio bene, op. 164
Henry Rowley Bishop Lo here the gentle lark
12/06/32: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Hanns Niedecken-Gebhard; set design Hans Kautsky
Siegmund Gustaaf de LoorHunding Siegfried Tappolet
Wotan Ludwig HofmannSieglinde Grete Stückgold
Brünnhilde Göta LjungbergFricka Doris Doe
Gerhilde Phradie WellsOrtlinde Pearl Besuner
Waltraute Rose BamptonSchwertleite Doris Doe
Helmwige Dorothee ManskiSiegrune Elda Vettori
Grimgerde Philine FalcoRoßweiße Ina Bourskaya
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
178
12/08/32: Carmen: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (International Grand Opera Co. of Philadelphia), hour: 2015
Carmen Ina BourskayaDon José Ivan IvantzoffEscamillo Chief Caupolican
Micaëla Marie BuddeFr asquita Marie ZaraMercédès Mignon Sutorius
Zuniga Alfred de LongMoralès Alessandro Angelucci
Le Dancaïre Benjamin GrobaniLe Remendado Eugene Ramey
maestro direttore Ernest Knoch
12/13/32: Simon Boccanegra: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Simon Boccanegra Lawrence TibbettMaria Boccanegra (Amelia Grimaldi) Maria Müller
Jacopo Fiesco (Andrea) Tancredi PaseroPaolo Albiani Claudio Frigerio
Pietro Paolo AnanianGabriele Adorno Giovanni Martinelli
Un’ancella di Amelia Pearl BesunerUn capitano dei balestrieri Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
12/15/32: Robin Hood: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour: 2015: stage directorAllyn C. Saurer; custodian of wardrobeMrs. John Curtis; assistant David Tweed; costumes, wigs, andmake-up Carl F. Saake
Robert of Huntingdon(Robin Hood) Sherwood AngelsonLady Marian Fitzwalter(Maid Marian) Mary Elsie QuigleySir Tristan Testy, sheriff of NottinghamForest C. Dennis
Sir Guy of Gisborne Harry E. DannerDame Durden Katherine L. Welsh
Annabel Wilburta HornWill Scarlet Andrew KnoxLittle John Bayron ChambersFriar Tuck George C. Bolinger
Alan-a-Dale Maybelle B. Marstonmaestro direttore Gustave A. Loeben
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12/20/32: Tannhäuser: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hermann Siegfried TappoletTannhäuser Rudolf Laubenthal
Wolfram von EschenbachLawrence TibbettWalter von der Vogelweide Hans Clemens
Biterolf Arnold GaborHeinrich der Schreiber Giordano Paltrinieri
Reinmar von Zweter James WolfeElisabeth Elisabeth Rethberg
Venus Margaret HalsteadEin Hirtenknabe Aida Doninellimaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
Lucille HardingMartha HenkelJessie Rogge
12/27/32: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Violetta Valéry Lucrezia BoriAlfredo Germont Tito SchipaGiorgio Germont Richard Bonelli
Flora Bervoix Elda VettoriIl barone Douphol Alfredo Gandolfi
Il dottor Grenvil Paolo AnanianAnnina Philine Falco
Gastone di Letorières Angelo BadàIl marchese d’Obigny Millo Picco
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Rita de LeporteGiuseppe BonfiglioMildred Schneider
19331/03/33: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000, hour: 2000
Il re d’Egitto Arthur AndersonAmneris Carmela Ponselle
Aida Elisabeth RethbergRadamès Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Ramfis Tancredi PaseroAmonasro Armando Borgioli
Un messaggero Giordano PaltrinieriUna sacerdotessa Aida Doninellimaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Rita de Leporte
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1/10/33: The Emperor Jones(Louis Gruenberg): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NY),hour: 2000
Jones Lawrence TibbettJenry Smithers Marek Windheim
Old native woman Pearl BesunerWitch doctor Hemsley Winfield
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Canio Armand TokatyanNedda Nina MorganaTonio Richard BonelliBeppe Alfio TedescoSilvio Claudio Frigerio
maestro direttore Pietro Cimara
1/17/33: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Hanns Niedecken-Gebhard; set design Hans Kautsky
Siegfried Rudolf LaubenthalMime Marek Windheim
Der Wanderer Ludwig HofmannAlberich Gustav Schützendorf
Fafner Siegfried TappoletErda Doris Doe
Brünnhilde Gertrude KappelStimme des WaldvogelsEditha Fleischer
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
1/24/33: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mimì Elisabeth RethbergRodolfo Giovanni Martinelli
Marcello Armando BorgioliSchaunard Claudio Frigerio
Colline Tancredi Pasero
Pompilio MalatestaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Aida Doninelli
Parpignol Max AltglassSergente dei doganieri Carlo Coscia
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
1/31/33: Pelléas et Mélisande: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mélisande Lucrezia BoriPelléas Edward JohnsonGolaud Ezio Pinza
Geneviève Ina BourskayaArkel Léon Rothier
Yniold Ellen DalossyUn médicin Paolo Ananian
maestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
181
2/07/33: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il duca di Mantova Giacomo Lauri-VolpiRigoletto Giuseppe de Luca
Gilda Lily PonsSparafucile Léon RothierMaddalena Gladys Swarthout
Giovanna Philine FalcoIl conte di Monterone Alfredo Gandolfi
Il cavaliere Marullo Millo PiccoMatteo Borsa Angelo Badà
Il conte di Ceprano Paolo AnanianLa contessa di Ceprano Elda Vettori
Pa g gio della duchessaPaolina Tomisanimaestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
2/14/33: Prodaná neveˇsta(German): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., New York), hour: 2000
Marenka Elisabeth RethbergJeník Rudolf LaubenthalVasek Marek WindheimKezal Ludwig Hofmann
Ludmila Ina BourskayaKrusina Gustav Schützendorf
Háta Philine FalcoTobias Siegfried Tappolet
Circus Barker Alfredo GandolfiEsmeralda Helen Gleason
Indian James Wolfemaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
Rita de LeporteMildred SchneiderGiuseppe Bonfiglio
2/21/33: L’amore dei tre re: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Fiora Lucrezia BoriAvito Giovanni Martinelli
Manfredo Armando BorgioliArchibaldo Tancredi Pasero
Flaminio Angelo BadàUn’ancella Elda Vettori
Una giovanetta Helen GleasonUn giovanetto Alfio Tedesco
Una vecchia Dorothea FlexerUn pastore Dorothea Flexer
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
182
2/28/33: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Isolde Frida LeiderTristan Lauritz Melchior
Brangäne Doris DoeKurwenal Friedrich Schorr
König Marke Siegfried TappoletMelot Arnold Gabor
Ein junger Seemann Hans ClemensEin Hirt Hans Clemens
Der Steuermann James Wolfemaestro direttore Karl Riedel
3/07/33: Manon: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Manon Lucrezia BoriLe chevalier des Grieux Richard Crooks
Lescaut Giuseppe de LucaLe comte des Grieux Léon Rothier
Guillot de Morfontaine Angelo BadàDe Brétigny George Cehanovsky
Poussette Aida DoninelliJavotte Philine FalcoRosette Dorothea Flexer
L’hôtelier Paolo AnanianPremier garde Max Altglass
Deuxième garde Arnold GaborLa servante Gina Gola
Un archer George CehanovskyUn sergent Paolo Ananian
maestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
3/24/33: Mazeppa: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Ukrainian Art Theatre), hour: 2015: stage director Dimitri Chutro;ballet master Dimitri Chutro
Motrya Thalia SabanieevaHetman Ivan Mazeppa Alexis Tcherkassky
Lyubov Elena BussingerKochubey Michael Shvetz
Andrei Ivan Velikanoffmaestro direttore Paul Ouglitzky
3/29/33: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (Puccini Educational Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagemanager Luigi Raybaut
Il duca di Mantova Giuseppe BarsottiRigoletto Joseph Royer
Gilda Caroline AndrewsSparafucile Amund Sjovik
[Maddalena] Eugenia Mantelli[Il conte di Monterone] Luigi dalle Molle
Marion SeeleNatale CerviPaolo QuintinaLodovico Oliviero
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
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3/31/33: Parsifal, Act I (Radio concert): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 1430:(performed without cuts over three evenings): chorus composed of members from: Bach Society ofDelaware County, James Allen Dash; Brahms Chorus, N. Lindsay Norden; Bryn Mawr College, F. H.Ernest Willoughby; Curtis Institute of Music, Sylvan Levin; Fortnightly Club, Henry GordonThunder; Haverford College, William P. Bentz; Mount St. Joseph’s College, Sister Regina Dolores;Philadelphia Grand Opera Chorus, Sylvan Levin; Princeton Glee Club, Alexander Russell; ReadingChoral Society, N. Lindsay Norden; St. Mark’s Choir, H. William Hawke
Amfortas Alexis TcherkasskyTiturel Leonard Treash
Gurnemanz Nelson EddyParsifal Robert Steel
Klingsor Dudley MarwickKundry Rose Bampton
Erster Gralsritter Daniel HealyZweiter Gralsritter Benjamin de Loache
Altstimme unknownErster Knappe Agnes Davis
Zweiter Knappe Edwina EustisDritter Knappe Daniel HealyVierter Knappe Eugene Loewenthal
Klingsors Zaubermädchen
Irene Beamer
Marie BuddeRuth CarhartAgnes DavisPaceli DiamondEdwina EustisRuth GordonHenrietta HorleIrra PetinaIrene SingerCecelia ThompsonHelen Watlington
maestro direttore Leopold Stokowski
4/01/33: Parsifal, Act II; Act III (Interlude, Finale) (Philco Radio concert): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (PhiladelphiaOrchestra), hour: 2020: 3/31/33
4/03/33: Parsifal, Act III, Prelude, Scene I, II: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), 2020: 3/31/334/06/33: Hänsel und Gretel: Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (Puccini Educational Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Peter Joseph RoyerHänsel Bernice SchalkerGretel Mary Fabian Ethel Fox
Die Knusperhexe Marion Seelerole unknown Josephine Perryrole unknown Wynema McKinleyrole unknown Louise Cronheim
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Il segreto di Susanna(English): Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (Puccini Educational Grand Opera Company)
La contessa SusannaFlorence LeffertIl conte Gil Joseph Royer
Sante unknownmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
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4/20/33: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (Puccini Educational Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015:Orchestra members of the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York
Santuzza Ruth CornettLola Alma Michelind
Turiddu Fiorenzo TassoAlfio Luigi dalle Molle
Lucia Wynema McKinleymaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Nocturne in a-minor — A poem in dance (Edmond Kow alewski): Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (PucciniEducational Grand Opera Company)
dancer Jerrie Meyertenor Fiorenzo Tasso
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (Puccini Educational Grand Opera Company)
Canio Pasquale FerraraNedda Marie BuddeTonio Joseph RoyerBeppe Lodovico OlivieroSilvio Ettore DeLara
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
4/26/33: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Broad Street Theatre (Philadelphia Light Opera Company), hour: 2015
Don Alhambra del Bolero Warren W. Holland[A gondolier] George Lapham
Casilda Christine Murdoch Kendrick[Gianetta] Phyllis M. Matthews
[Tessa] Katharine A. Underwoodroles unknown: Louis A. Starr
Howard McNeillCarol HowellMary Elizabeth WoodViola E. McCordMary Elizabeth FosterHenrietta White
maestro direttore H. Alexander Mathews
4/27/33: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Broad Street Theatre (Philadelphia Light Opera Company), hour: 20155/09/33: The bohemian girl: Philadelphia, American Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour: 2015:
stage manager and ballet master William Morris; custodian of wardrobeMrs. John Curtis; assistantDavid Tweed; costumes Charles Saake
Count Arnheim Robert Carnwath, Jr.Florestein Charles R. HageyThaddeus Bernard Poland Eugene Ramey
Devilshoof Forest C. DennisArline Mary Elise Quigley
The gypsy queen Olive RuttyThe child Arline Catherine Doris Gibson
Buda Ruth Wood CarnwathCaptain of the guard Charles J. Dickinson
maestro direttore Gustave A. Loeben, Jr.
185
5/12/33: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2015: stage directors Pacie Ripple,Frank Moulan; stage manager George C. Jenkins; accompanist Ruth M. Barber
The learned judge John Steele WilliamsThe defendant (Edwin) James Eglinton Montgomery
Counsel for the plaintiff H. Henry Brown, Jr.Usher Albert Carl Lohmann
Foreman of the jury William Cramp Scheetz, Jr.The plaintiff (Angelina) Elizabeth Jane Taylor
maestro direttore John Thoms
The sorcerer: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany)
Sir Marmaduke Poindextre Albert Carl LohmannAlexis James Montgomery
Doctor Daly George F. JohnsonNotary James H. Foskett
John Wellington Wells John Steele WilliamsLady Sangazure Sara Baily Heberton
Aline Marie ZaraMrs. Partlett Edith Mary Earp
Constance Marjorie Snowdenmaestro direttore John Thoms
5/13/33: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2015The sorcerer: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany)
6/03/33: Trial by Jury: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)The sorcerer: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)
7/10/33: Aida: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder;Miller Dancers; ballet director Katharine S. Miller; ballet mistress Dorothy Miller Ogden
Il re d’Egitto Benjamin GrobaniAmneris Kathryn Meisle
Aida Anne RoselleRadamès Frederick Jagel
Ramfis Harold KravittAmonasro Giuseppe Martino-Rossi
Un messaggero Pierino SalvucciUna sacerdotessa Vera Resnikoffmaestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro Henri Elkan
Katharine Smith
7/11/33: Aida: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000
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7/17/33: La traviata: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2015: stage director Karl T. F.Schroeder; Miller Dancers; ballet director Katharine S. Miller; ballet mistress Dorothy Miller Ogden
Violetta Valéry Josephine LuccheseAlfredo Germont Mario Duca (aka: Myron Duncan)Giorgio Germont Alfredo Gandolfi
Flora Bervoix Edwina EustisIl barone Douphol Abrasha Robofsky
Il dottor Grenvil Benjamin GrobaniAnnina Paceli Diamond
Gastone di Letorières Albert MahlerIl marchese d’Obigny Alfred de Long
Giuseppe Alessandro Angeluccimaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Katharine Smith
7/18/33: La traviata: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 20157/24/33: Faust: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Le docteur Faust Frederick JagelMéphistophélès Léon Rothier
Marguerite Anne RoselleValentin Barre Hill
Siébel Irra PetinaDame Marthe Schwertlein Edwina Eustis
Wa gner Abrasha Robofskymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Katharine Smith
7/25/33: Faust: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 20007/31/33: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2015: dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder
Il duca di Mantova Mario DucaRigoletto Mostyn Thomas
Gilda Josephine LuccheseSparafucile Harold KravittMaddalena Edwina Eustis
Il conte di Monterone Abrasha RobofskyMatteo Borsa Albert Mahler
La contessa di Ceprano Tilly BarmachGiovanna Paceli Diamond
Il cavaliere Marullo Alfred de LongIl conte di Ceprano Benjamin Grobani
Usciere di corte Walter Hammerly, Jr.Pa g gio della duchessaAgnes Davis
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
8/01/33: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2015: 7/31/33
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8/07/33: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), 2000: dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder
Santuzza Delfina SamoiloffLola Irra Petina
Turiddu Mario DucaAlfio Alfredo Gandolfi
Lucia Edwina Eustismaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Canio Aroldo LindiNedda Rosa TentoniTonio Pasquale AmatoBeppe Albert MahlerSilvio Barre Hill
Un contadino Earl Pearson Reesmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
8/08/33: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000: 8/07/33Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra): 8/07/33
8/14/33: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000
Il conte di Luna Giuseppe Martino-RossiLeonora Bianca SaroyaAzucena Kathryn MeisleManrico Frederick Jagel
Ferrando Harold KravittInes Agnes DavisRuiz Alessandro Angelucci
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
08/15/33: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000: 8/14/338/23/33: Carmen: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company / Fortune Gallo), hour: 2030
Carmen Ina BourskayaDon José Aroldo LindiEscamillo Mario Valle
Micaëla Ethel Fox Alba Novella
Fr asquita Marie ZaraMercédès Bernice Schalker
Zuniga Arturo ImparatoMoralès Francesco Curci
Le Dancaïre Natale CerviLe Remendado Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
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8/24/33: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2015: dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder
Cio-cio-san Hitzi KoykeB. F. Pinkerton Frederick Jagel
Suzuki Berta LevinaSharpless Alfredo Gandolfi
Goro Albert MahlerIl principe Yamadori Alfred de Long
Lo zio Bonzo Abrasha RobofskyIl commissario imperiale Benjamin Grobani
Kate Pinkerton Agnes Davismaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
8/24/33: Faust: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2030
Le docteur Faust Dimitri OnofreiMéphistophélès Léon Rothier
Marguerite Ina de MartinoValentin Claudio Frigerio
Siébel Bernice SchalkerDame Marthe Schwertlein Marion Selee
Wa gner Thomas Marlomaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
8/25/33: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 20158/25/33: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Th. (San Carlo Grand Opera Co.), hour: 2030: Swoboda-Yureva Ballet Russe
Il duca di Mantova Dimitri OnofreiRigoletto Mario Valle Claudio Frigerio
Gilda Josephine Lucchese Ina de Martino
Sparafucile Léon RothierMaddalena Bernice Schalker
Il conte di Monterone Natale CerviMatteo Borsa Francesco Curci
La contessa di Ceprano Marie ZaraGiovanna Marie Zara
Il cavaliere Marullo Thomas MarloIl conte di Ceprano Antonio Crespo
Pa g gio della duchessaVera Frazermaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Caroline Gredess
8/26/33: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 1430
Peter Stefan KozakevichGertrud Alice Homer
Hänsel Ina Bourskaya Bernice Schalker
Gretel Ethel FoxDie Knusperhexe Marion Seele
Sandmännchen Alice HomerTaumännchen Marie Zara
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
189
8/26/33: Aida: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2030
Il re d’Egitto Natale CerviAmneris Dreda Aves
Aida Bianca SaroyaRadamès Aroldo Lindi
Ramfis Léon RothierAmonasro Mario Valle
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Alice Homermaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
8/28/33: Carmen (French): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000: dances staged byKatharine S. Miller, Dorothy Miller Ogden
Carmen Irra PetinaDon José Edward MolitoreEscamillo Mostyn Thomas
Micaëla Irene WilliamsFr asquita Tilly BarmachMercédès Paceli Diamond
Zuniga Harold KravittMoralès Alessandro Angelucci
Le Dancaïre Abrasha RobofskyLe Remendado Albert Mahler
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Katharine Smith
Carmenended with the second act due to rain. The singers were under cover but not the musicians, so theinstruments could not be protected from the weather.
8/28/33: La bohème: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Mimì Bianca SaroyaRodolfo Dimitri Onofrei
Marcello Mario ValleSchaunard Stefan Kozakevich
Colline Léon RothierBenoît Natale Cervi
Alcindoro unknownMusetta Ethel Fox
Parpignol unknownSergente dei doganieri unknown
Un ufficiale unknownmaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
8/29/33: Carmen: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 20008/29/33: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Miss Lucia Josephine LuccheseSir Edgardo di RavenswoodDimitri Onofrei
Lord Enrico Asthon Claudio FrigerioRaimondo Bidebent Natale CerviLord Arturo Buclaw Francesco Curci
Alisa Marie ZaraNormanno Luigi de Cesare
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
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8/30/33: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Santuzza Bianca SaroyaLola Eleanora Domora
Turiddu Enzo AitaAlfio Stefan Kozakevich
Lucia Alice Homermaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company)
Canio Aroldo LindiNedda Jean TennysonTonio Claudio FrigerioBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Stefan Kozakevich
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
8/31/33: La forza del destino: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il marchese di Calatrava Natale CerviLeonora di Vargas Bianca Saroya
Don Carlo di Vargas Ciro de Ritis Mario Valle
Don Alvaro Aroldo LindiPreziosilla Bernice Schalker
Padre Guardiano Henri Scott Léon Rothier
Fr a Melitone Natale CerviCurra Marie Zara
Un alcade unknownMastro Trabuco Francesco Curci
Un chirurgo unknownmaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
9/01/33: Aida: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il re d’Egitto Natale CerviAmneris Dreda Aves
Aida Louise TaylorRadamès Pasquale Ferrara Fernando Bertini
Ramfis Léon RothierAmonasro Ciro de Ritis
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Marie Zaramaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
9/02/33: Martha (English): Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 1430
Lady Harriet Durham Josephine LuccheseNancy Bernice Schalker
Lord Tristan Mickleford Natale CerviLyonel Dimitri Onofrei
Plumkett Mario ValleDer Richter zu Richmond Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
I hav e guessed at the roles assigned to the male singers inMartha.
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9/02/33: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il conte di Luna Claudio FrigerioLeonora Bianca SaroyaAzucena Dreda AvesManrico Pasquale Ferrara Fernando Bertini
Ferrando Natale CerviInes Marie ZaraRuiz Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
9/04/33: La traviata: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: Luigi Raybaut
Violetta Valéry Josephine LuccheseAlfredo Germont Dimitri OnofreiGiorgio Germont Claudio Frigerio Mario Valle
Flora Bervoix Marie ZaraIl barone Douphol Fausto Bozza
Il dottor Grenvil Natale CerviAnnina Marie Zara
Gastone di Letorières Francesco CurciIl marchese d’Obigny unknown
Giuseppe unknownmaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
9/05/33: Faust: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: Luigi Raybaut
Le docteur Faust Louis Sherman Dimitri Onofrei
Méphistophélès Léon RothierMarguerite Ina de Martino
Valentin Claudio FrigerioSiébel Eleonora Demora
Dame Marthe Schwertlein Marion SeeleWa gner Fausto Bozza
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
9/06/33: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, Mastbaum Th. (San Carlo Grand Opera Co.), 2015: d. Luigi Raybaut
Peter Stefan KozakevichGertrud Marion Seele
Hänsel Bernice Schalker Ina Bourskaya
Gretel Ethel FoxDie Knusperhexe Marion Seele
Sandmännchen Eleonora DemoraTaumännchen Marie Zara
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Canio Aroldo LindiNedda Zita RossiTonio Claudio FrigerioBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Stefan Kozakevich
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
192
9/07/33: Lohengrin: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: Luigi Raybaut
Heinrich der Vogler James WolfeLohengrin Dimitri Onofrei
Elsa von Brabant Bianca SaroyaFriedrich von Telramund Chief Caupolican Mario Valle
Ortrud Marion Seele Marie Anderson
Der Heerrufer des Königs Lester Englandermaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
In this performance ofLohengrin, Bianca Saroya and Marion Seele sang in English, while the male singersattempted to sing their roles in German.
9/08/33: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: Luigi Raybaut
Il conte di Luna Mario Valle Claudio Frigerio
Leonora Bianca SaroyaAzucena Ina Bourskaya Dreda Aves
Manrico Aroldo LindiFerrando Natale Cervi
Ines Marie ZaraRuiz Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
9/09/33: Les contes d’Hoffmann: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Th. (San Carlo Grand Opera Co.), 1430: dir. Luigi Raybaut
Hoffmann Dimitri OnofreiNicklausse Bernice Schalker
Olympia Margaret CoddAntonia Ethel Fox
Giulietta Ethel FoxCoppélius Mario Valle
Dr. Miracle Léon RothierDapertutto Mario ValleCochenille Francesco Curci
Fr antz Francesco CurciLa mère d’Antonia Alice Homer
Spalanzani Natale CerviSchlémil Fausto Bozza
Nathanaël Carlo DevibuLuther Charles Duvrie
Crespel Natale Cervimaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
9/09/33: Carmen: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: Luigi Raybaut
Carmen Ina BourskayaDon José Fernando Bertini Aroldo Lindi
Escamillo Mario ValleMicaëla Zita Rossi
Fr asquita Marie ZaraMercédès Bernice Schalker
Zuniga Henri ScottMoralès Francesco Curci
Le Dancaïre Natale CerviLe Remendado Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
193
˜ 10/04/33: Pa gliacci: Philadelphia / Glenside, Keswick Theatre (Century Grand Opera Company): with members of thePhiladelphia Orchestra
Canio Rolf GerardNedda Stella della MottaTonio Ciro de RitisBeppe Bernard PolandSilvio Walter Earnst
maestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
I hav e guessed at the roles assigned to the male singers inPa gliacci.
˜ 10/10/33: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Darby Junior High School (Paramount Light Opera Company)
The Mikado of Japan Vincent ParkinsonNanki-Poo Harry E. Danner
Ko-Ko Forest C. DennisPoo-Bah David Deen
Pish-Tush Wendell YoungYum-Yum Emma ZuernPitti-Sing Miriam CoolingPeep-Bo Tio NestaKatisha Katherine L. Welsh
maestro direttore Henry Hotz
10/24/33: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Puccini Educational Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Alexander Angelucci
Violetta Valéry Anne RoselleAlfredo Germont Ralph ErrolleGiorgio Germont Joseph Royer
Flora Bervoix Mary Elise QuigleyIl barone Douphol Abrasha Robofsky
Il dottor Grenvil Benjamin GrobaniAnnina Louise Cronheim
Gastone di Letorières Alessandro AngelucciIl marchese d’Obigny Alfred de Long
Giuseppe Gilbert MasonUn domestico di Flora Walter Hemmerly, Jr.
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Dorothy LittlefieldDouglas Coudy
11/06/33: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company), hour: 2030
The Mikado of Japan William DanforthNanki-Poo Roy Cropper
Ko-Ko Frank MoulanPoo-Bah Herbert Waterous
Pish-Tush Allen WaterousYum-Yum Hitzi KoykePitti-Sing Vi vian HartPeep-Bo Laura FergusonKatisha Vera Ross
maestro direttore unknown
11/07/33: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company), hour: 2030
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11/08/33: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company), matinée11/08/33: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company), hour: 203011/09/33: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company), hour: 2030
Colonel Fairfax Roy CropperSergeant Meryll unknownLeonard Meryll unknown
Jack Point Frank MoulanWilfred Shadbolt William Danforth
Elsie Maynard Vi vian HartPhoebe Meryll Laura Ferguson
Dame Carruthers unknownmaestro direttore unknown
11/10/33: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company), hour: 203011/11/33: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company), matinée11/11/33: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company)11/13/33: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company)
The duke of Plaza-Toro Frank MoulanDon Alhambra del Bolero William Danforth
Marco Palmieri Roy CropperGiuseppe Palmieri Mr. Waterous
The duchess of Plaza-ToroVera RossCasilda Ruth Urban
Gianetta Vi vian HartTessa Laura Ferguson
maestro direttore unknown
11/14/33: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company)11/14/33: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Puccini Educational Grand Opera Company, Philip F. Ienni), hour:
2015: stage director Alexander Angelucci
Carmen Berta LevinaDon José Pasquale Ferrara Ralph Errolle
Escamillo Joseph RoyerMicaëla Zita Rossi
Fr asquita Louise CronheimMercédès Carlotta Bruno
Zuniga Eugene LoewenthalMoralès Albert E. Weisensaul
Le Dancaïre Benjamin GrobaniLe Remendado Lodovico Curci
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Dorothy Littlefield
11/15/33: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company), matinée11/15/33: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company)11/16/33: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company)11/17/33: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company), hour: 203011/18/33: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company), matinée11/18/33: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Garrick Theatre (Milton Aborn Company), hour: 2030
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12/04/33: Les contes d’Hoffmann(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour: 2015:stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Hoffmann Ralph ErrolleNicklausse Dorothy Butterworth Barrington
Olympia Margaret CoddAntonia Margaret Whelan
Giulietta Catherine Fitting ZendtLindorf Arthur L. Wark
Coppélius Forest C. DennisDr. Miracle Eugene LoewenthalDapertutto Eugene MooreCochenille Harry Stanley
Fr antz Charles HageyPitichinaccio William Bassie
Spalanzani John B. BeckerHermann James MurraySchlémil Arthur L. Wark
Nathanaël John B. HillLuther Charles J. Dickinson
Crespel H. N. KramerVoix de Basse Thorold Croasdale
Wilhelm Ralph Benedictmaestro direttore John Thomsmaestro del coro Forest C. Dennis
prima ballerina Marie Bernadette Kerns
12/19/33: Lakmé: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stage directorArmando Agnini; set design Joseph Novak; choreography Rosina Galli
Lakmé Lily PonsNilakantha Léon Rothier
Mallika Gladys SwarthoutHadji Giordano Paltrinieri
Gérald Giovanni MartinelliEllen Helen Gleason
Frédéric George CehanovskyRose Dorothea Flexer
Mistress Bentson Philine FalcoUn domben Paolo Ananian
Un marchand chinois Max AltglassUn kouravar Marek Windheim
maestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
Rita de LeporteAlexis KosloffJosef Levinoff
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19341/02/34: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegmund Max LorenzHunding Emanuel List
Wotan Friedrich SchorrSieglinde Gertrude Kappel
Brünnhilde Göta LjungbergFricka Karin Branzell
Gerhilde Phradie WellsOrtlinde Margaret Halstead
Waltraute Doris DoeSchwertleite Irra Petina
Helmwige Dorothee ManskiSiegrune Elda Vettori
Grimgerde Philine FalcoRoßweiße Ina Bourskaya
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
1/09/34: Mignon: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mignon Lucrezia BoriWilhelm Meister Tito Schipa
Lothario Ezio PinzaPhiline Lily Pons
Frédéric Gladys SwarthoutLaërte Angelo BadàJarno James Wolfe
Antonio James Wolfemaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
Elizabeth Mayer
1/16/34: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Violetta Valéry Claudia MuzioAlfredo Germont Tito SchipaGiorgio Germont Richard Bonelli
Flora Bervoix Elda VettoriIl barone Douphol Alfredo Gandolfi
Il dottor Grenvil Paolo AnanianAnnina Philine Falco
Gastone di Letorières Angelo BadàIl marchese d’Obigny Millo Picco
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Rita de LeporteGiuseppe BonfiglioMildred Schneider
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1/23/34: Gianni Schicchi: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Gianni Schicchi Giuseppe de LucaLauretta Editha Fleischer
Zita Ina BourskayaRinuccio Frederick Jagel
Gherardo Giordano PaltrinieriNella Lillian Clark
Gherardino Frank CastinoBetto di Signa Paolo Ananian
Simone Ezio PinzaMarco Louis d’Angelo
La Ciesca Elda VettoriIl Maestro Spinelloccio Pompilio MalatestaSer Amantio di Nicolao Alfredo Gandolfi
Pinellino James WolfeGuccio Arnold Gabor
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
Salomè: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Salomè Göta LjungbergHerodes Max Lorenz
Herodias Dorothee ManskiJochanaan Friedrich SchorrNarraboth Hans Clemens
Der Page der Herodias Doris DoeErster Jude Marek Windheim
Zweiter Jude Giordano PaltrinieriDritter Jude Angelo BadàVierter Jude Max AltglassFünfter Jude James Wolfe
Erster Nazarener Arthur AndersonZweiter Nazarener Hans Clemens
Erster Soldat Louis d’AngeloZweiter Soldat Arnold Gabor
Ein Coppadocier Alfredo GandolfiEine Sklave Lillian Clark
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
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1/30/34: Manon: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Manon Lucrezia BoriLe chevalier des Grieux Tito Schipa
Lescaut Giuseppe de LucaLe comte des Grieux Léon Rothier
Guillot de Morfontaine Angelo BadàDe Brétigny George Cehanovsky
Poussette Helen GleasonJavotte Lillian ClarkRosette Irra Petina
L’hôtelier Paolo AnanianPremier garde Max Altglass
Deuxième garde Arnold GaborLa servante Gina Gola
Un archer George CehanovskyUn sergent Paolo Ananian
maestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
2/06/34: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Isolde Frida LeiderTristan Lauritz Melchior
Brangäne Karin BranzellKurwenal Friedrich Schorr
König Marke Emanuel ListMelot Arnold Gabor
Ein junger Seemann Hans ClemensEin Hirt Hans Clemens
Der Steuermann James Wolfemaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky (Acts I, II)maestro direttore Karl Riedel (Act III)
2/13/34: Merry Mount(Howard Hanson): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Faint-Not Tinker Arnold GaborSamoset James Wolfe
Desire Annable Irra PetinaJonathan Banks Giordano Paltrinieri
Wrestling Bradford Lawrence TibbettPlentiful Gladys Swarthout
Praise-God Tewke Louis d’AngeloMiles Brodrib Alfredo Gandolfi
Peregrine Brodrib Helen GleasonLove Brewster Lillian Clark
Bridget Crackston Henriette WakefieldJack Prence Marek Windheim
Lady Marigold Sandys / AstorethLeonora CoronaThomas Morton George Cehanovsky
Sir Gower Lackland / Lucifer Edward JohnsonJe wel Scrooby Millo Picco
First puritan Max AltglassSecond puritan Pompilio Malatesta
maestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Rita de Leporte
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2/20/34: Roméo et Juliette: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Roméo Charles HackettJuliette Eidé Norena
Frère Laurent Léon RothierStéphano Gladys SwarthoutMercutio Giuseppe de LucaBenvolio Max AltglassGertrude Philine Falco
Le comte Capulet Louis d’AngeloTybalt Angelo Badà
Le comte Pâris Millo PiccoGrégorio Paolo Ananian
Le duc de Vérone Arthur Andersonmaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
2/27/34: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Mimì Lucrezia BoriRodolfo Frederick Jagel
Marcello Armando BorgioliSchaunard Millo Picco
Colline Virgilio Lazzari
Pompilio MalatestaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Nina Morgana
Parpignol Max AltglassSergente dei doganieri Carlo Coscia
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
3/06/34: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Lord Enrico Asthon Richard BonelliMiss Lucia Lily Pons
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodGiovanni MartinelliLord Arturo Buclaw Alfio TedescoRaimondo Bidebent Léon Rothier
Alisa Elda VettoriNormanno Angelo Badà
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
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3/13/34: Die Meistersinger: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hans Sachs Ludwig HofmannVeit Pogner Emanuel List
Kunz Vogelgesang Marek WindheimKonrad Nachtigall Louis d’AngeloSixtus BeckmesserGustav Schützendorf
Fritz Kothner Arnold GaborBalthasar Zorn Angelo Badà
Ulrich Eißlinger Giordano PaltrinieriAugustin Moser Max AltglassHermann Ortel Paolo AnanianHans Schwarz Arthur Anderson
Hans Foltz James WolfeWalter von Stolzing Max Lorenz
David Hans ClemensEva Editha Fleischer
Magdalene Doris DoeEin Nachtwächter Arnold Gabormaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
3/20/34: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Cio-Cio-San Elisabeth RethbergB. F. Pinkerton Paul Althouse
Suzuki Ina BourskayaSharpless Armando Borgioli
Goro Giordano PaltrinieriIl principe Yamadori Millo Picco
Lo zio Yakusidé Paolo QuintinaLo zio Bonzo Paolo Ananian
Il commissario imperiale Millo PiccoKate Pinkerton Phradie Wells
maestro direttore Vincenzo Bellezza
3/27/34: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il re d’Egitto Arthur AndersonAmneris Maria Olszewska
Aida Elisabeth RethbergRadamès Giovanni Martinelli
Ramfis Virgilio LazzariAmonasro Richard Bonelli
Un messaggero Giordano PaltrinieriUna sacerdotessa Lillian Clarkmaestro direttore Tullio Serafin
Rita de Leporte
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4/25/34: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Chicago Grand Opera Company, Alfredo Salmaggi), hour: 2015
Il duca di Mantova Alessandro GrandaRigoletto Silvio Garavelli
Gilda Dori MarinelliSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Grace Angelau
Il conte di Monterone Luigi dalle MolleMatteo Borsa Luigi Calvino
La contessa di Ceprano Nancy DorliniGiovanna Alice Haeseler
Il cavaliere Marullo Armando FantiniIl conte di Ceprano Costanzo Sorvino
Pa g gio della duchessaCarlotta Brunomaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
4/26/34: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Chicago Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Santuzza Rosa BuskaLola Carlotta Bruno
Turiddu Alessandro GrandaAlfio Luigi dalle Molle
Lucia Alice Haeselermaestro direttore Aldo Franchetti
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Chicago Grand Opera Company)
Canio Edward RansomeNedda Louise MasinoTonio Silvio GaravelliBeppe Costanzo SorvinoSilvio Luigi dalle Molle
maestro direttore Aldo Franchetti
4/27/34: Faust: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Chicago Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Le docteur Faust Giuseppe BarsottiMéphistophélès Nino Ruisi
Marguerite Perla DoriniValentin Alexis Tcherkassky
Siébel Alice HaeselerDame Marthe Schwertlein Alice Haeseler
Wa gner Luigi dalle Mollemaestro direttore Aldo Franchetti
4/28/34: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Chicago Grand Opera Company), hour: 1430
Hänsel Paceli DiamondGretel Marie Zara
maestro direttore Aldo Franchetti
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4/28/34: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Chicago Grand Opera Company), hour: 2030
Il conte di Luna Edoardo AlbanoLeonora Rosa BuskaAzucena Grace AngelauManrico Bernardo de Muro
Ferrando Nino RuisiInes Carlotta BrunoRuiz Costanzo Sorvino
maestro direttore Aldo Franchetti
4/30/34: Il trovatore (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic So.), 2015: d. Karl T. F. Schroeder
Il conte di Luna George F. JohnsonLeonora Mary E. QuigleyAzucena Margaret HarshawManrico Foley Cahill
Ferrando Eric BelarInes Wilburta HornRuiz Charles W. Miller
Un vecchio zingaro Harold G. MorrisUn messaggero unknown
maestro direttore John Thoms
prima ballerina Marie Bernadette Kerns
4/30/34: Aida: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Chicago Grand Opera Company), hour: 2030
Il re d’Egitto Luigi dalle MolleAmneris Grace Angelau
Aida Charlotte Ryan Elsie della Motta
Radamès Edward Ransome Bernardo de Muro
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Edoardo Albano Silvio Garavelli
Un messaggero Costanzo SorvinoUna sacerdotessa unknownmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
première danseuse Natalie Tyson
5/01/34: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Chicago Grand Opera Company), hour: 2030
Miss Lucia Dori MarinelliSir Edgardo di RavenswoodAlessandro Granda
Lord Enrico Asthon Edoardo Albano Silvio Garavelli
Raimondo Bidebent Pietro d’Andria Nino Ruisi
Lord Arturo Buclaw Costanzo SorvinoAlisa Alice Haeseler
Normanno Luigi dalle Mollemaestro direttore unknown
The Chicago Opera Company had been announced for a four week run at the Shubert Theatre, but this Tuesdayperformance ofLucia abruptly ended that engagement. Matinée and evening performances on Wednesday ofRigolettoandLa forza del destinowere cancelled as well as Thursday and Friday performances ofIl barbiere diSiviglia andLa gioconda. Then it was announced the Chicago company would open at the Metropolitan OperaHouse on Friday with a ‘‘negro soprano’’ in the role ofAida, and indeed there was a another announcement forthis on the day of the performance (I could find no review), but at some point on Saturday the company wasforced to cancel the rest of its engagement. I do not know whether the Saturday afternoon double bill wasperformed, but the Saturday evening performance ofCarmenwas cancelled.
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5/04/34: Aida: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Chicago Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il re d’Egitto Luigi dalle MolleAmneris Grace Angelau
Aida Catherina JarboroRadamès Bernardo de Muro
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Edoardo Albano
Un messaggero Costanzo SorvinoUna sacerdotessa unknownmaestro direttore Aldo Franchetti
˜ 5/05/34: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Chicago Grand Opera Company), hour: 1430Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Chicago Grand Opera Company)
5/10/34: Roméo et Juliette: Philadelphia, Elks’ Auditorium, 16th + Fitzwater Streets (Drury Opera Company), hour: 2045:
Roméo Robert HabershawJuliette Edna Christian Thomas
Frère Laurent Laurence GuyStéphano Catherine WallsMercutio Arlington Cozart
Le comte Capulet Monte NorrisGertrude Carrie Greenhill
Tybalt Leon WallsBenvolio Rudolph Rubini
Le comte Pâris unknownGrégorio unknown
maestro direttore Theodore Drury
5/11/34: Patience: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company), hour: 2015: stage director Pacie Ripple;accompanist Ruth Barber
Colonel Calverly William B. SwayzeMajor Murgatroyd Gerald Bruce West
Lieutenant, the duke of DunstableJames MontgomeryReginald Bunthorne John Steele Williams
Archibald Grosvenor George F. JohnsonMr. Bunthorne’s solicitor John L. Conarroe, III
The lady Angela Elizabeth C. WoodwardThe lady Saphir Anne F. Janney
The lady Ella Eleanor C. GaleyThe lady Jane Sara Baily Heberton
Patience, a dairy maid Marjorie Snowdenmaestro direttore John Thoms
5/12/34: Patience: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2015
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5/14/34: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (New York Grand Opera Company, Amedeo Passeri), hour: 2015
Carmen Ina BourskayaDon José Ralph ErrolleEscamillo Joseph Royer
Micaëla Cosma VulloFr asquita Louise GronheimMercédès Lia Leuzzi
Zuniga Amund SjovikMoralès Albert Weidensaul
Le Dancaïre Benjamin GrobaniLe Remendado Alessandro Angelucci
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
The New York Grand Opera Company had been announced for an ‘‘indefinite’’ run, but failed financially afterthis one performance. Performances had been announced for the week withTr ovatore on Tuesday to befollowed by Tr aviata, Lohengrin, Cavalleria/Pagliacci, and Saturday matinée and evening performances ofRigolettoandAida. This was the second such failure in ten days.
5/23/34: Martha: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (Delaware School of Music / Unionville Consolidated School /Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2015: members of Curtis Institute Symphony Orchestra; chorus ofUnionville School; stage director Wilhelm von Wymetal
Lady Harriet Durham Dorothy DowningNancy Charlotte Daniels
Lord Tristan Mickleford Leonard M. UtzLyonel Daniel Healy
Plumkett Leonard TreashDer Richter zu Richmond Robert J. Crockett
maestro direttore Bernard Mandelkern
˜ 5/24/34: Martha (English): Philadelphia, Converse Hall (Little Theatre Opera)
Lady Harriet Durham Gertrude AltroggeNancy Josephine Flora
Lord Tristan Mickleford Wilfred DudleyLyonel Ted Garrett
Plumkett Martin BrenmanDer Richter zu Richmond Ed Snyder
maestro direttore Alvera Dashington
6/09/34: Patience: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany): dir. Pacie Ripple; accomp. Ruth Barber
Colonel Calverly William B. SwayzeMajor Murgatroyd Gerald Bruce West
Lieutenant, the duke of DunstableJames MontgomeryReginald Bunthorne John Steele Williams
Archibald Grosvenor George F. JohnsonMr. Bunthorne’s solicitor John L. Conarroe, III
The lady Angela Elizabeth C. WoodwardThe lady Saphir Anne F. Janney
The lady Ella Eleanor C. GaleyThe lady Jane Sara Baily Heberton
Patience, a dairy maid Marjorie Snowdenmaestro direttore John Thoms
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7/09/34: Les contes d’Hoffmann: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra): director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Hoffmann Dimitri OnofreiNicklausse Eleonora Demora
Olympia Margaret CoddAntonia Irene Williams
Giulietta Bianca SaroyaCoppélius Joseph Royer
Dr. Miracle Joseph RoyerDapertutto Joseph RoyerCochenille Albert Mahler
Fr antz Albert MahlerPitichinaccio Albert Mahler
La mère d’Antonia Margaret HarshawSpalanzani Abrasha Robofsky
Hermann Benjamin GrobaniSchlémil Lester Englander
Nathanaël James MontgomeryLuther Louis Purdey
Crespel Eugene Loewenthalmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
7/10/34: Les contes d’Hoffmann: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra)7/16/34: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra): director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Miss Lucia Muriel MumrelSir Edgardo di RavenswoodMyron Duncan
Lord Enrico Asthon Claudio FrigerioRaimondo Bidebent Harold KravittLord Arturo Buclaw Albert Mahler
Alisa Agnes DavisNormanno Alessandro Angelucci
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
7/17/34: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra)7/23/34: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Il conte di Luna Claudio FrigerioLeonora Bianca SaroyaAzucena Cyrena van GordonManrico Frederick Jagel
Ferrando Harold KravittInes Agnes DavisRuiz Alessandro Angelucci
Un vecchio zingaro Edmund J. IrvineUn messaggero Pierino Salvucci
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
7/24/34: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra)
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7/30/34: Carmen(French): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000: Littlefield Ballet
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Edward MolitoreEscamillo Mostyn Thomas
Micaëla Marie BuddeFr asquita Thelma VotipkaMercédès Philine Falco
Zuniga Eugene LoewenthalMoralès Ralph S. Megelssen
Le Dancaïre Abrasha RobofskyLe Remendado Albert Mahler
maestro direttore Alexander SmallensDorothy Cutler
Dorothy Littlefield
7/31/34: Carmen: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra)8/06/34: Aida: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000: Littlefield Ballet
Il re d’Egitto Eugene LoewenthalAmneris Margarete Matzenauer
Aida Anne RoselleRadamès Paul Althouse
Ramfis Chase BaromeoAmonasro Mostyn Thomas
Un messaggero Alessandro AngelucciUna sacerdotessa Agnes Davismaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Dorothy Littlefield
8/07/34: Aida: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra)8/13/34: Tosca: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2015
Floria Tosca Anne RoselleMario Cavaradossi Myron Duncan
Il barone Scarpia Alfredo GandolfiCesare Angelotti Eugene Loewenthal
Il sagrestano Abrasha RobofskySpoletta Albert Mahler
Sciarrone Lester EnglanderUn pastore Margaret Harshaw
Un carceriere Benjamin Grobanimaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
8/14/34: Tosca: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra): 8/13/349/25/34: Der Graf von Luxemburg: Philadelphia, Mercantile Hall (Hungarian Operetta Company)
Angèle Didier Anne Roselle
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10/08/34: Halka (Stanislaw Moniuszko): Philadelphia, Scottish Rite Temple (Polish-American Opera Company), hour:2015: with orchestra, chorus, and ballet; set design Louis Kow alski
Halka Maryla KarwowskaJontek Janusz PoplawskiJanusz Paul FarberSophie Claire Brooks-BamberskiStolnik Nicholas Karlash
A young mountaineer Albert Sobczakmaestro direttore Walter Grigaitismaestro del coro Edward Ryglewicz
10/19/34: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 1330: stage director HerbertGraf; stage manager Karl Schroeder; set design Donald Oenslager; associate designer Isaac Benesch;costume design Frank Poole Bevan; lighting Louis Erhardt; costumes executed by Van Horn and Son;scenery executed by Jarin Scenic Studios, Inc.
Isolde Marga DannenbergTristan Hans Grahl
Brangäne Lyuba SenderownaKurwenal Julius Huehn
König Marke Emanuel ListMelot Wilbur Evans
Ein junger Seemann John DunbarEin Hirt Albert Mahler
Der Steuermann Eugene Loewenthalmaestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Konrad Neuger
The première ofTristanwas attended by the First Lady of the United States, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
10/20/34: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 193010/23/34: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 193011/09/34: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 1400: stage director Herbert Graf;
scenery design A. Jarin; street boys in the first act from Charles E. Bartlett, Jr., High School; balletarranged by Rita de Leporte; assistant conductors Boris Goldovsky, Sylvan Levin; stage managerKarl Schroeder; lighting Louis Erhardt; costumes executed by Van Horn and Son; scenery executedby Jarin Scenic Studios, Inc.
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Armand TokatyanEscamillo Carl Schiffeler
Micaëla Ruby MercerFr asquita Thelma VotipkaMercédès Georgia Standing
Zuniga Norman CordonMoralès Wilbur Evans
Le Dancaïre Abrasha RobofskyLe Remendado Albert Mahler
maestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro Konrad Neuger
Gypsy Dance, Act II: Jessie RoggeCarillon, Act III: Corps de ballet
Serenade Espagnol, Act III: Rita de Leporte, Arthur MahoneyFarandole, Act III: Rita de Leporte, Arthur Mahoney, Corps de ballet
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11/10/34: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 200011/13/34: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 200011/30/34: Der Rosenkavalier(German): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 1400: stage
director Herbert Graf; production design Donald Oenslager; costume design Frank Poole Bevan;costumes executed by Van Horn and Son; scenery executed by Jarin Scenic Studios, Inc.; assistantconductors Boris Goldovsky, Sylvan Levin; stage manager Karl Schroeder; associate designer IsaacBenesch; lighting Louis Erhardt
Die Feldmarschallin Lotte LehmannDer Baron Ochs auf LerchenauEmanuel List
Octavian Eva HadrabovaHerr von Faninal Julius Huehn
Sophie Elisabeth SchumannJungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin Agnes Davis
Valzacchi Charles HaywoodAnnina Lyuba Senderowna
Ein Polizeikommissar Eugene LoewenthalDer Haushofmeister bei der FeldmarschallinAlbert Mahler
Der Haushofmeister bei Faninal Roland PartridgeEin Notar Leonard Treash
Ein Wirt Albert MahlerEin Sänger John Dunbar
A scholar S. Joseph LevineA flautist John Hilfreich
Drei adelige Waisen
Margaret Codd
Irene SingerCharlotte Daniels
Eine Modistin Margaret ValentiniDer Friseur Juan Casanova
His assistant Vi vienne KatzEine adelige Witwe Anne Geyer
Ein Tierhändler Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Vier Lakaien der Marschallin
Armand DeMasi
Pierino SalvucciJohn J. MillerWarren W. Holland
Vier Kellner
Josef Eschert
John HilbertJoseph M. LevinJohn Pasquale
Den Mohammed Jean Salasmaestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Konrad Neuger
Dancing bar-maids(Act III): Anna Criss Dance Group
12/01/34: Der Rosenkavalier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 200012/04/34: Der Rosenkavalier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000
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12/19/34: Cavalleria rusticana(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society), hour: 2015:stage director L. Marinelli; assistant conductor Forest C. Dennis; costumes and wigs Karl F. Saake
Santuzza Mathilde LehmannLola Elizabeth Meigs
Turiddu Clifford PollardAlfio William B. Swayze
Lucia Katherine L. Welshmaestro direttore John Thoms
Pa gliacci(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Operatic Society)
Canio Foley CahillNedda Julia Lane DaumTonio James WinningBeppe Harry StanleySilvio Edward Rhein
maestro direttore John Thoms
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes that between the acts ofPa gliacci, Mrs. John Curtis, president of the Society,introduced Henri Scott, noted basso and a founder member, in whose honor the performances were given.
12/25/34: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 201512/26/34: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 141512/26/34: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 201512/27/34: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 141512/27/34: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 201512/28/34: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 1400: scenery by
Jarin Scenic Studios, Inc.; costumes executed by Van Horn and Son; assistant conductors BorisGoldovsky, Sylvan Levin; stage manager Karl Schroeder
Peter Joseph RoyerGertrud Thelma VotipkaHänsel Georgia StandingGretel Margaret Codd
Die Knusperhexe Kathryn MeisleSandmännchen Agnes DavisTaumännchen Agnes Davis
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Angels Ethel Phillips Dancers
Mavra (Igor Strawinsky) American première, Russian: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra):stage director Herbert Graf; scenery and costume design Sergei Soudeikine; scenery executed byJarin Scenic Studios, Inc.
Parasha Maria KurenkoThe neighbor Lydia Koretsky
The mother Nadina FedoraThe hussar Ivan Ivantzoff
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
12/28/34: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 201512/29/34: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 141512/29/34: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000
Mavra: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra)12/29/34: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 201512/31/34: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
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19351/01/35: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 14151/01/35: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000
Mavra: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra)1/01/35: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20151/02/35: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 1415
The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company)1/02/35: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company)1/03/35: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company)1/04/35: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20151/05/35: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 14151/05/35: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20151/07/35: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20151/08/35: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20151/09/35: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 14151/09/35: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20151/10/35: Patience: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20151/11/35: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20151/11/35: Boris Godunov(Russian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 1400: Philadelphia
Orchestra Opera Chorus augmented by 60 voices from the Opera Company maintained by The Art ofMusical Russia, Inc.; scenery from Curtis Institute of Music; scenery by Jarin Scenic Studios, Inc.;costumes executed by Van Horn and Son; assistant conductors Boris Goldovsky, Sylvan Levin
Boris Godunov Georges YoureneffFeodor Irra PetinaXenia Marguerite Hawkins
Xenia’s nurse Nadina FedoraPrince Vassili Ivanovich ShuiskyIvan Velikanoff
Andrei Shchelkalov Alexis TcherkasskyPimen Vasily Romakoff
Grigory Otrepiev / Dimitri Ivan IvantzoffMarina Mnishek Edwina Eustis
Pristav Abrasha RobofskyVarlaam Michael ShvetzMissail Josef Kallini
Hostess of the inn Lydia KoretskyThe simpleton Albert Mahler
Boyer in attendance Albert MahlerLavitsky Alexis Tcherkassky
Chernikovsky Stefan Slepoushkinmaestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro Konrad Neuger
1/12/35: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 14151/12/35: Boris Godunov: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 20001/12/35: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20151/15/35: Boris Godunov: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000
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1/18/35: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (Century Grand Opera Company, University ofPennsylvania), hour: 2015: members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Santuzza Elsa della MottaLola Elsa Wells
Turiddu Giuseppe BarsottiAlfio Eugenio Prosperone
Lucia Sonya Swanmaestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (Century Grand Opera Company)
Canio Fortunato de AngelisNedda Euphemia Giannini-GregoryTonio Ciro de RitisBeppe José FernandezSilvio Eugenio Prosperone
maestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
1/18/35: Il barbiere di Siviglia(for the Philadelphia Forum), English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Curtis Institute ofMusic), hour: 2030: Curtis Symphony Orchestra; chorus of men from Philadelphia Orchestra OperaAssociation; stage director Herbert Graf; assistant conductors Sylvan Levin, Boris Goldowsky; setdesign suggested by Herbert Graf; scenery executed by A. Jarin Studios, costumes Van Horn & Sons
Il conte d’Almaviva Albert MahlerIl dottore Bartolo Abrasha Robofsky
Rosina Margaret CoddFigaro Donald Beltz
Don Basilio Eugene LoewenthalFiorello Leonard Treash
Berta Ruth CarhartUn ufficiale Lester Englander
Ambrogio Sylvan Levinmaestro direttore Fritz Reiner
2/01/35: Falstaff (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 1400: stage director HerbertGraf; set design conceived by Herbert Graf; sets designed and executed by Jarin Scenic Studios, Inc.;assistant conductors Boris Goldovsky, Sylvan Levin; stage manager Karl Schroeder; costumesexecuted by Van Horn and Son
Sir John Falstaff Julius HuehnMister Ford Joseph Royer
Fenton Charles HackettDottor Cajus John Dunbar
Bardolfo Albert MahlerPistola Eugene Loewenthal
Mistress Alice Ford Agnes DavisNannetta Ruby Mercer
Mistress Quickly Edwina EustisMistress Meg Page Lucielle Browning
Host of "The Garter" Inn Eric BelarRobin [Jean Salas]
maestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Konrad Neuger
FateandElves: Anna Criss Dance Group
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2/02/35: Falstaff: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 20002/05/35: Falstaff: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000
˜ 2/15/35: La forza del destino: Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (Century Grand Opera Company, University ofPennsylvania), hour: 2015: members of the Philadelphia Orchestra: stage director AlessandroAngelucci; ballet mistress Ethel Phillips
Henri ScottAntonio AstofiElsa della MottaClaire BrooksFortunato de AngelisSonya SwanCiro de RitisFrank ReiterEugenio ProsperoneAlbert Sobczak
maestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
2/22/35: Iphigénie en Aulide(Christoph Willibald Gluck) American première, French: Philadelphia, Academy of Music(Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 1400: stage director Herbert Graf; production design Norman BelGeddes; lighting design Norman Bel Geddes; choreography Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman;assistant conductors Boris Goldovsky, Sylvan Levin; stage manager Karl Schroeder; sceneryexecuted by Jarin Scenic Studios, inc.; costumes executed by Van Horn and Son; costumesupervision Frances Waite; technical supervision Robert Barnhart
Agamemnon Georges BaklanoffClytemnestre Cyrena van Gordon
Iphigénie Rosa TentoniAchille Joseph Bentonelli
Patrocle Leonard TreashCalchas Joseph Royer
Arcas Eugene LoewenthalDiane Ruby Mercer
Une femme grecqueRuby MercerUne esclave unknown
maestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro Konrad Neuger
dancers: Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and Their Concert Group
2/23/35: Iphigénie en Aulide: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000
Iphigénie Alice MockAchille Michael Bartlett
2/26/35: Iphigénie en Aulide: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2030
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3/15/35: Le nozze di Figaro(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 1400: stagedirector Herbert Graf; assistant conductors Boris Goldovsky, Alexander Steinert; stage manager KarlSchroeder; costume design Helen Stevenson West; costumes executed by Van Horn and Son; balletdirector Charles S. Morgan, Jr.
Il conte d’Almaviva Julius HuehnLa contessa d’Almaviva Maria Kurenko
Susanna Josephine AntoineFigaro Dennis Noble
Cherubino Margaret CoddMarcellina Lyuba Senderowna
Doctor Bartolo Oscar LassnerDon Basilio Charles HaywoodDon Curzio Albert Mahler
Antonio Eugene LoewenthalBarbarina Adelina Pizzelli
maestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Konrad Neuger
Fandango (Act III): Caroline Drayton,Mrs. Kenneth M. Day, Nancy BentEmilie Smith Busch,Mrs. Charles H. Howe, Mary Stewart HodgeMary Law Starr, Alice Tatnall, Emily L. Carter, Hope P. Henry
Louise Livingston Smith, Betsy Emlen, Sallie Kite,Mrs. Richard H. MeadeMarie Butler, Margaret Martin, Kate McCreary, Pauline T. Pease
Elizabeth Downes, Rebecca L. Phillips, Louise Risley, Anne B. FarrMrs. Edward Morris,Mrs. William Machold, Annah C. McKaig
Georgena Wetherill, Clarissa Cross, Louise Wallace, Margaret CrawfordLydia Woolman, Josephine Fraley, Eleanor L. Lewis
Guests of the Count Almaviva: Deborah Bradley, Cornelia BrookeMrs. George S. G. Cavendish, Eleanore F. Clark
Caleb Cresson, Jr., Kenneth M. Day, Wm. L. JenkinsMildred Lee, Philip Patterson,Mr. andMrs. Henry F. Perot
Mary Powel Phillips, Victor F. Sheronan, Richard Lloyd Willing
3/16/35: Le nozze di Figaro: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 20003/19/35: Le nozze di Figaro: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000
˜ 3/21/35: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Apollo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2030
Miss Lucia Gloria MarionSir Edgardo di RavenswoodAnthony Lombardi
Lord Enrico Asthon Rocco PandiscioRaimondo Bidebent Nino RuisiLord Arturo Buclaw unknown
Alisa Barbara MinerNormanno unknown
maestro direttore Jay Speck
La forza del destino(convent scene):Leonora Angela Marino
La gioconda(ballet)
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3/24/35: La serva padrona(Giovanni Battista Pergolesi) (English): Philadelphia, Stephen Girard Hotel (Italo-AmericanPhilharmonic Orchestra): stage manager John Oriente
Uberto Lester EnglanderSerpina Jennie CanusoVespone John Oriente
maestro direttore Guglielmo Sabatini
La serva padronawas preceded byEine kleine Nachtmusikby Mozart,Largo by G. C. Paribeni, the ConcertoGrosso in a-minor for two violins by Vivaldi transcribed for string-orchestra, and a Minuetto by GiovanniBolzoni.
3/24/35: Il barbiere di Siviglia(English): New York, Juilliard School of Music, Concert Hall (Curtis Institute of Music),hour: 2030: Curtis Symphony Orchestra; chorus of men from Philadelphia Orchestra OperaAssociation; stage director Herbert Graf; assistant conductors Sylvan Levin, Boris Goldowsky; setdesign suggested by Herbert Graf; scenery executed by A. Jarin Studios, costumes Van Horn & Sons
Il conte d’Almaviva Albert MahlerIl dottore Bartolo Abrasha Robofsky
Rosina Margaret CoddFigaro Donald Beltz
Don Basilio Eugene LoewenthalFiorello Leonard Treash
Berta Charlotte DanielsUn ufficiale Leonard Treash
Ambrogio unknownmaestro direttore Fritz Reiner
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4/05/35: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk(Dmitri Shostakovich) Russian: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (PhiladelphiaOrchestra), hour: 1400: principals and chorus from The Art of Musical Russia, inc.; stage directorWilhelm von Wymetal, Jr.; scenery design Richard Rychtarik; scenery loaned by ClevelandOrchestra; assistant conductors Eugene Fuerst, Boris Goldovsky, Alfred Thieleker; costume designHelen Stevenson West; costumes executed by Van Horn and Son
Ekaterina Lvovna Ismailova Anna LeskayaBoris Timofeyevich Ismailov Vasily RomakoffZinoviy Borisovich Ismailov Ivan Velikanoff
Sergey Ivan IvantzoffA peasant Demetre Criona
Aksinya Dora BoshoerA teacher Josef Kallini
A priest Michael ShvetzA sergent Nicholas KarlashSonyetka Elena Shwedova
An old convict Stephen SlepoushkinMill-hand Gregory PravdukOverseer Nicholas Karlash
Houseman Alexis TcherkasskyCoachman Vassili Sustroeff
First workman Henri WurzelSecond workman Efim Vitis
Third workman Constantin DaduokinPolice lieutenant Alexis Tcherkassky
Policeman Carl FromesDrunken guest Semeon Appollonoff
Sentry Vsevolod AndronoffWoman convict Milo Miloradovich
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
4/06/35: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 20004/09/35: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000
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4/24/35: Die Meistersinger: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 1930: stage director HerbertGraf; The Philadelphia Orchestra Opera Chorus augmented with 180 voices from The HarmonieSinging Society, Leopold J. Syre; scenery of the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York; assistantconductors Boris Goldovsky, Fritz Kitzinger; stage manager Karl Schroeder; costumes executed byVan Horn and Son; dance by the Anna Criss Group
Hans Sachs Friedrich SchorrVeit Pogner Chase Baromeo
Kunz Vogelgesang John DunbarKonrad Nachtigall Eric BelarSixtus BeckmesserGustav Schützendorf
Fritz Kothner Julius HuehnBalthasar Zorn Roland Partridge
Ulrich Eißlinger James MontgomeryAugustin Moser Charles HaywoodHermann Ortel Kempton SearleHans Schwarz Eugene Loewenthal
Hans Foltz Leonard TreashWalter von Stolzing Fritz Wolff
David Albert MahlerEva Charlotte Boerner
Magdalene Lyuba SenderownaEin Nachtwächter Kempton Searlemaestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro del coro Konrad Neuger
4/26/35: Die Meistersinger: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 13304/27/35: Die Meistersinger: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 19305/10/35: Ruddigore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company), hour: 2015: stage director Frank Moulan,
Pacie Ripple; stage manager George C. Jenkins; accompanist Ruth Barber
Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd (Robin Oakapple)William B. SwayzeRichard Dauntless James Montgomery
Sir Despard Murgatroyd John Steele WilliamsOld Adam Goodheart Richard R. Bongartz
Rose Maybud Marjorie SnowdenMad Margaret Sara Baily HebertonDame Hannah Margaret Harshaw
Zorah Junia CulbertsonRuth Joan Brooke Hodson
Sir Rupert Murgatroyd Joseph Whetstone, IIISir Jaspar Murgatroyd Edmund C. HelvestonSir Lionel Murgatroyd Robert W. Englehart
Sir Conrad Murgatroyd Gerald Bruce WestSir Desmond Murgatroyd John Stephen Peake
Sir Gilbert Murgatroyd Arthur HortonSir Mervyn Murgatroyd George F. JohnstonSir Roderic Murgatroyd Albert Carl Lohmann
maestro direttore John Thoms
5/11/35: Ruddigore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2015
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5/17/35: Les cloches de Corneville: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A. (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company),hour: 2000: with orchestra of 35 and chorus of 40 members
Germaine Wilburta F. HornSerpolette Gertrude Altrogge
Henri de Corneville Valentine P. WilkersonLe bailli Paul Valentino
Grenicheux Ted GarrettGaspard Edward L. Rementer
Sophie LevinAlice GutmanEtta LykensEthel M. Martin
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
solo dancer Irene Ginther
5/18/35: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Enzo Dell’Orefice Grand Opera Company, New York), hour: 2040:with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Armand TokatyanEscamillo John Gurney
Micaëla Virginia PembertonFr asquita Maria VeraciniMercédès Georgia Standing
Zuniga Foster Miller Harold Kravitt
Moralès Luigi dalle MolleLe Dancaïre Eugenio Prosperone
Le Remendado Alessandro Angeluccimaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
5/24/35: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Enzo Dell’Orefice Grand Opera Company), hour: 2040:with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra; directors Antonio Stivanello, Alessandro Angelucci
Santuzza Amelia BrancaLola Charlotte Bruno
Turiddu Luigi RuffinoAlfio Paolo Fabrizio
Lucia Georgia Standingmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Enzo Dell’Orefice Grand Opera Company)
Canio Armand TokatyanNedda Virginia PembertonTonio Claudio FrigerioBeppe Lodovico OlivieroSilvio Paolo Fabrizio
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
6/01/35: Ruddigore: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)
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7/01/35: Carmen: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra): stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; chorus ofstreet boys from Charles E. Bartlett Junior High School; Catherine Littlefield Ballet
Carmen Irra PetinaDon José Armand TokatyanEscamillo Joseph Royer
Micaëla Irene WilliamsFr asquita Marie ZaraMercédès Paceli Diamond
Zuniga Eugene LoewenthalMoralès Wilbur Evans
Le Dancaïre Abrasha RobofskyLe Remendado Albert Mahler
maestro direttore Joseph Pasternack
Dorothy CutlerKaren Conrad
7/15/35: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra): stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder; balletdirector Catherine Littlefield
Il duca di Mantova Sydney RaynerRigoletto Mostyn Thomas
Gilda Josephine LuccheseSparafucile Eugene LoewenthalMaddalena Berta Levina
Il conte di Monterone Abrasha RobofskyMatteo Borsa Albert Mahler
La contessa di Ceprano Edna HaddockGiovanna Margaret Harshaw
Il cavaliere Marullo Lester EnglanderIl conte di Ceprano Alessandro Angelucci
Pa g gio della duchessaJunia Culbertsonmaestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
7/16/35: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra)7/23/35: Cavalleria rusticana(English): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra): dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder
Santuzza Bruna CastagnaLola Vera Resnikoff
Turiddu Edward MolitoreAlfio Joseph Royer
Lucia Margaret Harshawmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
Pa gliacci(English): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Canio Aroldo LindiNedda Irene WilliamsTonio Mostyn ThomasBeppe Albert MahlerSilvio Wilbur Evans
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
7/24/35: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra): 7/23/35 except:
Santuzza Elsa della Motta
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra): 7/23/35
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8/05/35: Madama Butterfly(English): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orch.), 2000: dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder
Cio-cio-san Hitzi KoykeB. F. Pinkerton Edward Molitore
Suzuki Paceli DiamondSharpless John Barclay
Goro Albert MahlerIl principe Yamadori Abrasha Robofsky
Lo zio Bonzo Eugene LoewenthalIl commissario imperiale Abrasha Robofsky
Kate Pinkerton Charlotte RidleyL’ufficiale del registro Lester Englander
Dolore Dorothy Sharpmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
8/06/35: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000
Dolore Phyllis Donatelli
8/11/35: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Robin Hood Dell Orchestra)
The Mikado of Japan John Steele WilliamsNanki-Poo James Montgomery
Ko-Ko Charles SommersPoo-Bah Eugene Loewenthal
Pish-Tush William B. SwayzeYum-Yum Marie ZaraPitti-Sing Josephine PerdikisPeep-Bo Junia CulbertsonKatisha Margaret Harshaw
Umbrella bearer John Stephen PeakeSword bearer Bruce Eglinton Montgomery
maestro direttore John Thoms
8/12/35: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Orchestra)8/19/35: Il segreto di Susanna(English): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell
La contessa SusannaIrene WilliamsIl conte Gil Wilbur Evans
Sante Abrasha Robofskymaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell
Peter Lester EnglanderGertrud Maybelle MarstonHänsel Paceli DiamondGretel Margaret Codd
Die Knusperhexe Edwina EustisSandmännchen Agnes DavisTaumännchen Agnes Davis
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
8/20/35: Il segreto di Susanna: Philadelphia, Robin Hood DellHänsel und Gretel: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell
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10/16/35: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A. (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company), hour: 2015
The Mikado of Japan Paul ValentinoNanki-Poo Charles Martin
Ko-Ko Edward L. RementerPoo-Bah Valentine P. Wilkerson
Pish-Tush Gene NavarreYum-Yum Gertrude AltroggePitti-Sing Ethel M. MartinPeep-Bo Catherine GavaghanKatisha Sophie Levin
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
solo dancer: Wanda Dee
12/17/35: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2030: stage directorDésiré Defrère; set design Mario Sala
Floria Tosca Lotte LehmannMario Cavaradossi Richard Crooks
Il barone Scarpia John Charles ThomasCesare Angelotti George Cehanovsky
Il sagrestano Louis d’AngeloSpoletta Giordano Paltrinieri
Sciarrone George CehanovskyUn pastore Dorothea Flexer
Un carceriere Arnold Gabormaestro direttore Gennaro Papi
12/23/35: Knyaz’ Igor’: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000: voices from the OperaCompany maintained by The Art of Musical Russia
Prince Igor Georges DubrovskyPrincess Yaroslavna Jeanne PalmerVladimir Igorevitch Ivan Ivantzoff
Vladimir Jaroslavitch (Prince Galitsky) Gean GreenwellKonchak John Gurney
Konchakovna Edwina EustisScoula Vasily Romakoff
Eroshka Joseph KalliniOvlour Ivan Velikanoff
Yaroslavna’s Nurse Zina IvanovaA Polovtsian maid Marguerite Hawkinsmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
19361/21/36: Così fan tutte(English): Philadelphia, Bellevue-Stratford (Matinee Musical Club), hour: 1430: Matinee Musical
Club String Ensemble; woodwinds from Curtis Institute of Music; piano Robert Elmore; stagedirector Karl T. F. Schroeder
Fiordiligi Irene WilliamsDorabella Edna HaddockGuglielmo Frederick WyattFerrando James MontgomeryDespina Catherine Zendt
Don Alfonso Henri Scottmaestro direttore John Thoms
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1/27/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 2030: stage director RoubenMamoulian; set design Sergei Soudeikine
Porgy Todd DuncanBess Anne Brown
Clara Abbie MitchellSportin’ Life John W. Bubbles
Jake Edward MatthewsSerena Ruby ElzyMaria Georgette HarveyCrown Warren ColemanMingo Ford I. Buck
Robbins Henry DavisJim Jack Carr
Peter, The Honeyman Gus SimonsLily Helen Dowdy
Undertaker John GarthAnnie Olive Ball
Fr azier J. Rosamond JohnsonNelson Ray Yeates
Crab Man Ray YeatesStrawberry Woman Helen Dowdy
Detective Alexander CampbellCoroner George Carleton
Mr. Arc hdale George Lessey
Policemen Harold Woolf
Burton McEvillymaestro direttore Alexander Steinert
1/28/36: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2030
Carmen Rosa PonselleDon José Giovanni MartinelliEscamillo Ezio Pinza
Micaëla Lucrezia BoriFr asquita Thelma VotipkaMercédès Helen Olheim
Zuniga Louis d’AngeloMoralès George Cehanovsky
Le Dancaïre Angelo BadàLe Remendado Marek Windheim
maestro direttore Louis Hasselmans
Ruthanna BorisBetty Eisner
Madeline LeweckAnatol Vilzak
1/28/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 20151/29/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 20151/30/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 14151/30/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 20151/31/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 2015
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1/31/36: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A. (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Co.), hour: 2030
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.Philip IrvingCaptain Corcoran Valentine P. WilkersonRalph Rackstraw Charles Martin
Dick Deadeye, able seamanPaul ValentinoBill Bobstay, boatswain Gene Navarre
Bob Becket, boatswain’s mateRobert McArthurJosephine Gertrude Altrogge
Hebe Catherine GavaghanLittle Buttercup Anna Valentino
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
solo dancer Irene Ginther
2/01/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 14152/01/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 20152/03/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 20152/04/36: Kitezh(Rimsky-Korsakov:Skazanie o nevidimom grade Kitezhe i deve Fevronii: The Legend of the Invisible City
of Kitezh): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2000: voices from theOpera Company maintained by The Art of Musical Russia
Prince Jury Gean GreenwellPrince Vsevolod Ivan Velikanoff
Fe vronia Jeanne PalmerGregory Koutierma Ivan Ivantzoff
Feodor Poyarok Georges DoubrowskyA youth Pauline Pierce
First rich nobleman Henri WurzelSecond rich nobleman John Bacon
The bard Paul OncleyA bear leader Joseph Kallini
A beg gar Anatol FrikinBedyai Michael Shvetz
Burundai Vasily RomakoffSirine Marguerite Hawkins
Alkonoste Elena Shwedovamaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
2/04/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 20152/05/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 20152/06/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 14152/06/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 20152/07/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 20152/08/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 14152/08/36: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (New York Theatre Guild), hour: 20152/09/36: La serva padrona(Pergolesi) (English): Philadelphia, Stephen Girard Hotel (Italo-American Philharmonic
Orchestra), hour: 2030: stage manager John Oriente
Serpina Marie ZaraUberto Lester Englander
Vespone John Orientemaestro direttore Guglielmo Sabatini
La serva padronawas preceded by "Ricreazioni di Antiche Musiche Italiane," a suite by Renzo Bossi; Minuetto,Musetta, and Gavotte by Handel; Concerto No. 3 for flute by Vivaldi; and "La Oracion del Torero," by JacquesTurina.
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2/18/36: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2015
Il re d’Egitto Louis d’AngeloAmneris Rose Bampton
Aida Elisabeth RethbergRadamès Frederick Jagel
Ramfis Ezio PinzaAmonasro Lawrence Tibbett
Un messaggero Giordano PaltrinieriUna sacerdotessa Thelma Votipkamaestro direttore Ettore Panizza
Daphne VaneWilliam Dollar
3/03/36: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Isolde Kirsten FlagstadTristan Lauritz Melchior
Brangäne Karin BranzellKurwenal Friedrich Schorr
König Marke Emanuel ListMelot Arnold Gabor
Ein junger Seemann Hans ClemensEin Hirt Hans Clemens
Der Steuermann James Wolfemaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky (Acts I, II)maestro direttore Karl Riedel (Act III)
3/03/36: Kitezh: New York, Metropolitan Opera House (Philadelphia Orchestra): 2/04/364/28/36: Ye vgeny Onegin(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Allied Artists’ Opera Company, Dimitri Chutro),
hour: 2015: artistic dir. Alexis Obolenski; stage dir. Boris Chaliapin; set design Boris Chaliapin
Tatyana Rose KunstOlga Elena Bussinger
Madame Larina Olga PinculaFilipyevna Adele Scandron
Vladimir Lensky Ivan IvantzoffYe vgeny Onegin Alexis Tcherkassky
Monsieur Triquet John CriderZaretsky William Burbank
Prince Gremin Alexis Obolenskimaestro direttore Michael Feveisky
5/20/36: Princess Ida: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Lewis James Howell Company): Matinee Musical ClubOrchestra; stage director Lewis James Howell
Prince Hilarion Bernard PolandCyril Howard Holt
role unknown Henry Sinexonrole unknown Walter Hayesrole unknown George WaltonPrincess Ida Dorothy SchoenfeldLady Psyche Madeline Wiegand
Lady Blanche Louise WeissMelissa Charlotte McKelvey
maestro direttore Nina Prettyman Howell
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5/22/36: Utopia Limited: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company), hour: 2015: orchestra score preparedby John Thoms; stage dir. Pacie Ripple; stage manager George C. Jenkins; accomp. Ruth M. Barber
King Paramount the First William B. SwayzeScaphio John Steele WilliamsPhantis Wilbur EvansTarara W. Clark HannaCalynx Daniel Wister
Lord Dramaleigh John Stephen PeakeCaptain Fitzbattleaxe James Montgomery
Captain Sir Edward Corcoran, K. C. B. Richard R. BongartzMr. Goldbury Robert Landine
Sir Baily Barre, Q. C., M. P. George E. ButterworthMr. Blushington Edmund C. Helveston
The Princess Zara Marjorie SnowdenThe Princess Nakaya Junia CulbertsonThe Princess Kalyba Elizabeth C. Jones
The Lady Sophy Sara Baily HebertonSalata Elizabeth Keen
Melene Joan Brooke HodsonPhylla Irene McC. Detweiler
Pa g es Bruce Eglinton Montgomery
Constance Peirsol Montgomerymaestro direttore John Thoms
5/23/36: Utopia Limited: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 20155/28/36: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Empire City Grand Festival Company, Paul Bleyden), hour: 2015:
assistant artistic director Mario Cosci; stage director Benjamin Altieri; choreography Vincenzo Celli;Philadelphia Ballet Company
Il re d’Egitto Philip WhitfieldAmneris Dreda Aves
Aida Bella VretaRadamès Giuseppe Radaelli
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Rocco Pandiscio
Un messaggero Alessandro AngelucciUna sacerdotessa Renee Nortonmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Dorothy LittlefieldEdward Caton
5/29/36: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Empire City Grand Festival Company), hour: 2030: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; Philadelphia Ballet Company
Il duca di Mantova Rolf GerardRigoletto Ettore Verna
Gilda Luisa FrancheschiSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Renee Norton
Il conte di Monterone Kenneth Kennedy[La contessa di Ceprano] Mildred Iroloto
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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6/04/36: L’enfant prodigue: Philadelphia, South Philadelphia High School for Boys (school presentation)
Lia Tilly BarmachAzael James Montgomery
Simeon Lester Englandermaestro direttore Jay Speck
William GarrettIsabelle Katz
6/06/36: Utopia Limited: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)6/29/36: Tosca: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000
Floria Tosca Göta LjungbergMario Cavaradossi Armand Tokatyan
Il barone Scarpia Carlo MorelliCesare Angelotti Eugene Loewenthal
Il sagrestano Abrasha RobofskySpoletta Charles Haywood
Sciarrone Wilbur EvansUn pastore Vera Resnikoff
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
6/30/36: Tosca: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 20007/13/36: Faust(French): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000: Philadelphia Ballet
Le docteur Faust Sydney RaynerMéphistophélès Harold Kravitt
Marguerite Josepha ChekovaValentin Wilbur Evans
Siébel Pearl BesunerDame Marthe Schwertlein Edwina Eustis
Wa gner Abrasha Robofskymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Karen Conrad
7/14/36: Faust: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 20007/27/36: Martha (English): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Lady Harriet Durham Irene WilliamsNancy Edwina Eustis
Lord Tristan Mickleford Eugene LoewenthalLyonel Sydney Rayner
Plumkett Wilbur EvansDer Richter zu Richmond Abrasha Robofsky
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
7/28/36: Martha: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000
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˜ 7/29/36: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (American Opera and Ballet Review, Rodolfo Pili), hour: 2015
Angela MorinoThorold CroasdaleEssen TarpoffWilliam LeverellMargaret InserilloArturo d’AmicoEliseo DiDimenicoJames Healy
maestro direttore John Leopoldvic
8/17/36: Aida (English): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000: dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder; Philadelphia Ballet
Il re d’Egitto Eugene LoewenthalAmneris Bruna Castagna
Aida Rosa TentoniRadamès Sydney Rayner
Ramfis Harold KravittAmonasro Giuseppe Martino-Rossi
Un messaggero unknownUna sacerdotessa unknownmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
8/18/36: Aida: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 200011/11/36: My Maryland(Sigmund Romberg): Philadelphia, Fleisher Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company)
Captain Trumbull Charles W. MillerBarbara Frietchie Ethelmary Martin
Jack Negley Lee TaskerSally Negley Marge de Cesare
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
12/22/36: Prodaná neveˇsta (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour:2030: stage director Désiré Defrère; set design Joseph Novak; choreography George Balanchine
Marenka Muriel DicksonJeník Mario ChamleeVasek George RaselyKezal Louis d’Angelo
Ludmila Lucielle BrowningKrusina Wilfred Engelman
Háta Anna KaskasTobias John Gurney
Circus Barker Norman CordonEsmeralda Natalie Bodanya
Indian Ludwig Burgstallermaestro direttore Wilfrid Pelletier
Ruthanna BorisHelen Leitch
William Dollar
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12/30/36: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Company, Francesco Pelosi), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri; ballet director Katharine Miller
Il duca di Mantova Lorenzo PoerioRigoletto Rocco Pandiscio
Gilda Wilma MirelleSparafucile Edmund WitkfieldMaddalena Eleonora Demora
Il conte di Monterone Forest C. DennisMatteo Borsa Alessandro Angelucci
La contessa di Ceprano Edith HouseGiovanna Claire Brooks
Il cavaliere Marullo Theodore BayerIl conte di Ceprano Ralph Villano
Usciere di corte Edmund GoldynPa g gio della duchessaClaire Brooks
maestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
12/31/36: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015
19371/05/37: Samson et Dalila: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2030
Dalila Gertrud WettergrenSamson René Maison
Le grand-prêtre de Dagon Ezio PinzaAbimélech John Gurney
Un vieillard hébreu Emanuel ListPremier Philistin Max Altglass
Deuxième Philistin Wilfred EngelmanUn messager philistin Angelo Badà
maestro direttore Maurice Abravanel
Daphne Vane
1/26/37: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegmund Lauritz MelchiorHunding Emanuel List
Wotan Friedrich SchorrSieglinde Kirsten Flagstad
Brünnhilde Marjorie LawrenceFricka Kerstin Thorborg
Gerhilde Thelma VotipkaOrtlinde Irene Jessner
Waltraute Doris DoeSchwertleite Anna Kaskas
Helmwige Dorothee ManskiSiegrune Helen Olheim
Grimgerde Irra PetinaRoßweiße Ina Bourskaya
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
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2/02/37: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director BenjaminAltieri; ballet director Jeanne Shalett
Il re d’Egitto Philip WhitfieldAmneris Sylvia Breschini
Aida Julia PetersRadamès Jesús de Gaviria
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Rocco Pandiscio
Un messaggero unknownUna sacerdotessa unknownmaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
2/07/37: Il maestro di musica(Pergolesi) : Philadelphia, Stephen Girard Hotel (Italo-American Philharmonic Orchestra),hour: 2030: offstage pianists Elizabeth Westmoreland, Stanley Zeman
Lauretta Marie ZaraLamberto Fritz KruegerColajanni Edward Rhein
maestro direttore Guglielmo Sabatini
Il maestro di musicawas presented with Vivaldi’s Sinfonia G-major, Bach’s Concerto for two pianos c-minor(soloists Marion Dougherty, Ruth Oehler) and Bach’s Brandenberg Concerto No. 4 G-major (with AntonioZungolo/violinist, Louis di Giorgio and Fernando Morrona/flutists).
2/16/37: Lakmé: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2030
Lakmé Lily PonsNilakantha Chase Baromeo
Mallika Irra PetinaHadji Giordano Paltrinieri
Gérald Frederick JagelEllen Natalie Bodanya
Frédéric George CehanovskyRose Lucielle Browning
Mistress Bentson Ina BourskayaUn domben Norman Cordon
Un marchand chinois Angelo BadàUn kouravar Max Altglass
maestro direttore Maurice Abravanel
Ruthanna BorisGisella Caccialanza
William DollarRabana Hasburgh
Holly HowardCharles LaskeyJosef LevinoffElise ReimanSergei Temoff
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2/23/37: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director BenjaminAltieri; ballet director Jeanne Shalett
Carmen Louise CaselottiDon José Jose de GaviriaEscamillo Stefano Ballarini
Micaëla Zita RossiFrasquita Irma Maldonado Bianca Fiore
Mercédès Mary ConreyZuniga Leonard Treash
Moralès Theodore BayerLe Dancaïre Theodore Bayer
Le Remendado Costanzo Sorvinomaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
3/08/37: Samson et Dalila(in concert): Philadelphia, Drexel Institute Auditorium (Choral Society of Philadelphia): organWilliam Sylvano Thunder; piano Myrtle C. Eaver
Dalila Veronica SweigartSamson Royal MacLellan
Le Grand-prêtre de Dagon John LawlerAbimélech Frederick Robinson
Un vieillard hébreu Lawler or Rosbinsonmaestro direttore Henry Gordon Thunder
3/09/37: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2030: stagedirector Désiré Defrère; costume design Blaschke & Cie
Mimì Bidú SayãoRodolfo Charles Kullman
Marcello John BrownleeSchaunard George Cehanovsky
Colline Virgilio Lazzari
Louis d’AngeloBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Stella Andreva
Parpignol Max AltglassSergente dei doganieri Carlo Coscia
maestro direttore Gennaro Papi
3/17/37: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Co.), hour: 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri
Cio-cio-san Annunciata GarrottoB. F. Pinkerton Jose de Gaviria
Suzuki Edna WoodSharpless Claudio Frigerio
Goro Costanzo SorvinoIl principe Yamadori Theodore Bayer
Lo zio Bonzo Valentin FiganiakIl commissario imperiale Silvio de Marco
Kate Pinkerton Edith HouseLa madre di Cio-cio-san Bertha Slessinger
La cugina Anna DoghertyDolore Italo Balbo Pelosi
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
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3/23/37: Lohengrin: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Heinrich der Vogler Ludwig HofmannLohengrin Lauritz Melchior
Elsa von Brabant Kirsten FlagstadFriedrich von Telramund Julius Huehn
Ortrud Gertrud RüngerDer Heerrufer des Königs George Cehanovsky
maestro direttore Maurice Abravanel
4/01/37: Le pauvre matelot(Daruis Milhaud), English, American première: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (CurtisInstitute of Music), hour: 2030: stage director Ernst Joseph Maria Lert; set and costume designDonald Oenslager; assistant conductor Boris Goldovsky; chorus master Sylvan Levin; setconstruction T. B. McDonald; painted by Robert W. Bergman Studios; properties by Encore Studios;costumes by Eaves Costume Co.
Sa femme Anna LeskayaLe matelot Fritz Krueger
Son beau-pere Leonard TreashSon ami Percival Dove
maestro direttore Fritz Reiner
Amelia al ballo(Gian Carlo Menotti), English, world première: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Curtis Instituteof Music): stage director Ernst Joseph Maria Lert; set design and costume Donald Oenslager
Amelia Margaret DaumIl marito Conrad MayoL’amante William MartinL’amica Edwina Eustis
Il commissario di polizia Leonard TreashCook Wilburta HornMaid Charlotte Daniels
Policemen
Luke Scott
Nick ParkerThomas CarterBill Banks
Doctor Joseph Maronne
Ambulancemen Bill Hecht
Mott Richardsmaestro direttore Fritz Reinermaestro direttore Fritz Reiner
4/06/37: Tristan und Isolde(German): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri
Isolde Dorothee Manski Göta Ljungberg
Tristan Arthur GerryBrangäne Thea GersonKurwenal Francis Row
König Marke Henri ScottMelot unknown
Ein junger Seemann Theodore BayerEin Hirt Clyde Keutzer
Der Steuermann John Bussermaestro direttore Fritz Mahler
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4/09/37: Le pauvre matelot: Baltimore, Lyric Theatre (Curtis Institute of Music): 4/01/37Amelia al ballo: Baltimore, Lyric Theatre (Curtis Institute of Music): 4/01/37
4/11/37: Le pauvre matelot: New York, New Amsterdam Theatre (Curtis Institute of Music): 4/01/37 except:
Sa femme Selma Amansky
Amelia al ballo: New York, New Amsterdam Theatre (Curtis Institute of Music): 4/01/37 except:
Amelia Florence KirkIl marito William HawkinsL’amica Elsie MacFarlane
4/12/37: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Franz Philipp Grand Opera Company, Walter F. Philipp), hour:2015: ballet director Ethel Phillips
Violetta Valéry Santa BiondoAlfredo Germont Mario ChamleeGiorgio Germont Alfredo Chigi
Flora Bervoix Eleonora DemoraIl barone Douphol Edward Rhein
Il dottor Grenvil John LawlerAnnina Katherine L. Welsh
Gastone di Letorières Bernard PolandIl marchese d’Obigny Forest C. Dennis
maestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
première danseuse Mimi Kellermann
4/14/37: Gräfin Mariza: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company): with orchestra: stagedirector Theodore Feinmann
Gräfin Mariza Etta L. MohrBaron Kolomán Zsupán Paul Valentino
role unknown Gene Navarrerole unknown William J. Harold
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
4/20/37: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage d. Benjamin Altieri
Floria Tosca Julia PetersMario Cavaradossi Jose de Gaviria
Il barone Scarpia Nino Ruisi Stefano Ballarini
Cesare Angelotti Valentin FiganiakIl sagrestano Pompilio Malatesta
Spoletta Costanzo SorvinoSciarrone Theodore Bayer
Un pastore Bertha SlessingerUn carceriere unknown
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
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5/13/37: Aida: Philadelphia, O. V. Catto Auditorium, 16th + Fitzwater Streets (Drury Opera Company), hour: 2045:
Il re d’Egitto Rubin SpellerAmneris Enid Trotman
Aida Ida DavisRadamès Robert Habershaw
Ramfis Frederick JordanAmonasro John Neugent
Un messaggero John A. CollinsUna sacerdotessa Bertha Wallacemaestro direttore Theodore Drury
5/14/37: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2015: stage director Pacie Ripple; stagemanager George C. Jenkins; accompanist Ruth M. Barber
The Lord Chancellor John Steele WilliamsEarl of Mountararat William B. Swayze
Earl Tolloller James MontgomeryPrivate Willis, of the Grenadier GuardsFranklin L. Wood
Strephon, an arcadian shepherdEdward RheinQueen of the fairies Marion Kendrick Collins
Iolanthe Sara Baily HebertonCelia Ruth DoerrLeila Irene McC. DetweilerFleta Joan Brooke Hodson
Phyllis, an arcadian shepherdessJunia Culbertsonmaestro direttore John Thoms
5/14/37: Le médecin malgré lui(Gounod), EnglishThe Frantic Physician: Philadelphia, Frankford High School (students)5/15/37: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 20155/15/37: Le médecin malgré lui: Philadelphia, Frankford High School (students)5/15/37: Aida (in concert):Ann Arbor , Michigan, Hill Auditorium (Philadelphia Orchestra)
Il re d’Egitto Ezio PinzaAmneris Marion Telva
Aida Elisabeth RethbergRadamès Arthur Carron
Ramfis Ezio PinzaAmonasro Carlo Morelli
Un messaggero Maurice GerowUna sacerdotessa Thelma Lewismaestro direttore Earl V. Moore
6/05/37: Iolanthe: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)
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6/18/37: La vivandière (Benjamin Godard), English:Tr enton, War Memorial Building (American Opera Company,Philadelphia): Trenton Symphony Orchestra; artistic director Edgar Milton Cooks; stage directorVictor Andoga; choreography (folk dances) Edwin Strawbridge
Marion Anne SimonJeanne Josepha Chekova
George de Rieul Vito BassiLa Balafre Frederick Robinson
Captain Bernard Frank CappelliLafleur Edward Nyborg
Marquis de Rieul Antanas Banysrole unknown Ray Connellrole unknown Joseph Eschert
A peasant John Lawlermaestro direttore H. Maurice Jacquet
7/12/37: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Cio-cio-san Maria SamsonB. F. Pinkerton Armand Tokatyan
Suzuki Georgia StandingSharpless Sydney de Vries
Goro Charles HaywoodIl principe Yamadori Eugene Loewenthal
Lo zio Bonzo Louis d’AngeloIl commissario imperiale Benjamin Grobani
Kate Pinkerton Philine Falcomaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
7/13/37: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 20008/02/37: Carmen: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Carmen Irra PetinaDon José Armand TokatyanEscamillo Stefano Ballarini
Micaëla Irene WilliamsFrasquita Pearl Besuner Lys Bert
Mercédès Georgia StandingZuniga Louis d’Angelo
Moralès Daniel HarrisLe Dancaïre Daniel Harris
Le Remendado Charles HaywoodLillas Pastia Charles W. Miller
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Marie Bernadette Kerns
8/03/37: Carmen: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000
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8/10/37: La bohème: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Mimì Rosa TentoniRodolfo Armand Tokatyan
Marcello Sydney de VriesSchaunard Louis d’Angelo
Colline Eugene Loewenthal
Pompilio MalatestaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Lucy Monroe
Parpignol unknownSergente dei doganieri unknown
Un ufficiale unknownmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
8/16/37: La bohème: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 20008/18/37: La vivandière (English): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (American Opera Company): Trenton Symphony
Orchestra; artistic director Edgar Milton Cooks; stage director Victor Andoga
Marion Anne SimonJeanne Josepha Chekova
George de Rieul Vito BassiLa Balafre Frederick Robinson
Captain Bernard Frank CappelliLafleur Edward Nyborg
Andre de Rieul Alan NernMarquis de Rieul Antanas Banys
Lieutenant Vernier Antonio LombardiA peasant John Lawler
maestro direttore H. Maurice Jacquet
Edwin Strawbridge
9/29/37: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company)
The Mikado of Japan Robert BurnsNanki-Poo Ted Garrett
Ko-Ko Gene NavarrePoo-Bah Frank W. Wilson
Pish-Tush unknownYum-Yum Etta L. MohrPitti-Sing Ethel McBridePeep-Bo Betty HuminKatisha Helen McCracken Putnam
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
11/15/37: Così fan tutte(for the Philadelphia Forum), Italian: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Salzburg Opera Guild),hour: 2030: stage director Eugene Schultz-Breiden; set and costume design Theo Otto
Fiordiligi Margarethe MenzelDorabella Hertha GlazGuglielmo Leo WeithFerrando Franco Perulli
Despina Marisa Merlo Aune Antti
Don Alfonso Dezsö Ernstermaestro direttore Alberto Erede
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11/23/37: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Company, Francesco Pelosi), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri
Carmen Colette d’ArvilleDon José Aroldo LindiEscamillo Mario Cozzi
Micaëla Louise RichardsonFr asquita Marie ZaraMercédès Lois Huff
Zuniga Leonard TreashMoralès Frank Cappelli
Le Dancaïre Theodore BayerLe Remendado Costanzo Sorvino
maestro direttore H. Maurice Jacquet
Mary Binney MontgomeryCharles W. Miller
11/30/37: Norma: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stage directorDésiré Defrère; design Joseph Urban
Norma Gina CignaPollione Giovanni MartinelliAdalgisa Bruna CastagnaOroveso Ezio PinzaClotilde Thelma Votipka
Flavio Giordano Paltrinierimaestro direttore Ettore Panizza
12/06/37: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Co.), 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri
Cio-cio-san Annunciata GarrottoB. F. Pinkerton Lawrence Power
Suzuki Edna WoodSharpless Stefan Ballarini
Goro Costanzo SorvinoIl principe Yamadori Theodore Bayer
Lo zio Bonzo Valentin FiganiakIl commissario imperiale Benjamin Grobani
Kate Pinkerton Mary GaulL’ufficiale del registro unknown
La madre di Cio-cio-san Betty SchorLa cugina Anna Melis
Dolore Balbo Pelosimaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
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12/14/37: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Violetta Valéry Vina BovyAlfredo Germont Nino MartiniGiorgio Germont John Charles Thomas
Flora Bervoix Thelma VotipkaIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil Norman CordonAnnina Lucielle Browning
Gastone di Letorières Angelo BadàIl marchese d’Obigny George Cehanovsky
maestro direttore Ettore Panizza
Kyra BlankMadeline Leweck
William DollarJosef LevinoffSergei Temoff
12/21/37: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Isolde Kirsten FlagstadTristan Lauritz Melchior
Brangäne Gertrud WettergrenKurwenal Julius Huehn
König Marke Ludwig HofmannMelot Arnold Gabor
Ein junger Seemann Karl LaufkötterEin Hirt Hans Clemens
Der Steuermann Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
12/28/37: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Company), hour: 1430: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri
Peter Edward RheinGertrud Rose de MarcoHänsel Bernice SchalkerGretel Marie Zara
Die Knusperhexe Alice HaeselerSandmännchen Edna WoodTaumännchen Junia Culbertson
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
June Steigerwald
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19381/11/38: Otello: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Otello Giovanni MartinelliJa go Lawrence Tibbett
Cassio Nicholas MassueRoderigo Giordano PaltrinieriLodovico Nicola MosconaMontàno George Cehanovsky
Un araldo Wilfred EngelmanDesdemona Irene Jessner
Emilia Thelma Votipkamaestro direttore Ettore Panizza
1/19/38: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Co.), 2015: d. Benjamin Altieri
Santuzza Fidela CampignaLola Vera Resnikoff
Turiddu Lawrence PowerAlfio Benjamin Grobani
Lucia Virginia Kendrickmaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Company)
Canio Jose de GaviriaNedda Julia PetersTonio Arturo d’Amico Rocco Pandiscio
Beppe Costanzo SorvinoSilvio Edward Rhein
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
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1/25/38: Gianni Schicchi(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NY), hour: 2000
Gianni Schicchi Julius HuehnLauretta Hilda Burke
Zita Doris DoeRinuccio Charles Kullman
Gherardo George RaselyNella Charlotte Symons
Gherardino James DemersBetto di Signa George Cehanovsky
Simone Chase BaromeoMarco Louis d’Angelo
La Ciesca Thelma VotipkaIl Maestro Spinelloccio Pompilio MalatestaSer Amantio di Nicolao Wilfred Engelman
Pinellino James WolfeGuccio Arnold Gabor
maestro direttore Gennaro Papi
Elektra: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Elektra Rose PaulyChrysothemis Irene JessnerKlytämnestra Kerstin Thorborg
Orest Friedrich SchorrAegisth Paul Althouse
Der Pfleger des Orest Dorothee ManskiDie Vertraute Anna Kaskas
Die Schleppträgerin Irra PetinaEin junger Diener Karl Laufkötter
Ein alter Diener Arnold GaborDie Aufseherin Norman Cordon
1. Magd Doris Doe2. Magd Helen Olheim3. Magd Lucielle Browning4. Magd Thelma Votipka5. Magd Susanne Fisher
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
2/10/38: Lohengrin: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Co.), hour: 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri
Heinrich der Vogler Sigurd NilssenLohengrin Myron Taylor
Elsa von Brabant Emma RedellFriedrich von Telramund Francis Row
Ortrud Lyuba SenderownaDer Heerrufer des Königs Elwood Hawkins
maestro direttore Laszlo Halasz
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2/15/38: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegfried Lauritz MelchiorMime Karl Laufkötter
Der Wanderer Ludwig HofmannAlberich Adolf Vogel
Fafner Emanuel ListErda Anna Kaskas
Brünnhilde Kirsten FlagstadStimme des WaldvogelsNatalie Bodanya
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
˜ 2/24/38: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company)3/08/38: Amelia al ballo(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NY), hour: 2000
Amelia Muriel DicksonIl marito John BrownleeL’amante Mario ChamleeL’amica Helen Olheim
Il commissario di polizia Norman CordonPrima cameriera Lucielle Browning
Seconda cameriera Charlotte Symonsmaestro direttore Ettore Panizza
Salomè: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Salomè Marjorie LawrenceHerodes René Maison
Herodias Dorothee ManskiJochanaan Julius HuehnNarraboth Karl Laufkötter
Der Page der Herodias Lucielle BrowningErster Jude Karl Laufkötter
Zweiter Jude Giordano PaltrinieriDritter Jude Angelo BadàVierter Jude Max AltglassFünfter Jude James Wolfe
Erster Nazarener Norman CordonZweiter Nazarener Nicholas Massue
Erster Soldat Louis d’AngeloZweiter Soldat Arnold Gabor
Ein Coppadocier Wilfred EngelmanEine Sklave Charlotte Symons
maestro direttore Ettore Panizza
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3/10/38: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: director Benjamin Altieri
Il re d’Egitto Valentin FiganiakAmneris Joan Peebles
Aida Julia PetersRadamès Jose de Gaviria
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Rocco Pandiscio
Un messaggero Costanzo SorvinoUna sacerdotessa Bertha Schlessingermaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Monna Montes
3/15/38: Don Giovanni: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Don Giovanni Ezio PinzaIl Commendatore Emanuel List
Donna Anna Dusolina GianniniDonna Elvira Irene JessnerDon Ottavio Richard Crooks
Leporello Virgilio LazzariZerlina Marita FarellMasetto Louis d’Angelo
maestro direttore Ettore Panizza
3/22/38: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: artistic directionErnst Joseph Maria Lert
Siegmund Hans Joachim HeinzHunding Leonard Treash
Wotan Ludwig HofmannSieglinde Selma Amansky
Brünnhilde Dorothee ManskiFricka Lyuba Senderowna
Walkyries
Florence Kirk
Joan ShoafElsie MacFarlaneNora DinkovLela MacFlynnWilburta HornAida MarusslKatherine Donahue
maestro direttore Laszlo Halasz
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4/05/38: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Co.), hour: 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri
Mimì Annunciata GarrottoRodolfo Armand Tokatyan Lawrence Power
Marcello Claudio FrigerioSchaunard Edward Rhein
Colline Nino Ruisi
Costanzo SorvinoBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Marie Zara
Parpignol Silvio de MarcoSergente dei doganieri Warren Holland
Un ufficiale Theodore SzerwinskiLa madre Marie Dougherty
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
4/21/38: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Co.), hour: 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri
Il conte di Luna Rocco PandiscioLeonora Julia PetersAzucena Rosita FordieriManrico Sydney Rayner
Ferrando Nino RuisiInes Florence KirkRuiz Costanzo Sorvino
Un vecchio zingaro Edmund J. IrvineUn messaggero Pierino Salvucci
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
5/14/38: Carmen(in concert):Ann Arbor , Michigan, Hill Auditorium (Philadelphia Orchestra), matinée: girls, streetboys,etc. from University Choral Union
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Giovanni MartinelliEscamillo Richard Bonelli
Micaëla Hilda BurkeFr asquita Hilda BurkeMercédès Agnes Davis
Zuniga Chase BaromeoMoralès Hardin van Deursen
Le Dancaïre Maurice GerowLe Remendado Arthur Hackett
maestro direttore Earl V. Moore
5/17/38: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Ontario Presbyterian Church, hour: 2000: director Bert von Zech
Matilda LehmannEmma ZuernMae I. ReynoldsKatherine L. WelshHarry E. DannerCharles ConnorHarry GrahamForest C. DennisMarvin SevernPaul von Zech
accompanist Richard R. Raezer
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5/20/38: The Grand Duke: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company), hour: 2030: stage director PacieRipple; accompanist Ruth M. Barber
Rudolph, Grand Duke of Pfennig HalbpfennigJohn Steele WilliamsErnest Dummkopf, a theatrical managerJames Montgomery
Ludwig, his leading comedian William B. SwayzeDr. Tannhauser, a notary Edward Rhein
The Prince of Monte Carlo John Stephen PeakeViscount Mentone Daniel Wister
Ben Hashbaz, a costumierW. Clark HannaHerald B. Graham Bauerle
The Princess of Monte Carlo Marjorie SnowdenThe Baroness von KrakenfeldtKatherine L. Welsh
Julia Jellicoe Junia CulbertsonLisa, a soubrette Ruth Doerr
Olga Harriette BlandGretchen Roberta Pew McVey
Bertha Marian M. JanneyElsa Mary Walton
maestro direttore John Thoms
5/21/38: The Grand Duke: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 20306/04/38: The Grand Duke: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)6/29/38: Rigoletto(Italian): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (members of Philadelphia orchestra), hour: 2000
Il duca di Mantova Armand TokatyanRigoletto Mostyn Thomas
Gilda Josephine AntonineSparafucile Harold KravittMaddalena Lyuba Senderowna
Il conte di Monterone Abrasha RobofskyMatteo Borsa Louis Purdey
La contessa di Ceprano unknownGiovanna Paceli Diamond
Il cavaliere Marullo Alexis TcherkasskyIl conte di Ceprano Luigi Panchert
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
6/30/38: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (members of Philadelphia orchestra)7/11/38: Faust: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Le docteur Faust Sydney RaynerMéphistophélès Carlton Gould
Marguerite Charlotte BoernerValentin Robert Weede
Siébel Pearl BesunerDame Marthe Schwertlein Paceli Diamond
Wa gner Abrasha Robofskymaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
7/12/38: Faust: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
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8/02/38: Carmen: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Armand TokatyanEscamillo Mostyn Thomas
Micaëla Annunciata Garrotto Lucy Monroe
Fr asquita Thelma VotipkaMercédès Georgia Standing
Zuniga Louis d’AngeloMoralès Alexis Tcherkassky
Le Dancaïre Abrasha RobofskyLe Remendado Charles Haywood
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
8/03/38: Carmen: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 20008/08/38: Aida: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 2000: stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Il re d’Egitto Benjamin GrobaniAmneris Lyuba Senderowna
Aida Rosa TentoniRadamès Pasquale Ferrara Sydney Rayner
Ramfis John GurneyAmonasro Joseph Royer
Un messaggero Pierino SalvucciUna sacerdotessa Lys Bertmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Dorothy LittlefieldThomas CannonCarl Cleighton
8/09/38: Aida: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell, hour: 200011/17/38: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Civic Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director Benjamin
Altieri; ballet director Ethel Phillips
Il re d’Egitto Valentin FiganiakAmneris Rosita Fordieri
Aida Florence KirkRadamès Sydney Rayner
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Rocco Pandiscio
Un messaggero Costanzo SorvinoUna sacerdotessa Helen Botwright Bertha Schlessinger
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Carita Gitana@Mona de Montolieu
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11/22/38: Der Rosenkavalier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000:stage director Leopold Sachse; set design Hans Kautsky; costume design Alfred Roller
Die Feldmarschallin Lotte LehmannDer Baron Ochs auf LerchenauEmanuel List
Octavian Risë StevensHerr von Faninal Friedrich Schorr
Sophie Marita FarellJungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin Dorothee Manski
Valzacchi Karl LaufkötterAnnina Doris Doe
Ein Polizeikommissar Norman CordonDer Haushofmeister bei der FeldmarschallinErich Witte
Der Haushofmeister bei Faninal Erich WitteEin Notar Arnold Gabor
Ein Wirt Erich WitteEin Sänger Nicholas Massue
Drei adelige Waisen
Natalie Bodanya
Lucielle BrowningAnna Kaskas
Eine Modistin Pearl BesunerEin Tierhändler Giordano Paltrinieri
Ein Friseur Francisco CasanovaLeopold Ludwig Burgstaller
Den Mohammed Diana Montaguemaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
11/26/38: My Maryland(Sigmund Romberg): Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company)
Captain Trumbull Charles W. MillerBarbara Frietchie Mary Dawes
[Jack Negley] Gene Navarremaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
11/29/38: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2015
Il re d’Egitto John GurneyAmneris Bruna Castagna
Aida Maria CanigliaRadamès Giovanni Martinelli
Ramfis Nicola MosconaAmonasro Lawrence Tibbett
Un messaggero Giordano PaltrinieriUna sacerdotessa Lucielle Browningmaestro direttore Ettore Panizza
Maria Gambarelli
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12/10/38: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company, Francesco Pelosi), hour:2030: stage director Benjamin Altieri; ballet master and choreographer William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Jan PeerceRigoletto Robert Weede
Gilda Agata BorziSparafucile Walter StaffordMaddalena Maybelle Marston
Giovanna Edith HouseIl conte di Monterone Edward Rhein
Il cavaliere Marullo Theodore BayerMatteo Borsa Costanzo Sorvino
Il conte di Ceprano Pierino Salvucci Walter Emmerly
La contessa di Ceprano Edith HouseUsciere di corte Theodore Czerwinski
Pa g gio della duchessaMarie Doughertymaestro direttore Fritz Mahler
12/13/38: Manon: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2015
Manon Bidú SayãoLe chevalier des Grieux Richard Crooks
Lescaut John BrownleeLe comte des Grieux Nicola Moscona
Guillot de Morfontaine Alessio de PaolisDe Brétigny George Cehanovsky
Poussette Natalie BodanyaJavotte Maxine StellmanRosette Lucielle Browning
L’hôtelier Louis d’AngeloPremier garde Max Altglass
Deuxième garde Arnold GaborLa servante Gina Gola
maestro direttore Wilfrid Pelletier
12/27/38: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2015
Floria Tosca Marjorie LawrenceMario Cavaradossi Galliano Masini
Il barone Scarpia Richard BonelliCesare Angelotti Norman Cordon
Il sagrestano Louis d’AngeloSpoletta Alessio de Paolis
Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Irra Petina
Un carceriere Arnold Gabormaestro direttore Gennaro Papi
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19391/03/39: Das Rheingold: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2015: stage
director Leopold Sachse; set design Hans Kautsky
Wotan Hans Hermann NissenDonner Julius Huehn
Fr oh Erich WitteLoge René Maison
Alberich Adolf VogelMime Karl LaufkötterFasolt Norman CordonFafner Emanuel ListFricka Kerstin ThorborgFr eia Dorothee ManskiErda Enid Szánthó
Wo glinde Thelma VotipkaWellgunde Lucielle BrowningFloßhilde Doris Doe
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
1/05/39: Horus (Gabriel von Wayditch) world première: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala OperaCompany): stage director Benjamin Altieri; assistant conductor Albert Arkuss
Horus Colin O’More
Stephen Kennedy
OsirisOld man
The countThe countess Emily Day
The lover Theodore Bayermaestro direttore Fritz Mahler
Scene dansante(A ballet reverie to music of Gounod’sFaust): ballet master and choreographer William SenaShirley Betchen
Edith SealeMardee VosselerGladys BernsteinLorraine Harrison
Jane BlessingMarie Reihmann
Sue SenaWilliam Sena
Jerry BelmonteCorps de ballet
Ecstasie de romanza(Gypsy Carnival): ballet master and choreographer William Sena
William Sena, Sue SenaCarl Friedmann Slavische rhapsodie
Corps de balletJohannes Brahms Ungarische Tänze 5
Helen Abolin, Gladys Bernstein, Shirley Betchen, Jane Blessing, Lorraine HarrisonAdelaide Hecht, Jeanne Lenton, Mary MacDonnell, Joanne McKinsey, Betty Molish
Edith Moulson, Annalice Muller, Marie Reihmann, Anne Schwartz, Edith SealeSue Sena, Terry Stipa, Gladette Townsend, Tessie Uhrmann, Mardee Vosseler
Betty Wagner, Jerry Belmonte
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1/10/39: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegmund Lauritz MelchiorHunding Emanuel List
Wotan Hans Hermann NissenSieglinde Elisabeth Rethberg
Brünnhilde Kirsten FlagstadFricka Kerstin Thorborg
Gerhilde Thelma VotipkaOrtlinde Pearl Besuner
Waltraute Doris DoeSchwertleite Anna Kaskas
Helmwige Dorothee ManskiSiegrune Helen Olheim
Grimgerde Irra PetinaRoßweiße Lucielle Browning
maestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
1/19/39: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company, C. David Hocker), hour: 2030:stage director Hans Wohlmuth; assistant conductor Vernon Hammond, S. Joseph Levine; technicaldirector I. Jarin; artistic assistant S. M. DaCosta
Mimì Barbara ThorneRodolfo Fritz Krueger
Marcello Frank CappelliSchaunard Blakely Ritter
Colline Leonard TreashBenoît Donald Hultgren
Alcindoro Robert GayMusetta Frances Greer
Parpignol Paul DesireSergente dei doganieri Howard Vanderburg
Un ufficiale unknownmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
1/24/39: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegfried Lauritz MelchiorMime Erich Witte
Der Wanderer Herbert JanssenAlberich Adolf Vogel
Fafner Herbert AlsenErda Karin Branzell
Brünnhilde Kirsten FlagstadStimme des WaldvogelsNatalie Bodanya
maestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
1/30/39: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Apollo Grand Opera Company): ballet director MaryBinney Montgomery
Santuzza Elizabeth CaramanoLola unknown
Turiddu Vito BassiAlfio Giuseppe Amico
Lucia unknownmaestro direttore Guglielmo Sabatini
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1/31/39: Götterdämmerung: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1930
Siegfried Lauritz MelchiorGunther Herbert Janssen
Hagen Emanuel ListAlberich Adolf Vogel
Brünnhilde Marjorie LawrenceGutrune Dorothee Manski
Waltraute Karin BranzellErste Norn Doris Doe
Zweite Norn Lucielle BrowningDritte Norn Dorothee Manski
Wo glinde Thelma VotipkaWellgunde Irra PetinaFloßhilde Doris Doe
Vassal Max AltglassVassal Arnold Gabor
maestro direttore Artur Bodanzky
2/09/39: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master and choreographer William Sena
Violetta Valéry Annunciata GarrottoAlfredo Germont Jan PeerceGiorgio Germont Robert Weede
Flora Bervoix Edith MillerIl barone Douphol Theodore Bayer
Il dottor Grenvil Walter Stafford Philip Whitfield
Annina Rita AnthonyGastone di Letorières Costanzo SorvinoIl marchese d’Obigny Forest C. Dennis
Un messaggero Theodore CzerwinskiUn domestico di Flora Theodore Czerwinski
maestro direttore Fritz Mahler
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2/14/39: Louise: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Louise Grace MooreJulien Charles Kullman
La mère Doris DoeLa père Ezio Pinza
La petite chiffonnière Pearl BesunerLa glaneuse de charbonAnna Kaskas
Le noctambule Alessio de PaolisLa plieuse Lucielle Browning
Le bricoleur Louis d’AngeloLa laitière Maxine Stellman
Le chiffonnier John GurneyLe premier gardien de la paix Max Altglass
Le deuxième gardien de la paixCarlo CosciaLe gavroche Natalie Bodanya
La balayeuse Maria SavageLe peintre Wilfred Engelman
Le sculpteur George CehanovskyLe chansonnier Nicholas Massue
Le premier philosophe Norman CordonLe jeune poète George Rasely
Le deuxième philosopheLouis d’AngeloL’étudiant Giordano Paltrinieri
Le rempailleuse Anna KaskasLa marchande d’artichauts Marisa Morel
Le marchand de carottesAlessio de PaolisLa marchande de mouronJames Demers
Un marchand ambulant George CehanovskyBlanche Helen Olheim
Marguerite Maxine StellmanSuzanne Lucielle Browning
Gertrude Irra PetinaCamille Thelma Votipka
Irma Marisa MorelÉlise Pearl Besuner
Madeleine Anna KaskasLe marchand d’habits George Rasely
La première Maria SavageLe pape des fous Alessio de Paolis
Le marchand de cressonAnna KaskasLa marchande de pois vertsNicholas Massue
An errand girl Natalie Bodanyamaestro direttore Ettore Panizza
Maria Gambarelli
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2/21/39: Les cloches de Corneville: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company)
Germaine Elizabeth A. WilliamsSerpolette Sara Kazanjian
Henri de Corneville David WeissLe bailli Norman Blake
Grenicheux Norman von LutzGaspard Gene NavarreGertrude Velma SmithManette Jenny BaranJeanne Cleo Thornburg
Suzanne Betty Burnsmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Clara Mullen
2/28/39: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il conte d’Almaviva Nino MartiniIl dottore Bartolo Virgilio Lazzari
Rosina Lily PonsFigaro John Charles Thomas
Don Basilio Ezio PinzaFiorello Wilfred Engelman
Berta Irra PetinaUn ufficiale Giordano Paltrinieri
maestro direttore Gennaro Papi
Lesson scene:Lakmé Où va la jeune indoue
3/07/39: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Santuzza Julia PetersLola Ivy Dale
Turiddu Arsen TarpoffAlfio Rocco Pandiscio
Lucia Emma Burnardmaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Sydney RaynerNedda Marie ZaraTonio Robert WeedeBeppe Costanzo SorvinoSilvio Joseph Kalafatich Edward Rhein
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
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3/13/39: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
The learned judge William SummerThe defendant (Edwin) Leonard Osborn
Counsel for the plaintiff Leslie RandsUsher Richard Walker
Foreman of the jury T. Peary HughesThe plaintiff (Angelina) Margery Abbott
Asscoiate C. William MorganFirst bridesmaid Marjorie F[ilan]maestro direttore Isidore Godfrey
The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
Richard, a pirate chief Darrell FancourtSamuel, his lieutenant Richard Walker
Fr ederic, a pirate apprentice John DeanMajor-General Stanley Martyn Green
Edward, a sergent of police Sydney GranvilleMabel Helen RobertsEdith Marjorie EyreKate Ivy Sanders
Isabel Aileen HynesRuth Evelyn Gardiner
maestro direttore Isidore Godfrey
3/14/39: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
The Mikado of Japan Darrell FancourtNanki-Poo John Dudley
Ko-Ko Martyn GreenPoo-Bah Sydney GranvilleYum-Yum Viola WilsonPeep-Bo Aileen HynesKatisha Evelyn Gardiner
maestro direttore Isidore Godfrey
3/15/39: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 1415
The Lord Chancellor Martyn GreenPrivate Willis, of the Grenadier GuardsSydney Granville
Strephon, an arcadian shepherdLeslie RandsQueen of the fairies Evelyn Gardiner
Iolanthe Marjorie EyrePhyllis, an arcadian shepherdessViola Wilson
3/15/39: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20153/16/39: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
The duke of Plaza-Toro Martyn GreenDon Alhambra del Bolero Sydney Granville
[Marco Palmieri] John Dudley[Giuseppe Palmieri] Leslie Rands
role unknown Marjorie Eyrerole unknown Helen Roberts
The duchess of Plaza-ToroEvelyn GardinerCasilda Margery Abbott
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3/17/39: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
William SummerJohn DeanRichard Walker
H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.Martyn GreenCaptain Corcoran Leslie RandsRalph Rackstraw John Dudley
Dick Deadeye, able seamanDarrell FancourtJosephine Helen Roberts
Little Buttercup Evelyn Gardiner
3/18/39: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 14153/18/39: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20153/20/39: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20153/21/39: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
Sir Richard Cholmondeley Leslie RandsColonel Fairfax John DeanSergeant Meryll Darrell Fancourt
Jack Point Martyn GreenWilfred Shadbolt Sydney Granville
Elsie Maynard Helen Robertsmaestro direttore Isidore Godfrey
3/22/39: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 1415
The Mikado of Japan Darrell FancourtNanki-Poo John Dudley
Ko-Ko Martyn GreenPoo-Bah Sydney GranvilleKatisha Evelyn Gardiner
maestro direttore Isidore Godfrey
3/22/39: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20153/23/39: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20153/24/39: Patience: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
[Colonel Calverly] Darrell FancourtMajor Murgatroyd C. William Morgan William Summer
[Lieutenant, the duke of Dunstable]John DeanReginald Bunthorne William Summer Martyn Green
Archibald Grosvenor Leslie RandsThe lady Jane Evelyn Gardiner
Patience, a dairy maid Viola Wilson
3/25/39: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 14153/25/39: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20153/27/39: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20153/28/39: Patience: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20153/29/39: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 14153/29/39: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
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3/30/39: Il tabarro (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stage directorHans Wohlmuth; assistant conductor Vernon Hammond, S. Joseph Levine; technical advisor I. Jarin;artistic assistant S. M. DaCosta; scenic production painted by Jarin Scenic Studios, Inc.; electricalequipment and platforms Curtis Institute of Music; costumes Charles Saake
Michele Luke MatzLuigi Fritz Krueger
Il Tinca Robert DavisIl Talpa Robert Gay
Giorgetta Frances GreerLa Frugola Nancy Fishburn
Un venditore di canzonette Joseph Amato
Stevedores Edward Smith
Ben Feldman
Seamstresses
Evelyn Martz
Ida RosaEdith MetrocsakDagmar Crosson
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
Suor Angelica(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company)
Suor Angelica Barbara ThorneLa zia principessa Elsie MacFarlane
La badessa Edith MetrocsakLa suora zelatrice Virginia Kendrick
La maestra delle novizie Nancy FishburnSuor Genovieffa Dagmar Crosson
Suor Osmina unknownSuor Dolcina Josephine Perdikis
La prima suora cercatrice Irene MerrickLa seconda suora cercatriceCatherine Rieker
La novizia Ida Rosa
Le suore Evelyn Martz
Alice GutmanLa prima conversa Kathleen Owsley
La seconda conversaHelen Pfuelbmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
continued. . .
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3/30/39: Il trittico (continued):Gianni Schicchi(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company)
Gianni Schicchi Frank CappelliLauretta Hallie Nowland
Zita Elsie MacFarlaneRinuccio Donald Hultgren
Gherardo Paul DesireNella Evelyn Martz
Gherardino Elizabeth SmithBetto di Signa Mackey Swan
Simone Leonard TreashMarco Howard Vanderburg
La Ciesca Josephine PerdikisIl Maestro Spinelloccio Meryl RuossSer Amantio di Nicolao Edward Smith
Pinellino Thomas PerkinsGuccio Albert Given
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
3/30/39: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 2015
3/31/39: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20154/01/39: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 14154/01/39: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (D’Oyly Carte Opera Company), hour: 20154/24/39: Dido and Æneas(in concert): Philadelphia, Mitten Hall (Temple University), hour: 2030: Department of Music
Education Chorus, Marjorie Jones; String Orchestra; accompanist Arnold Fletcher
Dido Clare Ruth WatkinsBelinda Jennie Canuso
Attendant Jennie DowSorceress Don Esterline
First witch Jennie DowSecond witch Katharine L. Reumann
Spirit Katharine L. ReumannÆneas Frank WilsonSailor Don Esterline
4/26/39: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Fleischer Aud. (Apollo Grand Opera Co.): w. Helma Nitzsche Ballet
Miss Lucia Gloria MarionSir Edgardo di RavenswoodGiuseppe Barsotti
Lord Enrico Asthon Arturo d’AmicoRaimondo Bidebent unknownLord Arturo Buclaw unknown
Alisa unknownNormanno unknown
maestro direttore Fulgenzio Guerrieri
5/05/39: La traviata: Philadelphia, South Philadelphia High School for Boys (school presentation), hour: 2000: with andorchestra of 85, and a chorus of 100
Violetta Valéry Emelia MickunasAlfredo Germont Antonio LombardiGiorgio Germont Alfredo Chigimaestro direttore Jay Speck
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5/24/39: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company)
Velma DeaneKathryn GavaghanPeggy HuttonCharles MartinGene NavarreDavid WeissHarry Kendig
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Clare Mullen
5/06/39: La traviata: Philadelphia, High School for Boys5/26/39: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2030: stage director Pacie Ripple;
accompanist Ruth M. Barber
The duke of Plaza-Toro W. Clark HannaLuiz John Stephen Peake
Don Alhambra del Bolero William B. SwayzeMarco Palmieri James Montgomery
Giuseppe Palmieri Edward RheinAntonio Thomas J. Joyce
Fr ancesco Malcolm McFarlandGiorgio Richard R. Bongartz
Annibale B. Graham BauerleThe duchess of Plaza-ToroSara Baily Heberton
Casilda Ruth DoerrGianetta Junia Culbertson
Tessa Katherine L. WelshFiametta Elizabeth S. Jones.Vittoria Marion BurtonGiulia Mary Walton
Inez Marion Kendrick Collins
Pa g es Constance Peirsol Montgomery
Bruce Eglinton Montgomerymaestro direttore John Thoms
5/27/39: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 20306/03/39: The gondoliers: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)7/17/39: Aida: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Summer Symphony Orchestra): dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder
Il re d’Egitto Louis d’AngeloAmneris Lyuba Senderowna
Aida Julia PetersRadamès Norberto Ardelli
Ramfis John GurneyAmonasro Carlo Morelli
Un messaggero unknownUna sacerdotessa Lys Bertmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
7/18/39: Aida: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Summer Symphony Orchestra)
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7/24/39: Carmen: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Summer Symphony Orchestra): dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Armand TokatyanEscamillo Robert Weede
Micaëla Sylvia BremaFr asquita Thelma VotipkaMercédès Georgia Standing
Zuniga Louis d’AngeloMoralès Abrasha Robofsky
Le Dancaïre Abrasha RobofskyLe Remendado Charles Haywood
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
7/25/39: Carmen: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Summer Symphony Orchestra)7/31/39: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (University Gilbert & Sullivan Company)
The learned judge Frank StoneThe defendant (Edwin) Winston Ross
Counsel for the plaintiff Leonard StockerUsher Ernest Eames
Foreman of the jury Leighton PhillipsThe plaintiff (Angelina) Ruth Ives
maestro direttore Joseph S. Daltry
The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (University Gilbert & Sullivan Company)
Richard, a pirate chief Walter TibbettsSamuel, his lieutenant Norman Rose
Fr ederic, a pirate apprentice Winston RossMajor-General Stanley Frank A. Kierman, Jr.
Edward, a sergent of police Merrill CookMabel Janet WebbEdith Elizabeth GoodwinKate Jean Fowler
Isabel Kathleen KillcoyneRuth Anne Dawson
maestro direttore Joseph S. Daltry
8/01/39: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (University Gilbert & Sullivan Company)
The duke of Plaza-Toro Frank A. Kierman, Jr.Luiz Leighton Phillips
Don Alhambra del Bolero Walter TibbettsMarco Palmieri Carlton Bentley
Giuseppe Palmieri Hugh CurryThe duchess of Plaza-ToroMary Burns
Casilda Sally KorradyGianetta Miriam Bentley
Tessa Kathleen HowardInez Muriel Anderson
maestro direttore Joseph S. Daltry
Regina HanningWalter Benham
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8/07/39: La bohème: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Summer Symphony Orchestra): Karl T. F. Schroeder
Mimì Rosa TentoniRodolfo Armand Tokatyan
Marcello Carlo MorelliSchaunard Louis d’Angelo
Colline John Gurney
Pompilio MalatestaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Lucy Monroe
Parpignol Pierino SalvucciSergente dei doganieri Edmund J. Irvine
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
8/08/39: La bohème: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Summer Symphony Orchestra)11/02/39: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company, Francesco Pelosi),
hour: 2030: stage director Benjamin Altieri
Cio-cio-san Annunciata GarrottoB. F. Pinkerton James Melton
Suzuki Bernice SchalkerSharpless Joseph Royer
Goro Costanzo SorvinoIl principe Yamadori Theodore Bayer
Lo zio Bonzo Valentin FiganiakIl commissario imperiale Benjamin Grobani
Kate Pinkerton Mary GaulLa cugina Marie Dougherty
Dolore Balbo Pelosimaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
11/17/39: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Town Hall (Victoria Light Opera Company), hour: 2030: members of thePhiladelphia Orchestra, chorus of fifty; stage director Owen Fitzgerald
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.Forest C. DennisCaptain Corcoran James BinghamRalph Rackstraw Harry E. Danner
Dick Deadeye, able seamanRobert FordJosephine Martha Fenton
Little Buttercup Estelle Duvalmaestro direttore Edward James Snyder
11/21/39: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company, C. David Hocker), hour: 2030: stagedirector Hans Wohlmuth; assistant music director Vernon Hammond; assistant stage director JohnC. H. Harvey; ballet mistress Mary Binney Montgomery; costume mistress Helen Stevenson West;stage manager I. Jarin; assistant conductor Eugene Bossart, S. Joseph Levine; settings by Zafran &Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Charles Saake, Philadelphia
Le docteur Faust Fritz KruegerMéphistophélès Leonard Treash
Marguerite Frances GreerValentin Robert Gay
Siébel Hallie NowlandDame Marthe Schwertlein Nancy Fishburn
Wa gner Frank Cappellimaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
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11/28/39: Boris Godunov(Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour:2000: stage director Leopold Sachse; set design Alexander Golovine, Alexander Benois (polishscene); costume design Ivan Bilibine; choreography Boris Romanoff
Boris Godunov Ezio PinzaFeodor Irra PetinaXenia Marita Farell
Xenia’s nurse Anna KaskasPrince Vassili Ivanovich ShuiskyAlessio de Paolis
Andrei Shchelkalov George CehanovskyPimen Nicola Moscona
Grigory Otrepiev / Dimitri Charles KullmanMarina Mnishek Kerstin Thorborg
Rangoni Leonard WarrenVarlaam Norman CordonMissail Giordano Paltrinieri
Hostess of the inn Doris DoeThe simpleton Nicholas Massue
Officer John GurneyLavitsky Wilfred Engelman
Chernikovsky Arnold GaborBoyer in attendance Nicholas Massue
maestro direttore Ettore Panizza
11/30/39: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master and choreographer William Sena
Violetta Valéry Annunciata GarrottoAlfredo Germont Jan PeerceGiorgio Germont Robert Weede
Flora Bervoix Edith MillerIl barone Douphol Blakely Ritter
Il dottor Grenvil Walter StaffordAnnina Nina Dorian Rosa d’Amico
Gastone di Letorières Costanzo SorvinoIl marchese d’Obigny Theodore Bayer
Un messaggero Theodore CzerwinskiUn domestico di Flora Theodore Czerwinski
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Mardee VosselerWilliam Sena
12/12/39: Orfeo ed Euridice: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2015
Orfeo Kerstin ThorborgEuridice Irene Jessner
Amore Marita FarellSpirit Annamary Dickey
maestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
Doris NealMonna Montes
Grant Mouradoff
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12/16/39: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour:1415: stage director Benjamin Altieri
Peter Edward RheinGertrud Mary BrumblayHänsel Bernice SchalkerGretel Virginia MacWatters
Die Knusperhexe Alice Haeseler
Nina DorianSandmännchenTaumännchen
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Good fairy Mardee Vasseler
12/19/39: Le nozze di Figaro(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stagedirector Hans Wohlmuth; assistant music director Vernon Hammond, John C. H. Harvey; balletmistress Mary Binney Montgomery; costume mistress Helen Stevenson West; stage manager I. Jarin;assistant conductor Eugene Bossart, S. Joseph Levine; settings Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios,Philadelphia; costumes Charles Saake, Philadelphia
Il conte d’Almaviva Howard VanderburgLa contessa d’Almaviva Selma Amansky (Mrs. Saul Caston)
Susanna Frances GreerFigaro Leonard Treash Robert Gay
Cherubino Josephine PerdikisMarcellina Anne Simon
Doctor Bartolo E. Luke MatzDon Basilio Paul DesireDon Curzio Donald Coker
Antonio Mackey SwanBarbarina Kathleen Owsley
Prima giovinetta Brenda LewisSeconda giovinetta Rose Nadel
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
12/26/39: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Isolde Kirsten FlagstadTristan Lauritz Melchior
Brangäne Kerstin ThorborgKurwenal Julius Huehn
König Marke Emanuel ListMelot George Cehanovsky
Ein junger Seemann Anthony MarloweEin Hirt Karl Laufkötter
Der Steuermann John Gurneymaestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
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19401/02/40: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Le docteur Faust Jussi BjörlingMéphistophélès Ezio Pinza
Marguerite Helen JepsonValentin John Brownlee
Siébel Lucielle BrowningDame Marthe Schwertlein Thelma Votipka
Wa gner Wilfred Engelmanmaestro direttore Wilfrid Pelletier
Lillian MooreGeorge Chaffee
1/09/40: Die Meistersinger: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1945
Hans Sachs Friedrich SchorrVeit Pogner Norman Cordon
Kunz Vogelgesang Max AltglassKonrad Nachtigall Louis d’AngeloSixtus BeckmesserWalter Olitzki
Fritz Kothner Julius HuehnBalthasar Zorn Nicholas Massue
Ulrich Eißlinger Giordano PaltrinieriAugustin Moser Lodovico OlivieroHermann Ortel George CehanovskyHans Schwarz John Gurney
Hans Foltz Douglas BeattieWalter von Stolzing René Maison
David Anthony MarloweEva Elisabeth Rethberg
Magdalene Karin BranzellEin Nachtwächter George Cehanovskymaestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
1/13/40: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Jan PeerceRigoletto Robert Weede
Gilda Hilde ReggianiSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Lillian Marchetto
Il conte di Monterone Benjamin GrobaniMatteo Borsa Costanzo Sorvino
La contessa di Ceprano Adeline NaccarelliGiovanna Virginia Blair
Il cavaliere Marullo Blakely RitterIl conte di Ceprano Theodore Bayer
Usciere di corte Theodore CzerwinskiPa g gio della duchessaMarie Dougherty
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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1/16/40: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stage directorHans Wohlmuth; assistant music director Vernon Hammond; assistant stage director John C. H.Harvey; ballet mistress Mary Binney Montgomery; costume mistress Helen Stevenson West; stagemanager I. Jarin; assistant conductor Eugene Bossart, S. Joseph Levine; settings by Zafran & JarinScenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Charles Saake, Philadelphia
Cio-cio-san Frances GreerB. F. Pinkerton Fritz Krueger
Suzuki Nancy FishburnSharpless Robert Gay
Goro Mackey SwanIl principe Yamadori Frank Cappelli
Lo zio Bonzo Luke MatzIl commissario imperiale Albert Given
Kate Pinkerton Evelyn MartzL’ufficiale del registro Edward T. Nyborg
Dolore Patricia van Scivermaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
1/23/40: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
La gioconda Zinka MilanovEnzo Grimaldo Frederick JagelLaura Adorno Bruna Castagna
Barnaba Carlo MorelliAlvise Badoero Ezio Pinza
La cieca Anna KaskasZuàne Wilfred EngelmanIsèpo Giordano Paltrinieri
Un monaco Louis d’AngeloUn pilota Carlo Coscia
Due cantori Wilfred Engelman
Giordano Paltrinierimaestro direttore Ettore Panizza
George ChaffeeRita Holzer
Diana MontagueMonna Montes
Grant MouradoffRosa RollandMary Sigler
1/24/40: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company)
David WeissHarry KendigGene NavarreCharles MartinMarie C. McCorklePauline Gatter
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Clare Mullen
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1/28/40: Il segreto di Susanna: Philadelphia, Alden Park Manor: performed with piano, accompanist Ruth Barber
La contessa SusannaMarie ZaraIl conte Gil Edward Rhein
Sante W. Clark Hannamaestro direttore John Thoms
1/30/40: Lakmé: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2015
Lakmé Lily PonsNilakantha Ezio Pinza
Mallika Irra PetinaHadji Nicholas Massue
Gérald Armand TokatyanEllen Annamary Dickey
Frédéric George CehanovskyRose Lucielle Browning
Mistress Bentson Helen OlheimUn domben Wilfred Engelman
Un marchand chinois Lamberto BelleriUn kouravar Lodovico Oliviero
maestro direttore Wilfrid Pelletier
Beatrice WeinbergerMonna MontesLillian Moore
Grant Mouradoff
2/06/40: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stage director HansWohlmuth; assistant music director Vernon Hammond; assistant stage director John C. H. Harvey;ballet mistress Mary Binney Montgomery; costume mistress Helen Stevenson West; stage manager I.Jarin; assistant conductor Eugene Bossart, S. Joseph Levine; settings by Zafran & Jarin SceneryStudios, Philadelphia; costumes Charles Saake, Philadelphia
Violetta Valéry Barbara ThorneAlfredo Germont Edward T. Nyborg Fritz Krueger
Giorgio Germont Howard VanderburgFlora Bervoix Evelyn Martz
Il barone Douphol E. Luke MatzIl dottor Grenvil Edward Smith
Annina Josephine PerdikisGastone di Letorières N. Elverson SmithIl marchese d’Obigny Leonard Treash
Giuseppe Mackey SwanUn commissionario Albert Given
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
Mary Binney Montgomery
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2/13/40: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2030
Mimì Bidú SayãoRodolfo Charles Kullman
Marcello Giuseppe de LucaSchaunard George Cehanovsky
Colline Virgilio Lazzari
Louis d’AngeloBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Annamary Dickey
Parpignol Lodovico OlivieroSergente dei doganieri Carlo Coscia
maestro direttore Gennaro Papi
2/15/40: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Carmen Joan PeeblesDon José Ralph Errolle Laddis Kiepura
Escamillo Joseph RoyerMicaëla Marie Sokil
Fr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Bernice Schalker
Zuniga Nino RuisiMoralès Blakely Ritter
Le Dancaïre Walter StaffordLe Remendado Costanzo Sorvino
Lillas Pastia Charles W. Millermaestro direttore Angelo Canarutto
Mardee VosselerBetty MolishWilliam Sena
2/27/40: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Violetta Valéry Jarmila NovotnaAlfredo Germont Richard CrooksGiorgio Germont Giuseppe de Luca
Flora Bervoix Thelma VotipkaIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil Louis d’AngeloAnnina Lucielle Browning
Gastone di Letorières Alessio de PaolisIl marchese d’Obigny George Cehanovsky
maestro direttore Ettore Panizza
Lillian MooreMonna Montes
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3/06/40: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), hour: 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri
Floria Tosca Julia PetersMario Cavaradossi Laddis Kiepura
Il barone Scarpia George CzaplickiCesare Angelotti John Lawler
Il sagrestano Pompilio MalatestaSpoletta Costanzo Sorvino
Sciarrone Theodore BayerUn carceriere Theodore Czerwinski
Un pastore Irene Jacobymaestro direttore Angelo Canarutto
3/11/40: Die Fledermaus(for the Philadelphia Forum), English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia OperaCompany), hour: 2030: 3/12/40
3/12/40: Die Fledermaus(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stagedirector Hans Wohlmuth; assistant music director Vernon Hammond; assistant stage director JohnC. H. Harvey; ballet mistress Mary Binney Montgomery; costume mistress Helen Stevenson West;stage manager I. Jarin; assistant conductor Eugene Bossart, S. Joseph Levine; settings by Zafran &Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Charles Saake, Philadelphia
Alfred Donald CokerAdele Frances Greer
Rosalinde Selma AmanskyGabriel von Eisenstein Edward Nyborg
Dr. Blind Howard VanderburgDr. Falke Robert Gay
Fr ank Leonard TreashPrinz Orlofsky Anne Simon
Ida Evelyn MartzIwan Howard Vanderburg
Fr osch Mackey SwanAli Bey Paul Desire
Ramusin Albert GivenMurray Edward Smith
Carisoni Nancy Fishburnmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
Melanie Josephine PerdikisFelicita Hallie Nowland
Sidi Rose NadelMinni Brenda Lewis
Faustina Kathleen Owsley
Mary Binney Montgomery Ballet
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3/19/40: Parsifal: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1900
Amfortas Herbert JanssenTiturel Norman Cordon
Gurnemanz Alexander KipnisParsifal Lauritz Melchior
Klingsor Walter OlitzkiKundry Kirsten Flagstad
Erster Gralsritter George CehanovskyZweiter Gralsritter Louis d’Angelo
Altstimme Doris DoeErster Knappe Natalie Bodanya
Zweiter Knappe Helen OlheimDritter Knappe Karl LaufkötterVierter Knappe Lodovico Oliviero
Zaubermädchen
Irene Jessner
Irra PetinaHelen OlheimHilda BurkeThelma VotipkaDoris Doe
maestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
4/02/40: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: Bartlett Junior HighSchool Boys’ Chorus,Miss Sarah Brody; stage director Hans Wohlmuth; assistant music directorVernon Hammond; assistant stage director John C. H. Harvey; ballet mistress Mary BinneyMontgomery; costume mistress Helen Stevenson West; stage manager I. Jarin; assistant conductorEugene Bossart, S. Joseph Levine; settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia;costumes Charles Saake, Philadelphia
Carmen Selma AmanskyDon José Fritz KruegerEscamillo Howard Vanderburg
Micaëla Barbara ThorneFr asquita Frances GreerMercédès Gabrielle Hunt
Zuniga Luke MatzMoralès Mackey Swan
Le Dancaïre Robert GayLe Remendado Edward Nyborg
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
4/03/40: Carmen (Philadelphia Orchestra Concerts for Youth): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia OperaCompany), hour: 2000: 4/02/40
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4/18/40: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Il re d’Egitto John LawlerAmneris Maria Crescentini (aka: Marie Powers)
Aida Mobley LushanyaRadamès Kurt Baum
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro George Czaplicki
Un messaggero Costanzo SorvinoUna sacerdotessa Irene Jacobymaestro direttore Angelo Canarutto
Betty KernsWilliam Sena
4/25/40: Samson et Dalila(in concert): Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (Pennsylvania W.P.A. Symphony Orchestra), hour:2030: Philadelphia Symphonic Choir; West Chester State Teachers College Chorus
Dalila Nancy FishburnSamson Vito Bassi
Le Grand-prêtre de Dagon Frank CappelliAbimélech John Lawler
Un vieillard hébreu John LawlerUn messager philistin Andrew Canale
Premier Philistin Maurice AbramsDeuxième Philistin Bernard Jaffe
maestro direttore Henri Elkan
5/04/40: Bastien und Bastienne(Mozart), English: Philadelphia, Casimir Hall (Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2030
Bastien Donald HultgrenBastienne Willa Stewart
Colas Robert Grootersmaestro direttore Ezra Rachlin
A dialog between Thirsis and Daphne(Purcell): Philadelphia, Casimir Hall (Curtis Institute of Music)
Thirsis Howard VanderburgDaphne Hilda Morse
maestro direttore S. Joseph Levine
Robin et Marion(Adam de la Hale): Philadelphia, Casimir Hall (Curtis Institute of Music)
Robin Gordon SayreMarion Doris Luff
A knight Thomas PerkinsBaudon Meryl RuossGotier John HarveyHuart Irvin Bushman
Peronell Helen Worrilow
Friends Velma Caldwell
Margarette Godwinmaestro direttore S. Joseph Levine
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5/17/40: Princess Ida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 2030: stage director Pacie Ripple;accompanist Ruth M. Barber
King Hildebrand William B. SwayzePrince Hilarion James Montgomery
Cyril John Stephen PeakeFlorian B. Graham Bauerle
King Gama W. Clark HannaPrince Arac James Pease
Prince Guron Richard R. BongartzPrince Scynthius Henry Bartholomew
Princess Ida Ruth DoerrLady Psyche Elizabeth S. Jones.
Lady Blanche Katherine L. WelshMelissa Maxine Basler
Sacharissa Mary WaltonChloe Lelia Canby
Ada Florence C. Smithmaestro direttore John Thoms
5/17/40: Carmen: Philadelphia, South Philadelphia High School for Boys (school presentation), hour: 2015: with andorchestra of 80, and a chorus of 60, including a boy’s chorus from Bartlett Junior High School
Carmen Tilly BarmachDon José Ralph ErrolleEscamillo Edward Rhein
Micaëla Mildred BaldwinZuniga Lloyd Harris
maestro direttore Jay Speck
5/18/40: Princess Ida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany)5/18/40: Carmen: Philadelphia, South Philadelphia High School for Boys (school presentation), hour: 20156/01/40: Princess Ida: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany), hour: 20306/20/40: Carmen: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Summer Symphony Orchestra), hour: 2000
Carmen Rose PaulyDon José Armand TokatyanEscamillo Robert Weede George Czaplicki
Micaëla Mildred BaldwinFr asquita Pearl BesunerMercédès Georgia Standing
Zuniga Harold KravittMoralès Abrasha Robofsky
Le Dancaïre Abrasha RobofskyLe Remendado Charles Haywood
maestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Mary Binney Montgomery Ballet
6/21/40: Carmen: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Summer Symphony Orchestra)
Escamillo [George Czaplicki]
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7/08/40: Aida: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Summer Symphony Orch.), 2000: dir. Karl T. F. Schroeder
Il re d’Egitto Abrasha RobofskyAmneris Enid Szánthó
Aida Rosa TentoniRadamès Arthur Carron
Ramfis Harold KravittAmonasro Leonard Warren
Un messaggero Pierino SalvucciUna sacerdotessa Lys Bertmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
Mary Binney Montgomery
7/09/40: Aida: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Summer Symphony Orchestra)7/27/40: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Philadelphia Summer Symphony Orchestra); hour: 2000:
stage director Karl T. F. Schroeder
Cio-cio-san Hilda BurkeB. F. Pinkerton Armand Tokatyan
Suzuki Georgia StandingSharpless Julius Huehn
Goro Charles HaywoodIl principe Yamadori Abrasha Robofsky
Lo zio Bonzo Abrasha RobofskyIl commissario imperiale Benjamin Grobani
Kate Pinkerton Lys Bertmaestro direttore Alexander Smallens
7/29/40: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Daltry Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2000
The Mikado of Japan Walter TibbettsNanki-Poo Charles Latterner
Ko-Ko Frank A. Kierman, Jr.Poo-Bah Frank Stone
Pish-Tush John HumasonYum-Yum Miriam BentleyPitti-Sing Dean GehringPeep-Bo Mary MerrillKatisha Catherine Judah
maestro direttore Joseph S. Daltry
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7/31/40: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Daltry Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2000
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.Frank A. Kierman, Jr.Captain Corcoran Leighton PhillipsRalph Rackstraw Clifford Jackson
Dick Deadeye, able seamanErnest EamesBill Bobstay, boatswain James Chartrand
Bob Becket, boatswain’s mateMerrill CookJosephine Dean Gehring
Hebe Mary MerrillLittle Buttercup Anne Dawson
maestro direttore Joseph S. Daltry
Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Daltry Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company)
The learned judge Frank StoneThe defendant (Edwin) Joseph Sheckard
Counsel for the plaintiff Leonard StockerUsher Ernest Eames
Foreman of the jury Leighton PhillipsThe plaintiff (Angelina) Derna de Pamphilis
maestro direttore Joseph S. Daltry
10/12/40: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Town Hall (Victoria Light Opera Company), hour: 2030: with orchestra;stage director Jae van Arden
Richard, a pirate chief Edward J. SnyderSamuel, his lieutenant unknown
Fr ederic, a pirate apprentice William CairnsMajor-General Stanley Jae van Arden
Edward, a sergent of police unknownMabel Louise StalbirdEdith unknownKate unknown
Isabel unknownRuth Frances S. Palmer
maestro direttore Armand DiCamillo
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10/28/40: Ye vgeny Onegin(Philadelphia Forum), English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Co.):10/29/40
10/29/40: Ye vgeny Onegin(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stagedirector Hans Wohlmuth; assistant music director Ezra Rachlin; assistant stage director John C. H.Harvey; assistant conductor Erich Schalscha; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-upFrank X. Michl; settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn &Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Ye vgeny Onegin Howard VanderburgTatyana Selma Amansky
Vladimir Lensky John TomsOlga Gabrielle Hunt
Prince Gremin Carlos AlexanderMadame Larina Anne Simon
Filipyevna Nancy FishburnMonsieur Triquet Mackey Swan Fritz Krueger
A captain David BergerZaretsky Charles Jones
Guillot John C. H. HarveyPrecentor N. Elverson Smith
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
10/31/40: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri
Mimì Amelia ArmolliRodolfo Bruno Landi
Marcello Claudio Frigerio Angelo Pilotto
Schaunard Joseph InterranteColline Nino Ruisi
Costanzo SorvinoBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Gloria Vanda
Parpignol Pierino SalvucciLa madre Marie Dougherty
Sergente dei doganieri Martin KaplanUn ufficiale Theodore Czerwinski
maestro direttore Gastone Usigli
10/31/40: Gräfin Mariza: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company)11/14/40: La traviata: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Grand Opera Company): with orchestra
Florence MelinsonAlbert CatandoValfrido Patacchi
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
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11/18/40: Il barbiere di Siviglia(for the Philadelphia Forum): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Charles L. Wagner), 2030:stage director Désiré Defrère; two piano accomp. Walter Ducloux, Everett Roudebush
Il conte d’Almaviva Armand TokatyanIl dottore Bartolo Pompilio Malatesta
Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Carlos Ramirez
Don Basilio John GurneyFiorello Brooks Dunbar
Berta Georgia Gravesmaestro direttore Walter Ducloux
Lesson scene:Benedict Carnival of Venice
11/19/40: Prodaná neveˇsta (The bartered bride), English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company),hour: 2030: stage director Hans Wohlmuth; assistant music director Ezra Rachlin; assistant stagedirector John C. H. Harvey; assistant conductor Erich Schalscha; ballet mistress Mary BinneyMontgomery; costume design Helen Stevenson West; make-up Frank X. Michl; sets Zafran & JarinStudios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Inc., Philadelphia; ballet by Mary BinneyMontgomery Ballet
Kruschina Robert GayMarie Frances GreerMicha Charles Jones
Ludmilla Gabrielle HuntAnges Anne Simon
Wenzel John TomsHans Edward NyborgKezal Luke Matz
Esmeralda Brenda Lewisrole unknown Harry Teplitz
Barker Mackey SwanIndian David Brooks
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
11/20/40: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master and choreographer William Sena
Violetta Valéry Amelia ArmolliAlfredo Germont Jan PeerceGiorgio Germont Claudio Frigerio
Flora Bervoix Edith MillerIl barone Douphol Blakely Ritter
Il dottor Grenvil Forrest MillerAnnina Rita Anthony
Gastone di Letorières Costanzo SorvinoIl marchese d’Obigny Theodore Bayer
Messenger, Servant Theodore Czerwinskimaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Bianca TrubioWilliam Sena
12/02/40: Prodaná neveˇsta: West Chester State Teachers’ College (Philadelphia Opera Company): [11/19/40]
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12/03/40: Le nozze di Figaro: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000:stage director Herbert Graf; set design Jonel Jorgulesco; costume design Ladislas Czettel;choreography Boris Romanoff
La contessa d’Almaviva Elisabeth RethbergIl conte d’Almaviva John Brownlee
Susanna Licia AlbaneseFigaro Ezio Pinza
Cherubino Jarmila NovotnaMarcellina Irra Petina
Doctor Bartolo Salvatore BaccaloniDon Basilio Alessio de PaolisDon Curzio George Rasely
Antonio Louis d’AngeloBarbarina Marita Farell
Prima giovinetta Helen OlheimSeconda giovinetta Pearl Besuner
maestro direttore Ettore Panizza
Lillian MooreJulia BarashkovaJosef LevinoffPaul Sweeney
12/09/40: La bohème(Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stage directorHans Wohlmuth; assistant music director Ezra Rachlin; assistant stage director John C. H. Harvey;assistant conductor Erich Schalscha; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-up Frank X.Michl; settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Inc.,Philadelphia
Mimì Barbara ThorneRodolfo Mario Berini
Marcello Howard VanderburgSchaunard Carlos Alexander
Colline Luke MatzBenoît David Brooks
Alcindoro Robert GayMusetta Frances Greer
Parpignol John Toms Edward Nyborg
Sergente dei doganieri David BrooksUn ufficiale Charles Jones
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
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12/10/40: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Siegmund Lauritz MelchiorHunding Emanuel List
Wotan Julius HuehnSieglinde Helen Traubel
Brünnhilde Kirsten FlagstadFricka Karin Branzell
Gerhilde Thelma VotipkaOrtlinde Irene Jessner
Waltraute Pearl BesunerSchwertleite Anna Kaskas
Helmwige Maxine StellmanSiegrune Helen Olheim
Grimgerde Irra PetinaRoßweiße Doris Doe
maestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
12/12/40: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Miss Lucia Hilde ReggianiSir Edgardo di RavenswoodBruno Landi
Lord Enrico Asthon Carlos RamirezRaimondo Bidebent Nino RuisiLord Arturo Buclaw Costanzo Sorvino
Alisa Virginia BlairNormanno Pierino Salvucci
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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12/17/40: Un ballo in maschera: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Riccardo Jussi BjörlingRenato Alexander SvedAmelia Zinka MilanovUlrica Kerstin ThorborgOscar Stella Andreva
Silvano Arthur KentSamuel Norman Cordon
Tom Nicola MosconaUn giudice John Carter
Un servitore di Amelia Lodovico Olivieromaestro direttore Gennaro Papi
Douglas CoudyAlexis KosloffJosef LevinoffMary Smith
Lillian MooreMary Sigler
Paul SweeneyLilla Volkova
19411/06/41: Il trovatore (in concert): Philadelphia, Wellington (Students Opera Company, Diana Irvine)
Il conte di Luna Joseph KotzinLeonora Eleanor McKennaAzucena Isabel LumleyManrico William Joseph Walker
maestro direttore Diana Irvine
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1/07/41: Louise: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Louise Grace MooreJulien René Maison
La mère Doris DoeLa père Ezio Pinza
La petite chiffonnière Pearl BesunerLa glaneuse de charbonAnna Kaskas
Le noctambule Alessio de PaolisLa plieuse Annamary Dickey
Le bricoleur Louis d’AngeloLa laitière Maxine Stellman
Le chiffonnier John GurneyLe premier gardien de la paix Emery Darcy
Le deuxième gardien de la paixArthur KentLe gavroche Natalie Bodanya
La balayeuse Maria SavageLe peintre Wilfred Engelman
Le sculpteur George CehanovskyLe chansonnier Nicholas Massue
Le premier philosophe Norman CordonLe jeune poète George Rasely
Le deuxième philosopheLouis d’AngeloL’étudiant John Dudley
Le rempailleuse Anna KaskasLa marchande d’artichauts Thelma Votipka
Le marchand de carottesAlessio de PaolisLa marchande de mouronReno MabilliLa marchande de mouronJoseph Santoro
Un marchand ambulant George CehanovskyBlanche Helen Olheim
Marguerite Edith HerlickSuzanne Pearl Besuner
Gertrude Irra PetinaCamille Thelma Votipka
Irma Maxine StellmanÉlise Annamary Dickey
Madeleine Anna KaskasLe marchand d’habits George Rasely
La première Maria SavageLe pape des fous Alessio de Paolis
Le marchand de cressonAnna KaskasLa marchande de pois vertsNicholas Massue
An errand girl Natalie Bodanyamaestro direttore Ettore Panizza
Monna Montes
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1/14/41: Der Rosenkavalier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Die Feldmarschallin Lotte LehmannDer Baron Ochs auf LerchenauEmanuel List
Octavian Margit BokorHerr von Faninal Walter Olitzki
Sophie Eleanor SteberJungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin Thelma Votipka
Valzacchi Karl LaufkötterAnnina Doris Doe
Ein Polizeikommissar Norman CordonDer Haushofmeister bei der FeldmarschallinEmery Darcy
Der Haushofmeister bei Faninal Lodovico OlivieroEin Notar Arnold Gabor
Ein Wirt John DudleyEin Sänger John Carter
Drei adelige Waisen
Natalie Bodanya
Pearl BesunerAnna Kaskas
Eine Modistin Annamary DickeyEin Tierhändler Lodovico Oliviero
Ein Friseur Francisco CasanovaLeopold Ludwig Burgstaller
Den Mohammed Diana Montaguemaestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
1/16/41: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Santuzza Delfina SamoiloffLola Virginia Blaire
Turiddu Sydney RaynerAlfio Giuseppe Interrante
Lucia Ardell Warnermaestro direttore Angelo Canarutto
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Canio Sydney RaynerNedda Gloria VandaTonio Ivan PetroffBeppe Costanzo SorvinoSilvio Ellwood Hawkins
Un contadino Theodore Czerwinskimaestro direttore Angelo Canarutto
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1/21/41: La fille du régiment: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Marie Lily PonsTonio Raoul Jobin
La marquise de BerkenfieldIrra PetinaHortentius Louis d’Angelo
Sulpice Salvatore BaccaloniLe caporal Wilfred Engelman
La duchesse de CrakentorpMaria SavageUn paysan Lodovico OlivieroUn notaire William FisherLittle Duke Alexis Kosloff
maestro direttore Gennaro Papi
Rita HolzerHortense KesslerJosef LevinoffAlexis Kosloff
1/24/41: Lo speziale(Franz Joseph Haydn:The apothecary), English: Philadelphia, Town Hall (Academy of Vocal Arts),hour: 2030: stage director Benn Frank; scenery and costume design H. A. Condell; costumes inApothecaryexecuted by Susan Frisch; the painting inMasterpieceexecuted by Emlen Etting;scenery executed by Walling and Smith; make-up Helene Giroud
Sempronio Blakely RitterGrilletta Emily Ann BuckleyMengone Robert Davis
Volpino John HarroldColumbine Libera CasaccioHarlequin Richard Benson
maestro direttore Vernon Hammond
Turks and apprentices: Basil Cozanites, Henry Faust, Helen McKelveyHelen Moore, James Pease, Charles Schneeloch, Karl Sittler
The masterpiece(Paul Nordoff, libretto: Franklin Brewer), world première: Philadelphia, Town Hall (Academy ofVocal Arts): gowns Miss A. C. Meeley; hats Miss Josephine Scheffer; suit Hughs and Muller
John, a young painter Frank CappelJeannette, his wife Doris Blake
Charles Somerset, elderly art dealerJohn LawlerDoreen, his young wife Helen Pfuelb
maestro direttore Vernon Hammond
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1/27/41: Carmen: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2030
Carmen Coe GladeDon José Sydney RaynerEscamillo Mostyn Thomas
Micaëla Leola Turner[Frasquita] Flora Shennan[Mercédès] Charlotte Bruno
Zuniga Harold Kravitt[Moralès] Francesco Curci
[Le Dancaïre] Richard Wentworth[Le Remendado] Francesco Curcimaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Lydia ArlovaLucien Prideaux
1/28/41: Pelléas et Mélisande(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030:stage director Hans Wohlmuth; assistant music director Ezra Rachlin; assistant stage director JohnC. H. Harvey; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-up Frank X. Michl; settings Zafran &Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Inc., Philadelphia; costumes andwigs designed and executed by Helen Stevenson West
Méliande Frances GreerPelléas John TomsGolaud Robert Gay
Geneviève Gabrielle HuntArkel Luke Matz
Yniold Hilda MorseUn médicin Charles Jones
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
This was the first performance ofPelléasin English in America. The performance was attended by the opera’sFrench librettist Maurice Maeterlinck and his wife, who heard the opera for the first time in English.
1/28/41: La traviata: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2030: dir. Luigi Raybaut
Violetta Valéry Lucille MeuselAlfredo Germont Dimitri OnofreiGiorgio Germont Ivan Petroff[Flora Bervoix] Charlotte Bruno
[Gastone di Letorières] Francesco Curci[Il barone Douphol] Fausto Bozza
Louis de CesareRichard Wentworth
[Annina] Flora Shennanmaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
1/29/41: Faust: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 1430
Le docteur Faust Sydney RaynerMéphistophélès Harold Kravitt
Marguerite Leola Turnerrole unknown Charlotte Bruno
Valentin Ivan Petroffmaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
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1/29/41: Aida: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2030
Il re d’Egitto Richard WentworthAmneris Coe Glade
Aida Mobley LushanyaRadamès Aroldo Lindi
Ramfis Harold KravittAmonasro Mostyn Thomas
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Lydia ArlovaLucien Prideaux
1/30/41: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Co.), hour: 2020: dir. Louis Raybaut
Cio-cio-san Hitzi KoykeB. F. Pinkerton Rolf Gerard
Suzuki Charlotte BrunoSharpless Mario Valle
Goro Francesco CurciIl principe Yamadori Richard Wentworth
Lo zio Bonzo Richard WentworthIl commissario imperiale Louis de Cesare
Kate Pinkerton Flora Shennanmaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
1/31/41: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Co.), hour: 2020: stage director Louis Raybaut
Il duca di Mantova Dimitri OnofreiRigoletto Ivan Petroff
Gilda Lucille MeuselSparafucile Harold KravittMaddalena Charlotte Bruno
Giovanna Flora ShennanIl conte di Monterone Richard Wentworth
Il cavaliere Marullo Louis de CesareMatteo Borsa Francesco Curci
Il conte di Ceprano Fausto BozzaLa contessa di Ceprano Flora Shennan
Pa g gio della duchessaDorothy Dicksonmaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
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2/01/41: Martha (English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 1430
Lady Harriet Durham Leola TurnerNancy Charlotte Bruno
Lord Tristan Mickleford Richard WentworthLyonel Rolf Gerard
Plumkett Stefan KozakevichDer Richter zu Richmond Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Ballet divertissements: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Ballet)
première danseuse Lydia Arlovapremiere danseur Lucien Prideaux
Suppé: Capriccio: Lucien Prideaux, Lydia ArlovaMlles. Ammon, Eibert, Marshall, Ward, Gayle
Ivanoff : Orientale: Virginia Weber
Bela: Puppet triangle: Lucien PrideauxMarjorie Ammon, Charles Ewing
Dargomyzhsky: Danse russe: Lydia Arlova
Hubay: Gypsy garden: Lucien Prideaux, Lydia ArlovaMlles. Ammon, Eibert, Gayle, Marshall, Ward, Weder
MM. Charles Ewing, Ricardo Casselli
2/01/41: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2020: dir. Louis Raybaut
Il conte di Luna Mostyn ThomasLeonora Mobley LushanyaAzucena Marie PowersManrico Aroldo Lindi
Ferrando Harold KravittInes Flora ShennanRuiz Francesco Curci
Un vecchio zingaro Fausto Bozzamaestro direttore Carlo Peroni
2/04/41: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Isolde Kirsten FlagstadTristan Lauritz Melchior
Brangäne Kerstin ThorborgKurwenal Julius Huehn
König Marke Emanuel ListMelot Emery Darcy
Ein junger Seemann Emery DarcyEin Hirt Karl Laufkötter
Der Steuermann John Gurneymaestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
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2/06/41: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Bruno LandiRigoletto Carlo Morelli
Gilda Hilde ReggianiSparafucile John LawlerMaddalena Georgiana Burdon
Il conte di Monterone Norman RolandMatteo Borsa Costanzo Sorvino
La contessa di Ceprano Elise RothwellGiovanna Virginia Blaire
Il cavaliere Marullo Blakely RitterIl conte di Ceprano Ralph Cavallucci
Usciere di corte Theodore CzerwinskiPa g gio della duchessaMarie Dougherty
maestro direttore Angelo Canarutto
2/11/41: Spiel oder Ernst(Emil Rezenicek,Fact or Fiction) English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia OperaCompany), hour: 2030: assistant music director Ezra Rachlin; assistant stage director John C. H.Harvey; costume design Helen Stevenson West; make-up Frank X. Michl; settings by Zafran & JarinScenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Ludwig Beauchamps (Othello)John TomsLouise Beauchamps (Desdemona)Selma AmanskyMoritz de St. Hubert (Brabantio) Luke Matz
Peulemann Carlos AlexanderA young girl Brenda Lewis
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
The old maid and the thief(Gian Carlo Menotti) première of staged version, English: Philadelphia, Academy ofMusic (Philadelphia Opera Company)
Miss Todd Gabrielle HuntLetitia Frances Greer
Bob Robert GayMiss Pinkerton Hilda Morse
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
2/18/41: Otello: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Otello Giovanni MartinelliJa go Lawrence Tibbett
Cassio Alessio de PaolisRoderigo John DudleyLodovico Nicola MosconaMontàno George Cehanovsky
Un araldo Wilfred EngelmanDesdemona Stella Roman
Emilia Thelma Votipkamaestro direttore Ettore Panizza
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2/18/41: It began at breakfast(music Robert Hall Elmore, libretto Marie Zara and Edward Rhein), première, comic opera:Philadelphia, Bellevue-Stratford (for the Matinee Musical Club), hour: 1430: staging by Marie Zara,Edward Rhein
Husband Edward RheinWife Marie Zara
maestro direttore and pianist Robert Elmore
2/21/41: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Town Hall (Victoria Light Opera Company)
The Mikado of Japan Robert FordNanki-Poo Walter Pfannenstein
Ko-Ko Jae van ArdenPoo-Bah Albert Lynn
Pish-Tush unknownYum-Yum Louise StalbirdPitti-Sing unknownPeep-Bo unknownKatisha Maybelle Marston
maestro direttore Edward J. Snyder
2/25/41: Il tabarro (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stage directorHans Wohlmuth; assistant music director Ezra Rachlin; assistant stage director John C. H. Harvey;costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-up Frank X. Michl; settings Zafran & Jarin SceneryStudios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Michele Luke MatzLuigi John Toms
Il Tinca Richard DeneauIl Talpa Robert Gay
Giorgetta Selma AmanskyLa Frugola Nancy Fishburn
Un venditore di canzonette David Brooksmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
L’heure espagnole(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company): stage directorHans Wohlmuth; English translation Sylvan Levin
Concepcion Frances GreerTorquemada Richard Deneau
Ramiro Robert GayDon Inigo Gomez Howard Vanderburg
Gonzalve John Tomsmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
2/27/41: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.): dir. Benjamin Altieri
Isolde Marie van DeldenTristan Arthur Gerry
Brangäne Lyuba SenderownaKurwenal Francis Row
König Marke Arthur AndersonMelot Glenn Martin
Ein junger Seemann Igo GutmanEin Hirt Igo Gutman
Der Steuermann Theodore Bayermaestro direttore Herbert Fiss
3/03/41: Lo speziale, English: Philadelphia, for sisterhood of Temple Keneseth Israel (Academy of Vocal Arts), hour: 2030
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3/03/41: Don Pasquale(in concert), English: Philadelphia, Wellington (Students’ Opera Company): director DorothyIrvine; accompanist Mary Miller Mount
Dorothy MarshallSherwood AngelsonJames BinghamHarry Buten
3/04/41: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Cio-Cio-San Licia AlbaneseB. F. Pinkerton Armand Tokatyan
Suzuki Lucielle BrowningSharpless John Brownlee
Goro Alessio de PaolisIl principe Yamadori George Cehanovsky
Lo zio Bonzo John GurneyIl commissario imperiale Wilfred Engelman
Kate Pinkerton Maxine Stellmanmaestro direttore Gennaro Papi
3/18/41: Don Giovanni: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Don Giovanni Ezio PinzaIl Commendatore Norman Cordon
Donna Anna Zinka MilanovDonna Elvira Jarmila NovotnaDon Ottavio Tito Schipa
Leporello Salvatore BaccaloniZerlina Bidú SayãoMasetto Arthur Kent
maestro direttore Bruno Walter
3/20/41: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Il conte d’Almaviva Bruno LandiIl dottore Bartolo Pompilio Malatesta
Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Carlo Morelli
Don Basilio Nino RuisiFiorello Costanzo Sorvino
Berta Georgiana BurdonUn ufficiale Costanzo Sorvino
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Lesson scene:Benedict Carnival of Venice
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3/25/41: Le nozze di Figaro(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stagedirector Hans Wohlmuth; artistic director Sylvan Levin; assistant music director Ezra Rachlin;assistant stage director John C. H. Harvey; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-up FrankX. Michl; settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Inc.,Philadelphia
Il conte d’Almaviva Howard VanderburgLa contessa d’Almaviva Selma Amansky
Susanna Frances GreerFigaro Robert Gay
Cherubino Hilda MorseMarcellina Gabrielle Hunt
Doctor Bartolo E. Luke MatzDon Basilio John TomsDon Curzio Richard Deneau
Antonio David BrooksBarbarina Hallie Nowland
Prima giovinetta Brenda LewisSeconda giovinetta Rose Nadel
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
3/26/41: Le nozze di Figaro(for the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Youth Concert Series): Philadelphia, Academy of Music(Philadelphia Opera Company)
3/26/41: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Turner Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Turner Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
4/02/41: Les cloches de Corneville: Philadelphia, Turner Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company)
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
4/07/41: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Wellington (Students’ Opera Company): director Dorothy Irvine;accompanist Mary Miller Mount; narrator Hubert Vance Taylor
Syran HagopyanJohanne RidpathMartha DeknatelSherwood AngelsonJoseph Kotzin
4/09/41: Cavalleria rusticana(abridged, in concert): Philadelphia, Wanamaker Store, Grand Court, hour: 2040
Santuzza Viola PhiloTuriddu Mario Berini
Alfio Frank Cappelli
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4/24/41: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Il re d’Egitto John LawlerAmneris Maria Crescentini
Aida Gertrude RiblaRadamès Sydney Rayner
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Claudio Frigerio
Un messaggero Costanzo SorvinoUna sacerdotessa Irene Jacobymaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Bianca ...icaWilliam Sena
4/24/41: The beggar’s opera: Philadelphia, Casimir Hall (Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2030: with chamber orchestra;costumes Van Horn and Son
The beggar Muriel SmithPlayer Kathryne Kero
Mr. Peachum Thomas PerkinsFilch Norman Rose
Mrs. Peachum Muriel RobertsonPolly Peachum Margaret Lilly
MacHeath Gordon SayreMatt of the Mint Theodor Uppman
Crook-fingered Jack James CosmosJemmy Twicher Robert Grooters
Robin of Bagshot Thomas PerkinsMrs. Coaxer Barbara Troxell
Dolly Trull Kathryne KeroMrs. Vixen Willa Stewart
Betty Doxey Eleanor MurtaughJenny Diver Helen Worrilow
Mrs. Slammekin Martha FlynnSuky Tawdry Katharine Harris
Molly Brazen Margarette GodwinLockit Robert Grooters
Lucy Lockit Doris LuffMrs. Diana Trapes Mary Davenport
maestro direttore S. Joseph Levine
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5/16/41: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company), hour: 2030: stage director JamesMontgomery; accompanist Ruth M. Barber
The Mikado of Japan James PeaseNanki-Poo James Montgomery
Ko-Ko Charles TindlePoo-Bah William B. Swayze
Pish-Tush Thomas J. JoyceYum-Yum Margaret B. CavenyPitti-Sing Ruth DoerrPeep-Bo Maxine BaslerKatisha Katherine L. Welsh
Go-To Richard Bogartzmaestro direttore John Thoms
5/17/41: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 20306/05/41: The maid of Elizondo(Offenbach):Ambler , School of Horticulture (Academy of Vocal Arts)
Margaret MartinRobert DavisJames Pease
6/06/41: Ruddigore: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Victoria Light Opera Company)6/07/41: Ruddigore: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Victoria Light Opera Company)6/07/41: The Mikado: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)6/13/41: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Turner Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Grand Opera Company)
Il duca di Mantova Morris KlineRigoletto Joseph Kotzin
Gilda Florence MelinsonSparafucile Frank CavallucciMaddalena Zora Kudravetz
Il conte di Monterone Z. PetrushanskiMatteo Borsa Roy Burrell
La contessa di Ceprano Bertha DietrichGiovanna unknown
Il cavaliere Marullo Norman BlakeIl conte di Ceprano William Echard
Usciere di corte unknownPa g gio della duchessaLillian Constantine
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Clare Mullen
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8/11/41: The beggar’s opera(arranged by Frederic Austin): Philadelphia, Bucks County Playhouse: dir. Lehman Engel
The beggar Curt ConwayPlayer James Gregory
Mr. Peachum Richard HaleFilch Robert Challenger
Mrs. Peachum Edith KingPolly Peachum Jane Pickens
MacHeath Walter CasselMatt of the Mint Otto Hulett
Ben Budge Samuel LiffCrook-fingered Jack Carmen Gagliardi
Harry Paddington David WeissNimming Ned Mitchell Agruss
Jemmy Twitcher Garry DavisRobin of Bagshot Robert Shaw
Wat Dreary Steve BrodyDrawer John Harrold
Mrs. Coaxer Emily Ann BuckleyDolly Trull Inez HarrisMrs. Vixen Bernice Sherman
Betty Doxey Vi vian BlochJenny Diver Zonia Porter
Mrs. Slammekin Josephine SilverSuky Tawdry Ruth Fremont
Molly Brazen Eleanor KnappHarper Mitchell Agruss
First constable Garry DavisSecond constable Samuel Liff
Lockit Wallace ActonTurnkey Carmen Gagliardi
Lucy Lockit Shirley BrownMrs. Diana Trapes Dorothy Johnson
Jailor John Harrold
Women of the town
Julia Huffman
Margaret WallaceVi vian BlochEleanor Knapp
maestro direttore Lehman Engel
8/12/41: The beggar’s opera: Philadelphia, Bucks County Playhouse8/13/41: The beggar’s opera: Philadelphia, Bucks County Playhouse8/14/41: The beggar’s opera: Philadelphia, Bucks County Playhouse, matinée8/14/41: The beggar’s opera: Philadelphia, Bucks County Playhouse8/15/41: The beggar’s opera: Philadelphia, Bucks County Playhouse8/16/41: The beggar’s opera: Philadelphia, Bucks County Playhouse
10/01/41: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Wanamaker Store (unknown company), hour: 2030: dir. James Montgomery
Howard VanderburgWilliam B. SwayzeEdward KaneBlakely RitterMargaret Martin
maestro direttore [Henri Elkan]
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10/08/41: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Wanamaker Store (unknown company), 2030: dir. James Montgomery
Richard, a pirate chief Robert GayFr ederic, a pirate apprentice Guilio Gari
Major-General Stanley James PeaseEdward, a sergent of police John Lawler
Mabel Frances GreerRuth Gabrielle Hunt
maestro direttore Henri Elkan
10/15/41: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Wanamaker Store (unknown company), hour: 2030
Margaret B. CavenyGabrielle HuntJames MontgomeryWilliam B. SwayzeJames Pease
maestro direttore Henri Elkan
10/22/41: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Wanamaker Store (unknown company), hour: 2030: stage director James Montgomery
The Mikado of Japan James PeaseNanki-Poo James Montgomery
Ko-Ko Blakely RitterPoo-Bah John LawlerYum-Yum Margaret B. Caveny
Katisha Nancy Fishburnmaestro direttore Henri Elkan
10/22/41: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Musical Fund Hall (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company): with orchestra
The Mikado of Japan Thomas ContravoNanki-Poo Roy Burrell
Ko-Ko Webster J. McCloskeyPoo-Bah Bernard ZwargYum-Yum Flora Buffo
Katisha Margaret Gardnermaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
10/29/41: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Wanamaker Store (unknown company)
Richard, a pirate chief Robert GayFr ederic, a pirate apprentice James Montgomery
Major-General Stanley James PeaseMabel Frances Greer
Ruth Gabrielle Huntmaestro direttore Henri Elkan
10/29/41: Carmen: Philadelphia, Musical Fund Hall (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company): with orchestra
Voltairine LessingMilton SandlerNorman Blake
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
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10/30/41: Andrea Chénier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company, Francesco Polesi),hour: 2015: stage director Benjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Andrea Chénier Bernardo de MuroCarlo Gérard Giovanni de Surra
Maddalena di Coigny Elda ErcoleLa mulatta Bersi Sonia Essen
La contessa di Coigny Shirley EdwardsLa vecchia Madelon Ardell Warner
Roucher Walter StaffordA nun Mildred Martin
Il romanziere, Pietro Fléville Walter StaffordFouquier-Tinville Theodore Bayer
Il sanculotto Mathieu detto «Populus»Costanzo SorvinoUn «Incredibile» Francesco Curci
L’abate Francesco CurciIl maestro di casa Theodore Bayer
Schmidt Costanzo SorvinoDumas Theodore Bayer
maestro direttore Angelo Canarutto
11/03/41: Carmen: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Students’ Opera Company): stage director Earl Pearson Rees; withpiano accompaniment Konrad Neuger
Carmen Destal ThornburyDon José Sherwood AngelsonEscamillo Joseph Kotzin
Micaëla Floralee Thomasmaestro direttore Konrad Neuger
11/18/41: Faust (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stage directorHans Wohlmuth; assistant stage director and stage manager John C. H. Harvey; assistant conductorJames Shomate; coach Cornelia Linfield; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-up FrankX. Michl; settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn & Son,Inc., Philadelphia
Le docteur Faust William HessMéphistophélès James Pease
Marguerite Frances GreerValentin Howard Vanderburg
Siébel John TomsDame Marthe Schwertlein Gabrielle Hunt
Wa gner Finley Walkermaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
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11/20/41: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri
Cio-cio-san Elda ErcoleB. F. Pinkerton Bruno Landi Jan Peerce.
Suzuki Ardell WarnerSharpless Claudio Frigerio
Goro Costanzo SorvinoIl principe Yamadori Theodore Bayer
Lo zio Bonzo John LawlerIl commissario imperiale Benjamin Grobani
Kate Pinkerton Mary GaulL’ufficiale del registro unknown
La madre di Cio-cio-san Irene JacobyLa cugina Marie Dougherty
Dolore Richard Pascomaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
11/25/41: Tannhäuser: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stagedirector Leopold Sachse; set design Hans Kautsky; costume design Mathilde Castel-Bert;choreography Laurent Novikoff
Hermann Alexander KipnisTannhäuser Lauritz Melchior
Wolfram von EschenbachJulius HuehnWalter von der Vogelweide John Carter
Biterolf Mack HarrellHeinrich der Schreiber Emery Darcy
Reinmar von Zweter John GurneyElisabeth Helen Traubel
Venus Karin BranzellEin Hirtenknabe Maxine Stellmanmaestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
Ruthanna BorisMonna MontesLillian Moore
Michael ArshanskyAlexis DolinoffAlexis KosloffLeon Varkas
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12/02/41: Der Rosenkavalier(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stagedirector Hans Wohlmuth; assistant stage director and stage manager John C. H. Harvey; assistant tothe artistic director Ezra Rachlin; assistant conductor James Shomate; coach Cornelia Linfield;costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-up Frank X. Michl; settings painted by Zafran &Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Die Feldmarschallin Brenda LewisDer Baron Ochs auf LerchenauJames Pease
Octavian David BrooksHerr von Faninal Robert Gay
Sophie Frances GreerJungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin Hilda Morse
Valzacchi John TomsAnnina Gabrielle Hunt
Ein Polizeikommissar Joseph LutzDer Haushofmeister bei der FeldmarschallinHoward Vanderburg
Der Haushofmeister bei Faninal Richard DeneauEin Notar Joseph Lutz
Ein Sänger William Hess
Drei adelige Waisen
Frances Gayer
Helen StuppRose Nadel
Eine Modistin Frances WatkinsEin Tierhändler Richard Deneau
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
12/09/41: Samson et Dalila: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Dalila Risë StevensSamson René Maison
Le grand-prêtre de Dagon Leonard WarrenAbimélech Norman Cordon
Un vieillard hébreu Nicola MosconaPremier Philistin John Dudley
Deuxième Philistin Arthur KentUn messager philistin Emery Darcy
maestro direttore Wilfrid Pelletier
Ruthanna BorisMonna Montes
Michael ArshanskyAlexis DolinoffAlexis KosloffLeon Varkas
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12/11/41: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Bruno LandiRigoletto Giovanni de Surra
Gilda Hilde ReggianiSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Renee Norton
Il conte di Monterone Philip BondMatteo Borsa Francesco Curci
La contessa di Ceprano Elise RothwellGiovanna Virginia Blaire
Il cavaliere Marullo Blakely RitterIl conte di Ceprano Ralph Cavallucci
Usciere di corte Theodore CzerwinskiPa g gio della duchessaMarie Dougherty
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
12/16/41: L’elisir d’amore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Nemorino Bruno LandiAdina Bidú Sayão
Il dottor Dulcamara Salvatore BaccaloniBelcore Frank Valentino
Giannetta Mona Pauleemaestro direttore Ettore Panizza
12/22/41: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Co., Messrs. Shubert), hour: 2030
The Mikado of Japan Robert PitkinNanki-Poo Morton Bowe
Ko-Ko Florenz AmesPoo-Bah John Hendricks
Pish-Tush Bertram PeacockYum-Yum Kathleen RochePitti-Sing Mary RochePeep-Bo Grace GarnettKatisha Helen Lanvin
maestro direttore unknown
12/23/41: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030
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12/23/41: Lakmé: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Lakmé Lily PonsNilakantha Ezio Pinza
Mallika Irra PetinaHadji John Carter
Gérald Armand TokatyanEllen Annamary Dickey
Frédéric George CehanovskyRose Lucielle Browning
Mistress Bentson Doris DoeUn domben Wilfred Engelman
Un marchand chinois John DudleyUn kouravar Lodovico Oliviero
maestro direttore Wilfrid Pelletier
Michael ArshanskyRuthanna BorisAlexis DolinoffMonna MontesLeon Varkas
12/24/41: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 143012/24/41: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 203012/25/41: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030
Richard, a pirate chief John HendricksSamuel, his lieutenant Bertram Peacock
Fr ederic, a pirate apprentice Morton BoweMajor-General Stanley Florenz Ames
Edward, a sergent of police Robert PitkinMabel Kathleen RocheEdith Mary RocheRuth Helen Lanvin
maestro direttore Louis Kroll
12/26/41: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company)12/27/41: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 143012/27/41: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 203012/29/41: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030
The duke of Plaza-Toro Florenz AmesLuiz Phillip Tully
Don Alhambra del Bolero Robert PitkinMarco Palmieri Morton Bowe
Giuseppe Palmieri Bertram PeacockThe duchess of Plaza-ToroHelen Lanvin
Casilda Margaret RoyGianetta Kathleen Roche
Tessa Mary Rochemaestro direttore unknown
12/30/41: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 203012/31/41: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 143012/31/41: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030
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19421/01/42: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 1430
H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company)
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.Florenz AmesCaptain Corcoran Bertram PeacockRalph Rackstraw Morton Bowe
1/01/42: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company)
1/02/42: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company)
1/03/42: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), matinée1/03/42: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company)1/06/42: Die Zauberflöte(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NY), hour: 2000
Sarastro Alexander KipnisTamino Charles Kullman
Sprecher Friedrich SchorrKönigin der Nacht Rosa Bok
Pamina Nadine ConnerErste Dame der Königin Eleanor Steber
Zweite Dame der Königin Maxine StellmanDritte Dame der Königin Anna Kaskas
Papageno Mack HarrellPapagena Stella Andreva
Monostatos Karl LaufkötterErster Knabe Marita Farell
Zweiter Knabe Mona PauleeDritter Knabe Helen Olheim
Erster geharnischter Mann Emery DarcyZweiter geharnischter Mann John Gurney
Erster Priester John DudleyZweiter Priester Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore Bruno Walter
The Philadelphia Inquirer (1/4/42) announces that the Philadelphia Opera Company will give five performancesat the Boston Opera House, January 7-10:Le nozze di Figaro, Faust, Pelléas et Méliande, Die Fledermaus, andLa bohème.
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1/09/42: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Santuzza Tilly BarmachLola Renee Norton
Turiddu Francisco NayaAlfio Stefano Ballarini
Lucia Ardell Warnermaestro direttore Angelo Canarutto
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Canio Sydney RaynerNedda Ruth PetersTonio Stefano BallariniBeppe Costanzo SorvinoSilvio Lorenzo Cianfrini
Un contadino Theodore Czerwinskimaestro direttore Angelo Canarutto
1/13/42: Les contes d’Hoffmann(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030:stage director Hans Wohlmuth; set design John C. H. Harvey
Hoffmann William HessNicklausse David Brooks
Olympia Frances WatkinsAntonia Dorothy Sarnoff
Giulietta Brenda LewisLindorf Howard Vanderburg
Coppélius Robert GayDr. Miracle Robert GayDapertutto Howard Vanderburg
Andrès John TomsCochenille Richard Deneau
Fr antz John TomsPitichinaccio John Toms
La mère d’Antonia Gabrielle HuntSpalanzani Leonard Treash
Hermann Joseph LutzSchlémil James Pease
Nathanaël John TomsLuther Robert Gay
Crespel Leonard TreashStella not performed
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
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1/20/42: Der Streit Zwischen Phoebus und Pan(Bach, BWV 201), English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (MetropolitanOpera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Phoebus Emery DarcyPan John Brownlee
Momus Stella AndrevaMercurius Anna Kaskas
Tmolus Frederick JagelMidas Arthur Carron
maestro direttore Thomas Beecham
Ruthanna BorisMonna MontesLillian MooreMary SiglerMary Smith
Michael ArshanskyAlexis KosloffAlexis Dolinoff
Leon VarkasDouglas Coudy
Lee FoleyNikita Talin
Zolotoy Pyetushok(Le Coq d’Or), French: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, NY)
Cockerel Thelma VotipkaQueen Josephine AntoineDodon Ezio PinzaAmelfa Doris Doe
Astrologer Alessio de PaolisPolkan Norman CordonGvidon Emery Darcy
Afron Arthur KentSkhomoroh Michael Arshansky
maestro direttore Thomas Beecham
unknown
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1/27/42: Die Fledermaus(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stagedirector Hans Wohlmuth; scenic designer and production manager John Harvey; make-up Frank X.Michl; settings painted by Zafran & Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn &Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Alfred John TomsAdele Frances Watkins
Rosalinde Dorothy SarnoffGabriel von Eisenstein Richard Deneau
Dr. Blind Joseph LutzDr. Falke Howard Vanderburg
Fr ank James PeasePrinz Orlofsky David Brooks
Ida Frances GayerFr osch David Brooks
Melanie Rose Nadelmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
harmonica soloist Larry Adler
1/29/42: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Il conte d’Almaviva Bruno LandiIl dottore Bartolo Pompilio Malatesta
Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Carlo Morelli
Don Basilio Nino RuisiFiorello Costanzo Sorvino
Berta Georgiana BurdonUn ufficiale Costanzo Sorvino
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
2/02/42: La traviata: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Students’ Opera Company): stage director Diana Irvine; with pianoaccompaniment Konrad Neuger
Violetta Valéry Augusta SpectorAlfredo Germont Alfred HomanGiorgio Germont James Binghammaestro direttore Konrad Neuger
2/03/42: Lohengrin: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Heinrich der Vogler Emanuel ListLohengrin René Maison
Elsa von Brabant Astrid VarnayFriedrich von Telramund Julius Huehn
Ortrud Kerstin ThorborgDer Heerrufer des Königs Leonard Warren
Vier brabantische Edlen
Emery Darcy
John DudleyWilfred EngelmanGerhard Pechner
maestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
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2/10/42: Ramuntcho(Deems Taylor) world première: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company),hour: 2030: stage director Hans Wohlmuth; artistic director Sylvan Levin; set design John Harvey;assistant stage director and stage manager John Harvey; artistic director Sylvan Levin; assistant toartistic director Ezra Rachlin; coach Cornelia Linfield; costume design Helen Stevenson West; make-up Frank X. Michl; settings painted by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes VanHorn & Son, Inc., Philadelphia; choreography for dance in third act Merle Marsicano
Ramuntcho William HessArrochkoa Howard VanderburgGracieuse Dorothy SarnoffPantchika Frances Watkins
Dolores Gabrielle HuntMother Superior Emma Beldan
Gorosteguy Joseph LutzMarcelin David Brooks
Florentino Richard DeneauHaramburu James PeaseTown crier David Brooks
Vicar of Etchezar Leonard TreashFirst boy Rand Smith
Second boy Richard Deneaumaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
solo dancer Merle MarsicanoShirley Gordon, Peggy Oppenheimer, Irma Kay
Edith Zinkoff, Lillian Cades, Bebe Alpert, Vivian Carroll
2/17/42: Götterdämmerung: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1930
Siegfried Lauritz MelchiorGunther Herbert Janssen
Hagen Alexander KipnisAlberich Walter Olitzki
Brünnhilde Helen TraubelGutrune Irene Jessner
Waltraute Kerstin ThorborgErste Norn Mary Van Kirk
Zweite Norn Lucielle BrowningDritte Norn Thelma Votipka
Wo glinde Eleanor SteberWellgunde Irra PetinaFloßhilde Helen Olheim
Vassal John DudleyVassal Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
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2/19/42: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Il conte di Luna Stefano BallariniLeonora Anita AmonAzucena Maria CrescentiniManrico Bernardo de Muro
Ferrando John LawlerInes Elena CraigRuiz Costanzo Sorvino
Un vecchio zingaro Theodore CzerwinskiUn messaggero Pierino Salvucci
maestro direttore Herbert Fiss
Ebrico Odierno, New York representive and casting director for the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company diedbackstage at the Academy of Music as the curtain was rising on the first act ofIl trovatore... Present when hedied was this stepson, Banjamin Altieri, stage manager... who a short time earlier had escorted Mr. Odierno’swife, Emilia Vergeri... to the hotel. Mr. Odierno had been identified with the opera for 35 years, and wasassociated with the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co. since its organization five years ago, as well as with itspredsecessor, the second Civic Opera Co. His home was in New York.
2/24/42: Così fan tutte(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stagedirector Hans Wohlmuth; set design John Harvey; assistant stage director and stage manager JohnHarvey; artistic director Sylvan Levin; assistant to artistic director Ezra Rachlin; coach CorneliaLinfield; costume design Helen Stevenson West; make-up Frank X. Michl; settings painted by Zafran& Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Fiordiligi Emma BeldanDorabella Brenda LewisGuglielmo Howard VanderburgFerrando William HessDespina Hilda Morse
Don Alfonso Leonard Treashmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
3/02/42: Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Students’ Opera Company): stage director Diana Irvine
Mary ThunderSherwood AngelsonJoseph KotzinEdmund DolenJohn BertrandStanley Zeman
maestro direttore Konrad Neuger
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3/03/42: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Carmen Lily DjanelDon José Raoul JobinEscamillo Leonard Warren
Micaëla Licia AlbaneseFr asquita Annamary DickeyMercédès Helen Olheim
Zuniga Louis d’AngeloMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre George CehanovskyLe Remendado Alessio de Paolis
maestro direttore Thomas Beecham
Monna MontesRuthanna BorisAlexis Dolinoff
Michael ArshanskyAlexis KosloffLeon Varkas
3/10/42: The island God(Menotti), English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., NY), hour: 2000
Ilo Leonard WarrenGreek god Norman Cordon
Telea Astrid VarnayLuca Raoul Jobin
A fisherman’s voice John Cartermaestro direttore Ettore Panizza
La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Mimì Licia AlbaneseRodolfo Jan Kiepura
Marcello Frank ValentinoSchaunard George Cehanovsky
Colline Ezio Pinza
Gerhard PechnerBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Annamary Dickey
Parpignol Lodovico OlivieroSergente dei doganieri Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Paul Breisach
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3/17/42: La bohème(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stagedirector Hans Wohlmuth; assistant stage director and stage manager John Harvey; assistant to theartistic director Ezra Rachlin; coach Cornelia Linfield; costume designer Helen Stevenson West;make-up Frank X. Michl; settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by VanHorn & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Mimì Dorothy SarnoffRodolfo William Hess
Marcello Howard VanderburgSchaunard David Brooks
Colline James PeaseBenoît Richard Deneau
Alcindoro Joseph LutzMusetta Frances Gayer
Parpignol Richard DeneauSergente dei doganieri Richard Deneau
Un ufficiale Leonard Treashmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
3/20/42: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Miss Lucia Hilde ReggianiSir Edgardo di RavenswoodBruno Landi
Lord Enrico Asthon Angelo PilottoRaimondo Bidebent Nino RuisiLord Arturo Buclaw Costanzo Sorvino
Alisa Virginia BlairNormanno Pierino Salvucci
maestro direttore Angelo Canarutto
3/27/42: Messa da Requiem(Verdi): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 1430: ChoralSociety, University of Pennsylvania, Harl McDonald, Robert S. Godsall; Choral Art Society andPhiladelphia Conservatory Chorus, Clyde Dengler
Soprano Judith HellwigTenore Charles Kullman
Mezzo-soprano Enid SzánthóBasso Alexander Kipnis
maestro direttore Eugene Ormandy
3/28/42: Messa da Requiem(Verdi): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Orchestra), hour: 2030: 3/27/424/09/42: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), hour: 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri
Floria Tosca Elda ErcoleMario Cavaradossi Francisco Naya
Il barone Scarpia George CzaplickiCesare Angelotti John Lawler
Il sagrestano Pompilio MalatestaSpoletta Costanzo Sorvino
Sciarrone Theodore BayerUn carceriere Theodore Czerwinski
Un pastore Irene Jacobymaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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4/20/42: Der Freischütz(in concert): Philadelphia, Art Alliance (Students’ Opera Company): stage director Diana Irvine
Eleanor McKennaIsabel GarroAlfred HomanRalph CavallucciIra Turner, Jr.John BertrandCornelius Kennedy
accompanist Bayron Hardin
4/30/42: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Violetta Valéry Hilde ReggianiAlfredo Germont Franco PerulliGiorgio Germont Giovanni de Surra
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Blakely Ritter
Il dottor Grenvil Walter StaffordAnnina Beatrice Altieri
Gastone di Letorières Costanzo SorvinoIl marchese d’Obigny Theodore Bayer
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Bianca TrubicaWilliam Sena
5/05/42: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 2030: stagedirector John Toms; accompanied by two pianos
Sir Richard Cholmondeley Joseph LutzColonel Fairfax John TomsSergeant Meryll James Pease
Jack Point David BrooksWilfred Shadbolt George Reese
role unknown William Stinerole unknown George Reeserole unknown George O’Hararole unknown Lazarus Karaponso
Elsie Maynard Jane ZimmermanPhoebe Meryll Catherine Latta
Dame Carruthers Nancy FishburnKate Eleanor Winter
maestro direttore Edward J. Snyder
5/06/42: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 2030
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5/07/42: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 2030
George ReeseWilliam StineGeorge O’HaraJames PeaseDavid BrooksEleanor WinterEmma PfuelbCatherine LattaZenia SoutterDestal Thornbury
maestro direttore Edward J. Snyder
5/08/42: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20305/09/42: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 14305/09/42: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20305/14/42: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Club (The Savo y Company): stage director James Montgomery;
accompanist Ruth M. Barber
Box Omar PancoastCox John Toms
Bouncer Richard R. Bongartzmaestro direttore John Thoms
Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Club (The Savo yCompany)
The learned judge John Steele WilliamsThe defendant (Edwin) James Montgomery
Counsel for the plaintiff Thomas J. JoyceUsher Omar Pancoast
Foreman of the jury Richard R. BongartzThe plaintiff (Angelina) Margaret B. Caveny
maestro direttore John Thoms
5/15/42: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Club (The Savo yCompany)Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Club (The Savo yCompany)
5/16/42: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Club (The Savo yCompany), matinéeTrial by Jury: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Club (The Savo yCompany)
5/16/42: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Club (The Savo yCompany)Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Plays and Players Club (The Savo yCompany)
The Robin Hood Dell season began on June 22, 1942 with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra forming theSymphony, and though several concerts featured opera excerpts and singers, no actual operas were performedthis season.
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9/17/42: Carmen: Philadelphia, Stephen Girard (Cosmopolitan Opera Company): with orchestra
Carmen Jacqueline SarioDon José Morris KlineEscamillo David Weiss
Micaëla Florence Melinsonrole unknown Frank Pughrole unknown Allen McFallrole unknown Kay Smithrole unknown Bertha Dietrichrole unknown Evelyn Antis
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Shirley Betchen
10/22/42: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Mercantile Hall (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
10/23/42: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Mercantile Hall (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
From the Philadelphia Inquirer 10/25/42: Seventy members of the Philadelphia Opera Company... will leavetoday on the first of its season tours, on which will be presentedThe Bat[Die Flerdermaus] andThe marriage ofFiagro. Following performances in Utica tomorrow, the company will play on successive evenings (Sundayexcluded) at Lansing, Mich. (two performances): South Bend, Ind.; Columbus, Lima, Dayton, Ohio; Worcester,Boston (two evenings); Hartford, Conn. (two evenings); South Hadley, Mass.; and Providence, R.I.
10/26/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch Arthur MaxwellHanna Glawari Muriel Angelus
Camille de Rosillon Donald Clarkeroles unknown: Virginia George
Nina OlivetteAustin FairmanJules EpaillyEdmund Dorsay
maestro direttore Pierre de Reeder
Eleanor TennisJack Stanton
Ronnie Cunningham
10/27/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre10/28/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 153010/28/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre10/29/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre10/30/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre10/31/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 153010/31/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre11/02/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre11/03/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre11/04/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 153011/04/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre
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11/04/42: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Il re d’Egitto John LawlerAmneris Maria Crescentini
Aida Elda ErcoleRadamès Sydney Rayner
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Angelo Pilotto
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Helen Botwrightmaestro direttore Angelo Canarutto
Bianca TrubioWilliam SenaAndre Drew
11/05/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre11/06/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 153011/06/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre11/07/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 153011/07/42: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre11/11/42: Aida: Baltimore, unknown (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): 11/04/4211/24/42: Don Giovanni: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stage
director Herbert Graf; design Joseph Urban; choreography Laurent Novikoff
Don Giovanni Ezio PinzaIl Commendatore Norman Cordon
Donna Anna Zinka MilanovDonna Elvira Jarmila NovotnaDon Ottavio Charles Kullman
Leporello Salvatore BaccaloniZerlina Marita FarellMasetto Mack Harrell
maestro direttore Bruno Walter
11/25/42: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Bruno LandiRigoletto Giovanni de Surra
Gilda Hilde ReggianiSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Ada Belle Files
Il conte di Monterone Benjamin GrobaniMatteo Borsa Francesco Curci
La contessa di Ceprano Elizabeth MuellerGiovanna Beatrice Altieri
Il cavaliere Marullo Ralph CavallucciIl conte di Ceprano Theodore Bayer
Usciere di corte unknownPa g gio della duchessaunknown
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
11/27/42: Rigoletto: Baltimore, unknown (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): 11/25/42 except:
Pa g gio della duchessaElizabeth Flacco
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11/30/42: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
Richard, a pirate chief Robert EcklesSamuel, his lieutenant Bertram Peacock
Fr ederic, a pirate apprentice Morton BoweMajor-General Stanley Florenz Ames
Edward, a sergent of police Robert PitkinMabel June WintersEdith Marjorie HaywardKate Margaret Roy
Isabel Marie ValdezRuth Catherine Judah
maestro direttore Louis Kroll
12/01/42: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
The learned judge Florenz AmesThe defendant (Edwin) Phillip Tully
Counsel for the plaintiff Bertram PeacockUsher Robert Pitkin
Foreman of the jury Robert EcklesThe plaintiff (Angelina) Marjorie Hayward
maestro direttore Louis Kroll
H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.Florenz AmesCaptain Corcoran Phillip TullyRalph Rackstraw Morton Bowe
Dick Deadeye, able seamanRobert PitkinBill Bobstay, boatswain Robert Eckles
Bob Becket, boatswain’s mateRobert PartridgeTom Tucker Master Arthur Henderson
Josephine June WintersHebe Margaret Roy
Little Buttercup Catherine Judahmaestro direttore Louis Kroll
12/01/42: Le nozze di Figaro(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stagedirector Hans Wohlmuth; scenic designer and production manager John Harvey; associate conductorEzra Rachlin; coach Cornelia Linfield; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-up JohnGordon; settings painted by Zafran & Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn &Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Il conte d’Almaviva Howard VanderburgLa contessa d’Almaviva Emma Beldan
Susanna Sylvia MorganFigaro Robert Brink
Cherubino Margaret SpencerMarcellina Catherine Latta
Doctor Bartolo Leon LishnerDon Basilio John HamillDon Curzio Hamilton Benz
Antonio Joseph LutzBarbarina Sue Griska
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
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12/02/42: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), matinée
The Mikado of Japan Robert PitkinNanki-Poo Morton Bowe
Ko-Ko Florenz AmesPoo-Bah Robert Eckles
Pish-Tush Bertram PeacockYum-Yum June WintersPitti-Sing Marjorie HaywardPeep-Bo Margaret RoyKatisha Catherine Judah
maestro direttore Louis Kroll
12/02/42: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
The Lord Chancellor Florenz AmesEarl of Mountararat Robert Pitkin
Lord Tolloller Morton BowePrivate Willis Robert Eckles
Strephon Phillip TullyQueen of the fairies Catherine Judah
Iolanthe Margaret RoyCelia Marjorie HaywardFleta Marie Valdez
Phyllis June Wintersmaestro direttore Louis Kroll
12/03/42: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
The duke of Plaza-Toro Florenz AmesLuiz Robert Partridge
Don Alhambra del Bolero Robert PitkinMarco Palmieri Morton Bowe
Giuseppe Palmieri Phillip TullyAntonio George Lee
Fr ancesco Lawrence ShindellGiorgio Robert Eckles
The duchess of Plaza-ToroCatherine JudahCasilda Margaret Roy
Gianetta June WintersTessa Marjorie Hayward
Fiametta Marie ValdezVittoria Phyllis BlakeGiulia Mary Lundon
Inez Florence Keezelmaestro direttore Louis Kroll
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12/04/42: Patience: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
Colonel Calverly Robert PitkinMajor Murgatroyd Bertram Peacock
Lieutenant, the duke of DunstableRobert EcklesReginald Bunthorne Florenz Ames
Archibald Grosvenor Morton BoweMr. Bunthorne’s solicitor Robert Partridge
The lady Angela Marjorie HaywardThe lady Saphir Margaret Roy
The lady Ella Marie ValdezThe lady Jane Catherine Judah
Patience, a dairy maid June Wintersmaestro direttore Louis Kroll
12/05/42: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), matinée12/05/42: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)12/07/42: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)12/08/42: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1930
Isolde Helen TraubelTristan Lauritz Melchior
Brangäne Kerstin ThorborgKurwenal Julius Huehn
König Marke Alexander KipnisMelot Emery Darcy
Ein junger Seemann John GarrisEin Hirt Karl Laufkötter
Der Steuermann John Gurneymaestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
12/08/42: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
12/09/42: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), matinée12/09/42: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)12/10/42: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)12/11/42: Patience: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)12/12/42: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), matinée12/12/42: Ruddigore: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)12/14/42: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)12/15/42: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)12/15/42: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stage director
Lothar Wallerstein; set design Joseph Novak (I, III), Mario Sala (Act II)
Floria Tosca Grace MooreMario Cavaradossi Charles Kullman
Il barone Scarpia Lawrence TibbettCesare Angelotti Walter Olitzki
Il sagrestano Salvatore BaccaloniSpoletta Alessio de Paolis
Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Rina Desana
Un carceriere Wilfred Engelmanmaestro direttore Cesare Sodero
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12/16/42: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), matinéeH. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
12/16/42: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
12/16/42: Il tabarro (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stage directorHans Wohlmuth; artistic director Sylvan Levin; scenic designer and production manager JohnHarvey; coach Cornelia Linfield; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-up John Gordon;settings painted by Zafran & Jarin Scenic Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn & Son, Inc.,Philadelphia
Michele Robert BrinkLuigi John Hamill
Il Tinca Harry SteinbergIl Talpa Richard Springman
Giorgetta Juanita CarterLa Frugola Catherine Latta
Un venditore di canzonette Joseph Lutzmaestro direttore Ezra Rachlin
The old maid and the thief: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company)
Miss Todd Jean HandzlikLetitia Margaret Spencer
Bob Howard VanderburgMiss Pinkerton Catherine Latta
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
12/16/42: Carmen (French): Baltimore, unknown (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): director Benjamin Altieri;ballet master William Sena
Carmen Jennie TourelDon José Sydney RaynerEscamillo Stefano Ballarini
Micaëla Gloria VandaFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Ardell Warner
Zuniga Walter StaffordMoralès Francesco Curci
Le Dancaïre Richard WentworthLe Remendado Donald Dame
Lillas Pastia Charles W. Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
primi ballerini Bianca Trubica, William Sena
12/17/42: Ruddigore: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 203012/18/42: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: 12/16/4212/18/42: Ruddigore: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 203012/19/42: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), matinée12/19/42: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust Street Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
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12/29/42: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2030
Lord Enrico Asthon Leonard WarrenMiss Lucia Lily Pons
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodJan PeerceLord Arturo Buclaw Alessio de PaolisRaimondo Bidebent Norman Cordon
Alisa Thelma VotipkaNormanno John Dudley
maestro direttore Frank St. Leger
12/29/42: La traviata: Philadelphia, Musical Fund Hall (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Violetta Valéry Florence MelinsonAlfredo Germont Joseph AmatoGiorgio Germont David Weiss
Betty DunningtonFrances MossWalter McHaleAlbert GivensAllen McFall
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
19431/00/43: Die Fledermaus(English): Washington, D. C., (Philadelphia Opera Company): w. National Symphony Orchestra
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
1/05/43: Der Rosenkavalier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1945:stage director Lothar Wallerstein; set design Hans Kautsky; costume design Alfred Roller
Die Feldmarschallin Irene JessnerDer Baron Ochs auf LerchenauEmanuel List
Octavian Risë StevensHerr von Faninal Walter Olitzki
Sophie Marita FarellJungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin Thelma Votipka
Valzacchi John GarrisAnnina Helen Olheim
Ein Polizeikommissar John GurneyDer Haushofmeister bei der FeldmarschallinEmery Darcy
Der Haushofmeister bei Faninal John DudleyEin Notar Gerhard Pechner
Ein Wirt John DudleyEin Sänger Elwood Gary
Drei adelige Waisen
Maxine Stellman
Mona PauleeMary Van Kirk
Eine Modistin Lillian RaymondiEin Tierhändler Lodovico Oliviero
Ein Friseur Michael ArshanskyLeopold Ludwig Burgstaller
Coachman John GurneyMusician Wilfred Engelman
Den Mohammed Lina Dusemaestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
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1/00/43: Die Fledermaus(English): Baltimore, (Philadelphia Opera Company): with National Symphony Orchestra
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
1/00/43: Die Fledermaus(English): Richmond, (Philadelphia Opera Company): with National Symphony Orchestra
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
1/12/43: Die Fledermaus(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Hans Wohlmuth; artistic director Sylvan Levin; scenic designer and production managerJohn Harvey; associate conductor Ezra Rachlin; coach Cornelia Linfield; costume designer HelenStevenson West; make-up John Gordon; settings painted by Zafran & Jarin Scenic Studios,Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Alfred John HamillAdele Margaret Spencer
Rosalinde Juanita CarterGabriel von Eisenstein Howard Vanderburg
Dr. Blind Leon LishnerDr. Falke Robert Brink
Fr ank Joseph LutzPrinz Orlofsky Hamilton Benz
Ida Jean HandzlikIwan Fague Springman
Fr osch Hamilton BenzMelanie Catherine Latta
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
1/16/43: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Miss Lucia Hilde ReggianiSir Edgardo di RavenswoodBruno Landi
Lord Enrico Asthon Giovanni de SurraRaimondo Bidebent Nino RuisiLord Arturo Buclaw John Rossi
Alisa Virginia BlairNormanno Joseph Craig
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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1/19/43: Boris Godunov(Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1945
Boris Godunov Alexander KipnisFeodor Irra PetinaXenia Marita Farell
Xenia’s nurse Anna KaskasPrince Vassili Ivanovich ShuiskyAlessio de Paolis
Andrei Shchelkalov Mack HarrellPimen Nicola Moscona
Grigory Otrepiev / Dimitri René MaisonMarina Mnishek Kerstin Thorborg
Rangoni Leonard WarrenVarlaam Salvatore BaccaloniMissail John Dudley
Hostess of the inn Doris DoeThe simpleton John Garris
Nikitch John GurneyOfficer Osie Hawkins
Lavitsky Lansing HatfieldChernikovsky Lorenzo Alvary
Peasant Maxine StellmanPeasant Helen OlheimPeasant Lodovico OlivieroPeasant Wilfred Engelman
Boyer in attendance Emery Darcymaestro direttore George Szell
2/02/43: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Violetta Valéry Bidú SayãoAlfredo Germont Jan PeerceGiorgio Germont John Charles Thomas
Flora Bervoix Maxine StellmanIl barone Douphol George Cehanovsky
Il dottor Grenvil Lorenzo AlvaryAnnina Mona Paulee
Gastone di Letorières Alessio de PaolisIl marchese d’Obigny Louis d’Angelo
maestro direttore Cesare Sodero
Jack GansertJames Lyons
Monna Montes
2/07/43: Messa da Requiem(Verdi): Philadelphia, First Baptist Church, hour: 2000
Soprano Barbara Thorne StevensonTenore George Lapham
Mezzo-soprano Jane HetheringtonBasso Joseph Lutz
maestro direttore and organist Walter Baker
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2/09/43: Faust (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage directorHans Wohlmuth; scenic designer and production manager John Harvey; associate conductor EzraRachlin; coach Cornelia Linfield; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-up John Gordon;settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn & Son, Inc.,Philadelphia
Le docteur Faust John HamillMéphistophélès Robert Brink
Marguerite Mary BowenValentin Howard Vanderburg
Siébel Joseph LutzDame Marthe Schwertlein Jean Handzlik
Wa gner Richard Springmanmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
2/11/43: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri
Mimì Vi vian della ChiesaRodolfo Bruno Landi
Marcello Claudio FrigerioSchaunard Edgar Mills
Colline Nino Ruisi
Pompilio MalatestaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Annunciata Garrotto
Parpignol Pierino SalvucciA mother Marie Dougherty
Sergente dei doganieri Charles BealeUn ufficiale Warren Holland
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
2/28/43: Messa da Requiem(Verdi): Philadelphia, Second Presbyterian Church, hour: 1630: organist Claribel G. Thomson
Soprano Barbara Thorne StevensonTenore George Lapham
Mezzo-soprano Nancy FishburnBasso Robert Grooters
maestro del coro Alexander McCurdy
3/02/43: Pelléas et Mélisande(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2000:stage director Hans Wohlmuth; scenic designer and production manager John Harvey; associateconductor Ezra Rachlin; coach Cornelia Linfield; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-upJohn Gordon; settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn &Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Méliande Juanita CarterPelléas John HamillGolaud Howard Vanderburg
Geneviève Jean HandzlikArkel Leon Lishner
Yniold Margaret SpencerUn médicin Joseph Lutz
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
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3/03/43: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Violetta Valéry Hilde ReggianiAlfredo Germont Bruno LandiGiorgio Germont Frank Valentino
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Joseph Crieg
Il dottor Grenvil Walter StaffordAnnina Beatrice Altieri
Gastone di Letorières Francesco CurciIl marchese d’Obigny Theodore Bayer
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
premier dancers Bianca Trubica, William Sena
3/08/43: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Knights of Columbus Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Il duca di Mantova Morris KlineRigoletto Vincent Mattina
Gilda Helma SchofieldSparafucile Ralph CavallucciMaddalena Jacqueline Sario
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
3/16/43: La bohème(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Hans Wohlmuth; scenic designer and production manager John Harvey; associate conductorEzra Rachlin; coach Cornelia Linfield; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-up JohnGordon; settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn & Son,Inc., Philadelphia
Mimì Helena BlissRodolfo Mario Berini
Marcello Howard VanderburgSchaunard Joseph Lutz
Colline Leon Lishner
Hamilton BenzBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Margaret Spencer
Parpignol Harry SteinbergSergente dei doganieri Richard Springman
Un ufficiale Charles Jonesmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
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3/24/43: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Santuzza Elda ErcoleLola Martha Larrimore
Turiddu John RossiAlfio Claudio Frigerio
Lucia Jeanette Johnsonmaestro direttore Herbert Fiss
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Gloria VandaTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Joseph Crieg Edgard Mills
Un contadino Henry ErvineUn altro contadino unknown
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
3/29/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 2030: stage director Robert Ross; set design HerbertAndrews; costume design Paul du Pont; produced by Cheryl Crawford, John J. Wildberg
Porgy Todd DuncanBess Etta Moten
Clara Harriet JohnsonSportin’ Life Av on Long
Jake Edward MatthewsSerena Ruby ElzyMaria Georgette HarveyCrown Warren ColemanMingo Jimmy Waters
Robbins Henry DavisJim Jack Carr
Peter, The Honeyman Robert EctonLily Helen Dowdy
Undertaker John GarthAnnie Catherine Ayres
Fr azier Charles WelchNelson William Bowers
Crab Man William WoolfolkStrawberry Woman Helen Dowdy
Detective Richard BowlerCoroner Al West
maestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro Eva Jessye
3/30/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 2030
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3/30/43: Il barbiere di Siviglia (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030:stage director Hans Wohlmuth; scenic designer and production manager John Harvey; associateconductor Ezra Rachlin; coach Cornelia Linfield; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-upJohn Gordon; settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn &Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Il conte d’Almaviva John HamillIl dottore Bartolo Hamilton Benz
Rosina Margaret SpencerFigaro Howard Vanderburg
Don Basilio Joseph LutzFiorello Richard Springman
Berta Catherine LattaUn ufficiale Charles Jones
Ambrogio Richard Springmanmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
Lesson scene:Sylvan Levin vocalise on "Listen to the Mocking Bird"
3/31/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/01/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 14304/01/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/02/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/03/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 14304/03/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/05/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/06/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/07/43: Il barbiere di Siviglia(Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour:
2015: stage director Benjamin Altieri
Il conte d’Almaviva Bruno LandiIl dottore Bartolo Norman Roland Pompilio Malatesta
Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Carlo Morelli
Don Basilio Nino RuisiFiorello Francesco Curci
Berta Georgiana BurdonUn ufficiale Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
4/07/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/08/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 14304/08/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/09/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/10/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 14304/10/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/12/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/13/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 14304/13/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/14/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/15/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 14304/15/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/16/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/17/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 1430
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4/17/43: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20304/20/43: Parsifal: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1900: stage director
Lothar Wallerstein; design Joseph Urban
Amfortas Julius HuehnTiturel Nicola Moscona
Gurnemanz Emanuel ListParsifal Lauritz Melchior
Klingsor Walter OlitzkiKundry Kerstin Thorborg
Erster Gralsritter Emery DarcyZweiter Gralsritter Osie Hawkins
Altstimme Mary Van KirkErster Knappe Marita Farell
Zweiter Knappe Helen OlheimDritter Knappe John GarrisVierter Knappe John Dudley
Zaubermädchen
Eleanor Steber
Irene JessnerHelen OlheimMarita FarellMaxine StellmanLucielle Browning
maestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
4/30/43: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
La gioconda Stella RomanLaura Adorno Maria Crescentini
Alvise Badoero Nino RuisiLa cieca Ada Belle Files
Enzo Grimaldo Sydney RaynerBarnaba Angelo Pilotto
Zuàne Luigi dalle MolleI° cantore Luigi dalle Molle
II° cantore Francesco CurciIsèpo Francesco Curci
Un monaco Charles Bealemaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
5/15/43: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Floria Tosca Elda ErcoleMario Cavaradossi Giovanni Martinelli
Il barone Scarpia Carlo MorelliCesare Angelotti Lester Englander
Il sagrestano Louis d’AngeloSpoletta Francesco Curci
Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Martha Johnson
Un carceriere Theodore Bayermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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5/17/43: Aida: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Il re d’Egitto Louis d’AngeloAmneris Bruna Castagna
Aida Stella RomanRadamès Sydney Rayner
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Angelo Pilotto
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Mildred Ippolitomaestro direttore Armand Balendonckmaestro del coro Giacomo Spadoni
premier dancers: Bianca Trubica, William Sena, Andre Drew
5/18/43: La bohème: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Mimì Dorothy KirstenRodolfo Nino Martini
Marcello Carlo MorelliSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino Ruisi
Louis d’AngeloBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Gloria Vanda
Parpignol Francesco CurciA mother Marie Dougherty
Sergente dei doganieri Nicola CosciaUn ufficiale Eddy Ervine
maestro direttore Armand Balendonckmaestro del coro Giacomo Spadoni
5/19/43: Cavalleria rusticana: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.): d. Benjamin Altieri
Santuzza Elda ErcoleLola Georgiana Burdon
Turiddu Sydney RaynerAlfio Claudio Frigerio
Lucia Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschekmaestro del coro Giacomo Spadoni
Pa gliacci: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Dorothy KirstenTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Joseph Crieg
Un contadino Eddy ErvineUn altro contadino Nicola Coscia
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschekmaestro del coro Giacomo Spadoni
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5/20/43: La traviata: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Violetta Valéry Vi vian della ChiesaAlfredo Germont Nino MartiniGiorgio Germont Carlo Morelli
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil Louis d’AngeloAnnina Beatrice Altieri
Gastone di Letorières Francesco CurciIl marchese d’Obigny Nicola Coscia
Un messaggero Honas Elgeemaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschekmaestro del coro Giacomo Spadoni
premier dancers: Bianca Trubica, William Sena
5/21/43: Carmen: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Sydney RaynerEscamillo Claudio Frigerio
Micaëla Gloria VandaFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Martha Johnson
Zuniga Louis d’AngeloMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre Francesco CurciLe Remendado Wilfred Engelman
Lillas Pastia Charles W. Millermaestro direttore Armand Balendonckmaestro del coro Giacomo Spadoni
premier dancers: Bianca Trubica, William Sena
5/22/43: Tosca: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Floria Tosca Vi vian della ChiesaMario Cavaradossi Sydney Rayner
Il barone Scarpia Carlo MorelliCesare Angelotti Joseph Grieg
Il sagrestano Louis d’AngeloSpoletta Francesco Curci
Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Martha Johnson
Un carceriere Frank Boyermaestro direttore Armand Balendonckmaestro del coro Giacomo Spadoni
Ballet:Dance of the hours(from La gioconda): Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.)
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9/27/43: Aida: Detroit , Masonic Temple Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Il re d’Egitto Louis d’AngeloAmneris Bruna Castagna
Aida Stella RomanRadamès Giovanni Martinelli
Ramfis Nicola MosconaAmonasro Angelo Pilotto
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Mildred Ippolitomaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
9/28/43: Rigoletto: Detroit , Masonic Temple Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Il duca di Mantova Franco PerulliRigoletto Frank Valentino
Gilda Josephine TuminiaSparafucile Nicola MosconaMaddalena Georgiana Burdon
Il conte di Monterone Louis d’AngeloMatteo Borsa Francesco Curci
La contessa di Ceprano unknownGiovanna unknown
Il cavaliere Marullo Wilfred EngelmanIl conte di Ceprano unknown
Usciere di corte unknownPa g gio della duchessaunknown
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
9/28/43: La traviata: Detroit , Masonic Temple Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Violetta Valéry Vi vian della ChiesaAlfredo Germont Armand TokatyanGiorgio Germont Frank Valentino
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil Louis d’AngeloAnnina Beatrice Altieri
Gastone di Letorières Francesco CurciIl marchese d’Obigny unknown
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
9/30/43: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Detroit , Masonic Temple Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Il conte d’Almaviva Franco PerulliIl dottore Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Rosina Josephine TuminiaFigaro Carlo Morelli
Don Basilio Nino RuisiFiorello Wilfred Engelman
Berta Georgiana BurdonUn ufficiale Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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10/01/43: Carmen: Detroit , Masonic Temple Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Sydney RaynerEscamillo Carlo Morelli
Micaëla Dorothy KirstenFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Martha Johnson
Zuniga Louis d’AngeloMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre Wilfred EngelmanLe Remendado Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/02/43: La bohème: Detroit , Masonic Temple Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), matinée
Mimì Dorothy KirstenRodolfo Armand Tokatyan
Marcello Claudio FrigerioSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino Ruisi
Louis d’AngeloBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Christina Carroll
Parpignol Francesco Curcimaestro direttore Giacomo Spadoni
10/02/43: Cavalleria rusticana: Detroit , Masonic Temple Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Santuzza Elda ErcoleLola Georgiana Burdon
Turiddu John RossiAlfio Claudio Frigerio
Lucia Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Herbert Fiss
Pa gliacci: Detroit , Masonic Temple Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Sydney RaynerNedda Frances MarloTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/03/43: Il trovatore: Detroit , Masonic Temple Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), matinée
Il conte di Luna Carlo MorelliLeonora Elda ErcoleAzucena Bruna CastagnaManrico Giovanni Martinelli
Ferrando Nino RuisiInes unknownRuiz Francesco Curci
Un vecchio zingaro unknownUn messaggero unknown
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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11/03/43: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
La gioconda Stella RomanLaura Adorno Maria Crescentini
Alvise Badoero Nino RuisiLa cieca Ada Belle Files
Enzo Grimaldo Sydney RaynerBarnaba Angelo Pilotto
Zuàne Wilfred EngelmanI° cantore Wilfred Engelman
II° cantore Francesco CurciIsèpo Francesco Curci
Un pilota unknownUn barnabotto John Cesare
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
Bianca Trubica
11/04/43: La gioconda: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
La gioconda Stella RomanLaura Adorno unknown
Alvise Badoero unknownLa cieca unknown
Enzo Grimaldo Sydney RaynerBarnaba Angelo Pilotto
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
11/15/43: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (presented by Philadelphia Forum), hour: 2030: dir. Désiré Defrère
Le docteur Faust Armand TokatyanMéphistophélès Nicola Moscona
Marguerite Hilda BurkeValentin Mack Harrell
Siébel Mona BradfordDame Marthe Schwertlein Renee Norton
Wa gner Frank Gambonimaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
11/15/43: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030
The Mikado pf Japan Robert PitkinKo-Ko Florenz Ames
Nanki-Poo James GerardPoo-Bah Robert Eckles
Pish-Tush Bertram PeacockYum-Yum Kathleen RochePitti-Sing Kathryne ReecePeep-Bo Marie ValdezKatisha Catherine Judah
Qu-To Lewis Piercemaestro direttore unknown
11/16/43: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 203011/17/43: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 1430
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11/17/43: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030
The learned judge Florenz AmesThe defendant (Edwin) Frank Murray
Counsel for the plaintiff Bertram PeacockUsher Robert Pitkin
Foreman of the jury Robert EcklesThe plaintiff (Angelina) Kathleen Roche
maestro direttore unknown
H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.Florenz AmesCaptain Corcoran Bertram PeacockRalph Rackstraw James Gerard
Dick Deadeye, able seamanRobert PitkinBill Bobstay, boatswain Robert Eckles
Bob Becket, boatswain’s mateFrank MurrayTom Tucker Master Arthur Henderson
Josephine Kathleen RocheHebe Marie Valdez
Little Buttercup Catherine Judahmaestro direttore unknown
11/18/43: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
11/19/43: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
11/20/43: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 1430
James John Cox Allen StewartJohn James Box Florenz Ames
Sergeant Bouncer Robert Ecklesmaestro direttore unknown
The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
Richard, a pirate chief Robert EcklesSamuel, his lieutenant Bertram Peacock
Fr ederic, a pirate apprentice Allen Stewart or James GerardMajor-General Stanley Florenz Ames
Edward, a sergent of police Robert PitkinMabel Kathleen RocheEdith Kathryne ReeceKate Marie Valdez
Isabel Mary LundonRuth Catherine Judah
maestro direttore unknown
11/20/43: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
11/22/43: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
11/23/43: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
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11/23/43: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stage directorDésiré Defrère; set design Joseph Urban; costume design Mary Percy Schenck; choreographyLaurent Novikoff
Carmen Lily DjanelDon José Raoul JobinEscamillo Alexander Sved
Micaëla Nadine ConnerFr asquita Thelma VotipkaMercédès Lucielle Browning
Zuniga Lorenzo AlvaryMoralès John Baker
Le Dancaïre George CehanovskyLe Remendado Alessio de Paolis
maestro direttore Thomas Beecham
Monna MontesNina YouskevitchMarina SvetlovaAlexis Dolinoff
Leon VarkasMichael Arshansky
11/24/43: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015
Santuzza Elda ErcoleLola Georgiana Burdon
Turiddu Sydney RaynerAlfio Claudio Frigerio
Lucia Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Herbert Fiss
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Dorothy KirstenTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Wilfred Engelman
Un contadino Walter HayesUn altro contadino John Hilbert
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
11/24/43: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
11/25/43: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 143011/25/43: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 203011/25/43: Cavalleria rusticana: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Pa gliacci: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Giovanni Martinelli
11/26/43: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 203011/27/43: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 143011/27/43: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030
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11/29/43: Carmen(English): Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030
Carmen Alice HowlandDon José Joseph LaderouteEscamillo Giovanni de Surra
Micaëla Brenda MillerFr asquita Camille FischelliMercédès Jean Handzlik
Zuniga Michael FrenchMoralès Valfrido Patacchi
Le Dancaïre Ludlow WhiteLe Remendado Thomas Edwards
Lillas Pastia Joseph Contrerasmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
11/29/43: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
11/30/43: Cox and Box: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
11/30/43: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stage director Robert Ross;artistic director Sylvan Levin; set design John Harvey; production manager John Harvey; companymanager George G. Garrette; house manager Alexis Carlin; costume design Helen Stevenson West;make-up John Gordon; settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by VanHorn & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
The Lord Chancellor Robert TowerEarl of Mountararat Seymour Penzner
Earl Tolloller Gilbert RussellPrivate Willis Michael French
Strephon Robert StuartQueen of the Fairies Jean Handzlik
Iolanthe Alice HowlandCelia Sue GriskaLeila Marjorie MooreFleta Anita Bensing
Phyllis Jayne Cozzensmaestro direttore Ezra Rachlin
12/01/43: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 1430
Sir Richard Cholmondeley Bertram PeacockColonel Fairfax James GerardSergeant Meryll Robert Eckles
Wilfred Shadbolt Robert PitkinElsie Maynard Kathleen Roche
maestro direttore unknown
12/01/43: Patience: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030
Reginald Bunthorne Florenz AmesArchibald Grosvenor Allen Stewart
The lady Angela Kathryne Reecemaestro direttore unknown
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12/01/43: Faust(English): Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030: stage director RobertRoss; set design John Harvey; production manager John Harvey; company manager George G.Garrette; house manager Alexis Carlin; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-up JohnGordon; settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by Van Horn & Son,Inc., Philadelphia
Le docteur Faust Joseph LaderouteMéphistophélès Michael French
Marguerite Helena BlissValentin Floyd Worthington
Siébel Robert StuartDame Marthe Schwertlein Jean Handzlik
Wa gner Valfrido Patacchimaestro direttore Ezra Rachlin
12/02/43: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 203012/02/43: Die Fledermaus(English): Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030
Alfred Robert StuartAdele Jayne Cozzens
Rosalinde Helena BlissGabriel von Eisenstein Gilbert Russell
Dr. Blind Valfrido PatacchiDr. Falke Floyd Worthington
Fr ank Robert TowerPrinz Orlofsky Ludlow White
Princess Orlofsky Betty BakerFr osch Seymour Penzner
roles unknown: Jean HandzlikAlice HowlandCamille Fischelli
maestro direttore Ezra Rachlin
12/03/43: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 2030H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company)
12/03/43: Tosca(English): Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030
Floria Tosca Brenda MillerMario Cavaradossi Joseph Laderoute
Il barone Scarpia Giovanni de Surraroles unknown: Robert Tower
Seymour PenznerThomas EdwardsValfrido Patacchi
Un pastore Jean Handzlikmaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
12/04/43: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 1430: 11/30/4312/04/43: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 143012/04/43: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Boston Comic Opera Company), hour: 203012/04/43: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 1430
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12/04/43: Il barbiere di Siviglia(English): Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030
Il conte d’Almaviva Gilbert Russell Joseph Laderoute
Il dottore Bartolo Seymour PenznerRosina Jayne CozzensFigaro Giovanni de Surra
Don Basilio Michael Frenchunknown role Valfrido Patacchiunknown role Joseph Contreras
Berta Betty Bakermaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
12/06/43: Faust(English): Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 203012/07/43: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1945
Siegmund Lauritz MelchiorHunding Emanuel List
Wotan Herbert JanssenSieglinde Astrid Varnay
Brünnhilde Helen TraubelFricka Kerstin Thorborg
Gerhilde Thelma VotipkaOrtlinde Maxine Stellman
Waltraute Doris DoeSchwertleite Margaret Harshaw
Helmwige Doris DoreeSiegrune Mona Paulee
Grimgerde Ch. JohnsonRoßweiße Lucielle Browning
maestro direttore George Szell
12/07/43: Die Fledermaus(English): Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030
Alfred Thomas EdwardsAdele Marie Montain
Rosalinde Brenda MillerGabriel von Eisenstein Gilbert Russell
Dr. Falke Giovanni de SurraFr ank Michael French
Prinz Orlofsky Seymour PenznerFr osch Seymour Penzner
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
12/08/43: Carmen(English): Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company)
Carmen Alice HowlandDon José Joseph LaderouteEscamillo Floyd Worthington
Micaëla Camille FischelliFr asquita Sue GriskaMercédès Betty Baker
Zuniga Robert TowerLe Remendado Robert Stuart
maestro direttore Sylvan Levin
12/09/43: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030
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12/10/43: Il barbiere di Siviglia(English): Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 2030
Il conte d’Almaviva Joseph LaderouteRosina Marie Montain
Don Basilio Robert Towermaestro direttore Sylvan Levin
12/11/43: Die Fledermaus(English): Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 1430: stagedirector Robert Ross; artistic director Sylvan Levin; production manager John Harvey; companymanager George G. Garrette; house manager Alexis Carlin; costume design Helen Stevenson West;make-up John Gordon; settings by Zafran & Jarin Scenery Studios, Philadelphia; costumes by VanHorn & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Alfred Robert StuartAdele Jayne Cozzens
Rosalinde Helena BlissGabriel von Eisenstein Gilbert Russell
Dr. Blind Valfrido PatacchiDr. Falke Floyd Worthington
Fr ank Michael FrenchPrinz Orlofsky Ludlow White
Prinzessin Orlofsky Betty BakerFr osch Robert Tower
Nusi Jean HandzlikSteffi Alice Howland
Gretchen Camille Fischellimaestro direttore Ezra Rachlin
12/11/43: Tosca(English): Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Philadelphia Opera Company), hour: 203012/14/43: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il duca di Mantova Charles KullmanRigoletto Lawrence Tibbett
Gilda Lily PonsSparafucile Nicola MosconaMaddalena Anna Kaskas
Giovanna Thelma AltmanIl conte di Monterone Osie Hawkins
Il cavaliere Marullo George CehanovskyMatteo Borsa Alessio de Paolis
Il conte di Ceprano Walter CasselLa contessa di Ceprano Maxine Stellman
Pa g gio della duchessaEdith Herlickmaestro direttore Cesare Sodero
12/15/43: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), hour: 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri
Floria Tosca Elda Ercole Vi vian della Chiesa
Mario Cavaradossi Sydney RaynerIl barone Scarpia Carlo MorelliCesare Angelotti Lester Englander
Il sagrestano Pompilio MalatestaSpoletta Francesco Curci
Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Georgiana Burdon
Un carceriere John Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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12/16/43: Tosca: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Floria Tosca Elda ErcoleMario Cavaradossi Sydney Rayner
Il barone Scarpia Carlo Morellimaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
12/21/43: Les contes d’Hoffmann: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hoffmann Raoul JobinNicklausse Hertha Glaz
La Muse Lily DjanelOlympia Patrice MunselAntonia Jarmila Novotna
Giulietta Lily DjanelLindorf Mack Harrell
Coppélius Ezio PinzaDr. Miracle Ezio PinzaDapertutto Martial Singher
Andrès Lodovico OlivieroCochenille Lodovico Oliviero
Fr antz Alessio de PaolisPitichinaccio Alessio de Paolis
La mère d’Antonia Margaret HarshawSpalanzani Alessio de Paolis
Hermann Walter CasselSchlémil John Gurney
Nathanaël John DudleyLuther Gerhard Pechner
Crespel Nicola MosconaStella Nina Youskevitch
maestro direttore Thomas Beecham
Michael Arshansky
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19441/04/44: Un ballo in maschera: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Riccardo Jan PeerceRenato Leonard WarrenAmelia Zinka MilanovUlrica Kerstin ThorborgOscar Frances Greer
Samuel Norman CordonSilvano George Cehanovsky
Tom Nicola MosconaUn giudice John Dudley
Un servitore di Amelia Lodovico Olivieromaestro direttore Bruno Walter
Julia BarashkovaDorothy Singer
Mary SmithShirley Weaver
Robert ArmstrongAubrey Hitchins
Sidney StambaughAllan Wayne
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1/18/44: Salomè: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Salomè Lily DjanelHerodes Frederick Jagel
Herodias Karin BranzellJochanaan Julius HuehnNarraboth John Garris
Der Page der Herodias Hertha GlazErster Jude Karl Laufkötter
Zweiter Jude Lodovico OlivieroDritter Jude Alessio de PaolisVierter Jude John DudleyFünfter Jude Gerhard Pechner
Erster Nazarener Norman CordonZweiter Nazarener Emery Darcy
Erster Soldat Mack HarrellZweiter Soldat John Gurney
Ein Coppadocier Osie HawkinsEine Sklave Mona Paulee
maestro direttore George Szell
Gianni Schicchi: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Gianni Schicchi Salvatore BaccaloniLauretta Nadine Conner
Zita Anna KaskasRinuccio Alessio de Paolis
Gherardo Lodovico OlivieroNella Frances Greer
Gherardino Anthony StatileBetto di Signa George Cehanovsky
Simone Virgilio LazzariMarco Gerhard Pechner
La Ciesca Thelma VotipkaIl Maestro Spinelloccio Louis d’AngeloSer Amantio di Nicolao Lorenzo Alvary
Pinellino John GurneyGuccio John Baker
maestro direttore Cesare Sodero
1/19/44: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Violetta Valéry Annunciata Garrotto Hilde Reggiani
Alfredo Germont Bruno LandiGiorgio Germont Carlo Morelli
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Luigi dalle Molle Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil Fausto BozzaAnnina Beatrice Altieri
Gastone di Letorières Umberto Sorrentino Francesco Curci
Il marchese d’Obigny John Millerunknown role Paul Dennisunknown role Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni Carlo Peroni
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2/01/44: Norma: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Norma Zinka MilanovPollione Frederick JagelAdalgisa Bruna CastagnaOroveso Virgilio LazzariClotilde Thelma Votipka
Flavio Alessio de Paolismaestro direttore Cesare Sodero
2/02/44: Luica di Lammermoor: Philadelphia (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015
Lord Enrico Asthon Claudio FrigerioMiss Lucia Hilde Reggiani
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodBruno LandiLord Arturo Buclaw John RossiRaimondo Bidebent Nino Ruisi
Alisa Mildred IppolitoNormanno Umberto Sorrentino
maestro direttore Carlo Peroni
2/07/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, City Center (Theater Guild)
Porgy William FranklinBess Etta Moten
Sportin’ Life Av on Long
Porgy and Bessran for two weeks, but there were no announcements or reviews in the Philadelphia Inquireruntil Sunday 2/13, when a small note mentioned that performances had begun on Monday, and that the cast wasthe same as March 1943 except for the role of Porgy being sung by William Franklin.
2/08/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, City Center (Theater Guild)2/09/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, City Center (Theater Guild)2/10/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, City Center (Theater Guild)2/11/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, City Center (Theater Guild)2/12/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, City Center (Theater Guild)2/14/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, City Center (Theater Guild)2/14/44: Carmen: Philadelphia, Knights of Columbus Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Carmen Jacqueline SartoDon José Mario OrlandoEscamillo David Weiss
Micaëla Dawn BallerinyFr asquita Jean TrostMercédès Evelyn Antis
Zuniga Harry Peoplesrole unknown Allen McFallrole unknown Louis Santamaria
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
2/15/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, City Center (Theater Guild)2/16/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, City Center (Theater Guild)2/17/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, City Center (Theater Guild)2/18/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, City Center (Theater Guild)
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2/18/44: Die Fledermaus(English): San Antonio, Municipal Auditorium (Philadelphia Opera Company): stage directorRobert Ross; coach Cornelia Linfield, Seymour Lipkin; scenic design and production manager JohnHarvey; costume design Helen Stevenson West; make-up John Gordon; sets Zafran & Jarin SceneyStudios, Philadelphia; costumes Van Horn & Son, Inc., Philadelphia
Alfred Robert StuartAdele Jayne Cozzens
Rosalinde Helena BlissGabriel von Eisenstein Joseph Laderoute
Dr. Blind Valfrido PatacchiDr. Falke John de Surra
Fr ank Michael FrenchPrinz Orlofsky Ludlow White
Prinzessin Orlofsky Betty BakerFr osch Charles Dubin
Nusi Alice HowlandSteffi Jean Handzlik
Gretchen Camille FischelliBallerina Jeanne Reeves
maestro direttore Ezra Rachlin
2/19/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, City Center (Theater Guild)2/23/44: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director
Benjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Il re d’Egitto Paul DennisAmneris Winifred Heidt
Aida Gertrude RiblaRadamès Sydney Rayner
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Angelo Pilotto
Un messaggero Umberto SorrentinoUna sacerdotessa Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni Carlo Peroni
Jeanne Dorey
3/07/44: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il re d’Egitto Lorenzo AlvaryAmneris Bruna Castagna
Aida Zinka MilanovRadamès Kurt Baum
Ramfis Nicola MosconaAmonasro Leonard Warren
Un messaggero John DudleyUna sacerdotessa Thelma Votipkamaestro direttore Wilfrid Pelletier
Nina YouskevitchMarina SvetlovaMonna Montes
Robert ArmstrongMichael Arshansky
Alexis DolinoffLeon Varkas
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3/08/44: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015
Mimì Dorothy KirstenRodolfo Nino Martini
Marcello Angelo PilottoSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino Ruisi
Pompilio MalatestaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Annunciata Garrotto
Parpignol John HilbertA mother Marie Dougherty
Sergente dei doganieri Warren HollandUn ufficiale Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
3/10/44: La bohème: Baltimore, unknown (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), hour: 2000: stage dir. Benjamin Altieri
Mimì Dorothy KirstenRodolfo Nino Martini
Marcello Angelo PilottoSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino Ruisi
Pompilio MalatestaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Annunciata Garrotto
Parpignol John HilbertA mother Marie Dougherty
Sergente dei doganieri Warren HollandUn ufficiale Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
3/21/44: Pelléas et Mélisande: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mélisande Bidú SayãoPelléas Raoul JobinGolaud John Brownlee
Geneviève Margaret HarshawArkel Alexander Kipnis
Yniold Lillian RaymondiUn médicin Louis d’Angelo
maestro direttore Emil Cooper
3/22/44: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), 2015: ballet m. William Sena
Il conte di Luna Rocco PandiscioLeonora Gertrude RiblaAzucena Winifred HeidtManrico Giovanni Martinelli
Ferrando Nino RuisiInes Mildred IppolitoRuiz Umberto Sorrentino
Un vecchio zingaro unknownUn messaggero unknown
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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3/23/44: Il trovatore: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Il conte di Luna unknownLeonora Gertrude RiblaAzucena Winifred HeidtManrico Giovanni Martinelli
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
4/04/44: Parsifal: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1900
Amfortas Martial SingherTiturel Nicola Moscona
Gurnemanz Emanuel ListParsifal Lauritz Melchior
Klingsor Walter OlitzkiKundry Kerstin Thorborg
Erster Gralsritter Emery DarcyZweiter Gralsritter Osie Hawkins
Altstimme Margaret HarshawErster Knappe Lucielle Browning
Zweiter Knappe John DudleyDritter Knappe Marita FarellVierter Knappe John Garris
Zaubermädchen
Lucielle Browning
Christina CarrollMarita FarellIrene JessnerMona PauleeMaxine Stellman
maestro direttore Emil Cooper
4/10/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 2030
Porgy William FranklinBess Etta Moten
Sportin’ Life John W. BubblesMingo Ford Lee (aka: Buck)
maestro direttore Alexander Smallensmaestro del coro Eva Jessye
4/11/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/13/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 1430
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4/12/44: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il duca di Mantova Bruno LandiRigoletto Angelo Pilotto
Gilda Hilde ReggianiSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Ada Belle Files
Il conte di Monterone Paul DennisMatteo Borsa Umberto Sorrentino
La contessa di Ceprano Mildred IppolitoGiovanna Beatrice Altieri
Il cavaliere Marullo Wilfred EngelmanIl conte di Ceprano Ralph Cavallucci
Usciere di corte Walter HayesPa g gio della duchessaJoan Craig
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
4/13/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/14/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/15/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 14304/15/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/17/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/18/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/19/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/20/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/21/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/21/44: Faust(in concert): Philadelphia, Lanadowne High School (Lanadowne Choristers, Katharine Yardley)
Jo Ann LombardoMarjorie BurkHarry E. DannerHarry MartynWalter Downward
accompanist Ruth Cuertin
4/22/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 14304/22/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/22/44: Faust: Philadelphia, Lanadowne High School (Lanadowne Choristers, Katharine Yardley)4/22/44: Faust: Philadelphia, Mercantile Hall (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)4/22/44: Il trovatore: Baltimore, unknown (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage director Benjamin
Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Il conte di Luna Rocco PandiscioLeonora Gertrude RiblaAzucena Winifred HeidtManrico Giovanni Martinelli
Ferrando Nino RuisiInes Mildred IppolitoRuiz Umberto Sorrentino
Un vecchio zingaro Warren HollandUn messaggero Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
4/24/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/25/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 2030
337
4/26/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 14304/26/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 14304/27/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/28/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/29/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 14304/29/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20304/30/44: Messa da Requiem(Verdi): Philadelphia, Second Presbyterian Church, hour: 16305/01/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20305/02/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20305/03/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 14305/03/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20305/03/44: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Sydney RaynerEscamillo Carlo Morelli
Micaëla Annunciata GarrottoFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Georgiana Burdon
Zuniga Paul DennisMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre Wilfred EngelmanLe Remendado Umberto Sorrentino
Lillas Pastia John Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
5/04/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20305/05/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 20305/05/44: Carmen: Baltimore, unknown (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage director Benjamin
Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Sydney RaynerEscamillo Carlo Morelli
Micaëla Annunciata GarrottoFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Georgiana Burdon
Zuniga Paul DennisMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre Wilfred EngelmanLe Remendado Umberto Sorrentino
Lillas Pastia John Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Jeanne Dorey
5/06/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 14305/06/44: Porgy and Bess: Philadelphia, Erlanger Theatre (Theater Guild), hour: 2030
338
5/08/44: Tosca: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), hour: 2015: stage dir. Benjamin Altieri
Floria Tosca Grace MooreMario Cavaradossi Raoul Jobin
Il barone Scarpia Angelo Pilotto Francesco Valentino
Cesare Angelotti Paul DennisIl sagrestano Pompilio Malatesta
Spoletta Alessio de PaolisSciarrone Wilfred Engelman
Un pastore Georgiana BurdonUn carceriere John Miller
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
5/09/44: La traviata: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Violetta Valéry Vi vian della ChiesaAlfredo Germont Franco PerulliGiorgio Germont Carlo Morelli
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil John RossiAnnina Beatrice Altieri
Gastone di Letorières Alessio de PaolisIl marchese d’Obigny Paul Dennis
Un messaggero John MillerUn domestico di Flora Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
5/10/44: Rigoletto: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Bruno LandiRigoletto Frank Valentino
Gilda Hilde ReggianiSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Georgiana Burdon
Giovanna Beatrice AltieriIl conte di Monterone Paul Dennis
Il cavaliere Marullo Wilfred EngelmanMatteo Borsa Alessio de Paolis
Il conte di Ceprano Frank MoralatoLa contessa di Ceprano Mildred Ippolito
Usciere di corte Walter HayesPa g gio della duchessaMildred Ippolito
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
339
5/11/44: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), 2015: d. Benjamin Altieri
Il conte d’Almaviva Franco PerulliIl dottore Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Carlo Morelli
Don Basilio Nino RuisiFiorello Wilfred Engelman
Berta Mildred IppolitoUn ufficiale Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
5/12/44: Cavalleria rusticana: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015
Santuzza Elda ErcoleLola Lillian Marchetto
Turiddu Sydney RaynerAlfio Rocco Pandiscio
Lucia Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Pa gliacci: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda unknownTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe Alessio de PaolisSilvio Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore unknown
5/13/44: Faust: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 1415
Le docteur Faust Sydney RaynerMéphistophélès Nino Ruisi
Marguerite Vi vian della ChiesaValentin Carlo Morelli
Siébel Mildred IppolitoDame Marthe Schwertlein Beatrice Altieri
Wa gner Wilfred Engelmanmaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
5/13/44: Lucia di Lammermoor: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015
Lord Enrico Asthon Frank ValentinoMiss Lucia Hilde Reggiani
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodBruno LandiLord Arturo Buclaw Alessio de PaolisRaimondo Bidebent Nino Ruisi
Alisa Mildred IppolitoNormanno John Craig
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
340
5/16/44: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Violetta Valéry Hilde ReggianiAlfredo Germont Bruno LandiGiorgio Germont Frank Valentino
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil John RossiAnnina Beatrice Altieri
Gastone di Letorières Umberto SorrentinoIl marchese d’Obigny Paul Dennis
Un messaggero John MillerUn domestico di Flora Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
5/18/44: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Il conte d’Almaviva Bruno LandiIl dottore Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Carlo Morelli
Don Basilio Nino RuisiFiorello Wilfred Engelman
Berta Mildred IppolitoUn ufficiale Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Lesson scene:Benedict Carnival of Venice
5/20/44: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri
Mimì Vi vian della ChiesaRodolfo Giovanni Martinelli
Marcello Angelo PilottoSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino Ruisi
Pompilio MalatestaBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Annunciata Garrotto
Parpignol John HilbertA mother Marie Dougherty
Sergente dei doganieri Walter HayesUn ufficiale Warren Holland
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
9/23/44: Tosca: Buffalo, Kleinhans Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Floria Tosca Grace MooreMario Cavaradossi Armand Tokatyan
Il barone Scarpia Alexander Svedmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
341
9/24/44: La traviata: Buffalo, Kleinhans Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), matinée: stage dir. Benjamin Altieri
Violetta Valéry Hilde ReggianiAlfredo Germont Franco PerulliGiorgio Germont Alexander Svedmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
9/24/44: Cavalleria rusticana: Buffalo, Kleinhans Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.): stage dir. Benjamin Altieri
Santuzza Gertrude RiblaLola unknown
Turiddu unknownAlfio unknown
Lucia unknownmaestro direttore [Gabriele Simeoni]
Pa gliacci: Buffalo, Kleinhans Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Esperanza VasquezTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe unknownSilvio unknown
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
9/25/44: La bohème: Buffalo, Kleinhans Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Mimì Dorothy KirstenRodolfo Nino Martini
Marcello Angelo PilottoSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino RuisiBenoît unknown
Alcindoro unknownMusetta Cordella Hood
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
9/26/44: Carmen: Buffalo, Kleinhans Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Sydney RaynerEscamillo Alexander Sved
Micaëla Dorothy KirstenFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Muriel Nice
Zuniga Nino RuisiMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre Wilfred EngelmanLe Remendado Umberto Sorrentino
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
342
9/27/44: Tosca: Detroit (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director Benjamin Altieri
Floria Tosca Grace MooreMario Cavaradossi Armand Tokatyan
Il barone Scarpia Alexander SvedCesare Angelotti Paul Dennis
Il sagrestano Walter OlitzkiSpoletta John Rossi
Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Mildred Ippolito
Un carceriere unknownmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
9/28/44: Carmen: Detroit (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director Benjamin Altieri
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Giovanni MartinelliEscamillo Carlo Morelli
Micaëla Annunciata GarrottoFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Muriel Nice
Zuniga Ralph TelaskoMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre Umberto SorrentinoLe Remendado Wilfred Engelman
Lillas Pastia John Millermaestro direttore unknown
prima ballerina Jeanne Dorey
9/29/44: Lucia di Lammermoor: Detroit (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage dir. Benjamin Altieri
Lord Enrico Asthon George CzaplickiMiss Lucia Hilde Reggiani
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodNino MartiniLord Arturo Buclaw John RossiRaimondo Bidebent Nino Ruisi
Alisa Mildred IppolitoNormanno Umberto Sorrentino
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
9/30/44: Il trovatore: Detroit (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), 2015: d. Benjamin Altieri; ballet m. William Sena
Il conte di Luna Carlo MorelliLeonora Zinka MilanovAzucena Bruna CastagnaManrico Pasquale Ferrara
Ferrando Nino RuisiInes Mildred IppolitoRuiz Umberto Sorrentino
Un vecchio zingaro John MillerUn messaggero Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
343
10/01/44: La traviata: Detroit (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), 1415: d. Benjamin Altieri; ballet m. William Sena
Violetta Valéry Hilde ReggianiAlfredo Germont Franco PerulliGiorgio Germont George Czaplicki
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil Rolf TurnerAnnina Beatrice Altieri
Gastone di Letorières Umberto SorrentinoIl marchese d’Obigny Paul Dennis
Un domestico di Flora Walter Hayesmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Mary MacDonnell, Dorothie Kayne, Marietta RivelAlicia Dakerian, Corps de ballet
10/01/44: La forza del destino: Detroit (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director BenjaminAltieri; ballet master William Sena
Il marchese di Calatrava Paul DennisLeonora di Vargas Elda Ercole
Don Carlo di Vargas Alexander SvedDon Alvaro Sydney RaynerPreziosilla Lillian Marchetto
Padre Guardiano Nicola MosconaFr a Melitone Ralph Telasko
Curra Mildred IppolitoUn alcade Wilfred Engelman
Mastro Trabuco Umberto SorrentinoUn chirurgo Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
10/02/44: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 2030: Boston Opera Company Ballet
Madame Derval Karen LordSonia Monica Moore
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch Frank MeltonNikoff William Kent
Natasha Marie Petersroles unknown: Nina Olivette
Malcolm Lee BeggsKaren LordNat BurnsWilliam ValentineMary DyerKen KellyEdmund Howland
maestro direttore unknown
344
10/02/44: Aida: Detroit (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), hour: 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri; ballet m. William Sena
Il re d’Egitto Ralph TelaskoAmneris Bruna Castagna
Aida Zinka MilanovRadamès Pasquale Ferrara
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Angelo Pilotto
Un messaggero Umberto SorrentinoUna sacerdotessa Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Jeanne Dorey
10/03/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 203010/03/44: Cavalleria rusticana: Detroit (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage dir. Benjamin Altieri
Santuzza Elda ErcoleLola Lillian Marchetto
Turiddu Sydney RaynerAlfio Rocco Pandiscio
Lucia Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Pa gliacci: Detroit (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Esperanza VasquezTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe John RossiSilvio Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
10/04/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 143010/04/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 203010/04/44: Tosca: Cleveland, Public Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Floria Tosca Zinka MilanovMario Cavaradossi Sydney Rayner
Il barone Scarpia Alexander SvedCesare Angelotti Paul Dennis
Il sagrestano Ralph TelaskoSpoletta John Rossi
Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Mildred Ippolito
Un carceriere unknownmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/05/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 2030
345
10/05/44: La traviata: Cleveland, Public Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage dir. Benjamin Altieri
Violetta Valéry Hilde ReggianiAlfredo Germont Franco PerulliGiorgio Germont Carlo Morelli
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil unknownAnnina Beatrice Altieri
Gastone di Letorières Umberto SorrentinoIl marchese d’Obigny unknown
Un domestico di Flora unknownmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/06/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 203010/06/44: Il trovatore: Cleveland, Public Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage dir. Benjamin Altieri
Il conte di Luna Carlo MorelliLeonora Zinka MilanovAzucena Winifred HeidtManrico Pasquale Ferrara
Ferrando Nicola MosconaInes Mildred IppolitoRuiz Umberto Sorrentino
Un vecchio zingaro John MillerUn messaggero Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
10/07/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 143010/07/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 203010/07/44: La bohème: Cleveland, Public Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), matinée: d. Benjamin Altieri
Mimì Dorothy KirstenRodolfo Nino Martini
Marcello Carlo MorelliSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino RuisiBenoît Ralph Telasko
Alcindoro Paul DennisMusetta Annunciata Garrotto
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/07/44: Aida: Cleveland, Public Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Il re d’Egitto Ralph TelaskoAmneris Bruna Castagna
Aida Elda ErcoleRadamès Pasquale Ferrara
Ramfis Nicola MosconaAmonasro Alexander Sved
Un messaggero unknownUna sacerdotessa unknownmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
346
10/08/44: Cavalleria rusticana: Cleveland, Public Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), matinée: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri
Santuzza Elda ErcoleLola Lillian Marchetto
Turiddu Sydney RaynerAlfio Rocco Pandiscio
Lucia Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Pa gliacci: Cleveland, Public Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Esperanza VasquezTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe John RossiSilvio Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
10/08/44: Lucia di Lammermoor: Cleveland, Public Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage directorBenjamin Altieri
Lord Enrico Asthon Angelo PilottoMiss Lucia Hilde Reggiani
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodNino MartiniLord Arturo Buclaw unknownRaimondo Bidebent unknown
Alisa unknownNormanno unknown
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
10/09/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 203010/10/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 203010/10/44: Carmen (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Columbia Opera Company, presented by Philadelphia
Forum), hour: 2030: stage director Leopold Sachse
Carmen Mona PauleeDon José Edward KaneEscamillo Edwin Charles Steffe
Micaëla Enya GonzalesFr asquita Elisabeth CarronMercédès Siroon Mangurian
Zuniga Valfrido PatacchiLe Dancaïre Emile Renan
Le Remendado Karl Laufkötterroles unknown: Carlos Sherman
Walter GrafJohn Jameson
maestro direttore Herman Adler
Anne SimpsonCristina Morales
Leon Varkas
10/11/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 143010/11/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 203010/12/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 2030
347
10/13/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 203010/14/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 143010/14/44: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 203010/25/44: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director
Benjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Sydney RaynerEscamillo George Czaplicki
Micaëla Annunciata GarrottoFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Betty Hanson
Zuniga Nino RuisiMoralès Ralph Telasko
Le Dancaïre Ralph TelaskoLe Remendado Francesco Curci
Lillas Pastia John Millermaestro direttore Alberto Baccolini
Lucia Sandos
10/30/44: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030
The Mikado of Japan Robert PitkinNanki-Poo James Gerard
Ko-Ko Ralph RiggsPoo-Bah Robert Eckles
Pish-Tush Bertram PeacockYum-Yum Kathleen RochePitti-Sing Kathryne ReecePeep-Bo Marie ValdezKatisha Catherine Judah
Qu-To Lewis Piercemaestro direttore Louis Kroll
10/31/44: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030
Richard, a pirate chief Robert EcklesSamuel, his lieutenant Bertram Peacock
Fr ederic, a pirate apprentice James GerardMajor-General Stanley Ralph Riggs
Edward, a sergent of police Robert PitkinMabel Kathleen RocheEdith Kathryne ReeceRuth Catherine Judah
maestro direttore Louis Kroll
348
11/01/44: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 1430
The learned judge Ralph RiggsThe defendant (Edwin) Roland Portridge
Counsel for the plaintiff Bertram PeacockUsher Robert Pitkin
Foreman of the jury Robert EcklesThe plaintiff (Angelina) Kathryne Reece
maestro direttore Louis Kroll
H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company)
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.Ralph RiggsCaptain Corcoran Bertram PeacockRalph Rackstraw James Gerard
Dick Deadeye, able seamanRobert PitkinBill Bobstay, boatswain Robert Eckles
Josephine Kathleen RocheLittle Buttercup Catherine Judah
maestro direttore Louis Kroll
11/01/44: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company)
11/02/44: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030
The Lord Chancellor Ralph RiggsPrivate Willis, of the Grenadier GuardsRobert Eckles
Strephon, an arcadian shepherdLewis PierceQueen of the fairies Catherine Judah
Iolanthe Kathryne ReecePhyllis, an arcadian shepherdessKathleen Roche
maestro direttore Louis Kroll
11/03/44: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030
maestro direttore Louis Kroll
11/04/44: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 143011/04/44: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 203011/06/44: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (presented by Philadelphia Forum), 2030: dir. Désiré Defrère
Violetta Valéry Stella AndrevaAlfredo Germont Jacques GérardGiorgio Germont Carlo Morelli
Flora Bervoix Doris DoreeAnnina Laura Castellano
roles unknown: Lodovico OlivieroAnthony AmatoFrank GamboniEugene Morgan
maestro direttore Paul Breisach
11/06/44: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 203011/07/44: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030
H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company)11/08/44: Trial by Jury: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 1430
H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company)11/08/44: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030
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11/09/44: The sorcerer: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030
Doctor Daly Lewis PierceJohn Wellington Wells Ralph Riggs
Lady Sangazure Catherine Judahroles unknown: Kathleen Roche
Kathryne ReeceRobert PitkinRobert EcklesJames Gerard
maestro direttore Louis Kroll
11/10/44: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 203011/11/44: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 143011/11/44: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 203011/15/44: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:
stage director Benjamin Altieri
Il conte d’Almaviva Bruno LandiIl dottore Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Carlo Morelli
Don Basilio Nino RuisiFiorello Francesco Curci
Berta Mildred IppolitoUn ufficiale Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Lesson scene:Benedict Carnival of Venice
11/16/44: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Il conte d’Almaviva Bruno LandiIl dottore Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Carlo Morelli
Don Basilio Nino RuisiFiorello Francesco Curci
Berta unknownUn ufficiale Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
11/27/44: Samson et Dalila(in concert): Philadelphia, Drexel Auditorium (Philadelphia Choral Society), hour: 2015:members of Philadelphia Orchestra; pianist Sherwood Johnson
Dalila Nancy FishburnSamson Arthur Abbott
unknown role Philip E. Mitchellunknown role unknown Connor
maestro direttore Henry Gordon Thunder
350
11/28/44: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1930:stage director Lothar Wallerstein; set design Joseph Urban; costume design Mathilde Castel-Bert
Isolde Helen TraubelTristan Lauritz Melchior
Brangäne Blanche ThebomKurwenal Herbert Janssen
König Marke Alexander KipnisMelot Emery Darcy
Ein junger Seemann John GarrisEin Hirt John Garris
Der Steuermann Gerhard Pechnermaestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
11/30/44: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; stage manager Anthony Stivanello
Mimì Esperanza VasquezRodolfo Giovanni Martinelli
Marcello Angelo PilottoSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino RuisiBenoît Ralph Telasko
Alcindoro Paul DennisMusetta Annunciata Garrotto
Parpignol Francesco CurciA mother Marie Dougherty
Sergente dei doganieri Walter HayesUn ufficiale Warren Holland
maestro direttore unknown
12/01/44: La bohème: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Mimì Esperanza VasquezRodolfo Giovanni Martinelli
Marcello Angelo PilottoSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino RuisiBenoît unknown
Alcindoro unknownMusetta Annunciata Garrotto
Parpignol unknownmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
12/05/44: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Le docteur Faust Charles KullmanMéphistophélès Ezio Pinza
Marguerite Licia AlbaneseValentin Martial Singher
Siébel Martha LiptonDame Marthe Schwertlein Thelma Votipka
Wa gner John Bakermaestro direttore Wilfrid Pelletier
351
12/06/44: Aida: Philadelphia, Turners’ Hall (Cosmopolitan Opera Company): Ethel Phillips Ballet
Il re d’Egitto James RootAmneris Ellen Carleen
Aida Jean TrostRadamès Frank Byrne
Ramfis Ralph CavallucciAmonasro Eugene Sewall
Un messaggero unknownUna sacerdotessa unknownmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
12/14/44: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il duca di Mantova Bruno LandiRigoletto Robert Weede
Gilda Hilde ReggianiSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Lillian Marchetto
Giovanna Beatrice AltieriIl conte di Monterone Paul Dennis
Il cavaliere Marullo Wilfred EngelmanMatteo Borsa Francesco Curci
Il conte di Ceprano Joseph RossLa contessa di Ceprano Mildred Ippolito
Usciere di corte Walter HayesPa g gio della duchessaJoan Craig
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
12/15/44: Rigoletto: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)12/19/44: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Violetta Valéry Bidú SayãoAlfredo Germont James MeltonGiorgio Germont Leonard Warren
Flora Bervoix Thelma VotipkaIl barone Douphol George Cehanovsky
Il dottor Grenvil Mack HarrellAnnina Mona Paulee
Gastone di Letorières Alessio de PaolisIl marchese d’Obigny Louis d’Angelo
maestro direttore Pietro Cimara
Monna MontesAlexis Dolinoff
Leon Varkas
352
19451/02/45: Lohengrin: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Heinrich der Vogler Norman CordonLohengrin Lauritz Melchior
Elsa von Brabant Rose BamptonFriedrich von Telramund Alexander Sved
Ortrud Kerstin ThorborgDer Heerrufer des Königs Mack Harrell
Vier brabantische Edlen
Morton Bowe
Richard ManningWilliam HargravePhilip Whitfield
maestro direttore Erich Leinsdorf
1/09/45: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il re d’Egitto Ralph TelaskoAmneris Bruna Castagna
Aida Gertrude RiblaRadamès Pasquale Ferrara
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Angelo Pilotto
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Alberto Baccolini
1/16/45: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mimì Licia AlbaneseRodolfo Jan Peerce
Marcello John BrownleeSchaunard Hugh Thompson
Colline Nicola Moscona
Salvatore BaccaloniBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Frances Greer
Parpignol Lodovico OlivieroSergente dei doganieri John Baker
maestro direttore Cesare Sodero
1/24/45: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; choreography William Sena
Le docteur Faust Nino MartiniMéphistophélès Nino Ruisi
Marguerite Vi vian della ChiesaValentin Ivan Petroff
Siébel Georgiana BurtonDame Marthe Schwertlein Mildred Ippolito
Wa gner Wilfred Engelmanmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Walpurgis night ballet:Jean Dory
Mary McDonnellLucia Sandos
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1/25/45: Faust: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Le docteur Faust Nino MartiniMéphistophélès Nino Ruisi
Marguerite Vi vian della ChiesaValentin unknown
Siébel unknownDame Marthe Schwertlein unknown
Wa gner unknownmaestro direttore unknown
1/30/45: Die Meistersinger: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1900
Hans Sachs Herbert JanssenVeit Pogner Emanuel List
Kunz Vogelgesang Morton BoweKonrad Nachtigall Hugh ThompsonSixtus BeckmesserGerhard Pechner
Fritz Kothner Mack HarrellBalthasar Zorn Richard Manning
Ulrich Eißlinger Emery DarcyAugustin Moser Lodovico OlivieroHermann Ortel Osie HawkinsHans Schwarz John Gurney
Hans Foltz William HargraveWalter von Stolzing Charles Kullman
David Karl LaufkötterEva Eleanor Steber
Magdalene Kerstin ThorborgEin Nachtwächter Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore George Szell
1/30/45: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Turners’ Hall (Cosmopolitan Opera Company): choreography Ethel Phillips
Il duca di Mantova Mario OrlandoRigoletto Eugene Sewall
Gilda Helene ScofieldSparafucile Ralph CavallucciMaddalena Helen Shoemaker
roles unknown: James RootWalter KnetlarJames TinsmanLouis SantamariaBarbara CookLucia Rossi
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
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2/07/45: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri; choreography William Sena
Lord Enrico Asthon Ivan Petroff George Czaplicki
Miss Lucia Hilde ReggianiSir Edgardo di RavenswoodBruno Landi
Lord Arturo Buclaw Francesco CurciRaimondo Bidebent Nino Ruisi
Alisa Mildred IppolitoNormanno John Foyl
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
2/19/45: Der Zigeunerbaron(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (New York City Opera): stage director WilliamWymetal; set design H. A. Condell
Graf Peter Homonay Grant GarnallSándor Barinkay Richard Tyrol
Arsena Helen Georgeunknown role Norman Rolandunknown role Hubert Norvilleunknown role Thomas Hayward
Czipra Teresa GersonSaffi Doris Doree
maestro direttore Laszlo Halasz
2/20/45: Der Zigeunerbaron: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (New York City Opera)2/22/45: La forza del destino: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:
ballet master William Sena
Il marchese di Calatrava Paul DennisLeonora di Vargas Elda Ercole
Don Carlo di Vargas Alexander SvedDon Alvaro Pasquale FerraraPreziosilla Lillian Marchetto
Padre Guardiano Nino RuisiFr a Melitone Ralph Telasko
Curra Mildred IppolitoUn alcade Wilfred Engelman
Mastro Trabuco Francesco CurciUn chirurgo Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
2/23/45: La forza del destino: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Il marchese di Calatrava unknownLeonora di Vargas Elda Ercole
Don Carlo di Vargas Alexander SvedDon Alvaro Pasquale FerraraPreziosilla Lillian Marchetto
Padre Guardiano Nino Ruisimaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
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2/27/45: Mignon: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mignon Risë StevensWilhelm Meister Jacques Gérard
Lothario Ezio PinzaPhiline Josephine Antoine
Frédéric Mona PauleeLaërte Donald DameJarno John Gurney
Antonio Osie Hawkinsmaestro direttore Wilfrid Pelletier
Marina SvetlovaJulia BarashkovaFrancesca LudovaAlexis Dolinoff
Leon VarkasMichael Arshansky
3/05/45: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 2030: Boston Opera Company Ballet
Sonia Marcella HowardGraf Danilo Danilowitsch Frank Melton
Nikoff Fred HillebrandNatasha Helene Maye
Diane de Rochford Karen Lordroles unknown: Malcolm Lee Beggs
Ken KellyNina OlivetteNat Burns
maestro direttore Pierre de Reeder
3/06/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 20303/06/45: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director
Benjamin Altieri; choreography William Sena
Violetta Valéry Hilde ReggianiAlfredo Germont Bruno LandiGiorgio Germont George Czaplicki
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil Ralph TelaskoAnnina Beatrice Altieri
Gastone di Letorières Francesco CurciIl marchese d’Obigny Paul Dennis
role unknown John Millerrole unknown Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
3/07/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 14303/07/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 20303/08/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 20303/09/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 20303/10/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 14303/10/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 20303/12/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 2030
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3/13/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 20303/13/45: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
La gioconda Stella RomanEnzo Grimaldo Frederick JagelLaura Adorno Bruna Castagna
Barnaba Leonard WarrenAlvise Badoero Virgilio Lazzari
La cieca Margaret HarshawZuàne John GurneyIsèpo Lodovico Oliviero
Un monaco William HargraveUn pilota John Baker
Due cantori Osie Hawkins
Richard Manningmaestro direttore Emil Cooper
Ann LeeMarina Svetlova
Leon VarkasAlexis Dolinoff
3/14/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 14303/14/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 20303/15/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 20303/16/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 20303/17/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 14303/17/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre, hour: 20303/20/45: Don Giovanni: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Don Giovanni Ezio PinzaIl Commendatore Nicola Moscona
Donna Anna Florence KirkDonna Elvira Eleanor SteberDon Ottavio Charles Kullman
Leporello Salvatore BaccaloniZerlina Nadine ConnerMasetto Mack Harrell
maestro direttore Bruno Walter
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3/22/45: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Santuzza Elda ErcoleLola Lillian Marchetto
Turiddu Pasquale FerraraAlfio Ralph Telasko
Lucia Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Herbert Fiss
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage d. Benjamin Altieri
Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Esperanza VasquezTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Wilfred Engelman
Un contadino Walter HayesUn altro contadino John Hilbert
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
3/23/45: Les cloches de Corneville: Philadelphia, Musical Fund Hall (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
3/27/45: Götterdämmerung: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1900
Siegfried Lauritz MelchiorGunther Herbert Janssen
Hagen Emanuel ListAlberich Frederick Lechner
Brünnhilde Helen TraubelGutrune Irene Jessner
Waltraute Blanche ThebomErste Norn Margaret Harshaw
Zweite Norn Martha LiptonDritte Norn Jeanne Palmer
Wo glinde Thelma VotipkaWellgunde Lucielle BrowningFloßhilde Hertha Glaz
Vassal Osie HawkinsVassal Lodovico Oliviero
maestro direttore George Szell
4/12/45: Carmen: Philadelphia, Musical Fund Hall (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
4/13/45: Carmen: Philadelphia, Musical Fund Hall (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
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4/13/45: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri
Floria Tosca Vi vian della ChiesaMario Cavaradossi Mario Berini Giovanni Martinelli
Il barone Scarpia George CzaplickiCesare Angelotti Paul Dennis
Il sagrestano Ralph TelaskoSpoletta Francesco Curci
Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Georgiana Burdon
Un carceriere John Millermaestro direttore Alberto Baccolini
5/03/45: La bohème: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri
Mimì Grace MooreRodolfo Nino Martini
Marcello George CzaplickiSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino RuisiBenoît Ralph Telasko
Alcindoro Paul DennisMusetta Christina Carroll
Parpignol Francesco CurciA mother Marie Dougherty
Sergente dei doganieri John MillerUn ufficiale Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
5/04/45: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Il conte d’Almaviva Franco PerulliIl dottore Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Ivan Petroff
Don Basilio Nino RuisiFiorello Wilfred Engelman
Berta Mildred IppolitoUn ufficiale Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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5/05/45: Carmen: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), matinée: stage dir. Benjamin Altieri;ballet master William Sena
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Raoul JobinEscamillo Ivan Petroff
Micaëla Christina CarrollFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Lillian Marchetto
Zuniga Paul DennisMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre Francesco CurciLe Remendado Wilfred Engelman
Lillas Pastia Charles W. Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Act II, Incidental dance: Dorothie Kayne, corps de ballet
Act IV, Ballet divertissement: corps de ballet
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
5/05/45: Cavalleria rusticana: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Santuzza Elda ErcoleLola Lillian Marchetto
Turiddu Pasquale FerraraAlfio Ralph Telasko
Lucia Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Pa gliacci: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Christina CarrollTonio George CzaplickiBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
5/07/45: Lucia di Lammermoor: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Lord Enrico Asthon Ivan PetroffMiss Lucia Hilde Reggiani
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodNino MartiniLord Arturo Buclaw Francesco CurciRaimondo Bidebent Nino Ruisi
Alisa Mildred IppolitoNormanno John Amato
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
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5/08/45: Aida: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.): d. Benjamin Altieri; ballet m. William Sena
Il re d’Egitto Ralph TelaskoAmneris Winifred Heidt
Aida Zinka MilanovRadamès Pasquale Ferrara
Ramfis Nicola MosconaAmonasro Frank Valentino
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Jeanne Dorey
5/09/45: Tosca: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Floria Tosca Stella RomanMario Cavaradossi Giovanni Martinelli
Il barone Scarpia Alexander SvedCesare Angelotti Paul Dennis
Il sagrestano Ralph TelaskoSpoletta Francesco Curci
Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Martha Johnson
Un carceriere Wilfred Engelmanmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
5/16/45: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri
Cio-cio-san Elda Ercole Annunciata Garrotto
B. F. Pinkerton Nino MartiniSuzuki Lillian Marchetto
Sharpless Frank ValentinoGoro Francesco Curci
Il principe Yamadori Paul DennisLo zio Bonzo Ralph Telasko
Il commissario imperiale Wilfred EngelmanKate Pinkerton Mildred Ippolito
La madre di Cio-cio-san Irene JacobyLa cugina Marie Dougherty
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
5/18/45: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Bellevue-Stratford Hotel (The Savo y Company): stage director JamesMontgomery; accompanist Ruth M. Barber
The Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.John Steele WilliamsCaptain Corcoran John Stephen PeakeRalph Rackstraw James Montgomery
Dick Deadeye, able seamanRichard R. BongartzBill Bobstay, boatswain Henry Bartholomew
Bob Becket, boatswain’s mateThomas J. JoyceTom Tucker Emilie M. Lineaweaver
Josephine Margaret B. CavenyHebe Elizabeth C. Woodward
Little Buttercup Katherine L. Welshmaestro direttore John Thoms
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5/19/45: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Bellevue-Stratford Hotel (The Savo yCompany)5/23/45: La favorita: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director
Benjamin Altieri; choreography William Sena
Alfonso XI Alexander SvedLeonora di Gusman Bruna Castagna
Fernando Franco PerulliBaldassare Nino Ruisi
Don Gasparo Francesco CurciInes Mildred Ippolito
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Jeanne DoreyLucia Sandos
7/12/45: Messa da Requiem(Verdi): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Robin Hood Dell Symphony Orchestra and Chorus)
Soprano Zinka MilanovTenore Charles Kullman
Mezzo-soprano Kerstin ThorborgBasso Nicola Moscona
maestro direttore Dimitri Mitropoulosmaestro del coro Walter Baker
9/21/45: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2030: stage d. Mario Valle
Carmen Coe GladeDon José Giovanni MartinelliEscamillo Stefan Ballarini Carlo Morelli
Micaëla Mina CraviFr asquita Clara VendittiMercédès Olympia di Napoli
Zuniga William Wildermann Harold Kravitt
Moralès unknownLe Dancaïre Adrien La Chance
Le Remendado Fausto Bozzamaestro direttore Umberto Mugnai
Lydia ArlovaLucien Prideaux
9/22/45: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2030
Mimì Mary HendersonRodolfo Sydney Rayner
Marcello Mario ValleSchaunard Stefan Ballarini
Colline Harold Kravittrole unknown Fausto Bozzarole unknown Adrien La Chance
Musetta Berenice Fontaynemaestro direttore Emerson Buckley
The Philadelphia Inquirer 10/14/45 mentions that the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company has returned fromfestivals in Bufflao and Detroit where a total of fifteen performances were presented from a repertoire of tenworks,
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10/16/45: Aida: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015: Ethel Phillips Ballet
Il re d’Egitto James RootAmneris Nettie Comer
Aida Dawn BallerinyRadamès Frank Byrne
Ramfis Ralph CavallucciAmonasro Eugene Sewall
Un messaggero Vincent DonatoUna sacerdotessa unknownmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
10/17/45: Aida: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il re d’Egitto unknownAmneris unknown
Aida Zelda OrlaneRadamès Frank Byrne
Ramfis unknownAmonasro Eugene Sewall
Un messaggero Vincent DonatoUna sacerdotessa Lois Smithmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
10/30/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Fleischer Aud. (Cosmopolitan Opera Co.), hour: 2015: Ethel Phillips Ballet
Sonia Frances MossGraf Danilo Danilowitsch Frank Karian
roles unknown: Patricia FranckGaetano PollizzeWarren HeinzelmannLeonard HayesIrvin SadikoffGeorge Aaronson, Jr.John CancilaHelen SeismanSalvatore Vellozzi
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Rita Reilly
10/31/45: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Sonia Frances MossGraf Danilo Danilowitsch Frank Karian
roles unknown: Selma RaeGaetano PollizzeWarren HeinzelmannLeonard HayesVan DexterGeorge Aaronson, Jr.John CancilaHelen SeismanSalvatore Vellozzi
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
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11/01/45: La forza del destino: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Il marchese di Calatrava George LiptonLeonora di Vargas Elda Ercole
Don Carlo di Vargas Alexander SvedDon Alvaro Kurt BaumPreziosilla Lillian Marchetto
Padre Guardiano Nino RuisiFr a Melitone Angelo Pilotto
Curra Mildred IppolitoUn alcade Louis de Cesare
Mastro Trabuco Francesco CurciUn chirurgo John Martin
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
11/02/45: Tosca: Washington, D. C., Constitution Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Floria Tosca Grace MooreMario Cavaradossi Armand Tokatyan
Il barone Scarpia George Czaplicki
11/12/45: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Forum), hour: 2030: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra;production of Charles L. Wagner; stage director Désiré Defrère
Il duca di Mantova Anthony MarloweRigoletto Rocco Pandiscio
Gilda Jean DickensonSparafucile John GurneyMaddalena Mona Bradford
Il conte di Monterone William Hargravemaestro direttore Fritz Mahler
11/15/45: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello
Cio-cio-san Annunciata GarrottoB. F. Pinkerton Nino Martini
Suzuki Lillian MarchettoSharpless George Czaplicki
Goro Francesco CurciIl principe Yamadori Joseph Miller
Lo zio Bonzo Nino Ruisi Louis de Cesare
Il commissario imperiale John MartinKate Pinkerton Mildred Ippolito
La madre di Cio-cio-san Jane RobinsonLa cugina Marie Dougherty
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
11/22/45: Rigoletto: Washington, D. C., Constitution Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Lawrence TibbettAgata BorziFranco PerulliLillian Marchetto
incidental dances Philadelphia La Scala Corps de Ballet
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11/27/45: Der Rosenkavalier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000:stage director Lothar Wallerstein; set design Hans Kautsky; costume design Alfred Roller
Die Feldmarschallin Irene JessnerDer Baron Ochs auf LerchenauEmanuel List
Octavian Jarmila NovotnaHerr von Faninal Frederick Lechner
Sophie Eleanor SteberJungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin Thelma Votipka
Valzacchi Alessio de PaolisAnnina Hertha Glaz
Ein Polizeikommissar Lorenzo AlvaryDer Haushofmeister bei der FeldmarschallinKarl Laufkötter
Der Haushofmeister bei Faninal Anthony MarloweEin Notar Gerhard Pechner
Ein Wirt Lodovico OlivieroEin Sänger Kurt Baum
Drei adelige Waisen
Maxine Stellman
Mona PauleeThelma Altman
Eine Modistin Lillian RaymondiEin Tierhändler Lodovico Oliviero
Ein Friseur Edward CatonLeopold Ludwig Burgstaller
Den Mohammed Peggy Smithersmaestro direttore George Szell
11/29/45: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybaud; ballet master William Sena
Il re d’Egitto Ralph TelaskoAmneris Winifred Heidt
Aida Elda ErcoleRadamès Pasquale Ferrara
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Angelo Pilotto
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Mildred Ippolito Beatrice Altieri
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
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12/11/45: Roméo et Juliette: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Roméo Raoul JobinJuliette Patrice Munsel
Frère Laurent Nicola MosconaStéphano Frances GreerMercutio Martial SingherBenvolio Richard ManningGertrude Anna Kaskas
Le comte Capulet Frank ValentinoTybalt Thomas Hayward
Le comte Pâris George CehanovskyGrégorio Louis d’Angelo
Le duc de Vérone Osie Hawkinsmaestro direttore Emil Cooper
12/13/45: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Il conte di Luna Ivan PetroffLeonora Norina GrecoAzucena Lillian MarchettoManrico Rafaele Largaris
Ferrando Nino RuisiInes Mildred IppolitoRuiz Francesco Curci
Un vecchio zingaro Warren HollandUn messaggero Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
12/18/45: Tannhäuser: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Hermann Norman CordonTannhäuser Torsten Ralf
Wolfram von EschenbachAlexander SvedWalter von der Vogelweide John Garris
Biterolf Osie HawkinsHeinrich der Schreiber Karl Laufkötter
Reinmar von Zweter Wellington EzekielElisabeth Astrid Varnay
Venus Blanche ThebomEin Hirtenknabe Maxine Stellmanmaestro direttore Fritz Busch
Marina SvetlovaPeggy Smithers
Elissa MinetIlona Murai
Natasha TzvetcovaStephen BillingsJosef Carmassi
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12/27/45: Hänsel und Gretel(German): Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2030
Peter William HillGertrud Constance JohnsonHänsel Irma GottliebGretel Phyllis Wollman
Die Knusperhexe Ellen CarleenSandmännchen Julia GauzzelliTaumännchenmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
12/29/45: Martha (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 1415: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Lady Harriet Durham Susanne Fisher Agata Borzi
Nancy Suzanne StenLord Tristan Mickleford George Lipton
Lyonel Rolf GerardPlumkett Carlton Gauld
Der Richter zu Richmond Ellis Gilbert Wilfred Engelman
Socky Walter Hayes
Three servant girls
Mildred Ippolito
Pat HallCarol Pearce
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
19461/08/46: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Floria Tosca Regina ResnikMario Cavaradossi Jussi Björling
Il barone Scarpia Lawrence TibbettCesare Angelotti Lorenzo Alvary
Il sagrestano Salvatore BaccaloniSpoletta Anthony Marlowe
Sciarrone George CehanovskyUn pastore Mona Paulee
Un carceriere John Bakermaestro direttore Cesare Sodero
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01/09/46: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master and choreography William Sena
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Mario BeriniEscamillo George Czaplicki
Micaëla Frances Castellani Louisa Mara
Fr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Jane Robinson
Zuniga Ralph TelaskoMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre Wilfred EngelmanLe Remendado Francesco Curci
Lillas Pastia John Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
William SenaDorothie KayneLucia Sandos
1/14/46: Carmen: Washington, D. C., Constitution Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Mario BeriniEscamillo George Czaplicki
Micaëla Louisa Mara
prima ballerina Lucia Sandosincidental dances by Dorothie Kayne, Philadelphia La Scala Corps de Ballet
divertissements by Philadelphia La Scala Corps de Ballet in Act IV
1/16/46: Faust(French): Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015
Le docteur Faust Michael CapobiancoMéphistophélès Ralph Cavallucci
Marguerite Jean TrostValentin Eugene Sewall
Siébel Gladys BestwickDame Marthe Schwertlein Claire Minter
Wa gner H. A. Petersmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Dorothy VulkoffRita Reilly
1/17/46: Faust: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015: 1/16/46 except:
Méphistophélès James RootMarguerite Fay Drazin
Dame Marthe Schwertlein Ellen Carleen
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1/22/46: Il tabarro: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Michele Alexander SvedLuigi Frederick Jagel
Il Tinca Alessio de PaolisIl Talpa Virgilio Lazzari
Giorgetta Licia AlbaneseLa Frugola Margaret Harshaw
Un venditore di canzonette Anthony Marlowe
Due amanti Maxine Stellman
Thomas Haywardmaestro direttore Pietro Cimara
Don Pasquale: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Don Pasquale Salvatore BaccaloniErnesto Bruno Landi
Dottor Malatesta John BrownleeNorina Bidú Sayão
Un notaio (Carlotto) Alessio de Paolismaestro direttore Fritz Busch
01/23/46: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Santuzza Elda ErcoleLola Lillian Marchetto
Turiddu Andrew McKinleyAlfio Robert Shilton
Lucia Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Rafaele LargarisNedda Norina GrecoTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
2/04/46: Die lustige Witwe(English): Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Shubert Company), hour: 2030
Sonia Mary Lou BoydGraf Danilo Danilowitsch Frank Melton
role unknown Kendall Kelly[Natasha] Helene Maye
Nikoff Fred HillebrandMoravian ambassador Malcolm Lee Beggs
His attache William Sullymaestro direttore Pierre de Reeder
Beth DeanCarl Randall
Anthony and Allyn
2/05/46: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Shubert Company), hour: 2030
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2/05/46: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1945
Siegmund Lauritz MelchiorHunding Alexander Kipnis
Wotan Joel BerglundSieglinde Astrid Varnay
Brünnhilde Helen TraubelFricka Kerstin Thorborg
Gerhilde Thelma VotipkaOrtlinde Irene Jessner
Waltraute Jeanne PalmerSchwertleite Margaret Harshaw
Helmwige Beal HoberSiegrune Thelma Altman
Grimgerde Martha LiptonRoßweiße Lucielle Browning
maestro direttore Paul Breisach
2/06/46: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Shubert Company), hour: 14302/06/46: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre, hour: 20302/07/46: La favorita: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director
Benjamin Altieri; choreography William Sena
Alfonso XI Alexander SvedLeonora di Gusman Bruna Castagna
Fernando Franco PerulliBaldassare Nino Ruisi
Don Gasparo Francesco CurciInes Mildred Ippolito
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Dorothie KayneLucia Sandos
2/14/46: The Vagabond King(Friml): Philadelphia, Fleischer (Cosmopolitan Opera Company): ballet m. Thomas Cannon
Fr ançois Villon Robert Murphymaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
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2/14/46: Faust: Washington, D. C., Constitution Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015
Le docteur Faust Nino MartiniMéphistophélès Nino Ruisi
Marguerite Dorothy KirstenValentin Ivan Petroff
Siébel Lillian MarchettoDame Marthe Schwertlein Mildred Ippolito
Wa gner Wilfred Engelman
Act I, 2: Corps de ballet
Act IV (The Walpurgis Night in the Harz Mountains):waltz Alicia Dakerian, corps de ballet
Cleopatra and her maidensMary MacDonnell, corps de balletdance of the Nubian slaves Honor McCulken, Dorothie Kayne
solo dance of Cleopatra Mary MacDonnellHelen of Troy and Trojan maidensLucia Sandos, corps de ballet
solo dance of Helen of Troy Lucia Sandosbacchanal Alicia Dakerian (Phryne)
Mary MacDonnellcorps de ballet
2/19/46: Fidelio (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Don Fernando Osie HawkinsDon Pizarro Kenneth Schon
Florestan Arthur CarronLeonore Regina Resnik
Rocco Lorenzo AlvaryMarzelline Mimi Benzell
Jaquino John GarrisErster Gefangener Richard Manning
Zweiter Gefangener Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore Bruno Walter
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2/21/46: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Le docteur Faust Nino MartiniMéphistophélès Nino Ruisi
Marguerite Wilma SpenceValentin Ivan Petroff
Siébel Lillian MarchettoDame Marthe Schwertlein Mildred Ippolito
Wagner Frank Farris Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Act I, 2: Corps de ballet
Act IV (The Walpurgis Night in the Harz Mountains):waltz Alicia Dakerian, corps de ballet
Cleopatra and her maidensMary MacDonnell, corps de balletdance of the Nubian slaves Honor McCulken, Dorothie Kayne
solo dance of Cleopatra Mary MacDonnellHelen of Troy and Trojan maidensLucia Sandos, corps de ballet
solo dance of Helen of Troy Lucia Sandosbacchanal Alicia Dakerian (Phryne)
Mary MacDonnellLucia Sandoscorps de ballet
3/03/46: L’enfant prodigue(in concert): Philadelphia, Second Presbyterian Church, hour: 16303/05/46: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il duca di Mantova Jan PeerceRigoletto Leonard Warren
Gilda Patrice MunselSparafucile Giacomo VaghiMaddalena Martha Lipton
Giovanna Thelma AltmanIl conte di Monterone Osie Hawkins
Il cavaliere Marullo George CehanovskyMatteo Borsa Alessio de Paolis
Il conte di Ceprano Arthur KentLa contessa di Ceprano Maxine Stellman
Pa g gio della duchessaThelma Altmanmaestro direttore Cesare Sodero
3/06/46: La traviata: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Violetta Valéry Julia GuazzelliAlfredo Germont Michael CapobiancoGiorgio Germont Eugene Sewall
Flora Bervoix Nettie ConnerIl barone Douphol H. A. Peters
Il dottor Grenvil Ralph CavallucciAnnina Zelda Orlane
Gastone di Letorières Louis FreezeIl marchese d’Obigny Robert Frankenberger
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
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3/07/46: La traviata: Washington, D. C., Constitution Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Violetta Valéry Annunciata GarrottoAlfredo Germont Nino MartiniGiorgio Germont Donald Dickson
Il barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
incidental dancesAlicia Dakerian, Mary MacDonnell, Dorothie Kayne, Shirley Betchen
Philadelphia La Scala Corps de ballet
3/08/46: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Violetta Valéry Annunciata GarrottoAlfredo Germont Franco PerulliGiorgio Germont Donald Dickson
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil John Lawler Ralph Telasko
Annina Beatrice AltieriGastone di Letorières Francesco CurciIl marchese d’Obigny Louis de Cesare
Un messaggero John MillerUn domestico di Flora Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Alicia Dakerian, Dorothie Kayne, Mary MacDonnellShirley Betchen, Corps de ballet
3/12/46: Verbum Nobile(Stanislaw Moniuszko): Philadelphia, To wn Hall: Paderewski Choral Society; stage directorClaire Brooks; artistic direction Louis Kow alski; ballet master Bronislaw Matusz
Nobleman Alexander BossinNobleman Alfred Orda
Suzia Rita MitchellStanislaw Frank Reiter
A friend Alfred Efenbergmaestro direttore Walter Grigaitis
The program also featured Paderewski’sSongs of a traveler, arranged for orchestra by Walter Grigaitis; Polishsongs with Alfred Orda, soloist; and choruses from Moniuszko’s opera,Halka.
3/19/46: Otello: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Otello Torsten RalfJa go Leonard Warren
Cassio Alessio de PaolisRoderigo Anthony MarloweLodovico Nicola MosconaMontàno William Hargrave
Un araldo Wellington EzekielDesdemona Stella Roman
Emilia Martha Liptonmaestro direttore George Szell
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3/21/46: Andrea Chénier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Andrea Chénier Kurt BaumCarlo Gérard George Czaplicki
Maddalena di Coigny Elda ErcoleLa mulatta Bersi Jeanne Darnell
La contessa di Coigny Mildred IppolitoLa vecchia Madelon Lillian Marchetto
Roucher Nino RuisiA nun Mildred Martin
Il romanziere, Pietro Fléville Wilfred EngelmanFouquier-Tinville John Santamaria
Il sanculotto Mathieu detto «Populus»Ralph TelaskoUn «Incredibile» Francesco Curci
L’abate Francesco CurciIl maestro di casa John Miller
Schmidt Wilfred EngelmanDumas Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
3/23/46: Bastien und Bastienne(Mozart): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Columbus Boy Choir School), hour: 1400
maestro direttore Herbert Huffman
3/26/46: Die Meistersinger: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1900
Hans Sachs Joel BerglundVeit Pogner Emanuel List
Kunz Vogelgesang Anthony MarloweKonrad Nachtigall Hugh ThompsonSixtus BeckmesserGerhard Pechner
Fritz Kothner Mack HarrellBalthasar Zorn Richard Manning
Ulrich Eißlinger Emery DarcyAugustin Moser Lodovico OlivieroHermann Ortel Osie HawkinsHans Schwarz Wellington Ezekiel
Hans Foltz Lorenzo AlvaryWalter von Stolzing Torsten Ralf
David John GarrisEva Eleanor Steber
Magdalene Kerstin ThorborgEin Nachtwächter Louis d’Angelomaestro direttore Paul Breisach
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4/03/46: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello
Mimì Norina GrecoRodolfo Nino Martini
Marcello George CzaplickiSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino RuisiBenoît Ralph Telasko
Alcindoro Paul DennisMusetta Louisa Mara
Parpignol Francesco CurciA mother Jean Valente
Un ragazzo Frances LevySergente dei doganieri Walter Hayes
Un ufficiale Warren Hollandmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
4/15/46: Cavalleria rusticana(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (New Opera Company), hour: 2030: stagedirector Louis Raybaud
Santuzza Elizabeth WilderLola Dorothy Candie
Turiddu Frederick JohnsonAlfio Carlos Noyles
Lucia Frances Newsomemaestro direttore Henri Elkan
Pa gliacci(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (New Opera Company)
Canio William L. WatsonNedda Thelma RobinsonTonio James LapsleyBeppe Frederick JohnsonSilvio Holton Hackett
maestro direttore Henri Elkan
An all Negro cast was featured in these performance ofCavalleria rusticanaandPa gliacci. The review from thePhiladelphia Inquirer notes that the New Opera Company was under the auspices of Dra-Mu Productions, aNegro community organization devoted to the arts.
4/17/46: Messa da Requiem(Verdi): Philadelphia, Wanamaker Store, hour: 2030: Robin Hood Dell Chorus; brass choir ofthe Philadelphia Orchestra; organist Claribel Thompson
Soprano Barbara StephensonTenore David Jenkins
Mezzo-soprano Jean HermanBasso Roy Wilde
maestro direttore Walter Baker
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4/16/46: Parsifal: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1900
Amfortas Martial SingherTiturel Nicola Moscona
Gurnemanz Alexander KipnisParsifal Torsten Ralf
Klingsor Gerhard PechnerKundry Kerstin Thorborg
Erster Gralsritter Emery DarcyZweiter Gralsritter Osie Hawkins
Altstimme Margaret HarshawErster Knappe Marita Farell
Zweiter Knappe Lucielle BrowningDritter Knappe John GarrisVierter Knappe Anthony Marlowe
Zaubermädchen
Lucielle Browning
Marita FarellIrene JessnerMona PauleeFlorence QuartararoMaxine Stellman
maestro direttore Emil Cooper
4/24/46: Un ballo in maschera: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Gustavo III Kurt BaumIl conte Anckarström (Renato)Alexander Sved
Amelia Zinka MilanovUlrica Arvidsson Suzanne StenOscar (Edgardo) Carol York
Cristiano Wilfred EngelmanConte di Horn Nino Ruisi
Conte di Warting Ralph TelaskoUn giudice Francesco Curci
Un servitore di Amelia Francesco Curcimaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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4/29/46: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Santuzza Dawn BallerinyLola Irma Gottlieb
Turiddu Morris KlineAlfio H. A. Peters
Lucia Loretta Hagertymaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Canio Frank ByrneNedda Jean TrostTonio Eugene SewallBeppe Michael CapobiancoSilvio H. A. Peters
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Adele MannThomas Cannon
5/17/46: Carmen(in concert): Philadelphia, Twentieth Century Club (Lansdowne Choristers), hour: 2015
Carmen Anne SimonDon José Fritz KruegerEscamillo Harry Martyn
maestro direttore Katharine Y. Thurber
5/18/46: The desert song(Sigmund Romberg): Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Margot Gladys BestwickPierre Birabeau Robert Murphy
[Benny] James Harlanrole unknown Ramona Burgesrole unknown Van Dexter
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Thomas Cannon
5/21/46: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Eugene ConleyRigoletto Giuseppe de Luca
Gilda Hilde ReggianiSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Lillian Marchetto
Giovanna Beatrice AltieriIl conte di Monterone Ralph Telasko
Il cavaliere Marullo Wilfred EngelmanMatteo Borsa Francesco Curci
Il conte di Ceprano Warren HollandLa contessa di Ceprano Mildred Ippolito
Usciere di corte Walter HayesPa g gio della duchessaJoan Craig
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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5/22/46: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Players Club of Swarthmore (Rose Valley Chorus): director PhilipWarren Cooke
roles unknown: Marjorie MilneSally McFaddenAnn PrichardPerdue CleaverKellog Peckham
5/23/46: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Players Club of Swarthmore (Rose Valley Chorus)5/24/46: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Players Club of Swarthmore (Rose Valley Chorus)5/25/46: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Players Club of Swarthmore (Rose Valley Chorus)5/27/46: Gala concert (American Relief for Italy : Children’s Medicine and Milk Fund): Philadelphia, Academy of Music
(Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2030
Enzo MascheriniRigoletto [Cortigiani, vil razza dannata]
Il barbiere di Siviglia [Largo, al factotum]Andrea Chénier [Nemico della patria]
La traviata Di Provenza il mar
Ezio PinzaSimon Boccanegra Il lacerato spirito
Il barbiere di Siviglia La calunnia
Bruno LandiL’arlesiana È la solita storia
Martha M’apparì tutt’amor
Hilde ReggianiBenedict Carnival of Venice
Arditi The kiss
Bruno Landi, Hilde ReggianiLa bohème [O soave fanciulla]
L’amico Fritz Duetto delle ciliege
Winifred HeidtIl trovatore unknownDon Carlo unknown
Paisiello Chi vuol la zingarellaneapolitan folk song
Mildred Ippolito and ChorusCavalleria rusticana Prayer
Pa gliacci The bell chorus
BalletAida ballet
Carmen ballet
OrchestraLa forza del destino Overture
Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
[The order of the programme is unknown by me]
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5/29/46: Le nozze di Figaro(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music Foyer (School for Opera), hour: 2000: stagedirector John Wolmuth; performed with piano and string quintet
Il conte d’Almaviva John OliverLa contessa d’Almaviva Ethel Frey
Susanna Betty Jane KimbleFigaro Augustine Garcia
Cherubino Nina KaczmarDon Basilio Harry Steinberg
Antonio Henry Kulkmanroles unknown: Thomas Perkins
Catherine LattaSherwood AngelsonGrace CarlinoAudrey van Burkalow
maestro direttore and piano Ezra Rachlin
5/30/46: Le nozze di Figaro: Philadelphia, Academy of Music Foyer (School for Opera), hour: 20005/31/46: Le nozze di Figaro: Philadelphia, Academy of Music Foyer (School for Opera), hour: 20005/31/46: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company), hour: 2030: stage director
James Montgomery; accompanist Ruth M. Barber
Richard, a pirate chief John Steele WilliamsSamuel, his lieutenant Stowe Phelps
Fr ederic, a pirate apprentice James MontgomeryJames Thomas J. Joyce
Major-General Stanley W. Clark HannaEdward, a sergent of police Charles Tindle
Mabel Margaret B. CavenyEdith June AldenKate Dorothy Oliver
Isabel Elizabeth ParsonsRuth Katherine L. Welsh
maestro direttore John Thoms
6/01/46: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 20306/08/46: The Pirates of Penzance: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)
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6/15/46: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Carmen Zelda OrlaneDon José Morris KlineEscamillo Eugene Sewall
Micaëla Dawn Ballerinyroles unknown: Ralph Cavallucci
Michael CapobiancoEleanor d’AmbrosioLana de RitesH. A. PetersLouis Santamaria
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Dorothy VulkoffThomas CannonJoan Culbertson
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/15/46, announces that that La Scala Opera Company has performances scheduledfor Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Buffalo, and Detroit.
9/23/46: unknown: Buffalo, (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)9/24/46: unknown: Buffalo, (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)9/25/46: unknown: Buffalo, (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)9/26/46: unknown: Buffalo, (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)9/27/46: unknown: Buffalo, (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)9/28/46: unknown: Buffalo, (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), matinée9/28/46: unknown: Buffalo, (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)9/30/46: Rigoletto: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director
Benjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Gino FrateseRigoletto Giuseppe Valdengo
Gilda Hilde ReggianiSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Lillian Marchetto
Giovanna Beatrice AltieriIl conte di Monterone Lester Englander
Il cavaliere Marullo Louis de CesareMatteo Borsa Francesco Curci
Il conte di Ceprano Joseph RossLa contessa di Ceprano Mildred Ippolito
Usciere di corte Walter HayesPa g gio della duchessaJoan Craig
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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10/01/46: Tristan und Isolde(German):Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello
Isolde Helen TraubelTristan Set Svanholm
Brangäne Karin BranzellKurwenal Julius Huehn
König Marke John GurneyMelot Lazlo Czabay
Ein junger Seemann John RossiEin Hirt Mildred Ippolito
Der Steuermann John Lawlermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/02/46: Tosca: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello
Floria Tosca Jeri DorseyMario Cavaradossi James Melton
Il barone Scarpia Alexander SvedCesare Angelotti Lester Englander
Il sagrestano Lloyd HarrisSpoletta Francesco Curci
Sciarrone Louis de CesareUn pastore Martha Johnson
Un carceriere John Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/03/46: Faust (French): Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Le docteur Faust Eugene ConleyMéphistophélès Ugo Novelli
Marguerite Dorothy SarnoffValentin Donald Dickson
Siébel Lillian MarchettoDame Marthe Schwertlein Mildred Ippolito
Wa gner Lester Englandermaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
10/04/46: Madama Butterfly: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello
Cio-cio-san Dorothy KirstenB. F. Pinkerton Nino Martini
Suzuki Lillian MarchettoSharpless Richard Bonelli
Goro Francesco CurciIl principe Yamadori Louis de Cesare
Lo zio Bonzo John LawlerIl commissario imperiale Louis de Cesare
Kate Pinkerton Mildred IppolitoLa madre di Cio-cio-san Parma Paradiso
La cugina Marie Doughertymaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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10/05/46: Carmen(French): Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), matinée: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Ramón VinayEscamillo Walter Cassel
Micaëla Louise ImperiFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Parma Paradiso
Zuniga John LawlerMoralès Lester Englander
Le Dancaïre Francesco CurciLe Remendado Lester Englander
Lillas Pastia Charles W. Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/05/46: Il trovatore: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Il conte di Luna Giuseppe ValdengoLeonora Zinka MilanovAzucena Winifred HeidtManrico Kurt Baum
Ferrando John GurneyInes Mildred IppolitoRuiz John Rossi
Un vecchio zingaro Warren HollandUn messaggero Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
10/06/46: La traviata: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Anthony Stivanello; ballet master William Sena
Violetta Valéry Claudia PinzaAlfredo Germont Nino MartiniGiorgio Germont Piero Guelfi
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Lester Englander
Il dottor Grenvil John LawlerAnnina Beatrice Altieri
Gastone di Letorières John RossiIl marchese d’Obigny Louis de Cesare
Un messaggero John MillerUn domestico di Flora Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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10/09/46: Aida: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company): ballet master Thomas Cannon
Il re d’Egitto Robert FrankenbergerAmneris Nettie Comer
Aida Jean TrostRadamès Frank Byrne
Ramfis James RootAmonasro Eugene Sewall
Un messaggero Vincent DonatoUna sacerdotessa Cecela Carapillottimaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Joan CulbertsonDorothy Vulkoff
10/24/46: Die Entführung aus dem Serail(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (American Opera Company), hour:2030: stage director Rose Landver; set design Hans Busch; choreography Joseph Petts; assistantconductor Paul Garabedian; assistant stage director Lillian E. Foerster; make-up Frank X. Michl
Bassa Selim Duane CrossleyKonstanze Beverly Lane
Blonde Adelaide BishopBelmonte Leopold Simoneau
Pedrillo David LloydOsmin James Pease
maestro direttore Vernon Hammond
Bonnie Allen, Madeline Brown, Katharine ColvinEllen Harriman, Esterlee Hutzler, Ann Murkland
10/26/46: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Fleischer Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Gladys BestwickRobert MurphyHelene SelsmanBernard JacobsWarren HeinzelmannLeonard Hayes
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
10/29/46: Rigoletto: Washington, D. C., Constitution Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybaud; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Bruno LandiRigoletto Giuseppe Valdengo
Gilda Elena DaneseSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Lillian Marchetto
Giovanna Beatrice AltieriIl conte di Monterone Lester Englander
Il cavaliere Marullo Lloyd HarrisMatteo Borsa John Rossi
Il conte di Ceprano Warren HollandLa contessa di Ceprano Mildred Ippolito
Usciere di corte Walter HayesPa g gio della duchessaJoan Craig
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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10/31/46: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybaud; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Eugene Conley Bruno Landi
Rigoletto Enzo Mascherini Giuseppe Valdengo
Gilda Elena DaneseSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Lillian Marchetto
Giovanna Beatrice AltieriIl conte di Monterone Lester Englander
Il cavaliere Marullo Lloyd HarrisMatteo Borsa John Rossi
Il conte di Ceprano Warren HollandLa contessa di Ceprano Mildred Ippolito
Usciere di corte Walter HayesPa g gio della duchessaJoan Craig
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
11/01/46: Rigoletto: Baltimore, Lyric Theatre (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Antonio SalvarezzaRigoletto Giuseppe Valdengo
Gilda Elena DaneseSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Lillian Marchetto
Giovanna Beatrice AltieriIl conte di Monterone Lester Englander
Il cavaliere Marullo Lloyd HarrisMatteo Borsa John Rossi
Il conte di Ceprano Warren HollandLa contessa di Ceprano Mildred Ippolito
Usciere di corte Walter HayesPa g gio della duchessaJoan Craig
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
11/11/46: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia Forum): production of Charles L. Wagner; stagedirector Désiré Defrère
Il conte di Luna Daniel DunoLeonora Florence KirkAzucena Lydia SummersManrico Eric Rowton
Ferrando Valfrido PatacchiInes Camille FischelliRuiz Robert Haydon
maestro direttore Fritz Mahler
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11/12/46: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000: stage directorDésiré Defrère; set design Angelo Parravicini, repainted bt Joseph Novak; costume design Ethel Fox;choreography Boris Romanoff
Il re d’Egitto Philip KinsmanAmneris Blanche Thebom
Aida Zinka MilanovRadamès Ramón Vinay
Ramfis Nicola MosconaAmonasro Leonard Warren
Un messaggero Lodovico OlivieroUna sacerdotessa Thelma Votipkamaestro direttore Cesare Sodero
Marina SvetlovaElissa MinetIlona Murai
Natasha TzvetcovaLeon Varkas
11/14/46: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Il conte d’Almaviva Tito SchipaIl dottore Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Enzo Mascherini
Don Basilio Ugo NovelliFiorello Francesco Curci
Berta Mildred IppolitoUn ufficiale Francesco Curci
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Lesson scene:Benedict Carnival of Venice
11/25/46: The bohemian girl: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Spurlock Opera Company), hour: 2000
Dorothy PearsonEstelle AmeyAlbert StewartFrank BestLeo WilliamHenry Turner
maestro direttore Peter Pulyer
11/26/46: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Cio-Cio-San Licia AlbaneseB. F. Pinkerton James Melton
Suzuki Thelma AltmanSharpless Frank Valentino
Goro Alessio de PaolisIl principe Yamadori George Cehanovsky
Lo zio Bonzo Osie HawkinsIl commissario imperiale John Baker
Kate Pinkerton Maxine Stellmanmaestro direttore Cesare Sodero
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11/28/46: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Le docteur Faust Eugene ConleyMéphistophélès Ugo Novelli
Marguerite Dorothy SarnoffValentin Giuseppe Valdengo Donald Dickson
Siébel Lillian MarchettoDame Marthe Schwertlein Mildred Ippolito
Wa gner Lester Englandermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Act IV (The Walpurgis Night in the Harz Mountains):waltz Honor McCulken, corps de ballet
Cleopatra and her maidensMary MacDonnell, corps de balletdance of theNubian slaves corps de ballet
solo dance ofCleopatra Mary MacDonnellHelen of Troy and Trojan maidensLucia Sandos, corps de ballet
solo dance ofHelen of Troy Lucia Sandosbacchanal:
Phryne Honor McCulkenMary MacDonnell
11/29/46: Taras Bulba(Mykola Lysenko): Philadelphia, To wn Hall (Ukrainian Opera Committee), hour: 2015
Andrei Demetre CrionaHis mother Lydia Koretsky
Taras Bulba Alexander BossinAndrei’s older brother David TulchinoffGovernor’s daughter Mary Nepp
roles unknown: Maria PolynackNadia KolyskAnna KolishkoEvhen Lazar
maestro direttore Michael Feveisky
Sergei Ismailoff
386
12/03/46: Le nozze di Figaro: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
La contessa d’Almaviva Eleanor SteberIl conte d’Almaviva Frank Valentino
Susanna Bidú SayãoFigaro Ezio Pinza
Cherubino Jarmila NovotnaMarcellina Hertha Glaz
Doctor Bartolo Salvatore BaccaloniDon Basilio Alessio de PaolisDon Curzio Leslie Chabay
Antonio Lorenzo AlvaryBarbarina Mimi Benzell
Prima giovinetta Thelma AltmanSeconda giovinetta Lillian Raymondi
maestro direttore Fritz Busch
Julia BarashkovaLola Michel
William SarazenJosef Carmassi
12/07/46: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Academy of Vocal Arts), hour: 1430: stagedirector Rose Landver; choreography Josephine Petts; musical assistant Harriet Gyllenhall
Peter Andrew GaineyGertrud Verna KerrHänsel Mary Jane ManegoldGretel Carol York
Die Knusperhexe Lola GilbertSandmännchen Kathryn KreiderTaumännchen Graciella Silvain
maestro direttore Vernon Hammond
Kuchenkinder: Jeanne Chandler, Elizabeth Dixon, Helen S. FordMarianne Gorham, Lillian Kniesner, Ruth Kulp, Ruth Loney
Madeleine Murray, Althea Wieand, Perma Wieand
Angels: Bonnie Allen, Edith Beck, Anne Elizabeth Borum, Madeline BrownSylvia Clavan, Katharine Colvin, Gertrude Drangmeister
Emalee Ann Earon, Lisbeth Feind, Ellen Harriman, Esterlee HutzlerAnn Murkland, Lucretia Pile, Katharine Weiss
12/12/46: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Il re d’Egitto John LawlerAmneris Winifred Heidt
Aida Herva NelliRadamès Antonio Vela
Ramfis Ugo NovelliAmonasro Giuseppe Valdengo
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Sheila Whitelymaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
387
12/13/46: Aida: Baltimore, Lyric Theatre (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage director BenjaminAltieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Il re d’Egitto John LawlerAmneris Winifred Heidt
Aida Herva NelliRadamès Antonio Vela
Ramfis Ugo NovelliAmonasro Giuseppe Valdengo
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Sheila Whitelymaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
12/17/46: Lakmé: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Lakmé Lily PonsNilakantha Giacomo Vaghi
Mallika Irene JordanHadji John Carter
Gérald Raoul JobinEllen Marita Farell
Frédéric Martial SingherRose Maxine Stellman
Mistress Bentson Thelma VotipkaUn domben William Hargrave
Un marchand chinois Anthony MarloweUn kouravar Lodovico Oliviero
maestro direttore Louis Fourestier
Marina SvetlovaPeggy Smithers
Leon Varkas
12/20/46: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Il duca di Mantova Morris KlineRigoletto Eugene Sewall
Gilda Julia GiazzelliSparafucile Bruce BrancatoMaddalena Sylvia Gintis
role unknown Albert Linnmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
12/27/46: Faust(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Dra-Mu Opera Company, Raymond L. Smith): stage directorLouis Raybaud; ballet director Easie Marie Dorsey; with a Negro cast of 100
Le docteur Faust Herbert T. DickersonMéphistophélès William A. Smith
Marguerite Bratrice Jervaymaestro direttore Henri Elkan
12/28/46: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Fleisher Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
388
19471/07/47: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1930
Siegfried Set SvanholmMime John Garris
Der Wanderer Joel BerglundAlberich Frederick Lechner
Fafner Dezsö ErnsterErda Margaret Harshaw
Brünnhilde Astrid VarnayStimme des WaldvogelsMimi Benzell
maestro direttore Fritz Stiedry
1/08/47: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Mimì Claudia PinzaRodolfo Nino Martini
Marcello Enzo MascheriniSchaunard Lester Englander
Colline Nino RuisiBenoît Francesco Curci
Alcindoro Lloyd HarrisMusetta Helen George
Parpignol Francesco CurciA mother Marie Dougherty
Un ragazzo Frances LevySergente dei doganieri Walter Hayes
Un ufficiale Warren Hollandmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
1/16/47: Die Zauberflöte(English): Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera), hour: 2000: Chamber Orchestra;stage director John Wolmut; decor Helen Stevenson West
Beverly BowserBetty Jane KimblePeter TrumpRichard ChamberlainMargaret Ann KalilSylvia MerrillJames DiggoryAugustine GarciaJune HrinkoAnna KaczmarSamuel Dubrow
maestro direttore and piano Ezra Rachlin
1/17/47: Die Zauberflöte: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera), hour: 20001/18/47: Hänsel und Gretel(German): Philadelphia, Fleisher Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Irma GottliebAntoinette TisaVera FrankRobert FrankenbergerNettie ComerJacqueline Hallowell
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
389
1/21/47: Der Rosenkavalier: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Die Feldmarschallin Irene JessnerDer Baron Ochs auf LerchenauDezsö Ernster
Octavian Jarmila NovotnaHerr von Faninal Hugh Thompson
Sophie Nadine ConnerJungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin Thelma Votipka
Valzacchi Alessio de PaolisAnnina Martha Lipton
Ein Polizeikommissar Lorenzo AlvaryDer Haushofmeister bei der FeldmarschallinEmery Darcy
Der Haushofmeister bei Faninal Anthony MarloweEin Notar Gerhard Pechner
Ein Wirt Leslie ChabayEin Sänger Thomas Hayward
Drei adelige Waisen
Maxine Stellman
Irene JordanThelma Altman
Eine Modistin Frances GreerEin Tierhändler Lodovico Oliviero
Ein Friseur Edward CatonLeopold Ludwig Burgstaller
Den Mohammed Peggy Smithersmaestro direttore Fritz Busch
1/23/47: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Violetta Valéry Claudia PinzaAlfredo Germont Eugene ConleyGiorgio Germont Donald Dickson
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Lester Englander
Il dottor Grenvil John LawlerAnnina Sally Bell Beatrice Altieri
Gastone di Letorières John RossiIl marchese d’Obigny Francesco Curci
Un messaggero John MillerUn domestico di Flora Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Honor McCulken, Mary MacDonnell, Dorothie KayneShirley Betchen, Corps de ballet
2/04/47: Die Entführung aus dem Serail(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Co., NY), 2000
Bassa Selim William HargraveKonstanze Eleanor Steber
Blonde Mimi BenzellBelmonte Charles Kullman
Pedrillo John GarrisOsmin Dezsö Ernster
Klaas, ein Schiffer Ludwig Burgstallermaestro direttore Emil Cooper
390
2/05/47: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Lord Enrico Asthon John CiavolaMiss Lucia Elena Danese
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodTito SchipaLord Arturo Buclaw John RossiRaimondo Bidebent Ugo Novelli
Alisa Mildred IppolitoNormanno John Miller
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
2/12/47: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company): Thomas Cannon Ballet
Il conte di Luna Eugene SewallLeonora Giuseppina Fria Dawn Balleriny
Azucena Barbara SantamariaManrico Michael Capobianco
Ferrando Salvatore BrancatoInes Rita KolaczRuiz unknown
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Thomas Cannon
2/18/47: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mimì Dorothy KirstenRodolfo Ferruccio Tagliavini
Marcello Frank ValentinoSchaunard Hugh Thompson
Colline Giacomo Vaghi
Gerhard PechnerBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Frances Greer
Parpignol Lodovico OlivieroSergente dei doganieri John Baker
maestro direttore Pietro Cimara
2/21/47: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
La gioconda Herva Nelli Zinka Milanov
Laura Adorno Bruna CastagnaAlvise Badoero Nino Ruisi
La cieca Lillian MarchettoEnzo Grimaldo Kurt Baum
Barnaba Enzo MascheriniZuàne Lester Englander
I° cantore Lester EnglanderII° cantore John Rossi
Isèpo John RossiUn pilota Warren Holland
Un barnabotto John Lawlermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
391
3/01/47: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Fleisher Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)3/04/47: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1930
Isolde Helen TraubelTristan Torsten Ralf
Brangäne Margaret HarshawKurwenal Herbert Janssen
König Marke Dezsö ErnsterMelot Emery Darcy
Ein junger Seemann Emery DarcyEin Hirt Leslie Chabay
Der Steuermann Gerhard Pechnermaestro direttore Fritz Busch
3/07/47: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Ramón VinayEscamillo John Ciavola
Micaëla Eva de LucaFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Jane Robinson
Zuniga John LawlerMoralès Lester Englander
Le Dancaïre Francesco CurciLe Remendado Lester Englander
Lillas Pastia John Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Lucia SandosDorothie Kayne
392
3/11/47: Boris Godunov(Italian): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Boris Godunov Ezio PinzaFeodor Irene JordanXenia Mimi Benzell
Xenia’s nurse Thelma AltmanPrince Vassili Ivanovich ShuiskyJohn Garris
Andrei Shchelkalov Hugh ThompsonPimen Nicola Moscona
Grigory Otrepiev / Dimitri Charles KullmanMarina Mnishek Martha Lipton
Rangoni Frank ValentinoVarlaam Salvatore BaccaloniMissail Lodovico Oliviero
Hostess of the inn Claramae TurnerThe simpleton Anthony Marlowe
Nikitch Osie HawkinsOfficer Jerome Hines
Boyer in attendance Emery DarcyKhrushchov Leslie Chabay
Lavitsky John BakerChernikovsky George Cehanovsky
maestro direttore Emil Cooper
Edward Caton
3/13/47: Die Fledermaus(English): Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera), hour: 2000
Betty Jane KimbleBeverly BowserNina KaczmarJune HrinkoDavid LloydSherwood AngelsonHoward Vanderburg
maestro direttore Ezra Rachlin
3/14/47: Die Fledermaus: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera), hour: 20003/19/47: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage
director Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Cio-cio-san Norina GrecoB. F. Pinkerton Nino Martini
Suzuki Lillian MarchettoSharpless Stefan Kozakevich John Ciavola
Goro Francesco CurciIl principe Yamadori Lloyd Harris
Lo zio Bonzo John LawlerIl commissario imperiale Lloyd Harris
Kate Pinkerton Sheila WhitelyLa madre di Cio-cio-san Julia Hart
La cugina Marie DoughertyDolore Marilyn Wilson
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
393
4/09/47: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Santuzza Herva NelliLola Lillian Marchetto
Turiddu Andrew McKinleyAlfio Robert Shilton
Lucia Mildred Ippolitomaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Antonio VelaNedda Eva de LucaTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe John Rossi Francesco Curci
Silvio Lester EnglanderUn contadino Walter Hayes
Un altro contadino John Santamariamaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
4/18/47: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Santuzza Dawn BallerinyLola Lana de Rites
Turiddu Morris KlineAlfio Eugene Sewall
Lucia unknownmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Canio Frank ByrneNedda Antoinette TisaTonio Eugene Sewall
[Beppe] Paul MarkovicSilvio Robert Frankenberger
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
4/21/47: Messa da Requiem(Verdi): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Grand Master Concert, Bach Festival Concerts ofPhiladelphia), hour: 2030: Philadelphia Bach Festival Chorus; Great Master Choruses; PhiladelphiaConservatorey of Music Chorus, Clyde R. Dengler
Soprano Margaret KeiserTenore David Lloyd
Mezzo-soprano Nan MerrimanBasso Nicola Moscona
maestro direttore James Allan Dash
4/23/47: Norma: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Norma Herva NelliPollione Antonio VelaAdalgisa Bruna CastagnaOroveso Nino RuisiClotilde Mildred Ippolito
Flavio Francesco Curcimaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
394
4/26/47: Messa da Requiem(Verdi): New York, Carnegie Hall (Philadelphia Bach Festival Chorus): NBC SymphonyOrchestra
Soprano Stella RomanTenore Torsten Ralf
Mezzo-soprano Karin BranzellBasso Nicola Moscona
maestro direttore James Allan Dash
5/02/47: La traviata (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Dra-Mu Opera Company): stage director LouisRaybaud; ballet director Thomas Cannon
Violetta Valéry Betty WalkerAlfredo Germont Joseph LipscombGiorgio Germont Holton Hackett
Flora Bervoix Dorothy JonesIl barone Douphol Carlos Noyles
Il dottor Grenvil George ArthurAnnina Vera Moore
Gastone di Letorières Herbert T. DickersonIl marchese d’Obigny unknown
maestro direttore Henri Elkan
5/08/47: Lucia di Lammermoor: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Lord Enrico Asthon John CiavolaMiss Lucia Patrice Munsel
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodBruno LandiLord Arturo Buclaw John RossiRaimondo Bidebent Nino Ruisi
Alisa Mildred IppolitoNormanno John Miller
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
5/09/47: Madama Butterfly: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Cio-cio-san Norina GrecoB. F. Pinkerton Michael Bartlett
Suzuki Lillian MarchettoSharpless Angelo Pilotto
Goro Francesco CurciIl principe Yamadori Lloyd Harris
Lo zio Bonzo John LawlerIl commissario imperiale Lloyd Harris
Kate Pinkerton Mildred IppolitoLa madre di Cio-cio-san Jessie Walker
La cugina Marie Doughertymaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
395
5/10/47: Carmen(French): Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 1415: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Carmen Winifred HeidtDon José Ramón VinayEscamillo Donald Dickson
Micaëla Helen GeorgeFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Margaret Rayner
Zuniga John LawlerMoralès Lester Englander
Le Dancaïre Lester EnglanderLe Remendado Francesco Curci
Lillas Pastia Charles W. Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
5/10/47: Cavalleria rusticana: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Santuzza Herva NelliLola Lillian Marchetto
Turiddu Andrew McKinleyAlfio Anton Marco
Lucia Mildred Ippolitomaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Pa gliacci: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Antonio VelaNedda Eva de LucaTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe John RossiSilvio Anton Marco
Un contadino Walter HayesUn altro contadino John Santamaria
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
5/12/47: Il trovatore: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master and choreographer William Sena
Il conte di Luna Enzo MascheriniLeonora Herva NelliAzucena Winifred HeidtManrico Antonio Vela
Ferrando Nino RuisiInes Mildred IppolitoRuiz John Rossi
Un vecchio zingaro Warren HollandUn messaggero Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
ballet Act III: Mary MacDonnell, Honor McCulkenBette Schmidt, Corps de ballet
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
396
5/13/47: Roméo et Juliette(French): Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Roméo Michael BartlettJuliette Dorothy Kirsten
Frère Laurent John GourneyStéphano Louisa ImperiMercutio Martial Singher
Le comte Capulet Carlton GouldGertrude Mildred Ippolito
Tybalt Francesco CurciBenvolio Walter Hayes
Le comte Pâris John MillerGrégorio Lester Englander
Le duc de Vérone John Lawlermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
5/13/47: Dido and Æneas: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera): stage director John Wolmut
maestro direttore Ezra Rachlin
Gianni Schicchi: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera)
maestro direttore Ezra Rachlin
5/14/47: Dido and Æneas: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera)Gianni Schicchi: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera)
5/14/47: La bohème(Italian): Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Mimì Pia TassinariRodolfo Ferruccio Tagliavini
Marcello Enzo MascheriniSchaunard Lester Englander
Colline Nino RuisiBenoît Francesco Curci
Alcindoro Lloyd HarrisMusetta Helen George
Parpignol John RossiA mother Marie Dougherty
Un ragazzo Frances LevySergente dei doganieri Walter Hayes
Un ufficiale Warren Hollandmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
397
5/20/47: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri; ballet master William Sena
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Ramón VinayEscamillo Walter Cassel
Micaëla Eva de LucaFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Jane Robinson
Zuniga John LawlerMoralès Lester Englander
Le Dancaïre Francesco CurciLe Remendado Lester Englander
Lillas Pastia John Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Ballet, Act II:Dorothie KayneCorps de balletBallet, Act IV:
prima ballerina: Lucia Sandos
5/21/47: The Vagabond King(Friml): Philadelphia, Fleischer (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
5/23/47: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company), hour: 2030: stage director JamesMontgomery; accompanist Ruth M. Barber
The Lord Chancellor Charles TindleLord Mountararat Robert Carnwath, Jr.
Earl Tolloller Howell ZulickPrivate Willis, of the Grenadier GuardsRichard R. Bongartz
Strephon, an arcadian shepherdStowe PhelpsQueen of the fairies Katherine L. Welsh
Iolanthe Ruth Wood CarnwathCelia Helen S. FordLeila Dorothy DraperFleta Betty Graeber
Phyllis, an arcadian shepherdessMargaret B. Cavenymaestro direttore John Thoms
5/24/47: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 20306/07/47: Iolanthe: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)
398
6/14/47: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Carmen Lola GilbertDon José Michael CapobiancoEscamillo Eugene Sewall
Micaëla Eleanor d’AmbrosioFr asquita Betty OttMercédès Rita Kolacz
Zuniga David German Ralph Cavallucci
Moralès Robert FrankenbergerLe Dancaïre Vincent Donato
Le Remendado John Staubmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Thomas CannonJoan Culbertson
6/20/47: La traviata: Philadelphia, Clarence A. Warden Faraway Farm, Haverford (students Academy of Vocal Arts), 20457/07/47: Die lustige Witwe(English): Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 2030
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch Frank MeltonHanna Glawari Beverly Sills
Camille de Rosillon Andrei Kristopherroles unknown: Alice Wellman
Nat BurnsWilliam ValentineHugh MartinLeni BartonCharles GrayCorinne BrookeJack PaddockBarbara HayesHarry K. SmithClaire Louise Evans
maestro direttore Howard Warren
Betty LusterCharles Julian
Elaine MeredithPhilip Farley
7/08/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/09/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 2030
399
7/10/47: Madama Butterfly(English), in concert: Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (Robin Hood Dell Symphony Orchestraand Chorus)
Cio-cio-san Eleanor SteberB. F. Pinkerton Felix Knight
Suzuki Thelma AltmanSharpless John Brownlee
Goro Lester EnglanderIl principe Yamadori Roy Wilde
Lo zio Bonzo Duane CrossleyIl commissario imperiale Roy Wilde
Kate Pinkerton Jean HermanL’ufficiale del registro unknown
maestro direttore Dimitri Mitropoulosmaestro del coro Walter Baker
7/10/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/11/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/12/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), matinée7/12/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/14/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/15/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/16/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/17/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/18/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/19/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), matinée7/19/47: Die lustige Witwe: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/21/47: Les cloches de Corneville(English): Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Co.), hour: 2030
Geraldine Sheila Whitelyroles unknown: Andrei Kristopher
Harry K. SmithCharles Gray
maestro direttore Howard Warren
Betty LusterCharles Julian
Elaine Meredith
7/22/47: Les cloches de Corneville: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/23/47: Les cloches de Corneville: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/24/47: Les cloches de Corneville: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/25/47: Les cloches de Corneville: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 20307/26/47: Les cloches de Corneville: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), matinée7/26/47: Les cloches de Corneville: Berwyn, Berwyn Theatre (Main Line Civic Light Opera Company), hour: 2030
400
10/08/47: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015
Il re d’Egitto Paul MellonAmneris Ruth Germaine
Aida Dawn BallerinyRadamès Frank Byrne
Ramfis Salvatore BrancatoAmonasro Eugene Sewall
Un messaggero Vincent DonatoUna sacerdotessa Ruth Silinmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Thomas CannonJoan Culbertson
10/13/47: Madama Butterfly: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Cio-cio-san Violeta de FreitasB. F. Pinkerton Eugene Conley
Suzuki Lillian MarchettoSharpless Richard Bonelli
Goro Francesco CurciIl principe Yamadori Lloyd Harris
Lo zio Bonzo John LawlerIl commissario imperiale Lloyd Harris
Kate Pinkerton Mildred IppolitoLa madre di Cio-cio-san Jane Robinson
La cugina Marie DoughertyDolore unknown
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/13/47: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Shubert Company), hour: 2030
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch Frank MeltonHanna Glawari Beverly Sills Blanche Chanson
Helene MayeNina Olivette
Moravian ambassador Malcolm Lee BeggsHis attache William Sully
Kent WilliamsNat Burns
maestro direttore Pierre de Reeder
Sonja LevkovaGilroneStarr
10/14/47: The desert song: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Joan CrugmanRobert FrankenbergerGloria AnmuthJames HarlanShirley PersteinEdward ScottAlfred Anderson
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
401
10/14/47: Aida: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Il re d’Egitto John LawlerAmneris Winifred Heidt
Aida Herva NelliRadamès Antonio Vela
Ramfis Ugo NovelliAmonasro Cesare Bardelli
Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Rosemary Cicconemaestro direttore Victor Trucco
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
10/14/47: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Shubert Company), hour: 203010/15/47: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Shubert Company), hour: 143010/15/47: Otello: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director
Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Otello Ramón VinayJa go Cesare Bardelli
Cassio Francesco CurciRoderigo John RossiLodovico Nino RuisiMontàno Wilfred Engelman
Un araldo Lloyd HarrisDesdemona June Kelly
Emilia Mildred Ippolitomaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Act III, ballet divertissements:Danse Turque; Chanson Arabe; Invocation: corps de ballet
Chanson Greque: Lucia Sandos, corps de balletLa Muranese (dance of Venetian Sailors): corps de ballet
10/15/47: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Shubert Company), hour: 203010/16/47: La bohème: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director
Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Mimì Pia TassinariRodolfo Ferruccio Tagliavini
Marcello Enzo MascheriniSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Ugo NovelliBenoît Francesco Curci
Alcindoro Lloyd HarrisMusetta Helen George
Parpignol John RossiA mother Marie Dougherty
Un ragazzo Frances LevySergente dei doganieri Walter Hayes
Un ufficiale Warren Hollandmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/16/47: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Shubert Company), hour: 2030
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10/17/47: La traviata: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Violetta Valéry Lucia EvangelistaAlfredo Germont Nino MartiniGiorgio Germont Enzo Mascherini
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil John LawlerAnnina Rosemary Ciccone
Gastone di Letorières John RossiIl marchese d’Obigny Lloyd Harris
Giuseppe Walter HayesUn messaggero John Miller
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Honor McCulken, Mary MacDonnell, Dorothie Kayne, Almina Rivel, corps de ballet
10/17/47: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Shubert Company), hour: 203010/18/47: Carmen: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 1420: stage director
Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Carmen Winifred HeidtDon José Ramón VinayEscamillo Walter Cassel
Micaëla Rose Suzanne der DerianFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Jane Robinson
Zuniga John LawlerMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre Wilfred EngelmanLe Remendado Francesco Curci
Lillas Pastia Charles W. Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Act II, Incidental dances: Dorothie Kayne, corps de balletAct IV, Div ertissements: corps de ballet
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
10/18/47: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Shubert Company), hour: 143010/18/47: Lucia di Lammermoor: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage
director Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Miss Lucia Hilde ReggianiSir Edgardo di RavenswoodFerruccio Tagliavini
Lord Enrico Asthon John CiavolaRaimondo Bidebent Ugo NovelliLord Arturo Buclaw John Rossi
Alisa Mildred IppolitoNormanno John Miller
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/18/47: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Shubert Theatre (Shubert Company), hour: 2030
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10/18/47: Le nozze di Figaro(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (New England Opera Theater): stage directorBoris Goldovsky
Il conte d’Almaviva Francis BarnardLa contessa d’Almaviva Phyllis Curtin
Susanna Nancy Trickey Margaret Goldovsky
Figaro Robert GayCherubino Mildred MuellerMarcellina Eunice Alberts
Doctor Bartolo unknownDon Basilio unknown
Barbarina Marilyn Shotzmaestro direttore Boris Goldovsky
10/19/47: Cavalleria rusticana: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Santuzza Herva NelliLola Lillian Marchetto
Turiddu Giuseppe GiribaldiAlfio Frank Cappelli
Lucia Mildred Ippolitomaestro direttore Victor Trucco
Pa gliacci: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)
Canio Antonio VelaNedda Marguerite KozennTonio Enzo MascheriniBeppe John RossiSilvio Wilfred Engelman
Un contadino Walter HayesUn altro contadino Warren Holland
maestro direttore Victor Trucco
10/30/47: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Violetta Valéry Lucia EvangelistaAlfredo Germont Bruno Landi Giuseppe Giribaldi
Giorgio Germont Enzo MascheriniFlora Bervoix Mildred Ippolito
Il barone Douphol Lloyd HarrisIl dottor Grenvil John Lawler
Annina Rosemary CicconeGastone di Letorières John RossiIl marchese d’Obigny Joseph Martelli
Un messaggero John MillerUn domestico di Flora Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Honor McCulken, Mary MacDonnell, Dorothie KayneAlmina Rivel, Corps de ballet
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11/03/47: Carmen (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Dra-Mu Opera Company, Raymond L. Smith): stagedirector Louis Raybaud; ballet director Thomas Cannon; with a Negro cast of 100
Carmen Betty WalkerDon José Joseph LipscombEscamillo Eugene Tucker
Micaëla Helen Colbertroles unknown: William A. Smith
Holton HackettRuth M. GrahamWalter L. Graham
maestro direttore Henri Elkan
11/03/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre (Chandler Cowles, Efrem Zambalist, Jr., Edith Luytens), hour:2030: stage director Gian Carlo Menotti; set and costume design Horace Armistead
Toby Leo ColemanMonica Evelyn Keller
Madame Flora (Baba) Marie PowersMrs. Nolan Louise Warren
Mr. Gobineau Frank RogierMrs. Gobineau Ruth McVayne
The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre (Chandler Cowles, Efrem Zambalist, Jr., Edith Luytens)
Lucy Maria d’AttiliBen Frank Rogier
11/04/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 2030The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/04/47: La bohème(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (American Opera Company), hour: 2030: children’schorus Richmond School and Jones Junior High School; stage director Rose Landver; scenic designHeinz Condell
Mimì Kathryn WestmanRodolfo David Lloyd
Marcello Andrew GaineySchaunard Eugene King
Colline Albert Carl Lohmann
William ForrestBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Lois Hunt
Parpignol Milton SandlerUn ragazzo Anthony Tucci
Sergente dei doganieri Warren HollandUn ufficiale Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Vernon Hammond
11/05/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 2030The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/06/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 1430The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/06/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 2030The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/07/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 2030The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
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11/08/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 1430The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/08/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 2030The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/10/47: Madama Butterfly(for Philadelphia Forum): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Charles L. Wagner OperaCompany), hour: 2030: stage director Désiré Defrère
Cio-cio-san Mary HendersonB. F. Pinkerton Nino Scattolini
Suzuki Lydia SummersSharpless Valfrido Patacchi
roles unknown: Edward NyborgDonald JohnstonRobert Feyt
maestro direttore Edwin McArthur
11/10/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 2030The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/11/47: Don Giovanni: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Don Giovanni Ezio PinzaIl Commendatore Jerome Hines
Donna Anna Regina ResnikDonna Elvira Polyna StoskaDon Ottavio Charles Kullman
Leporello Salvatore BaccaloniZerlina Nadine ConnerMasetto Mack Harrell
maestro direttore Max Rudolf
11/11/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 2030The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/12/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 2030The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/13/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 1430The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/13/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 2030The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/14/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 2030The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
406
11/14/47: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Bruno LandiRigoletto Enzo Mascherini
Gilda Hilde ReggianiSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Lillian Marchetto
Giovanna Rosemary CicconeIl conte di Monterone Lloyd Harris Norman Roland
Il cavaliere Marullo Lloyd HarrisMatteo Borsa John Rossi
Il conte di Ceprano Ettore MorelattoLa contessa di Ceprano Mildred Ippolito
Usciere di corte Walter HayesPa g gio della duchessaJoan Craig
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
11/15/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 1430The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/15/47: The medium: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre, hour: 2030The telephone: Philadelphia, Walnut Street Theatre
11/19/47: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015
Violetta Valéry Julia GuazzelliAlfredo Germont Don OrlandoGiorgio Germont Eugene Sewall
Flora Bervoix Irma GottliebIl barone Douphol Paul Mellon
Il dottor Grenvil Salvatore BrancatoAnnina Eleanor Cook
Gastone di Letorières Clement TamburinoIl marchese d’Obigny Albert Rosenberg, Jr.
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Thomas Cannon
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11/25/47: Die Meistersinger: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1900
Hans Sachs Herbert JanssenVeit Pogner Dezsö Ernster
Kunz Vogelgesang Thomas HaywardKonrad Nachtigall Hugh ThompsonSixtus BeckmesserGerhard Pechner
Fritz Kothner Mack HarrellBalthasar Zorn Leslie Chabay
Ulrich Eißlinger Emery DarcyAugustin Moser Lodovico OlivieroHermann Ortel George CehanovskyHans Schwarz Jerome Hines
Hans Foltz Lorenzo AlvaryWalter von Stolzing Torsten Ralf
David John GarrisEva Polyna Stoska
Magdalene Margaret HarshawEin Nachtwächter Philip Kinsmanmaestro direttore Wolfgang Martin
11/27/47: Il trovatore (performed with 1863 Paris ballet and Act IV ending): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (PhiladelphiaLa Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; balletmaster and choreographer William Sena
Il conte di Luna Enzo MascheriniLeonora Herva NelliAzucena Winifred HeidtManrico Frederick Jagel
Ferrando Ugo NovelliInes Mildred IppolitoRuiz Francesco Curci
Un vecchio zingaro John SantamariaUn messaggero Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
ballet Act III:Dorothie Kayne, Almina Rivel, Honor McCulken
Mary MacDonnell, Corps de balletprima ballerina Lucia Sandos
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12/09/47: Manon: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Manon Elen DosiaLe chevalier des Grieux Charles Kullman
Lescaut Martial SingherLe comte des Grieux Nicola Moscona
Guillot de Morfontaine Alessio de PaolisDe Brétigny George Cehanovsky
Poussette Frances GreerJavotte Maxine StellmanRosette Claramae Turner
L’hôtelier Melchiorre LuisePremier garde Anthony Marlowe
Deuxième garde John BakerLa servante May Savage
maestro direttore Louis Fourestier
Marina SvetlovaAudrey Keane
Fiala MrazIlona MuraiNina BoneckTilda MorseLaura Novak
Peggy SmithersLeon Varkas
12/10/47: Die Fledermaus(English,Rosalinda): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Co.), hour: 2015
Eleanore StansburyJames TinsmanEugene SewallMaria SwanJames HarlanBarry Lyndall
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
12/11/47: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Floria Tosca June KellyMario Cavaradossi Norman Kelley
Il barone Scarpia Cesare BardelliCesare Angelotti John Lawler
Il sagrestano Lloyd HarrisSpoletta Francesco Curci
Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Rosemary Ciccone
Un carceriere Wilfred Engelmanmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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12/23/47: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Floria Tosca Pia TassinariMario Cavaradossi Ferruccio Tagliavini
Il barone Scarpia Alexander SvedCesare Angelotti Lorenzo Alvary
Il sagrestano Melchiorre LuiseSpoletta Alessio de Paolis
Sciarrone George CehanovskyUn pastore Irene Jordan
Un carceriere Lawrence Davidsonmaestro direttore Giuseppe Antonicelli
19481/02/48: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
410
1/06/48: Louise: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Louise Dorothy KirstenJulien Raoul Jobin
La mère Margaret HarshawLa père John Brownlee
La petite chiffonnière Martha LiptonLa glaneuse de charbonThelma Altman
Le noctambule Thomas HaywardLa plieuse Paula Lenchner
Le bricoleur Philip KinsmanLa laitière Inge Manski
Le chiffonnier Nicola MosconaLe premier gardien de la paix Emery Darcy
Le deuxième gardien de la paixLawrence DavidsonLe gavroche Lillian Raymondi
La balayeuse Evelyn SachsLe peintre George Cehanovsky
Le sculpteur Clifford HarvuotLe chansonnier Hugh Thompson
Le premier philosophe Osie HawkinsLe jeune poète Anthony Marlowe
Le deuxième philosopheJerome HinesL’étudiant Lodovico Oliviero
Le rempailleuse Evelyn SachsLa marchande d’artichauts Thelma Votipka
Le marchand de carottesLodovico OlivieroLa marchande de mouronPaula Lenchner
Un marchand ambulant George CehanovskyBlanche Irene Jordan
Marguerite Evelyn SachsSuzanne Martha Lipton
Gertrude Hertha GlazCamille Thelma Votipka
Irma Maxine StellmanÉlise Inge Manski
Madeleine Paula LenchnerLe marchand d’habits Leslie Chabay
La première May SavageLe pape des fous Alessio de Paolis
Le marchand de cressonThelma AltmanLa marchande de pois vertsEmery Darcy
An errand girl Lillian Raymondimaestro direttore Louis Fourestier
Marina Svetlova
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1/07/48: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Cio-cio-san Violeta de FreitasB. F. Pinkerton Nino Martini
Suzuki Lillian MarchettoSharpless Richard Bonelli
Goro Francesco CurciIl principe Yamadori Lloyd Harris
Lo zio Bonzo John LawlerIl commissario imperiale Lloyd Harris
Kate Pinkerton Mildred IppolitoLa madre di Cio-cio-san Julia Hart
La cugina Marie DoughertyDolore Marilyn Wilson
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
1/20/48: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il conte d’Almaviva Felix KnightIl dottore Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Rosina Carmen GraciaFigaro Giuseppe Valdengo
Don Basilio Ezio PinzaFiorello John Baker
Berta Thelma AltmanUn ufficiale Lodovico Oliviero
Ambrogio Ludwig Burgstallermaestro direttore Pietro Cimara
Lesson scene:Benedict Il carnevale di Venezia
1/22/48: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri
Il conte d’Almaviva Bruno LandiIl dottore Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Cesare Bardelli
Don Basilio Ugo NovelliFiorello Francesco Curci
Berta Mildred IppolitoUn ufficiale Francesco Curci
role unknown John Rossimaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Lesson scene:Benedict / Bamboschek Il carnevale di Venezia
Salvatore Baccaloni sangBartolo twice in the same week in Philadelphia. For the La Scala Company, hereplaced Rossini’s second act aria ‘‘A un dottore’’ with Romani’s ‘‘Manca un foglio.’’
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1/26/48: Il tabarro (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (American Opera Co.), hour: 2030: dir. Rose Landver
Michele Robert GayLuigi Robert Bernauer
Il Tinca Ettore ManieriIl Talpa Frederick Robinson
Giorgetta Brenda Lewis
Midinettes June Goodman
Frances StuartLa Frugola Lois Toman
Un venditore di canzonette Milton SandlerVoce lontana di sopranino June Goodman
Voce lontana di tenorino Milton Sandler
Due amanti June Goodman
Milton Sandlermaestro direttore Vernon Hammond
The old maid and the thief: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (American Opera Co.): stage dir. Rose Landver; setdesign H. A. Condell
Miss Todd Edith EvansLetitia Adelaide Bishop
Bob Andrew GaineyMiss Pinkerton Beverly Bowser
maestro direttore Vernon Hammond
2/03/48: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
La gioconda Daniza IlitschEnzo Grimaldo Richard TuckerLaura Adorno Risë Stevens
Barnaba Frank ValentinoAlvise Badoero Nicola Moscona
La cieca Margaret HarshawZuàne Osie HawkinsIsèpo Lodovico Oliviero
Un monaco Philip KinsmanUn pilota John Baker
Due cantori Lawrence Davidson
Leslie Chabaymaestro direttore Emil Cooper
Lorraine AmmermanNina Boneck
Josef CarmassiEdward CatonAudrey Keane
Francesca LudovaElissa MinetIlona Murai
Peggy SmithersAlice TemkinLeon Varkas
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2/08/48: Messa da Requiem(Verdi): Philadelphia, First Presbyterian Church, hour: 1630
Soprano Hallie NowlandTenore George Lapham
Mezzo-soprano Nancy FishburnBasso Robert Grooters
maestro del coro Alexander McCurdy
2/12/48: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Norman KelleyEscamillo Cesare Bardelli
Micaëla Sonia LeonFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Jane Robinson
Zuniga John LawlerMoralès Arthur Newman
Le Dancaïre John RossiLe Remendado Arthur Newman
Lillas Pastia John Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
2/12/48: Dido and Æneas: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera), hour: 2030: stage director John Wolmut;sets Stagecraft Class, School for Industrial Art, Helen Stevenson West
Dido Ethel FreyBelinda Betty Jane KimbleÆneas Peter Trump
maestro direttore Ezra Rachlin
Angelique(Jacques Ibert), English: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera)
Angelique June HrinkoBoniface, her husband Ted Dubrow
Charlot, his friend Augustine GarciaAn Italian Harry StanleyThe devil Herbert Hawlk
maestro direttore Ezra Rachlin
2/13/48: Dido and Æneas: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera), hour: 2030
Dido Maria Derell
Angelique: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera)2/14/48: Dido and Æneas: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera), hour: 2030
Angelique: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera)
Angelique Betty Jane Kimble
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2/17/48: Peter Grimes: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Peter Grimes Frederick JagelJohn, apprentice Peggy Smithers
Ellen Orford Regina ResnikCaptain Balstrode John Brownlee
Auntie Claramae TurnerFirst niece Paula Lenchner
Second niece Maxine StellmanBob Boles Thomas Hayward
Swallow Jerome HinesMrs. (Narob) Sedley Martha LiptonRev. Horace Adams John Garris
Ned Keene Hugh ThompsonDr. Thorp Orrin Hill
Jim Hobson Philip KinsmanA lawyer Lodovico Oliviero
A fisherman Lawrence DavidsonA fisherwoman Thelma Altman
maestro direttore Emil Cooper
2/19/48: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company): Ethel Phillips Ballet
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
2/27/48: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), 2015: dir. Benjamin Altieri,Luigi Raybout
Mimì Ann Ayars Eva de Luca
Rodolfo Nino MartiniMarcello Cesare Bardelli
Schaunard Arthur NewmanColline Nino Ruisi
Lloyd HarrisBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Helen George
Parpignol Francesco CurciA mother Marie Dougherty
Un ragazzo Frances LevySergente dei doganieri Walter Hayes
Un ufficiale Warren Hollandmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
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3/02/48: Die Walküre: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1945
Siegmund Max LorenzHunding Mihály Székely
Wotan Joel BerglundSieglinde Polyna Stoska
Brünnhilde Helen TraubelFricka Kerstin Thorborg
Gerhilde Thelma VotipkaOrtlinde Irene Jessner
Waltraute Jeanne PalmerSchwertleite Evelyn Sachs
Helmwige Maxine StellmanSiegrune Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde Martha LiptonRoßweiße Lucielle Browning
maestro direttore Fritz Stiedry
3/10/48: Messa da Requiem(Verdi): Philadelphia, Wanamaker Store, hour: 2015: Westminster Choir College, Princeton;organ Alexander McCurdy
maestro direttore Ralph Surrier
3/11/48: Norma: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Norma Herva NelliPollione Frederick JagelAdalgisa Eleanor Knapp Bruna Castagna
Oroveso Nino RuisiClotilde Mildred Ippolito
Flavio Francesco Curcimaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
3/23/48: Parsifal: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1900
Amfortas Herbert JanssenTiturel Nicola Moscona
Gurnemanz Joel BerglundParsifal Lauritz Melchior
Klingsor Gerhard PechnerKundry Kerstin Thorborg
Erster Gralsritter Felix KnightZweiter Gralsritter Osie Hawkins
Altstimme Margaret HarshawErster Knappe Frances Greer
Zweiter Knappe Lucielle BrowningDritter Knappe John GarrisVierter Knappe Leslie Chabay
Zaubermädchen
Lucielle Browning
Frances GreerPaula LenchnerMartha LiptonEvelyn SachsMaxine Stellman
maestro direttore Fritz Stiedry
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3/30/48: Prodaná neveˇsta (The bartered bride), English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (American Opera Company),hour: 2030: stage director Rose Landver; sets from New York City Opera
Krusina Eugene KingLudmila Edith Evans
Marienka Lillian ShectmanMika Frederick RobinsonHáta Frances Stuart
Vascek Milton SandlerJenik Norris GreerKezal Albert Carl Lohmann Duane Crossley
Ringmaster Bert SpencerEsmeralda Adelaide Bishop
maestro direttore Vernon Hammond
The New Dance GroupJosephine Petts (dir.): Eleanor Borden, Madeline Brown, Louise Brownlow
Katharine Colvin, Esterlee Hutzler, Ervin Janos, Ann MurklandNickey Pastor, Stanley Trojan, August Tunkal, Kathryn Weiss
Act II: Circus: tumblers from Northeast High SchoolPhilip Schneider (director): Joseph Acosta, Johathan Baba
William Coco, William Hane, George Hopley, Leonard SattlerJoseph Simmons, Albert Wentzel
4/01/48: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Santuzza Herva NelliLola Lillian Marchetto
Turiddu Alessandro GrandaAlfio Frank Cappelli
Lucia Mildred Ippolitomaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): director Benjamin Altieri
Canio Frederick JagelNedda June GardnerTonio Cesare BardelliBeppe John RossiSilvio Arthur Cosenza Frank Guarrera
Un contadino Walter HayesUn altro contadino George Southern
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
4/07/48: Lucia di Lammermoor: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company): Ethel Phillips Ballet
Miss Lucia Ruth GermaineSir Edgardo di RavenswoodMichael Guida
Lord Enrico Asthon Eugene SewallRaimondo Bidebent Albert RosenbergLord Arturo Buclaw Frank Pallozza
Alisa Betty OttNormanno David German
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
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4/07/48: Faust(in concert): Philadelphia, Wanamaker Store, hour: 2015: with chorus and orchestra
Le docteur Faust Ettore ManieriMéphistophélès Henry Faust
Marguerite Carol YorkValentin Andrew Gainey
maestro direttore Henri Elkan
Earlier, in the morning at 11:15, Thomas Shippers gav e and organ recital at the Wanamaker store.
4/11/48: Ye vgeny Onegin(Letter scene), Russian: Philadelphia, Curtis Hall (Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 1600
Tatiana Theresa GreenFilipyevna Louise Parker
maestro direttore Maricarol Hanson
Amelia al ballo(English): Philadelphia, Curtis Hall (Curtis Institute of Music)
Amelia Anita EsgandarianIl marito Marshall HeinbaughL’amante Frank KarianL’amica Suzanne Hanson
Il commissario di polizia Jan GburPrima cameriera Barbara Cooper
Seconda cameriera Aline Dansereaumaestro direttore Maricarol Hanson
4/12/48: Ye vgeny Onegin(Letter scene): Philadelphia, Curtis Hall (Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 1715: 4/11/48Amelia al ballo: Philadelphia, Curtis Hall (Curtis Institute of Music): 4/11/48 except:
Amelia Theodora BrandonL’amante Robert HarrisL’amica Dorothy Buck
Il commissario di polizia James LoomisPrima cameriera Peggy Altenburg
Seconda cameriera Carol Campbell
4/14/48: Cavalleria rusticana(in concert): Philadelphia, Wanamaker Store, hour: 2015: with chorus and orchestra
Santuzza Hallie NowlandLola Nancy Sapp
Turiddu Harry StanleyAlfio Frank Cappelli
Lucia unknownmaestro direttore Henri Elkan
: 4/16/48: Otello: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Otello Giovanni MartinelliJa go Cesare Bardelli
Cassio John RossiRoderigo George Tallone Francesco Curci
Lodovico Lloyd HarrisMontàno John Lawler
Un araldo John MillerDesdemona June Kelly
Emilia Mildred Ippolitomaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
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4/23/48: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Ardmore Junior High School (Mainline Y.M.C.A. Chorus): stage d. Paul E. Fink
Rose MeighlejohnEleanor BlakePeggy EvansJames MurrayFred DayDonald GilchrestBeatty AlexanderRobert JohnsonHerbert StahlJack Price
maestro direttore William Z. Shetter
4/24/48: H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Ardmore Junior High School (Mainline Y.M.C.A. Chorus)4/29/48: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director
Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Il re d’Egitto John LawlerAmneris Eleanor Knapp Winifred Heidt
Aida Herva NelliRadamès Alessandro Granda
Ramfis Ugo NovelliAmonasro Cesare Bardelli
Un messaggero John Rossi Francesco Curci
Una sacerdotessa Rosemary Cicconemaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
4/30/48: Der Zigeunerbaron, English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
5/06/48: Cavalleria rusticana, English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Dra-Mu Opera Company): stage director LouisRaybaud; ballet director Thomas Cannon
Santuzza Elizabeth WilderLola Carrie Glover
Turiddu Joseph LipscombAlfio Holton Hackett
Lucia Frances Newsomemaestro direttore Henri Elkan
Hänsel und Gretel, English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Dra-Mu Opera Company)
Peter Eugene TuckerGertrud Leontyne C. WattsHänsel Evelyn ParkerGretel Helen Colbert
Die Knusperhexe Ruth M. GrahamSandmännchen Selena BrownTaumännchen Willa Mae Brown
maestro direttore Henri Elkan
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5/14/48: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company), hour: 2030: stage directorJames Montgomery; stage manager John M. Bissell; accompanist Ruth Barber
Sir Richard Cholmondeley Francis K. WalnutColonel Fairfax James MontgomerySergeant Meryll Robert CarnwathLeonard Meryll Howell Zulick
Jack Point Stowe PhelpsWilfred Shadbolt John Steele Williams
The Headsman Joseph B. CowperthwaitFirst Yeoman Thomas J. Joyce
Second Yeoman Oliver MartinFirst Citizen W. Andrew Burton
Second Citizen William PorterElsie Maynard Margaret B. CavenyPhoebe Meryll Ruth Wood Carnwath
Dame Carruthers Nancy SappKate Joan Close
maestro direttore John Thoms
5/15/48: The Yeomen of the Guard: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 20305/21/48: Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Canio Frank ByrneNedda Antoinette Tisa
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
5/26/48: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Dra-Mu Opera Company)
Violetta Valéry Elizabeth WalkerAlfredo Germont Joseph LipscombGiorgio Germont Holton Hackettmaestro direttore Henri Elkan
6/01/48: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: ballet masterand choreographer William Sena
Violetta Valéry Eva de LucaAlfredo Germont Norman KelleyGiorgio Germont Cesare Bardelli
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Lloyd Harris
Il dottor Grenvil John LawlerAnnina Rosemary Ciccone
Gastone di Letorières John RossiIl marchese d’Obigny Ettore Morelatto
Un messaggero John MillerUn domestico di Flora Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
6/05/48: The Yeomen of the Guard: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)
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6/07/48: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Samuel M. Chartock Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta Company),hour: 2030: set design Ralph Alswang; costumes Peggy Morrison
The Mikado of Japan Gean GreenwellNanki-Poo Morton Bowe
Ko-Ko Ralph RiggsPoo-Bah Robert EcklesYum-Yum Kathleen Roche
Katisha Helen Whitfieldroles unknown: Lewis Pierce
Helen Wagnermaestro direttore Lehman Engel
6/08/48: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (S. M. Chartock Gilbert and Sullivan Co.), hour: 20306/09/48: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (S. M. Chartock Gilbert and Sullivan Co.), hour: 15006/09/48: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (S. M. Chartock Gilbert and Sullivan Co.), hour: 20306/10/48: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (S. M. Chartock Gilbert and Sullivan Co.), hour: 2030
Richard, a pirate chief Gean GreenwellSamuel, his lieutenant unknown
Fr ederic, a pirate apprentice Morton BoweMajor-General Stanley Ralph Riggs
Edward, a sergent of police Robert EcklesMabel Kathleen Roche
Ruth Helen Whitfieldmaestro direttore Lehman Engel
6/11/48: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (S. M. Chartock Gilbert and Sullivan Co.), hour: 20306/12/48: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (S. M. Chartock Gilbert and Sullivan Co.), hour: 14306/12/48: The Pirates of Penzance: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (S. M. Chartock Gilbert and Sullivan Co.), hour: 20306/19/48: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015: Ethel Phillips Ballet
Carmen Rita KolaczDon José Frank EckhardtEscamillo Albert Rosenberg
Micaëla Lana de RitesFr asquita Jacqueline HallowellMercédès Dora Marasco
Zuniga David Germanrole unknown John Helselrole unknown William Lebing
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
The Robin Hood Dell season was abruptly cancelled after three weeks. TheToscascheduled with EleanorSteber and Dimitri Mitropoulos was not performed.
9/24/48: Iolanthe: Philadelphia, Town Hall (Strand Opera Company), hour: 2030: producer William S. Leedom; stagedirector James Montgomery
The Lord Chancellor Karl SpaethLord Mountararat Emil Markow
Earl Tolloller Richard HannumPrivate Willis, of the Grenadier GuardsFrank Walnut
Strephon, an arcadian shepherdRobert FrankenbergerQueen of the fairies Irma Staurt
Iolanthe Doris WinderPhyllis, an arcadian shepherdessMargaret B. Caveny
maestro direttore unknown
421
10/04/48: La bohème: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Mimì Pia TassinariRodolfo Ferruccio Tagliavini
Marcello Enzo MascheriniSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino Ruisi
Lloyd HarrisBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Helen George
Parpignol George TalloneUn ragazzo Sandra Hatch
Sergente dei doganieri George TalloneUn ufficiale John Miller
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/05/48: Carmen (French): Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Carmen Gladys SwarthoutDon José Ramón VinayEscamillo Martial Singher
Micaëla Rose Suzanne der DerianFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Winifred Heckman
Zuniga John LawlerMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre Wilfred EngelmanLe Remendado John Rossi
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/06/48: Il trovatore: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master and choreographer William Sena
Il conte di Luna Cesare BardelliLeonora Carla CaputiAzucena Ebe StignaniManrico Frederick Jagel
Ferrando Nino RuisiInes Rosemary CicconeRuiz George Tallone
Un vecchio zingaro John Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
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10/06/48: Of thee I sing(George Gershwin): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company): EthelPhillips Ballet
Mary Turner Patricia SuderJohn P. Wintergreen William Snyder
Vice Presidnt Alexander ThrottlebottomJames Harlanrole unknown Verna Kunsterrole unknown Salvatore Vellozzirole unknown Zenia Soutterrole unknown Jed Duanerole unknown Alfred Fego
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
10/07/48: Of thee I sing(George Gershwin): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)10/07/48: Lucia di Lammermoor: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage
director Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Lord Enrico Asthon George CzaplickiMiss Lucia Hilde Reggiani
Sir Edgardo di RavenswoodFerruccio TagliaviniLord Arturo Buclaw John RossiRaimondo Bidebent Nino Ruisi
Alisa Mildred IppolitoNormanno George Tallone
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/08/48: Rigoletto: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Giuseppe di StefanoRigoletto Enzo Mascherini
Gilda Josephine AntoineSparafucile John LawlerMaddalena Eleanor Knapp
Giovanna Rosemary CicconeIl conte di Monterone Lloyd Harris
Il cavaliere Marullo Wilfred EngelmanMatteo Borsa John Rossi
Il conte di Ceprano Ettore MorelattoLa contessa di Ceprano Mildred Ippolito
Usciere di corte John MillerPa g gio della duchessaJoan Craig
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
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10/09/48: Faust: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 1415: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Le docteur Faust Nino MartiniMéphistophélès John Gurney
Marguerite Claudia PinzaValentin Martial Singher
Siébel Winifred HeckmanDame Marthe Schwertlein Mildred Ippolito
Wa gner Wilfred Engelmanmaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
Act I, 2: Corps de ballet
Act IV (The Walpurgis Night in the Harz Mountains):waltz Lorraine Nagle, corps de ballet
Cleopatra and her maidensHonor McCulken, corps de balletdance of theNubian slaves Doris Angstadt, Dorothie Kayne
solo dance ofCleopatra Honor McCulkenHelen of Troy and Trojan maidensLucia Sandos, corps de ballet
solo dance ofHelen of Troy Lucia SandosBacchanal:
Phryne Lorraine NagleHonor McCulken, Lucia Sandos, corps de ballet
10/09/48: La gioconda: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
La gioconda Herva NelliLaura Adorno Eleanor Knapp
Alvise Badoero Nino RuisiLa cieca Beverly Welch
Enzo Grimaldo Alessandro GrandaBarnaba Cesare Bardelli
Zuàne Lloyd HarrisI° cantore Lloyd Harris
II° cantore George TalloneIsèpo George Tallone
Un pilota John MillerUn barnabotto John Lawler
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
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10/10/48: La traviata: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Violetta Valéry Eleanor SteberAlfredo Germont Giuseppe di StefanoGiorgio Germont Enzo Mascherini
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil John LawlerAnnina Rosemary Ciccone
Gastone di Letorières John RossiIl marchese d’Obigny Lloyd Harris
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
In addition to the eight performances in Detroit, the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company also gav e fiveperformances in Baltimore.
10/12/48: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Lyric Opera Association, New York, Jules Falk), hour: 2015: stagedirector Anthony Stivanello
Il re d’Egitto Valfrido PatacchiAmneris Bette Dubro
Aida Florence KirkRadamès Mario Pasquetto
Ramfis John DimosAmonasro Ivan Petroff Jess Walters
Un messaggero unknownUna sacerdotessa unknownmaestro direttore Carlo Moresco
Lucien Prideaux
10/13/48: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Lyric Opera Association, New York), hour: 2015: stagedirector Anthony Stivanello
Cio-cio-san Eva de LucaB. F. Pinkerton Eugene Conley
Suzuki Evelyn SachsSharpless John Brownlee
maestro direttore Carlo Moresco
10/14/48: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Lyric Opera Association, New York), hour: 2015: stage directorAnthony Stivanello
Carmen Bette DubroDon José Ramón VinayEscamillo Jess Walters
Micaëla Jeanne ComfortFr asquita unknownMercédès unknown
Zuniga Valfrido Patacchimaestro direttore Frieder Weissmann
Lucien Prideaux
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10/15/48: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015
Cio-cio-san Ruth GermaineB. F. Pinkerton Frank Eckhardt
Suzuki Dora MarascoSharpless Eugene Sewall
Goro David Germanmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
10/22/48: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Bruno LandiRigoletto Cesare Bardelli
Gilda Hilde ReggianiSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Lillian Marchetto
Giovanna Rosemary CicconeIl conte di Monterone Victor Tatozzi
Il cavaliere Marullo Luigi de CesareMatteo Borsa John Rossi
Il conte di Ceprano Ettore MorelattoLa contessa di Ceprano Mildred Ippolito
Usciere di corte John MillerPa g gio della duchessaJoan Craig
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
11/04/48: The desert song(Sigmund Romberg): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company): EthelPhillips Ballet
Margot Bonvalet Rena RuttenbergPierre Birabeau John Helsel
Benny James HarlanSusan Gloria Anmuth
Captain Paul Fontaine Alfred AndersonAzuri Shirley Perstein
General Birabeau Thomas Contravoroles unknown: Edward Scott
Zenia SoutterNancy McIntyreGaetano AcelloElizabeth RazerMorris WaigerFrank CampelloneMorris CohenAlfred Fego
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
426
11/05/48: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master and choreographer William Sena
Il conte di Luna Enzo MascheriniLeonora Carla CaputiAzucena Ebe StignaniManrico Alessandro GrandaFerrando Victor Tatozzi Nino Ruisi
Ines Mildred IppolitoRuiz George Tallone
Un vecchio zingaro John Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia SandosDorothie Kayne, Bette Schmidt, Honor McCulken
Jeanne Wiener, corps de ballet
11/16/48: Roméo et Juliette(for Philadelphia Forum), French: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Charles L. Wagner OperaCompany), hour: 2030: stage director Désiré Defrère
Roméo Louis RoneyJuliette Jean Carlton
Frère Laurent William WildermannStéphano Jean RifinoMercutio William Shriner
Le comte Capulet Livingston SmithGertrude unknown
Tybalt Edward Nyborgmaestro direttore Walter Ducloux
Mary MartinetMarc Beaudet
11/17/48: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Lyric Opera Association, New York), hour: 2015: stage directorAnthony Stivanello
Mimì Eva de LucaRodolfo Mario Binci
Marcello John BrownleeSchaunard Edwin Dunning
Colline Valfrido Patacchi Norman Cordon
Benoît unknownAlcindoro Richard Wentworth
Musetta Lois HuntParpignol Andrea Canale
Sergente dei doganieri unknownUn ufficiale unknown
maestro direttore Carlo Moresco
427
11/26/48: La gioconda: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
La gioconda Herva NelliLaura Adorno Ebe Stignani
Alvise Badoero Nino RuisiLa cieca Lillian Marchetto
Enzo Grimaldo Alessandro GrandaBarnaba Cesare Bardelli
Zuàne Lloyd HarrisI° cantore unknown
II° cantore unknownIsèpo John Rossi
Un pilota Daniel MillerUn barnabotto John Lawler
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
12/01/48: Madama Butterfly(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (American Opera Company, Vernon Hammond),hour: 2030: stage director Rose Landver
Cio-cio-san Mina CraviB. F. Pinkerton David Lloyd
Suzuki Edith EvansSharpless Eugene King
Goro Milton SandlerIl principe Yamadori Roy Wilde
Lo zio Bonzo Albert Carl LohmannIl commissario imperiale Peter Trump
Kate Pinkerton June NatelsonDolore Gary Wilde
maestro direttore Vernon Hammond
12/07/48: Götterdämmerung: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1930
Siegfried Lauritz MelchiorGunther Herbert Janssen
Hagen Dezsö ErnsterAlberich Gerhard Pechner
Brünnhilde Helen TraubelGutrune Polyna Stoska
Waltraute Margaret HarshawErste Norn Jean Madeira
Zweite Norn Martha LiptonDritte Norn Jeanne Palmer
Wo glinde Inge ManskiWellgunde Maxine StellmanFloßhilde Hertha Glaz
Vassal Emery DarcyVassal Osie Hawkins
maestro direttore Fritz Stiedry
428
12/09/48: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Violetta Valéry Hilde ReggianiAlfredo Germont Norman KelleyGiorgio Germont Cesare Bardelli
Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Lloyd Harris
Il dottor Grenvil John LawlerAnnina Rosemary Ciccone
Gastone di Letorières Francesco CurciIl marchese d’Obigny Ettore Morelatto
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Incidental dances: Honor McCulken, Lucia SandosDorothie Kayne, Bette Schmidt, corps de ballet
12/14/48: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director Max deSchauensee; Ethel Phillips Ballet
Il duca di Mantova Frank EckhardtRigoletto Eugene Sewall
Gilda Giovanna RomanoSparafucile Philip CurzonMaddalena Rita Kolacz
roles unknown: Mario BiondoAlfred FegoWilliam LebingJohn HelselElizabeth PodalakDora MarascoJacqueline Hallowell
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
12/20/48: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Mario BeriniEscamillo Cesare Bardelli
Micaëla Sonia LeonFr asquita Rosemary CicconeMercédès Winifred Heckman
Zuniga John LawlerMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre Wilfred EngelmanLe Remendado John Rossi
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos (Act IV)Dorothie Kayne, corps de ballet (Act II)
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12/21/48: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il conte di Luna Frank ValentinoLeonora Stella RomanAzucena Cloë ElmoManrico Jussi Björling
Ferrando Jerome HinesInes Inge ManskiRuiz Anthony Marlowe
Un vecchio zingaro Lawrence Davidsonmaestro direttore Emil Cooper
12/28/48: Don Giovanni: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Chamber Opera Society of Philadelphia): stage dir. John Oliver
maestro direttore S. Joseph Levine
12/29/48: Don Giovanni: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Chamber Opera Society of Philadelphia)12/30/48: Don Giovanni: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Chamber Opera Society of Philadelphia)
19491/04/49: Mignon: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mignon Risë StevensWilhelm Meister James Melton
Lothario Jerome HinesPhiline Patrice Munsel
Frédéric Jean MadeiraLaërte Alessio de PaolisJarno Osie Hawkins
Antonio Lawrence Davidsonmaestro direttore Wilfrid Pelletier
Marina SvetlovaLeon Varkas
Alfred CorvinoRichard Goltra
430
1/06/49: L’oracolo: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Curtis Institute of Music), hour: 2015: stage director John Wolmut;associate music director Elizabeth Westmoreland; scenery and costume design Helen StevensonWest; scenery Zafran and Jarin; costumes Van Horn and Don, Inc.; make-up Frank Michl; TheBroadway Stage Lighting Co., Inc.
Uin-Scî David DanielsCim-Fen Frank GuarreraHu-Tsin Jan GburAh-Joe Sonia Stolin
Uin-San-Lui Vincent DonatoHua-Qui Evelyn McGarrity
Hu-Cî Katharine Sokoloffmaestro direttore Efrem Zimbalist
Ye vgeny Onegin(Act I, 2), Russian: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Curtis Institute of Music)
Tatiana Theresa GreenFilipyevna Louise Parker
Amelia al ballo(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Curtis Institute of Music)
Amelia Anita EsgandarianIl marito Thomas PerkinsL’amante David LloydL’amica Dorothy Buck
Il commissario di polizia Gordon AlmsteadPrima cameriera Suzanne Hanson
Seconda cameriera Carol Campbellmaestro direttore Efrem Zimbalist
1/18/49: Le nozze di Figaro: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Il conte d’Almaviva John BrownleeLa contessa d’Almaviva Eleanor Steber
Susanna Bidú SayãoFigaro Italo Tajo
Cherubino Jarmila NovotnaMarcellina Hertha Glaz
Doctor Bartolo Salvatore BaccaloniDon Basilio Alessio de PaolisDon Curzio Leslie Chabay
Antonio Lorenzo AlvaryBarbarina Anne Bollinger
Prima giovinetta Thelma AltmanSeconda giovinetta Lillian Raymondi
maestro direttore Fritz Busch
Julia BarashkovaCorinne Tarr
Alfred CorvinoRichard Goltra
431
1/24/49: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Mimì Carla CaputiRodolfo Nino Martini
Marcello Cesare BardelliSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino Ruisi
Lloyd HarrisBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Geraldine Sloan
Parpignol Andrea CanaleLa madre Marie Dougherty
Un ragazzo Frances LevySergente dei doganieri Walter Hayes
Un ufficiale Warren Hollandmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
2/01/49: Siegfried: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 1930
Siegfried Set SvanholmMime John Garris
Der Wanderer Joel BerglundAlberich Gerhard Pechner
Fafner Luben VicheyErda Margaret Harshaw
Brünnhilde Helen TraubelStimme des WaldvogelsPaula Lenchner
maestro direttore Fritz Stiedry
2/10/49: Lohengrin: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; with augmented chorus from the Philadelphia Harmonie Society
Heinrich der Vogler Lubomir Vichegonov John Gurney
Lohengrin Set SvanholmElsa von Brabant Irene Jessner
Friedrich von Telramund George CzaplickiOrtrud Rose Delmar
Der Heerrufer des Königs Michael Laurence
Edelknaben
Lillie Shar
Irene JacobyThere... ...zamannAline BrodieLouise BachmanHilda PauswangErna SchlickHelene Kauffeld
Vier brabantische Edlen
Walter Knetlar
Warren HollandWilliam NagelHermann Happ
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschekmaestro del coro Leopold Syre
432
2/11/49: The Vagabond King(Friml): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Co.): hour: 2015: EthelPhillips Ballet
Fr ançois Villon Mario BiondoKatherine de Vaucelles Elizabeth Razer
Huguette du Hamel Thelma LarosKing Louis VI Harris Newman
Guy Tabarle James Harlanrole unknown Guy Tabarie
Lady Mary Helene Selsmanroles unknown: Howard Eismann
Ruth GermaineLeonard HayesLillian ShaylorMargaret CelliniHarold ClarkFrank CampelloneSalvatore BrancatoMorris WaigerBert RimatoAlfred AndersonGaetano AcelloGloria Anmuth
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Odette PhillipsDouglas Moppert
2/15/49: L’elisir d’amore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Nemorino Ferruccio TagliaviniAdina Bidú Sayão
Il dottor Dulcamara Salvatore BaccaloniBelcore Giuseppe Valdengo
Giannetta Paula Lenchnermaestro direttore Giuseppe Antonicelli
2/22/49: Le nozze di Figaro(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (American Opera Company), hour: 2000: stagedirector Rose Landver; stage decor Ha. A. Condell; choreography Nadia Chilkovsky
Il conte d’Almaviva Eugene KingLa contessa d’Almaviva Estelle Harrop
Susanna Beverly BowserFigaro Jan Gbur
Cherubino Rosalind NadellMarcellina Edith Evans
Doctor Bartolo Duane CrossleyDon Basilio Milton SandlerDon Curzio Robert Harris
Antonio Frederick RobinsonBarbarina Marie Caputo
Prima giovinetta Elna LundSeconda giovinetta Jeannine Bouchard
maestro direttore Vernon Hammond
Janice Lee FederAlan Howard
433
3/01/49: Gianni Schicchi: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Gianni Schicchi Italo TajoLauretta Licia Albanese
Zita Cloë ElmoRinuccio Giuseppe di Stefano
Gherardo Alessio de PaolisNella Paula Lenchner
Gherardino Reginald Tonry, Jr.Betto di Signa George Cehanovsky
Simone Nicola MosconaMarco Gerhard Pechner
La Ciesca Thelma VotipkaIl Maestro Spinelloccio Melchiorre LuiseSer Amantio di Nicolao Lorenzo Alvary
Pinellino Osie HawkinsGuccio John Baker
maestro direttore Giuseppe Antonicelli
Salomè: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Salomè Ljuba WelitschHerodes Frederick Jagel
Herodias Kerstin ThorborgJochanaan Herbert JanssenNarraboth John Garris
Der Page der Herodias Hertha GlazErster Jude Leslie Chabay
Zweiter Jude Thomas HaywardDritter Jude Alessio de PaolisVierter Jude Paul FrankeFünfter Jude Gerhard Pechner
Erster Nazarener Dezsö ErnsterZweiter Nazarener Emery Darcy
Erster Soldat Jerome HinesZweiter Soldat Philip Kinsman
Ein Coppadocier Osie HawkinsEine Sklave Inge Manski
maestro direttore Fritz Reiner
3/04/49: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company): Ethel Phillips Ballet
Il re d’Egitto Paul MellonAmneris Elaine Keller
Aida Antoinette TisaRadamès Frank Byrne
Ramfis Salvatore BrancatoAmonasro Eugene Sewall
Un messaggero Frank PallozzaUna sacerdotessa Josephine Pinomaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Mimi Kellermann
434
3/15/49: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Violetta Valéry Licia AlbaneseAlfredo Germont Jan PeerceGiorgio Germont Leonard Warren
Flora Bervoix Thelma VotipkaIl barone Douphol George Cehanovsky
Il dottor Grenvil Lorenzo AlvaryAnnina Thelma Altman
Gastone di Letorières Leslie ChabayIl marchese d’Obigny John Baker
maestro direttore Giuseppe Antonicelli
Audrey KeanePeggy Smithers
3/15/49: Le nozze di Figaro: Philadelphia, Wanamaker Store (Philadelphia Conservatory of Music), hour: 1345
maestro direttore Ezra Serafini-Lupo
3/16/49: Madama Butterfly: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015
Cio-cio-san Carla CaputiB. F. Pinkerton Norman Kelley
Suzuki Lillian MarchettoSharpless George Czaplicki
Goro Francesco CurciIl principe Yamadori Fausto Bozza
Lo zio Bonzo John LawlerKate Pinkerton Mildred Ippolito
La madre di Cio-cio-san Julia HartLa cugina Marie Dougherty
Dolore Carl Pelosimaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
3/23/49: La bohème(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (American Opera Co.), hour: 2030: dir. Rose Landver
Mimì Jean GibbonsRodolfo Walter Fredericks
Marcello Peter TrumpSchaunard Frederick Robinson
Colline Duane Crossley
Thomas PerkinsBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Lillian Shelby (aka: Lillian Shectman)
Parpignol Andrew CanaleUn ragazzo Herbert Craft
Sergente dei doganieri Warren HollandUn ufficiale Walter Hayes
maestro direttore Vernon Hammond
435
3/30/49: La traviata: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Co.), hour: 2015: stage director Max deSchauensee; Ethel Phillips Ballet
Violetta Valéry Dora MarascoAlfredo Germont Ugo MartinelliGiorgio Germont Eugene Sewall
role unknown Theresa Deracorole unknown Emma Buckleyrole unknown A. Brandolo
Il barone Douphol Paul Mellonrole unknown Dominick Stantanginirole unknown Alfred Fego
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Odette PhillipsEllwood Dougherty
4/05/49: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Santuzza Herva NelliLola Lillian Marchetto
Turiddu Ettore ManieriAlfio Anton Marco
Lucia Mildred Ippolitomaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage dir. Benjamin Altieri
Prologo Cesare BardelliCanio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Assunta TessiTonio Anton MarcoBeppe John RossiSilvio Cesare Bardelli
Un contadino Walter HayesUn altro contadino George Southern
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
4/22/49: Tosca: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Floria Tosca June KellyMario Cavaradossi Norman Kelley
Il barone Scarpia Cesare BardelliCesare Angelotti John Lawler
Il sagrestano Lloyd HarrisSpoletta Francesco Curci
Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Rosemary Ciccone
Un carceriere Wilfred Engelmanmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
436
04/29/49: Hänsel und Gretel(German): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015
Peter Eugene SewallGertrud Lillian ThomasonHänsel Rita KosmatkaGretel Antoinette Tisa
Die Knusperhexe Ruth GermaineSandmännchen Giovanna RomanoTaumännchen Giovanna Romano
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Canio Frank ByrneNedda Margaret GimelloTonio Paul MellonBeppe William LebingSilvio Domenico Santangini
Un contadino Frank Pallozzamaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
5/12/49: Fedora: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
La principessa Fedora RomazovJune KellyIl conte Loris Ipanov Giovanni Martinelli
La contessa Olga SukarevHelen GeorgeIl conte Giovanni de Siriex George Czaplicki
Dimitri Nina OrlaDésiré Edward Caldicott
Il barone Rouvel John RossiCirillo Nino RuisiBorov John Lawler
Gretch Michael LaurenceLorek John Lawler
Nicola Gilbert MasonSergio Andrea Canale
Michele John MillerUn piccolo savoiardo Nina Orla
Boleslao Lazinski Philine FalcoIl dottor Müller William Sena
Ivan Harold McCannUn agente di polizia Vladimir Sabinski
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
437
05/14/49: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Co.), hour: 2015: Ethel Phillips Ballet
Sonia Gloria AnmuthGraf Danilo Danilowitsch James Tinsman
Camille de Rosillon Eddy FerroNisch James Harlan
Natalie Lillian Shaylorroles unknown: Eleanor Miller
Harris NewmanHarold ClarkGaetano AcelloHoward EismannSalvatore Vellozzi
Zo-Zo Eleanor di Giacomomaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Odette PhillipsEllwood Dougherty
5/16/49: Aida (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Dra-Mu Opera Company), hour: 2030: stage director VictorAbdoga; choreography Nadia Chilkovsky
Il re d’Egitto Calvin H. BarlowAmneris Constance Stokes
Aida Elizabeth WalkerRadamès Joseph Lipscomb
Ramfis William A. SmithAmonasro Eugene Tucker
Un messaggero Joseph BryantUna sacerdotessa Esther Kingmaestro direttore Henri Elkan
5/20/49: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo y Company), hour: 2030: stage director JamesMontgomery; stage manager John M. Bissell; accompanist Ruth Barber
The duke of Plaza-Toro W. Clark HannaLuiz Howell Zulick
Don Alhambra del Bolero Robert CarnwathMarco Palmieri William Joseph Walker
Giuseppe Palmieri Oliver MartinAntonio Thomas J. Joyce
Fr ancesco George E. ButterworthGiorgio J. Dean Joly
Annibale John W. ReckardThe duchess of Plaza-ToroSara Baily Heberton
Casilda Joan CloseGianetta Margaret B. Caveny
Tessa Ruth Wood CarnwathFiametta Mary S. AtterburyVittoria Stella E. CreamerGiulia Helen S. Ford
Inez Mary Kendrick Collinsmaestro direttore John Thoms
5/21/49: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (The Savo yCompany), hour: 20306/04/49: The gondoliers: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)
438
5/26/49: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Il re d’Egitto John LawlerAmneris Eleanor Knapp
Aida Herva NelliRadamès Alessandro Granda
Ramfis Nino RuisiAmonasro Robert Weede
Un messaggero John RossiUna sacerdotessa Rosemary Cicconemaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia SandosAndre Drew, Eleanor Romeo, Mary Henzel
Lois Sweade, Rosalie Wagman
6/11/49: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015: Ethel Phillips Ballet
Carmen Rita KolaczDon José Frank EckhardtEscamillo Philip Curzon
Micaëla Marie CavarettaFr asquita Mary PamarkMercédès Lana Cascarino
role unknown Salvatore Brancatorole unknown Paul Mellonrole unknown William Lebing
Le Remendado David Germanmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Ellwood DoughertyMimi Kellermann
6/27/49: Tristan und Isolde(in concert, excerpts): Philadelphia, Robin Hood Dell (members of Philadelphia Orchestra),hour: 2030
Isolde Helen TraubelTristan Lauritz Melchior
maestro direttore Leonard Bernstein
439
9/27/49: Concert (Francesco Pelosi Memorial Performance): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La ScalaOpera Co.), hour 2015: stage dirs. Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
I vespri siciliani (Overture)
Norma (Act III)Norma Herva Nelli
Adalgisa Eleanor KnappClotilde Geraldine Sloan
Un ballo in maschera(Act III, 1)Renato Cesare BardelliAmelia June KellyOscar Geraldine Sloan
Samuel Nino RuisiTom Lloyd Harris
Mesfitofele(Act III)Mefistofele Nino Ruisi
Faust Norman KelleyMargherita Herva Nelli
Interval
Guglielmo Ratcliff: Il sogno
La Wally : A sera
Aida (Act III)Amneris Rose Moroni
Aida Herva NelliRadamès Norman Kelley Kurt Baum
Ramfis John LawlerAmonasro Frank Guarrera
Carmen (Act IV)Carmen Bruna Castagna
Don José Norman KelleyEscamillo Cesare BardelliFr asquita Geraldine SloanMercédès Rose Moroni
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
440
10/01/49: The desert song(Sigmund Romberg): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour:2015: Ethel Phillips Ballet
Margot Gladys ReepsPierre Birabeau James Tinsman
Azuri Margaret CelliniCaptain Fontaine John Helsel
Benny James HarlanGeneral Birabeau Harris Newman
Susan Elizabeth CarterClementina Helene Selsman
roles unknown: Zenia SoutterJoseph PetrilloAlfred AndersonMorris WaigerHarold ClarkMorris Cohen
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Odette PhillipsEllwood Dougherty
10/03/49: La traviata: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Violetta Valéry Bidú SayãoAlfredo Germont Giuseppe di StefanoGiorgio Germont George Chapliski
Flora Bervoix Geraldine SloanIl barone Douphol Wilfred Engelman
Il dottor Grenvil John LawlerAnnina Nina Orla
Gastone di Letorières John RossiIl marchese d’Obigny Ettore Morelatto
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Irene Hawthorne
10/04/49: Rigoletto: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Jan PeerceRigoletto Cesare Bardelli
Gilda Patrice MunselSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Lucielle Browning
Giovanna Geraldine SloanIl conte di Monterone Lloyd Harris
Il cavaliere Marullo Wilfred EngelmanMatteo Borsa Edward Caldicott
Il conte di Ceprano Ettore MorelattoLa contessa di Ceprano Nina Orla
Usciere di corte John MillerPa g gio della duchessaNina Orla
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
441
10/05/49: Carmen (French): Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Kurt BaumEscamillo Martial Singher
Micaëla Rose Suzanne der DerianFr asquita Geraldine SloanMercédès Lucielle Browning
Zuniga John LawlerMoralès Wilfred Engelman
Le Dancaïre Wilfred EngelmanLe Remendado John Rossi
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
prima ballerina Irene Hawthorne
Ballet, Act II:Dorothie KayneCorps de ballet
10/06/49: Tosca: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Floria Tosca Herva NelliMario Cavaradossi Jan Peerce
Il barone Scarpia Cesare BardelliCesare Angelotti George Tatozzi
Il sagrestano Lloyd HarrisSpoletta John Rossi
Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Nina Orla
Un carceriere unknownmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/07/49: Madama Butterfly: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Cio-cio-san Regina ResnikB. F. Pinkerton Norman Kelley
Suzuki Lucielle BrowningSharpless George Chapliski
Goro John RossiIl principe Yamadori Edward Caldicott
Lo zio Bonzo John LawlerIl commissario imperiale Lloyd Harris
Kate Pinkerton Geraldine SloanLa madre di Cio-cio-san Meta McCulkin
La cugina Katharynemaestro direttore unknown
442
10/08/49: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 1415: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Il conte d’Almaviva Felix KnightIl dottore Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni
Rosina Patrice MunselFigaro Cesare Bardelli
Don Basilio Nino RuisiFiorello John Rossi
Berta Virginia HouseyUn ufficiale John Rossi
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
10/08/49: Aida: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena
Il re d’Egitto John LawlerAmneris Bruna Castagna
Aida Herva NelliRadamès Kurt Baum
Ramfis George TatozziAmonasro Frank Guarrera
Un messaggero Edward CaldicottUna sacerdotessa Virginia Houseymaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
prima ballerina Irene Hawthorne
Dance of the young Moorish salves:Eleanor Romeo, Mary HanzelLois Sweade, Rosalie Wagman
10/09/49: La bohème: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout
Mimì Bidú SayãoRodolfo Giuseppe di Stefano
Marcello Martial SingherSchaunard Wilfred Engelman
Colline Nino Ruisi
Lloyd HarrisBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Helen George
Parpignol Edward CaldicottUn ragazzo Nina Orla
Sergente dei doganieri John MillerUn ufficiale John David
maestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni
443
10/13/49: Carmen: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master and choreographer William Sena
Carmen Bruna CastagnaDon José Norman KelleyEscamillo George Chapliski Cesare Bardelli
Micaëla Virginia HouseyFr asquita Geraldine SloanMercédès Rose Morrone
Zuniga John LawlerMoralès William van Zandt
Le Dancaïre William van ZandtLe Remendado John Rossi
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Act II, incidental dances: Honor McCulken, corps de ballet
Act IV, ballet divertissements: corps de balletprima ballerina Lucia Sandos
10/20/49: Il turco in Italia (English, revised by Boris Goldovsky): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (New England OperaTheatre), hour: 2015: orchestration by Helmuth Wolfes; members of Philadelphia Orchestra
Selim Marshall HeinbaughDonna Fiorilla June Gardner
Don Geronio Arthur SchoepDon Narciso David LloydProsdocimo Francis Bernard
Zaida Adele AddisonAlbazar Eleanor Davis
maestro direttore Boris Goldovsky
10/24/49: Les contes d’Hoffmann(English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Dra-Mu Opera Company), hour: 2030
Hoffmann Joseph LipscombMildred HallDorothy CandeeBarbara Ann WebbCarrie GloverJoel Garnet BrayLeslie McCreadyHolton HackettWilliam A. Smith
maestro direttore Henri Elkan
444
10/27/49: Rigoletto: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master and choreographer William Sena
Il duca di Mantova Rudolf PetrakRigoletto Cesare Bardelli
Gilda Adelaide BishopSparafucile Nino RuisiMaddalena Eleanor Knapp
Giovanna Berenice FontayneIl conte di Monterone Victor Tatozzi
Il cavaliere Marullo Lloyd HarrisMatteo Borsa John Rossi
Il conte di Ceprano Ettore MorelattoLa contessa di Ceprano Catherine Taylor
Usciere di corte John MillerPa g gio della duchessaCatherine Taylor
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
11/01/49: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)
Il conte di Luna Albert RosenbergLeonora Antoinette TisaAzucena Emma BuckleyManrico Dean Verhines
Ferrando Salvatore BrancatoInes unknownRuiz unknown
maestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
11/14/49: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015:stage director Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master and choreographer William Sena
Santuzza Herva NelliLola Lillian Marchetto
Turiddu Anthony LombardiAlfio William van Zandt
Lucia Beverly Welchmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage dir. Benjamin Altieri
Prologo Frank GuarreraCanio Vittorio de SantisNedda Assunta TessiTonio Frank GuarreraBeppe John RossiSilvio Wilfred Engelman
maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
445
11/15/49: La traviata (English): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (American Opera Company), hour: 2030: stage directorRose Landver; set design H. A. Condell
Violetta Valéry Jean GibbonsAlfredo Germont Walter FredericksGiorgio Germont Eugene King
Flora Bervoix Emalee Earon Barbara Rhett
Il barone Douphol Stuart HermanIl dottor Grenvil Jan Gbur
Annina Emalee EaronGastone di Letorières Harry StanleyIl marchese d’Obigny David Daniels
maestro direttore Vernon Hammond
Nadia Chilkovsky Dance TheatrePeggy Altenburg, Betty de Polis, Dorothy del Vecchio, Jean Diamond
Joan Epstein, Dorothy Pacithi, Susan Sparks, Helen Steran
11/28/49: Faust(in concert): Philadelphia, Witherspoon Hall (Maggie Teyte Repertory Company, Barnard L. Sackett), hour:2030: narrator Maggie Teyte
Le docteur Faust Brent WilliamsMéphistophélès Carl Frederickson
Marguerite Louisa KinlockValentin Ralph Magelssen
Siébel unknownDame Marthe Schwertlein unknown
Wa gner unknownmaestro direttore unknown
Maggie Teyte began the evening with songs:L’invitation au voyage(Duparc);Lydia (Faure);Green Sleeves(14th century, arr. Vaughan-Williams);Dein blaues Auge hält so still(Brahms);Bonjour Suzon(Emile Pessard).
11/29/49: Manon Lescaut: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)
Manon Lescaut Dorothy KirstenLescaut Giuseppe Valdengo
Il cavaliere Renato des GrieuxJussi BjörlingGeronte di Ravoir Salvatore Baccaloni
Edmondo Thomas HaywardL’oste George Cehanovsky
Un musico Jean MadeiraUn sergente Clifford Harvuot
Un lampionaio Paul FrankeIl maestro di ballo Alessio de Paolis
Un comandante di marina Osie Hawkinsmaestro direttore Giuseppe Antonicelli
446
11/29/49: La Périchole (in concert): Philadelphia, Witherspoon Hall (Maggie Teyte Repertory Company), hour: 2030:narrators Louisa Kinlock, Ralph Magelssen
La Périchole Maggie TeytePiquillo Brent Williams
Don Andrès de Ribeira Carl FredericksonDon Pedro de Hinoyosa Frederick HeneLe comte de PanatellasRalph Magelssen
Guadalena Louisa Kinlock1 Notaire Ralph Magelssen2 Notaire Frederick Hene
roles unknown: George ReeyesJohn Coleman
maestro direttore unknown
11/30/49: Roméo et Juliette(in concert): Philadelphia, Witherspoon Hall (Maggie Teyte Repertory Company), hour: 203012/01/49: La Périchole(in concert): Philadelphia, Witherspoon Hall (Maggie Teyte Repertory Company), hour: 203012/02/49: Faust: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company), hour: 2015: Ethel Phillips Ballet
Le docteur Faust Dean VerhinesMéphistophélès Philip Curzon
Marguerite Margaret GimelloValentin John Helsel
Siébel Rita KosmatkaDame Marthe Schwertlein Ruth Germaine
Wa gner Paul Mellonmaestro direttore Theodore Feinmann
Mimi KellermannOdette Phillips
12/03/49: La Périchole(in concert): Philadelphia, Witherspoon Hall (Maggie Teyte Repertory Company), hour: 143012/03/49: Faust(in concert): Philadelphia, Witherspoon Hall (Maggie Teyte Repertory Company), hour: 203012/06/49: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Isolde Helen TraubelTristan Lauritz Melchior
Brangäne Blanche ThebomKurwenal Herbert Janssen
König Marke Mihály SzékelyMelot Emery Darcy
Ein junger Seemann Leslie ChabayEin Hirt Peter Klein
Der Steuermann Denis Harbourmaestro direttore Jonel Perlea
12/09/49: Hänsel und Gretel(English): Philadelphia, New Century Auditorium (Cp-Opera Company)
447
12/13/49: Cavalleria rusticana(for Philadelphia Forum): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Charles L. Wagner Opera Co.),hour: 2030: stage director Désiré Defrère
Santuzza Gertrude RiblaLola Evelyn Tanner
Turiddu Jon CrainAlfio Frank Cappelli
Lucia Sura Bardinmaestro direttore Nicola Rescigno
Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Charles L. Wagner Opera Company)
Canio Rafael LagaresNedda Laura CastellanoTonio Frank Cappelli Philip La Torre
Beppe Byron SteeleSilvio Thomas Perkins
maestro direttore Nicola Rescigno
12/15/49: Il trovatore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master and choreographer William Sena
Il conte di Luna Cesare BardelliLeonora Herva NelliAzucena Ebe StignaniManrico Vittorio de SantisFerrando Nino Ruisi Victor Tatozzi
Ines Geraldine SloanRuiz John Rossi
Un vecchio zingaro John Millermaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek
Act II, ballet divertissments: Dorothie Kayne, Bette SchmidtHonor McCulken, Peggy Atkinson, corps de ballet
prima ballerina Lucia Sandos
12/15/49: Dreams in Spades(Serge Hovey): Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Chamber Opera Society)Bastien und Bastienne: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Chamber Opera Society)
12/16/49: Dreams in Spades: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Chamber Opera Society)Bastien und Bastienne: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Chamber Opera Society)
12/17/49: Dreams in Spades: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Chamber Opera Society)Bastien und Bastienne: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (Chamber Opera Society)
12/20/49: La bohème: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York), hour: 2000
Mimì Bidú SayãoRodolfo Ferruccio Tagliavini
Marcello John BrownleeSchaunard Hugh Thompson
Colline Nicola Moscona
Melchiorre LuiseBenoît
AlcindoroMusetta Lois Hunt
Parpignol Paul FrankeSergente dei doganieri John Baker
maestro direttore Giuseppe Antonicelli
448
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