Special holiday program
Contributors: Balanchine, George; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.); Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra; American Ballet Ensemble; Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1938
Language: eng
Other titles: Metropolitan Opera House
Description: Metropolitan Opera House, Sunday evening, January 2, 1938, at 8:30 o'clock.

Metropolitan Opera House, Sunday evening, January 2, 1938, at 8:30 o'clock "Special Holiday Program," Natalie Bodanya, Marjorie Lawrence, Bidu Sayao, Helen Olheim, Irra Petina, Nicholas Massue, Sydney Rayner, George Cehanovsky, Wilfred Engelman, Robert Weede, Norman Cordon, Nicola Moscona, together with the entire Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra and American Ballet, under the direction of Wilfred Pelletier, American Ballet Ensemble arranged by George Balanchine, stage director Desire Defrere.
Notes: Title devised by Library staff.

Program: 1. William Tell, overture / Rossini -- 2. Faust, street scene, excerpts / Gounod -- 3. Salvator Rosa, Aria "Di sposo, di padre" / Gomez -- 4. Carmen, arias / Bizet -- 5. Aida, aria "Celeste Aida" / Verdi -- 6. La traviata, act II, excerpts / Verdi -- Intermission -- 7. New Year's Carols, special arrangements -- 8. Il barbiere di Siviglia, aria "La aclunnia" / Rossini -- 9. Aida, Nile scene, excerpts / Verdi -- 10. La traviata, aria "Ah, fors' è lui" / Verdi -- 11. Carmen, dances / Bizet.

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).