Aida
Contributors: Panizza, Ettore; Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901; Finklehoffe, Fred F. (Fred Franklin), 1911-1977; Monks, John Cherry; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.); Children's Aid Society (New York, N.Y.); National Theatre Corporation (Washington, D.C.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1937
Language: eng
Other titles: Brother rat.
Description: Metropolitan Opera House, Grand Opera season, 1937-1938, Edward Johnson, general manager, Edward Ziegler, assistant general manager, Earle R. Lewis, assistant general manager, special performance benefit Children's Aid Society, "Aida," opera in four acts (seven scenes) (in Italian), book by A. Ghislanzoni, music by Giuseppe Verdi, Act I, scene 2 "Temple Dance" by the American Ballet Ensemble, Act II, scene 1 "Negro Dance" by Ballet Group, Act II, scene 2 "Victory Dance" by Elise Reiman and the American Ballet Ensemble, choreography after Marius Petipa, conducor Ettore Panizza, chous master Fausto Cleva, stage director Desire Defrere.
Notes: Tuesday evening, December 28, 1937, at 8:15 o'clock, special performance, benefit Children's Aid Society.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Norman Cordon, Gertrud Wettergren, Gina Cigna, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Lawrence Tibbett, Giordano Patrinieri, Thelma Votipka.

LC copy accompanied by playbill advertisement for "Brother Rat," by John Monks, Jr. and Fred F. Finklehoffe at the National Theatre, Washington, beginning March 7. Also accompanied by playbill advertisement for special holiday program, January 2, 1938, cataloged separately.

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