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OPERA IN PHILADELPHIAPERFORMANCE CHRONOLOGY 1925 - 1949

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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


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


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


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



˜ 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


˜ 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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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



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


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


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


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


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


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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


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


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




Isolde Nanny Larsén-TodsenTristan Rudolf Laubenthal

Brangäne Karin BranzellKurwenal Friedrich Schorr



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



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


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


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



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


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


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



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


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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Fritz Kothner Carl SchlegelBalthasar Zorn Angelo Badà



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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Inès Nannette GuilfordNélusko Giuseppe Danise





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


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


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


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


Mimì Frances AldaRodolfo Beniamino Gigli

Marcello Antonio ScottiSchaunard Millo Picco

Colline Adamo Didur


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


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


˜ 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


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


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


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


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


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


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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


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


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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


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



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



Siegfried Walter KirchhoffMime George Meader

Der Wanderer Michael BohnenAlberich Gustav Schützendorf


Brünnhilde Florence EastonStimme des WaldvogelsEditha Fleischer


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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


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


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



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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


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



Lunia Nestor


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


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


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


˜ 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


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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


Colline Sigurd NilssenBenoît Theodore Bayer

Alcindoro J. Burnett HollandMusetta Pauline Lawn



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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


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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


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


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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Hans Sachs Friedrich SchorrVeit Pogner Pavel Ludikar


Fritz Kothner Arnold GaborBalthasar Zorn Angelo Badà

Ulrich Eißlinger Giordano PaltrinieriAugustin Moser Aaron WeisbergHermann Ortel Paolo AnanianHans Schwarz William Gustafson


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


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


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


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


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


Rosina Amelita Galli-CurciFigaro Giuseppe de Luca

Don Basilio Ezio PinzaFiorello George Cehanovsky



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


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


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


première danseuse Lunia Nestor


Fiora Florence EastonAvito Edward Johnson

Manfredo Lawrence TibbettArchibaldo Léon Rothier


Una giovanetta Mildred ParisetteUn giovanetto Giordano Paltrinieri



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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


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


Isolde Gertrude KappelTristan Rudolf Laubenthal

Brangäne Julia ClaussenKurwenal Friedrich Schorr

König Marke Pavel LudikarMelot Arnold Gabor



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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


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


3/18/28: The beggar’s opera: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (from Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London), hour: 2030

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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


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


Le Dancaïre Giuseppe La PumaLe Remendado Rodolfo Poli


Catherine Littlefield, William Hughes, Corps de ballet

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Siegfried Rudolf LaubenthalMime Max Bloch



Brünnhilde Florence EastonStimme des WaldvogelsEditha Fleischer


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


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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


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


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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


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


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


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


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


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


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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


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



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


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


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


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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


Colline Sigurd NilssenBenoît Albert Mahler

Alcindoro J. Burnett HollandMusetta Pauline Lawn



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


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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



Inès Louise LerchNélusko Mario Basiola





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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


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


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

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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




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


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


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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


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



Canio Giacomo Lauri-VolpiNedda Elisabeth RethbergTonio Giuseppe DaniseBeppe Angelo BadàSilvio George Cehanovsky


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


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


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


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


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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



Fiora Rosa PonselleAvito Edward Johnson

Manfredo Lawrence TibbettArchibaldo Adamo Didur


Una giovanetta Mildred ParisetteUn giovanetto Max Altglass



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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


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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


Rosina Amelita Galli-CurciFigaro Titta Ruffo

Don Basilio Ezio PinzaFiorello Vincenzo Reschiglian



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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


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

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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


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


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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


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


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

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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





Brünnhilde Gertrude KappelStimme des WaldvogelsThalia Sabanieeva


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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



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

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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


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


Isolde Gertrude KappelTristan Lauritz Melchior





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

96

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



Goro Albert MahlerIl principe Yamadori Clarence Reinert

Lo zio Bonzo Ralph JuskoIl commissario imperiale Sheldon Walker

Kate Pinkerton Ruth CornettDolore Anna Morelli Stern



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


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


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


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Gurnemanz Michael BohnenParsifal Lauritz Melchior

Klingsor Arnold GaborKundry Gertrude Kappel



Zweiter Knappe Philine FalcoDritter Knappe George MeaderVierter Knappe Max Altglass

Zaubermädchen

Louise Lerch

Philine FalcoEllen DalossyEditha FleischerCharlotte RyanMarion Telva


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


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


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

100

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


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


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


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


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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


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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


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


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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


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


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


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


AlcindoroMusetta Nannette Guilford

Parpignol Giordano PaltrinieriSergente dei doganieri Giuseppe Cottino


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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


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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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



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



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


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


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


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


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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


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








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


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


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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


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


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


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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


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


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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


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


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


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


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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


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 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


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


prima ballerina Vera Strelskasolo dance Carola Collings


Floria Tosca Maria JeritzaMario Cavaradossi Frederick Jagel

Il barone Scarpia Antonio ScottiCesare Angelotti George Cehanovsky


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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Isolde Elisabeth OhmsTristan Rudolf Laubenthal

Brangäne Karin BranzellKurwenal Clarence Whitehill


Ein junger Seemann Max BlochEin Hirt Max Bloch


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


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



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


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


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


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


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



Il re d’Egitto Louis d’AngeloAmneris Karin Branzell

Aida Maria MüllerRadamès Frederick Jagel

Ramfis Ezio PinzaAmonasro Giuseppe Danise


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


Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Metropolitan Opera House (Italian Opera Company)

Canio Jose Tortosa Fernando Bertini

Nedda Bianca FioreTonio Ciro de RitisBeppe Adolfo CalvettiSilvio Bernardo Taylor




Die Knusperhexe Henriette WakefieldGertrud Marion Telva

Peter Gustav SchützendorfSandmännchen Dorothea FlexerTaumännchen Louise Lerch



Canio Edward JohnsonNedda Nannette GuilfordTonio Giuseppe DaniseBeppe Giordano PaltrinieriSilvio George Cehanovsky


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


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Gurnemanz Siegfried TappoletParsifal Lauritz Melchior

Klingsor Adamo DidurKundry Gertrude Kappel




Zaubermädchen

Louise Lerch

Aida DoninelliEllen DalossyEditha FleischerPearl BesunerMarion Telva


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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


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


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


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


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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


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Siegmund Rudolf LaubenthalHunding Ivar Andresen


Brünnhilde Gertrude KappelFricka Karin Branzell



Helmwige Dorothee ManskiSiegrune Grace Divine



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


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Peter Gustav SchützendorfSandmännchen Dorothea FlexerTaumännchen Beatrice Belkin



Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Lucrezia BoriTonio Giuseppe de LucaBeppe Angelo BadàSilvio Claudio Frigerio


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



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


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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


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


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


Mimì Lucrezia BoriRodolfo Giovanni Martinelli

Marcello Mario BasiolaSchaunard Millo Picco


Paolo AnanianBenoît

AlcindoroMusetta Thalia Sabanieeva

Parpignol Marek WindheimSergente dei doganieri Carlo Coscia


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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


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


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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





Fafner Siegfried TappoletErda Karin Branzell

Brünnhilde Elisabeth OhmsStimme des WaldvogelsThalia Sabanieeva


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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


Floria Tosca Maria JeritzaMario Cavaradossi Armand Tokatyan

Il barone Scarpia Antonio ScottiCesare Angelotti Louis d’Angelo


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

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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


Lesson scene:Heinrich Proch Deh ! torna mio bene, op. 164

Henry Rowley Bishop Lo here the gentle lark


Le docteur Faust Giovanni MartinelliMéphistophélès Léon Rothier

Valentin Mario BasiolaSiébel Pearl Besuner

Dame Marthe Schwertlein Henriette WakefieldWa gner Paolo Ananian


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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


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


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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


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

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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


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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Brangäne Maria RanzowKurwenal Clarence Whitehill


Ein junger Seemann Hans ClemensEin Hirt George Meader


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


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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


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


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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Amfortas Gustav SchützendorfTiturel Siegfried Tappolet

Gurnemanz Michael BohnenParsifal Rudolf Laubenthal

Klingsor Arnold GaborKundry Elisabeth Ohms




Zaubermädchen

Louise Lerch

Philine FalcoEllen DalossyEditha FleischerCharlotte RyanMarion Telva



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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Poussette Aida DoninelliJavotte Minnie EgenerRosette Grace Divine




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


Gastone di Letorières Albert MahlerIl marchese d’Obigny Conrad Thibault

Giuseppe Alessandro Angeluccimaestro direttore Alberto Bimbonimaestro del coro Andreas Fugmann



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


Brünnhilde Elisabeth OhmsFricka Karin Branzell



Helmwige Dorothee ManskiSiegrune Grace Divine

Grimgerde Sonia EssenRoßweiße Ina Bourskaya


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



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


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


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



Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Editha FleischerTonio Giuseppe DaniseBeppe Giordano PaltrinieriSilvio Claudio Frigerio


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


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


Corps de ballet:Mlles. Hoffman, Vossler, Geurard, Karklinsch, Leitch, Miller, Young, Haines

Sayre, Patsy, Woods, Renninger, Becker, Dollarton, Mountain, Grahm


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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


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

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Hänsel Ina BourskayaGretel Queena Mario


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


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


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


Gilda Lily PonsSparafucile Léon RothierMaddalena Ina Bourskaya

Giovanna Philine FalcoIl conte di Monterone Alfredo Gandolfi


Il conte di Ceprano Paolo AnanianLa contessa di Ceprano Minnie Egener


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König Marke Ivar AndresenMelot Arnold Gabor

Ein junger Seemann Hans ClemensEin Hirt Hans Clemens


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


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


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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


Siegfried Lauritz MelchiorMime Hans Clemens


Fafner Siegfried TappoletErda Doris Doe

Brünnhilde Gertrude KappelStimme des WaldvogelsThalia Sabanieeva


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


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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


Reinmar von Zweter James WolfeElisabeth Gertrude Kappel

Venus Dorothee ManskiEin Hirtenknabe Editha Fleischermaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky

Lilyan OgdenJessie Rogge

Helen Sumholz

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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


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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


Six maid servants: Martha Everett, Charlotte LockowitzMary Foster, Bertha Schlessinger, Irene Jacoby, Josephine Beale


Il re d’Egitto Joseph MacphersonAmneris Faina Petrova

Aida Elisabeth RethbergRadamès Francesco Merli



Rita de Leporte

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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


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Rosina Lily PonsFigaro Giuseppe de Luca

Don Basilio Ezio PinzaFiorello Alfredo Gandolfi




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 duc de Vérone James Wolfemaestro direttore Louis Hasselmans

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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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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



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


première danseuse Catherine LittlefieldDorothy Littlefield, Douglas Coudy, Thomas Cannon

Corps de ballet of 100 members

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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


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


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

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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


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



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


Waltraute Rose BamptonSchwertleite Doris Doe

Helmwige Dorothee ManskiSiegrune Elda Vettori

Grimgerde Philine FalcoRoßweiße Ina Bourskaya


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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


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


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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Hermann Siegfried TappoletTannhäuser Rudolf Laubenthal

Wolfram von EschenbachLawrence TibbettWalter von der Vogelweide Hans Clemens


Reinmar von Zweter James WolfeElisabeth Elisabeth Rethberg

Venus Margaret HalsteadEin Hirtenknabe Aida Doninellimaestro direttore Artur Bodanzky

Lucille HardingMartha HenkelJessie Rogge


Violetta Valéry Lucrezia BoriAlfredo Germont Tito SchipaGiorgio Germont Richard Bonelli

Flora Bervoix Elda VettoriIl barone Douphol Alfredo Gandolfi





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


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



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



Mimì Elisabeth RethbergRodolfo Giovanni Martinelli

Marcello Armando BorgioliSchaunard Claudio Frigerio



AlcindoroMusetta Aida Doninelli




Mélisande Lucrezia BoriPelléas Edward JohnsonGolaud Ezio Pinza

Geneviève Ina BourskayaArkel Léon Rothier

Yniold Ellen DalossyUn médicin Paolo Ananian


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Gilda Lily PonsSparafucile Léon RothierMaddalena Gladys Swarthout

Giovanna Philine FalcoIl conte di Monterone Alfredo Gandolfi


Il conte di Ceprano Paolo AnanianLa contessa di Ceprano Elda Vettori


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


Fiora Lucrezia BoriAvito Giovanni Martinelli

Manfredo Armando BorgioliArchibaldo Tancredi Pasero

Flaminio Angelo BadàUn’ancella Elda Vettori

Una giovanetta Helen GleasonUn giovanetto Alfio Tedesco



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Isolde Frida LeiderTristan Lauritz Melchior

Brangäne Doris DoeKurwenal Friedrich Schorr

König Marke Siegfried TappoletMelot Arnold Gabor


Der Steuermann James Wolfemaestro direttore Karl Riedel


Manon Lucrezia BoriLe chevalier des Grieux Richard Crooks



Poussette Aida DoninelliJavotte Philine FalcoRosette Dorothea Flexer





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


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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


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


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


Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Irvine Auditorium (Puccini Educational Grand Opera Company)

Canio Pasquale FerraraNedda Marie BuddeTonio Joseph RoyerBeppe Lodovico OlivieroSilvio Ettore DeLara


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.

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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


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


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


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


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


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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


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


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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



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


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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


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


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


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


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


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


Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Mastbaum Theater (San Carlo Grand Opera Company), hour: 2015

Canio Aroldo LindiNedda Zita RossiTonio Claudio FrigerioBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Stefan Kozakevich


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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


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


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


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.


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


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


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


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


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


Rita de LeporteAlexis KosloffJosef Levinoff

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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



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


Violetta Valéry Claudia MuzioAlfredo Germont Tito SchipaGiorgio Germont Richard Bonelli

Flora Bervoix Elda VettoriIl barone Douphol Alfredo Gandolfi





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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


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


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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



Poussette Helen GleasonJavotte Lillian ClarkRosette Irra Petina





2/06/34: Tristan und Isolde: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company, New York)

Isolde Frida LeiderTristan Lauritz Melchior


König Marke Emanuel ListMelot Arnold Gabor


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


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 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


AlcindoroMusetta Nina Morgana




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


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Hans Sachs Ludwig HofmannVeit Pogner Emanuel List

Kunz Vogelgesang Marek WindheimKonrad Nachtigall Louis d’AngeloSixtus BeckmesserGustav Schützendorf


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


Cio-Cio-San Elisabeth RethbergB. F. Pinkerton Paul Althouse

Suzuki Ina BourskayaSharpless Armando Borgioli

Goro Giordano PaltrinieriIl principe Yamadori Millo Picco


Il commissario imperiale Millo PiccoKate Pinkerton Phradie Wells



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


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


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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


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



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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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Il re d’Egitto Louis d’AngeloAmneris Rose Bampton

Aida Elisabeth RethbergRadamès Frederick Jagel


Un messaggero Giordano PaltrinieriUna sacerdotessa Thelma Votipkamaestro direttore Ettore Panizza

Daphne VaneWilliam Dollar


Isolde Kirsten FlagstadTristan Lauritz Melchior


König Marke Emanuel ListMelot Arnold Gabor


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


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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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


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


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


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


Louis d’AngeloBenoît

AlcindoroMusetta Stella Andreva



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


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Heinrich der Vogler Ludwig HofmannLohengrin Lauritz Melchior

Elsa von Brabant Kirsten FlagstadFriedrich von Telramund Julius Huehn

Ortrud Gertrud RüngerDer Heerrufer des Königs George Cehanovsky


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


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


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


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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


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


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


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


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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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



Brangäne Gertrud WettergrenKurwenal Julius Huehn

König Marke Ludwig HofmannMelot Arnold Gabor

Ein junger Seemann Karl LaufkötterEin Hirt Hans Clemens


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


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


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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


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


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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Siegfried Lauritz MelchiorMime Karl Laufkötter

Der Wanderer Ludwig HofmannAlberich Adolf Vogel

Fafner Emanuel ListErda Anna Kaskas

Brünnhilde Kirsten FlagstadStimme des WaldvogelsNatalie Bodanya


˜ 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 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


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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


Un messaggero Costanzo SorvinoUna sacerdotessa Bertha Schlessingermaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni

Monna Montes


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


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


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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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Un messaggero Costanzo SorvinoUna sacerdotessa Helen Botwright Bertha Schlessinger


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


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


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


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




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


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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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


Siegfried Lauritz MelchiorMime Erich Witte

Der Wanderer Herbert JanssenAlberich Adolf Vogel

Fafner Herbert AlsenErda Karin Branzell

Brünnhilde Kirsten FlagstadStimme des WaldvogelsNatalie Bodanya


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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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



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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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


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


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


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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


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


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


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


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


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


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



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


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


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


AlcindoroMusetta Lucy Monroe

Parpignol Pierino SalvucciSergente dei doganieri Edmund J. Irvine


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


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



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


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


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


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




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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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


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


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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


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


Lakmé Lily PonsNilakantha Ezio Pinza

Mallika Irra PetinaHadji Nicholas Massue

Gérald Armand TokatyanEllen Annamary Dickey


Mistress Bentson Helen OlheimUn domben Wilfred Engelman

Un marchand chinois Lamberto BelleriUn kouravar Lodovico Oliviero


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


Mary Binney Montgomery

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Mimì Bidú SayãoRodolfo Charles Kullman

Marcello Giuseppe de LucaSchaunard George Cehanovsky



AlcindoroMusetta Annamary Dickey

Parpignol Lodovico OlivieroSergente dei doganieri Carlo Coscia


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


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


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


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


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


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



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


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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


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


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


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


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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


Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Carlos Ramirez

Don Basilio John GurneyFiorello Brooks Dunbar

Berta Georgia Gravesmaestro direttore Walter Ducloux


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



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


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


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


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Wotan Julius HuehnSieglinde Helen Traubel

Brünnhilde Kirsten FlagstadFricka Karin Branzell


Waltraute Pearl BesunerSchwertleite Anna Kaskas

Helmwige Maxine StellmanSiegrune Helen Olheim

Grimgerde Irra PetinaRoßweiße Doris Doe


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


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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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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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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


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


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


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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


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



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


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




König Marke Emanuel ListMelot Emery Darcy

Ein junger Seemann Emery DarcyEin Hirt Karl Laufkötter


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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


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


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



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


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


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



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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


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)


Pa gliacci: Philadelphia, Turner Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)


4/02/41: Les cloches de Corneville: Philadelphia, Turner Auditorium (Cosmopolitan Light Opera Company)


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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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


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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


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


10/15/41: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Wanamaker Store (unknown company), hour: 2030

Margaret B. CavenyGabrielle HuntJames MontgomeryWilliam B. SwayzeJames Pease


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


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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


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

290

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


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

291

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


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


Ruthanna BorisMonna Montes

Michael ArshanskyAlexis DolinoffAlexis KosloffLeon Varkas

292


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




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


12/23/41: The Mikado: Philadelphia, Locust St. Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030

293


Lakmé Lily PonsNilakantha Ezio Pinza

Mallika Irra PetinaHadji John Carter

Gérald Armand TokatyanEllen Annamary Dickey


Mistress Bentson Doris DoeUn domben Wilfred Engelman

Un marchand chinois John DudleyUn kouravar Lodovico Oliviero


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

294

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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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


296

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


unknown

297

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


Il conte d’Almaviva Bruno LandiIl dottore Bartolo Pompilio Malatesta


Don Basilio Nino RuisiFiorello Costanzo Sorvino

Berta Georgiana BurdonUn ufficiale Costanzo Sorvino


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


Heinrich der Vogler Emanuel ListLohengrin René Maison

Elsa von Brabant Astrid VarnayFriedrich von Telramund Julius Huehn

Ortrud Kerstin ThorborgDer Heerrufer des Königs Leonard Warren


Emery Darcy

John DudleyWilfred EngelmanGerhard Pechner


298

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



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


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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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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


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



Lord Enrico Asthon Angelo PilottoRaimondo Bidebent Nino RuisiLord Arturo Buclaw Costanzo Sorvino

Alisa Virginia BlairNormanno Pierino Salvucci


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



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


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


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


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


Shirley Betchen

10/22/42: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Mercantile Hall (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)


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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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



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


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


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


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


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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


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


König Marke Alexander KipnisMelot Emery Darcy

Ein junger Seemann John GarrisEin Hirt Karl Laufkötter


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


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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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


19431/00/43: Die Fledermaus(English): Washington, D. C., (Philadelphia Opera Company): w. National Symphony Orchestra


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


1/00/43: Die Fledermaus(English): Richmond, (Philadelphia Opera Company): with National Symphony Orchestra


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




Lord Enrico Asthon Giovanni de SurraRaimondo Bidebent Nino RuisiLord Arturo Buclaw John Rossi

Alisa Virginia BlairNormanno Joseph Craig


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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


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


Mimì Vi vian della ChiesaRodolfo Bruno Landi

Marcello Claudio FrigerioSchaunard Edgar Mills

Colline Nino Ruisi


AlcindoroMusetta Annunciata Garrotto

Parpignol Pierino SalvucciA mother Marie Dougherty

Sergente dei doganieri Charles BealeUn ufficiale Warren Holland


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


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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


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


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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Santuzza Elda ErcoleLola Martha Larrimore

Turiddu John RossiAlfio Claudio Frigerio

Lucia Jeanette Johnsonmaestro direttore Herbert Fiss


Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Gloria VandaTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Joseph Crieg Edgard Mills

Un contadino Henry ErvineUn altro contadino unknown


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


Don Basilio Nino RuisiFiorello Francesco Curci

Berta Georgiana BurdonUn ufficiale Francesco Curci


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Il dottor Grenvil Louis d’AngeloAnnina Beatrice Altieri



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


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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


Le Dancaïre Wilfred EngelmanLe Remendado Francesco Curci


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


AlcindoroMusetta Christina Carroll

Parpignol Francesco Curcimaestro direttore Giacomo Spadoni

10/02/43: Cavalleria rusticana: Detroit , Masonic Temple Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)


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


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



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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


Zuàne Wilfred EngelmanI° cantore Wilfred Engelman

II° cantore Francesco CurciIsèpo Francesco Curci

Un pilota unknownUn barnabotto John Cesare


Bianca Trubica

11/04/43: La gioconda: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)

La gioconda Stella RomanLaura Adorno unknown

Alvise Badoero unknownLa cieca unknown



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


Foreman of the jury Robert EcklesThe plaintiff (Angelina) Kathleen Roche


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


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)


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





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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


Monna MontesNina YouskevitchMarina SvetlovaAlexis Dolinoff

Leon VarkasMichael Arshansky

11/24/43: Cavalleria rusticana: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015


Turiddu Sydney RaynerAlfio Claudio Frigerio



Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Dorothy KirstenTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Wilfred Engelman

Un contadino Walter HayesUn altro contadino John Hilbert



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



11/30/43: 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


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: 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


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


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


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


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


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


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



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


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


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


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


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


Un messaggero Umberto SorrentinoUna sacerdotessa Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni Carlo Peroni

Jeanne Dorey


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


Marcello Angelo PilottoSchaunard Wilfred Engelman

Colline Nino Ruisi



Parpignol John HilbertA mother Marie Dougherty

Sergente dei doganieri Warren HollandUn ufficiale Walter Hayes


3/10/44: La bohème: Baltimore, unknown (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), hour: 2000: stage dir. Benjamin Altieri



Colline Nino Ruisi







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



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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



Amfortas Martial SingherTiturel Nicola Moscona

Gurnemanz Emanuel ListParsifal Lauritz Melchior

Klingsor Walter OlitzkiKundry Kerstin Thorborg


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


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


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


Un vecchio zingaro Warren HollandUn messaggero Walter Hayes



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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)


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


Micaëla Annunciata GarrottoFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Georgiana Burdon




Jeanne Dorey


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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


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


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


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


339

5/11/44: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Co.), 2015: d. Benjamin Altieri




Berta Mildred IppolitoUn ufficiale Wilfred Engelman


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


Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda unknownTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe Alessio de PaolisSilvio Wilfred Engelman


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


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Violetta Valéry Hilde ReggianiAlfredo Germont Bruno LandiGiorgio Germont Frank Valentino


Il dottor Grenvil John RossiAnnina Beatrice Altieri

Gastone di Letorières Umberto SorrentinoIl marchese d’Obigny Paul Dennis




Il conte d’Almaviva Bruno LandiIl dottore Bartolo Salvatore Baccaloni



Berta Mildred IppolitoUn ufficiale Wilfred Engelman




Mimì Vi vian della ChiesaRodolfo Giovanni Martinelli


Colline Nino Ruisi




Sergente dei doganieri Walter HayesUn ufficiale Warren Holland


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


9/25/44: La bohème: Buffalo, Kleinhans Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri



Colline Nino RuisiBenoît unknown

Alcindoro unknownMusetta Cordella Hood


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



prima ballerina Lucia Sandos

342

9/27/44: Tosca: Detroit (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage director Benjamin Altieri


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


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


Un vecchio zingaro John MillerUn messaggero Walter Hayes


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


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


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


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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


Un messaggero Umberto SorrentinoUna sacerdotessa Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek


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




Pa gliacci: Detroit (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri

Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Esperanza VasquezTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe John RossiSilvio Wilfred Engelman


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 sagrestano Ralph TelaskoSpoletta John Rossi

Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Mildred Ippolito


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


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


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


Marcello Carlo MorelliSchaunard Wilfred Engelman

Colline Nino RuisiBenoît Ralph Telasko

Alcindoro Paul DennisMusetta Annunciata Garrotto


10/07/44: Aida: Cleveland, Public Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company): stage director Benjamin Altieri


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




Pa gliacci: Cleveland, Public Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)

Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Esperanza VasquezTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe John RossiSilvio Wilfred Engelman


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


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


Fr ederic, a pirate apprentice James GerardMajor-General Stanley Ralph Riggs

Edward, a sergent of police Robert PitkinMabel Kathleen RocheEdith Kathryne ReeceRuth Catherine Judah


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


Foreman of the jury Robert EcklesThe plaintiff (Angelina) Kathryne Reece


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


Josephine Kathleen RocheLittle Buttercup Catherine Judah


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


11/03/44: The gondoliers: Philadelphia, Forrest Theatre (Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company), hour: 2030


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


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


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




Berta Mildred IppolitoUn ufficiale Francesco Curci



11/16/44: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)




Berta unknownUn ufficiale Francesco Curci


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


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



Alcindoro Paul DennisMusetta Annunciata Garrotto


Sergente dei doganieri Walter HayesUn ufficiale Warren Holland


12/01/44: La bohème: Baltimore (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)

Mimì Esperanza VasquezRodolfo Giovanni Martinelli


Colline Nino RuisiBenoît unknown

Alcindoro unknownMusetta Annunciata Garrotto

Parpignol unknownmaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek


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


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



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


Monna MontesAlexis Dolinoff

Leon Varkas

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Heinrich der Vogler Norman CordonLohengrin Lauritz Melchior

Elsa von Brabant Rose BamptonFriedrich von Telramund Alexander Sved

Ortrud Kerstin ThorborgDer Heerrufer des Königs Mack Harrell


Morton Bowe

Richard ManningWilliam HargravePhilip Whitfield


1/09/45: Aida: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015


Aida Gertrude RiblaRadamès Pasquale Ferrara


Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Beatrice Altierimaestro direttore Alberto Baccolini


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


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)


Marguerite Vi vian della ChiesaValentin unknown

Siébel unknownDame Marthe Schwertlein unknown

Wa gner unknownmaestro direttore unknown


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


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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


Lord Arturo Buclaw Francesco CurciRaimondo Bidebent Nino Ruisi

Alisa Mildred IppolitoNormanno John Foyl


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


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


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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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


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


Il dottor Grenvil Ralph TelaskoAnnina Beatrice Altieri

Gastone di Letorières Francesco CurciIl marchese d’Obigny Paul Dennis

role unknown John Millerrole unknown Walter Hayes


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


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Turiddu Pasquale FerraraAlfio Ralph Telasko


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


3/23/45: Les cloches de Corneville: Philadelphia, Musical Fund Hall (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)




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


4/12/45: Carmen: Philadelphia, Musical Fund Hall (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)


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


Alcindoro Paul DennisMusetta Christina Carroll


Sergente dei doganieri John MillerUn ufficiale Walter Hayes


5/04/45: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)


Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Ivan Petroff




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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


Le Dancaïre Francesco CurciLe Remendado Wilfred Engelman


Act II, Incidental dance: Dorothie Kayne, corps de ballet

Act IV, Ballet divertissement: corps de ballet


5/05/45: Cavalleria rusticana: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)


Turiddu Pasquale FerraraAlfio Ralph Telasko



Canio Giovanni MartinelliNedda Christina CarrollTonio George CzaplickiBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Wilfred Engelman


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


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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


5/09/45: Tosca: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)

Floria Tosca Stella RomanMario Cavaradossi Giovanni Martinelli


Il sagrestano Ralph TelaskoSpoletta Francesco Curci


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


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


Alfonso XI Alexander SvedLeonora di Gusman Bruna Castagna

Fernando Franco PerulliBaldassare Nino Ruisi

Don Gasparo Francesco CurciInes Mildred Ippolito


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


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


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


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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


11/02/45: Tosca: Washington, D. C., Constitution Hall (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company)


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


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


Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Mildred Ippolito Beatrice Altieri



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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




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



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



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



Turiddu Andrew McKinleyAlfio Robert Shilton



Canio Rafaele LargarisNedda Norina GrecoTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe Francesco CurciSilvio Wilfred Engelman


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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Siegmund Lauritz MelchiorHunding Alexander Kipnis

Wotan Joel BerglundSieglinde Astrid Varnay



Waltraute Jeanne PalmerSchwertleite Margaret Harshaw

Helmwige Beal HoberSiegrune Thelma Altman

Grimgerde Martha LiptonRoßweiße Lucielle Browning


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


Alfonso XI Alexander SvedLeonora di Gusman Bruna Castagna

Fernando Franco PerulliBaldassare Nino Ruisi

Don Gasparo Francesco CurciInes Mildred Ippolito


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


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


Marguerite Wilma SpenceValentin Ivan Petroff


Wagner Frank Farris Wilfred Engelman



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


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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


Il dottor Grenvil John Lawler Ralph Telasko

Annina Beatrice AltieriGastone di Letorières Francesco CurciIl marchese d’Obigny Louis de Cesare



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.


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


3/23/46: Bastien und Bastienne(Mozart): Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Columbus Boy Choir School), hour: 1400

maestro direttore Herbert Huffman


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


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


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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Amfortas Martial SingherTiturel Nicola Moscona

Gurnemanz Alexander KipnisParsifal Torsten Ralf

Klingsor Gerhard PechnerKundry Kerstin Thorborg


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


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


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


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


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



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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


[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


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


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


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



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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


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


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



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



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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


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


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


Il cavaliere Marullo Lloyd HarrisMatteo Borsa John Rossi




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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







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







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




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


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


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

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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


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


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12/13/46: Aida: Baltimore, Lyric Theatre (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2000: stage director BenjaminAltieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena



Ramfis Ugo NovelliAmonasro Giuseppe Valdengo

Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Sheila Whitelymaestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschek



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)


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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




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


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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



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


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


Thomas Cannon


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


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


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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




Lucia SandosDorothie Kayne

392


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


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


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


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


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


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


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



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



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


Le Dancaïre Lester EnglanderLe Remendado Francesco Curci



5/10/47: Cavalleria rusticana: Pittsburgh, Syria Mosque (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stagedirector Benjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout


Turiddu Andrew McKinleyAlfio Anton Marco

Lucia Mildred Ippolitomaestro direttore Gabriele Simeoni


Canio Antonio VelaNedda Eva de LucaTonio Angelo PilottoBeppe John RossiSilvio Anton Marco

Un contadino Walter HayesUn altro contadino John Santamaria


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



ballet Act III: Mary MacDonnell, Honor McCulkenBette Schmidt, Corps de ballet


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


Gianni Schicchi: Philadelphia, Plays and Players (School for Opera)


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


Parpignol John RossiA mother Marie Dougherty



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




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)


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




Kate Pinkerton Mildred IppolitoLa madre di Cio-cio-san Jane Robinson

La cugina Marie DoughertyDolore unknown


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


Sonja LevkovaGilroneStarr

10/14/47: The desert song: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)

Joan CrugmanRobert FrankenbergerGloria AnmuthJames HarlanShirley PersteinEdward ScottAlfred Anderson


401

10/14/47: Aida: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout; ballet master William Sena



Ramfis Ugo NovelliAmonasro Cesare Bardelli

Un messaggero Francesco CurciUna sacerdotessa Rosemary Cicconemaestro direttore Victor Trucco


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


Marcello Enzo MascheriniSchaunard Wilfred Engelman

Colline Ugo NovelliBenoît Francesco Curci


Parpignol John RossiA mother Marie Dougherty




402

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


Il dottor Grenvil John LawlerAnnina Rosemary Ciccone

Gastone di Letorières John RossiIl marchese d’Obigny Lloyd Harris

Giuseppe Walter HayesUn messaggero John Miller


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


Carmen Winifred HeidtDon José Ramón VinayEscamillo Walter Cassel

Micaëla Rose Suzanne der DerianFr asquita Mildred IppolitoMercédès Jane Robinson

Zuniga John LawlerMoralès Wilfred Engelman



Act II, Incidental dances: Dorothie Kayne, corps de balletAct IV, Div ertissements: corps de ballet


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




403

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


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


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



Honor McCulken, Mary MacDonnell, Dorothie KayneAlmina Rivel, Corps de ballet

404

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


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







405



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



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






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


Giovanna Rosemary CicconeIl conte di Monterone Lloyd Harris Norman Roland


Il conte di Ceprano Ettore MorelattoLa contessa di Ceprano Mildred Ippolito





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.


Thomas Cannon

407


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


ballet Act III:Dorothie Kayne, Almina Rivel, Honor McCulken

Mary MacDonnell, Corps de balletprima ballerina Lucia Sandos

408


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


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


Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Rosemary Ciccone


409


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


410


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

411

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




Kate Pinkerton Mildred IppolitoLa madre di Cio-cio-san Julia Hart

La cugina Marie DoughertyDolore Marilyn Wilson



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



Rosina Hilde ReggianiFigaro Cesare Bardelli

Don Basilio Ugo NovelliFiorello 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.’’

412

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


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

413

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



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


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


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

414

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


2/19/48: Die lustige Witwe: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company): Ethel Phillips Ballet


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




415


Siegmund Max LorenzHunding Mihály Székely

Wotan Joel BerglundSieglinde Polyna Stoska



Waltraute Jeanne PalmerSchwertleite Evelyn Sachs

Helmwige Maxine StellmanSiegrune Hertha Glaz

Grimgerde Martha LiptonRoßweiße Lucielle Browning


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


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


416

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


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



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


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


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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


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


418

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


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


4/30/48: Der Zigeunerbaron, English: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)


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


419

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


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


H. M. S. Pinafore: Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Cosmopolitan Opera Company)


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


Gastone di Letorières John RossiIl marchese d’Obigny Ettore Morelatto



6/05/48: The Yeomen of the Guard: Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens (The Savo yCompany)

420

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


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


421

10/04/48: La bohème: Detroit , Masonic Auditorium (Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company), hour: 2015: stage directorBenjamin Altieri, Luigi Raybout


Marcello Enzo MascheriniSchaunard Wilfred Engelman

Colline Nino Ruisi

Lloyd HarrisBenoît


Parpignol George TalloneUn ragazzo Sandra Hatch

Sergente dei doganieri George TalloneUn ufficiale John Miller


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


Le Dancaïre Wilfred EngelmanLe Remendado John Rossi


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


422

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


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


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


Usciere di corte John MillerPa g gio della duchessaJoan Craig


423

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 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



424

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



Gastone di Letorières John RossiIl marchese d’Obigny Lloyd Harris


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

425

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


Giovanna Rosemary CicconeIl conte di Monterone Victor Tatozzi

Il cavaliere Marullo Luigi de CesareMatteo Borsa John Rossi


Usciere di corte John MillerPa g gio della duchessaJoan Craig


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


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


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



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




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


428


Violetta Valéry Hilde ReggianiAlfredo Germont Norman KelleyGiorgio Germont Cesare Bardelli

Flora Bervoix Mildred IppolitoIl barone Douphol Lloyd Harris


Gastone di Letorières Francesco CurciIl marchese d’Obigny Ettore Morelatto


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


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




prima ballerina Lucia Sandos (Act IV)Dorothie Kayne, corps de ballet (Act II)

429

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


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)


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




Siegfried Set SvanholmMime John Garris

Der Wanderer Joel BerglundAlberich Gerhard Pechner

Fafner Luben VicheyErda Margaret Harshaw

Brünnhilde Helen TraubelStimme des WaldvogelsPaula Lenchner


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


Walter Knetlar

Warren HollandWilliam NagelHermann Happ

maestro direttore Giuseppe Bamboschekmaestro del coro Leopold Syre

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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


Odette PhillipsDouglas Moppert


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


Janice Lee FederAlan Howard

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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 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

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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


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



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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


Odette PhillipsEllwood Dougherty



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


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


Sciarrone Wilfred EngelmanUn pastore Rosemary Ciccone


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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


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


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


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)

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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


maestro direttore Leonard Bernstein

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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



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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



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


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


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





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


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


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


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


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


Parpignol Edward CaldicottUn ragazzo Nina Orla

Sergente dei doganieri John MillerUn ufficiale John David


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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


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


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 conte di Ceprano Ettore MorelattoLa contessa di Ceprano Catherine Taylor

Usciere di corte John MillerPa g gio della duchessaCatherine Taylor


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


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


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


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


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

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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


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


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)

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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


Act II, ballet divertissments: Dorothie Kayne, Bette SchmidtHonor McCulken, Peggy Atkinson, corps de ballet


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)


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


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