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Opera in Philadelphia · Performance Chronology ... - Frank Hamilton

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1/27/41: Carmen: <strong>Philadelphia</strong>, Forrest Theatre (San Carlo Grand <strong>Opera</strong> Company), hour: 2030<br />

Carmen Coe Glade<br />

Don José Sydney Rayner<br />

Escamillo Mostyn Thomas<br />

Micaëla Leola Turner<br />

[Frasquita] Flora Shennan<br />

[Mercédès] Charlotte Bruno<br />

Zuniga Harold Kravitt<br />

[Moralès] Francesco Curci<br />

[Le Dancaïre] Richard Wentworth<br />

[Le Remendado] Francesco Curci<br />

maestro direttore Carlo Peroni<br />

1/28/41:<br />

Lydia Arlova<br />

Lucien Prideaux<br />

Pelléas et Mélisande (English): <strong>Philadelphia</strong>, Academy of Music (<strong>Philadelphia</strong> <strong>Opera</strong> Company), hour: 2030:<br />

stage director Hans Wohlmuth; assistant music director Ezra Rachl<strong>in</strong>; assistant stage director John<br />

C. H. Harvey; costume designer Helen Stevenson West; make-up <strong>Frank</strong> X. Michl; sett<strong>in</strong>gs Zafran &<br />

Jar<strong>in</strong> Scenery Studios, <strong>Philadelphia</strong>; costumes Van Horn & Son, Inc., <strong>Philadelphia</strong>; costumes and<br />

wigs designed and executed by Helen Stevenson West<br />

Méliande Frances Greer<br />

Pelléas John Toms<br />

Golaud Robert Gay<br />

Geneviève Gabrielle Hunt<br />

Arkel Luke Matz<br />

Yniold Hilda Morse<br />

Un médic<strong>in</strong> Charles Jones<br />

maestro direttore Sylvan Lev<strong>in</strong><br />

1/28/41:<br />

This was the first performance of Pelléas <strong>in</strong> English <strong>in</strong> America. The performance was attended by the opera’s<br />

French librettist Maurice Maeterl<strong>in</strong>ck and his wife, who heard the opera for the first time <strong>in</strong> English.<br />

La traviata: <strong>Philadelphia</strong>, Forrest Theatre (San Carlo Grand <strong>Opera</strong> Company), hour: 2030: dir. Luigi Raybaut<br />

Violetta Valéry Lucille Meusel<br />

Alfredo Germont Dimitri Onofrei<br />

Giorgio Germont Ivan Petroff<br />

[Flora Bervoix] Charlotte Bruno<br />

[Gastone di Letorières] Francesco Curci<br />

[Il barone Douphol] Fausto Bozza<br />

Louis de Cesare<br />

Richard Wentworth<br />

[Ann<strong>in</strong>a] Flora Shennan<br />

maestro direttore Carlo Peroni<br />

1/29/41: Faust: <strong>Philadelphia</strong>, Forrest Theatre (San Carlo Grand <strong>Opera</strong> Company), hour: 1430<br />

Le docteur Faust Sydney Rayner<br />

Méphistophélès Harold Kravitt<br />

Marguerite Leola Turner<br />

role unknown Charlotte Bruno<br />

Valent<strong>in</strong> Ivan Petroff<br />

maestro direttore Carlo Peroni<br />

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