VERDI MATINEE      

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)                                     

28† October 1957                                       

War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco                                       

A Verdi matinee for young people of San Francisco Schools

 

LA TRAVIATA                                                   

ACT I                                                                                     

Glauco Curiel conductor
Paul Hager stage director

Leyla Gencer Violetta

Jon Crain Alfredo
Jan McArt Flora Bervoix
Murray Kenig Baron Douphol
Harve Presnell Marchese d'Obigny
Carl Palangi Dr. Grenvil
Virginio Assandri Gastone

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA                                                 

ACT III Scene I               

Kurt Herbert Adler conductor
Paul Hager stage director

Leonie Rysanek Amelia

Giuseppe Taddei Renato
Sylvia Stahlman Oscar
Lorenzo Alvary Samuele
Nicola Moscona Tommaso

AIDA                                               

ACT II Scene II               

Francesco Molinari-Pradelli conductor
Carlo Piccinato stage director

Leontyne Price Aida

Eugene Tobin Radames
Blanche Thebom Amneris
Robert Merrill Amonasro
Nicola Moscona Ramfis
Carl Palangi King of Egypt
Nancy Johnson, Dick Carter Solo dancers
Corps de Ballet

† Recording date

LA TRAVIATA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Duma’s play La Dame aux Camélias
Premièr at Teatro la Fenice, Venice – 6 March 1853

31 October 1957

Fox Theater, San Diego

Conductor: Glauco Curiel

Chorus master: Gianni Lazzarini

Stage director: Paul Hager

Scene and costumes: Goldstein & Co.
Choreographer: William Christensen

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta JOHN CRAIN tenor

Giorgio Germont his father ROBERT MERILL baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo MURRAY KENIG baritone
Marchese d’Obigny HARVE PRESNELL bass
Dr. Grenvil CARL PALANGI bass
Giuseppe servant to Violetta WILLIAM L. BOOTH tenor
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend JAN MCART mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid KATHERINE HILGENBERG soprano
Messenger WINTHER ANDERSEN tenor
Majordomo MAX LORENZINI baritone
Solo dancers SALLY BAILET, DIRK CARTER, ROCKY DREW

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

Photos © ROBERT LACKENBACH, San Francisco 

BACKSTAGE PICTURES

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LA TRAVIATA

Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)

Opera in three acts in Italian
Libretto: Francesco Maria Piave after Alexander Duma’s play La Dame aux Camélias
Premièr at Teatro la Fenice, Venice – 6 March 1853

09 November 1957

Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles

Conductor: Glauco Curiel

Chorus master: Gianni Lazzarini

Stage director: Paul Hager

Scene and costumes: Goldstein & Co.
Choreographer: William Christensen

Alfredo Germont lover of Violetta JOHN CRAIN tenor

Giorgio Germont his father ROBERT MERILL baritone
Gastone de Letorieres a young man about town VIRGINIO ASSANDRI tenor
Baron Douphol a rival of Alfredo MURRAY KENIG baritone
Marchese d’Obigny HARVE PRESNELL bass
Dr. Grenvil CARL PALANGI bass
Giuseppe servant to Violetta WILLIAM L. BOOTH tenor
Violetta Valery a courtesan LEYLA GENCER soprano
Flora Bervoix her friend JAN MCART mezzo-soprano
Annina Violetta’s confident and maid KATHERINE HILGENBERG soprano
Messenger WINTHER ANDERSEN tenor
Majordomo MAX LORENZINI baritone
Solo dancers SALLY BAILET, DIRK CARTER, ROCKY DREW

Time: 1850

Place: Paris and vicinity

With Gianni Raimondi (Disneyland)

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