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MET/NY
7 January, 1933 (Emperor Jones) (WP)/Pagliacci as Tonio with Editha Fleischer, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi; cond. Pietro Cimara
MET/PHILADELPHIA
10 January, 1933 (Emperor Jones)/Pagliacci as Tonio with Nina Morgana, Armand Tokatyan, Claudio Frigerio, Alfio Tedesco; cond. Pietro Cimara
MET/NY
13 January, 1933 Pagliacci as Tonio with Editha Fleischer, Edward Johnson; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza + Emperor Jones
18 January, 1933 MAT Faust as Valentin with Editha Fleischer, Giovanni Martinelli, Léon Rothier, Gladys Swarthout, Paolo Ananian; cond. Louis Hasselmans
20 January, 1933 La Bohème as Marcello with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Nina Morgana, Arthur Anderson; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza + L’Oracolo
25 February, 1933 – ditto exc Lauri-Volpi for Martinelli, Aida Doninelli for Morgana, Tancredi Pasero for Anderson
23 January, 1933 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Lily Pons, Armand Tokatyan, Gladys Swarthout, Tancredi Pasero, Giordano Paltrinieri, Millo Picco; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
27 January, 1933 Aida as Amonasro with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Faina Petrova (Amneris), Ezio Pinza, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Tullio Serafin
29 January, 1933 CONCERT: Simon Boccanegra Act 3 Duet with Pasero, Aida Nile Scene with Leonora Corona, F. Jagel
3 February, 1933 MAT Pagliacci as Tonio with Lucrezia Bori, Giovanni Martinelli, Claudio Frigerio, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza + Elektra
10 February, 1933 La Traviata as Germont with Lucrezia Bori, Frederick Jagel, Elda Vettori, Angelo Bada, Millo Picco, Paolo Ananian, cond. Tullio Serafin
17 February, 9 March, 1933 L’Amore dei Tre Re as Manfredo with Lucrezia Bori, Edward Johnson, Tancredi Pasero, Angelo Bada, Elda Vettori, Helen Gleason; cond. Tullio Serafin
19 February, 1933 CONCERT Hamlet: Brindisi; Pearlfishers Duet with Jagel; Rigoletto: Qt with Pons, Swarthout, Jagel
26 February, 1933 COMMEMORATION CONCERT (25 Years of Met Opera guided by Gatti-Casazza): The King’s Henchman Finale Act I with Edward Johnson, Arthur Anderson, Max Altglass;
Falstaff Finale Act 3 with Queena Mario, Editha Fleischer, Marion Telva, Gladys Swarthout, Armand Tokatyan, Angelo Bada, Pasquale Amato, Giordano Paltrinieri, Adamo Didur; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
3 March, 1933 Lucia as Enrico with Lily Pons, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Ezio Pinza, Angelo Bada, Philine Falco, Alfio Tedesco, Angelo Bada; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
5 March, 1933 CONCERT Pagliacci: “Si puo” & “Silvio a quest ora” with Lucrezia Bori
MET/BALTIMORE
13 March, 1933 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Lily Pons, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, Louis D’Angelo, Alfredo Gandolfi, George Cehanovsky; c. Bellezza
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CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO, OPERA HOUSE
(about) 7 – 19 August, 1933 The Merry Widow (Lehar) as Prince Danilo with Natalie Hill (Sonia Sadoya), Gladys Swarthout (Natalie)
SAN FRANCISCO
8 November, 1933 Aida as Amonasro with Claudia Muzio, Kathryn Meisle, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gaetano Merola
10, 19 MAT November, 1933 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal with Gertrud Kappel, Kathryn Meisle, Paul Althouse, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Lodovico Oliviero, Raymond Marlowe, Louis D’Angelo ; cond. Otto Hertz
28 November, 1933 La Bohème as Marcello with Lucrezia Bori, Emily Hardy, Dino Borgioli, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gaetano Merola
1 December, 1933 La Forza del Destino as Don Carlo with Claudia Muzio, Myrtle Leonard, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Louis D’Angelo; cond. G. Merola
MET/NY
1 January, 1934 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Millo Picco, Angelo Bada; cond. Tullio Serafin
6 January, 1934 La Bohème as Marcello with Lucrezia Bori, Frederick Jagel, Virgilio Lazzari, Nina Morgana; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
7 January, 1934 CONCERT Andrea Chenier: “Nemico della Patria”; Tannhäuser: “Evening Star”; cond. Wilfred Pelletier
15 January, 1934 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ina Bourskaya, Angelo Bada, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
MET/PHILADELPHIA
16 January, 1934 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Alfredo Gandolfi; cond. Tullio Serafin
MET/NY
21 January, 1934 CONCERT Hérodiade: “Vision fugitive”
27 January, 1934 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Maria Müller, Lauritz Melchior, Margaret Halstead, Ezio Pinza, Lillian Clark, Hans Clemens; cond. Karl Riedel
31 January, 1934 Faust as Valentin with Eidé Norena, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, Henrietta Wakefield, Paolo Ananian; cond. Louis Hasselmans
MET/BROOKLYN
6 February, 1934 Faust as Valentin with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, Henrietta Wakefield, Paolo Ananian; cond. Louis Hasselmans
MET/NY
14 February, 1934 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ina Bourskaya, Angelo Bada, Paolo Ananian; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
18 February, 1934 CONCERT La Gioconda: Act 1 & 2 Duets with Leonora Corona, Rose Bampton, Giovanni Martinelli; Il Barbiere: “Largo al factotum”; Rigoletto: Qt with Editha Fleischer, Rose Bampton, Giovanni Martinelli
MET/PHILADEPHIA
6 March. 1934 Lucia as Enrico with Lily Pons, Giovanni Martinelli, Léon Rothier, Elda Vettori; cond. V. Bellezza
MET/NY
10 March, 1934 La Traviata as Germont with Lucrezia Bori, Nino Martini, Giordano Paltrinieri, Elda Vettori, Alfredo Gandolfi, Millo Picco; cond. Tullio Serafin
11 March, 1934 CONCERT Grand Operatic Surprise Party celebrating 50th anniversary of Metropolitan Opera.
MET/HARTFORD
13 March, 1934 Faust as Valentin with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, Henrietta Wakefield, George Cehanovsky; cond. Louis Hasselmans
MET/NY
23 March, 1934 Merry Mount as Wrestling Bradford with Leonora Corona (Lady Marigold), Edward Johnson (Sir Gower), Irra Petina (Plentiful Tewke), Alfredo Gandolfi (Myles Broadrib), Helen Gleason (Peregrine); cond. Tullio Serafin
25 March, 1934 CONCERT Merry Mount: `Oh! ‘Tis an earth defiled’; Scenes from Robin Hood (De Koven)
MET/PHILADELPHIA
27 March, 1934 Aida Amonasro with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Maria Olszewska, Virgilio Lazzari, Arthur Anderson; cond. Tullio Serafin
MET/NY
31 March, 1934 Merry Mount as Wrestling Bradford with Margaret Halstead, Frederick Jagel, Gladys Swarthout, Alfredo Gandolfi, Helen Gleason; cond. Tullio Serafin
DETROIT CIVIC OPERA, Masonic Temple
RB with Lucrezia Bori, Maria Barova, Lucille Kreger. Lucille Meusel, Hazel Sanborn, Mario Chamlee, Pasquale Amato, Norman Cordon
15 May, 1934 Manon as Lescaut (?); cond. Wilfred Pelletier
18 May, 1934 as Rigoletto (?); cond. Fulgenzio Guerrieri
Summer, 1934 CORNELL UNIVERSITY SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL
Elijah (Mendelssohn) with New York Orchestra RB with Doris Doe, Emily Roosevelt, Dan Gridley; cond. Nikolai Sokoloff
Summer, 1934 Hollywood Bowl Concert – no details
METROPOLITAN QUARTET tour – 20 concerts
22 October – 24 November, 1934 RB with Grace Moore, Edward Johnson, Rose Bampton acc. by Giuseppe Bamboschek
24 October, 1934 Toronto, Quartet – Eaton Auditorium
Carmen: Act III duet with Johnson; Pagliacci: Prologo;
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act II duet with Bampton;
Faust: Trio with Moore, Johnson & Garden Scene with all four
2 November – Cincinnati; 6 November – Minneapolis
SAN FRANCISCO
26 November, 1934 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Elisabeth Rethberg, Querita Eybel, Lauritz Melchior, Ezio Pinza, Louis D’Angelo, Marek Windheim, Alfredo Gandolfi, Raymond Marlowe, Lillian Clark; cond. Otto Hertz
28 November, 1934 La Traviata as Germont with Lucrezia Bori, Richard Crooks, Louis D’Angelo, Marek Windheim, Alfredo Gandolfi; cond. Gaetano Merola
30 November, 1934 Faust as Valentin with Ninon Vallin, Lillian Clark, Richard Crooks, Ezio Pinza, John Howell, Eva Gruninger; cond. Gaetano Merola
5 December, 1934 Otello as Iago with Lauritz Melchior, Elisabeth Rethberg, Raymond Marlowe, Louis D’Angelo, John Howell, Eva Gruninger, Evaristo Alibertini; cond. Merola
CLEVELAND OPERA with Dorothee Manski, Helen Jepson, Anne Roselle, Rosa Tentoni, Paul Althouse, Mario Chamlee, Aroldo Lindi, Chase Baromeo; cond. Artur Rodzinski
13, 15 December, 1934 Otello RB as Iago
MET/NY
*29 December, 1934 MAT Lucia as Enrico with Lily Pons, Nino Martini, Virgilio Lazzari, Elda Vettori; cond. Bellezza
30 December, 1934 CONCERT Pearlfishers: duet with Jagel; Un Ballo in Maschera: “Eri tu”; La Bohème: Act 2 Finale with Queena Mario, Frederick Jagel, Ezio Pinza, Lillian Clark
31 December, 1934 La Bohème as Marcello with Dino Borgioli, Lucrezia Bori, Virgilio Lazzari, Nina Morgana, Millo Picco, Pompilio Malatesta; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
CLEVELAND OPERA
3, 5 January, 1935 Tosca as Scarpia; cond. Artur Rodzinski
MET/NY
*12 January, 1935 MAT Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Maria Muller, Lauritz Melchior, Ludwig Hofmann, Dorothee Manski, Arnold Gabor; cond. Artur Bodanzky
20 January, 1935 CONCERT Chenier: Monologue; Forza: Last Act Duet with Jagel; Aida: Nile Scene with Corona, Jagel
MET/BROOKLYN
22 January, 1935 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Elisabeth Rethberg, Anny Konetzni, Lauritz Melchior, Emanuel List, Arnold Gabor, Hans Clemens, James Wolfe; cond. Bodanzky
MET/NY
24 January, 1935 (In the Pasha’s Garden)/La Bohème as Marcello with Queena Mario, Nino Martini, Ezio Pinza, Helen Gleason, Millo Picco, Pompilio Malatesta; cond. V. Bellezza
MET/BROOKLYN
29 January, 1935 Aida as Amonasro with Maria Müller, Rose Bampton, Frederick Jagel, Ezio Pinza, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Ettore Panizza
MET/NY
1 February, 1935 Faust as Valentin with Eidé Norena, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Paolo Ananian, Pearl Besuner, Henrietta Wakefield; cond. Louis Hasselmans
14 March, 1935 – ditto with Elisabeth Rethberg for Norena, Lillian Clark for Besuner, George Cehanovsky for Ananian.
3 February, 1935 CONCERT Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Act I duet with Nino Martini; Otello: Credo; Aida: “Ciel, mio padre” duet with Rosa Ponselle
15 February, 1935 La Traviata as Germont with Rosa Ponselle, Tito Schipa, Angelo Bada, Alfredo Gandolfi, Millo Picco; cond. Ettore Panizza
22 February, 1935 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless with Maria Müller, Frederick Jagel, Ina Bourskaya, Angelo Bada; cond. Vincenza Bellezza
7 March, 1935 – ditto exc Giovanni Martinelli for Jagel, cond. Pietro Cimara
10 March, 1935 CONCERT; La Traviata excpts with Eidé Norena, Richard Crooks; Pagliacci: excpts with Helen Jepson, Giovanni Martinelli, George Cehanovsky
24 March, 1935 CONCERT Le Roi de Lahore: “Promesse de mon avenir…aux troupes du Sultan;” Thais: “Baigne d’eau mes mains” with Helen Jepson
MET/NEWARK
28 March, 1935 Lucia as Enrico with Lily Pons, Giovanni Martinelli, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
MET/NY
31 March, 1935 CONCERT Faust: Act 1, Sc. 2 with Helen Jepson, Ezio Pinza, Frederick Jagel, Lillian Clark, James Wolfe; cond. Louis Hasselmans
Summer, 1935 – Filming of “Enter Madame” for Paramount
Autumn 1935 Metropolitan Quartet – tour
5 November, 1935 Celebrity Concert, Massey Hall, Toronto: Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum + lieder, songs
SAN FRANCISCO
23 November, 1935 Aida as Amonasro with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Coe Glade, Ezio Pinza, Douglas Beattie, Marek Windheim; cond. Gaetano Merola
25 November, 1935 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Josephine Tumminia, Tito Schipa, Louis D’Angelo, Ezio Pinza, John Howell, Eva Gruninger, Marek Windheim; cond. G. Merola
27 November, 1935 La Bohème as Marcello with Helen Jepson, Eugenia Smith, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Richard Lert
29 November, 1935 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Emily Hardy, Eva Gruninger, Tito Schipa, Ezio Pinza, Douglas Beattie, John Howell, Evaristo Alibertini; cond. Gaetano Merola
MET/NY
19 December, 1935 Faust as Valentin with Edith Mason, Charles Kullman, Ezio Pinza, Helen Olheim, Ina Bourskaya; cond. Louis Hasselmans.
18 January, 1936 – ditto exc Susanne Fisher for Mason, Frederick Jagel for Kullman, Irra Petina for Olheim.
16 March, 1936 – ditto exc Susanne Fisher for Mason, Irra Petina for Olheim.
26 December, 1935 MAT Madama Butterfly as Sharpless with Susanne Fisher, Frederick Jagel, Ina Bourskaya, Angelo Bada, Louis D’Angelo Max Altglass; cond. Ettore Panizza
8 January, 1936 – ditto exc Giordano Paltrinieri for Bada
1 February, 1936 ditto exc Hilda Burke for Fisher, Joseph Bentonelli for Jagel, Giordano Paltrinieri for Bada,
21 February, 1936 – ditto exc Edith Mason for Fisher, Charles Hackett for Jagel
27 February, 1936 – ditto Feb. exc Jagel for Jagel
29 December, 1935 CONCERT Faust: Valentin’s aria; Act 3 Trio with Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza
10 January, 1936 Manon as Lescaut with Lucrezia Bori, Joseph Bentonelli, Chase Baromeo, Angelo Bada, Helen Gleason, Charlotte Symons, Irra Petina, George Cehanovsky, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Louis Hasselmans
12 January, 1936 CONCERT Il Barbiere: Largo & “Dunque io son” duet with Rose Bampton; Rigoletto: Quartet RB with Josephine Antoine, Rose Bampton, Frederick Jagel
MET/NEWARK
21 January, 1936 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless with Susanne Fisher, Richard Crooks, Ina Bourskaya, Charlotte Symons, Irra Petina; cond. Gennaro Papi
MET/NY
5 February, 5 March, 1936 Manon as Lescaut with Lucrezia Bori, Richard Crooks, Chase Baromeo, Angelo Bada, George Cehanovsky; cond. Louis Hasselmans
8 February, 1936 (Hänsel und Gretel)/Pagliacci as Tonio with Hilda Burke, Martinelli, George Cehanovsky, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. G. Papi
19 February, 1936 – ditto exc Helen Jepson for Burke, Millo Picco for Cehanovsky; c. Papi + Serenade + Gianni Schicchi
*29 February, 1936 MAT – same as 8 Feb. exc Queena Mario for Burke + Serenade + Gianni Schicchi
12 March, 1936 – same as 8 Feb exc preceded by Cav/Errante
*15 February, 1936 MAT Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Kathryn Meisle, Virgilio Lazzari, Thelma Votipka; cond. Gennaro Papi
6 March, 1936 – ditto exc Frederick Jagel for Martinelli, Bruna Castagna for Meisle.
19 March, 1936 -same as 15 February exc Castagna for Meisle.
23 February, 1936 CONCERT Le Roi de Lahore: “Promesse de mon avenir…aux troupes du Sultan;” Forza: “Invan Alvaro” with Martinelli
AUTUMN, 1936 METROPOLITAN QUARTET Concerts in U.S./Canada RB with Helen Jepson, Charles Hackett, Rose Bampton; Ernst Wolff, piano.
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CHICAGO CITY OPERA
11 November, 1936 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Josephine Antoine, Tito Schipa, Vittorio Trevisan, Ruisi; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
9 December, 1936 Otello as Iago with Edith Mason, Giovanni Martinelli, Maria Barova, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. Angelo Canarutto
11 December, 1936 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Marjorie Lawrence, Leonora La Mance, Paul Althouse, Chase Baromeo; cond. Henry Weber
MET/NY
16 January, 1937 Manon as Lescaut with Vina Bovy, Richard Crooks, Léon Rothier, Angelo Bada, George Cehanovsky; cond. Maurice de Abravanel
24 January, 1937 CONCERT Un Ballo: “Eri tu”; Gioconda: Act 1 duet with Joseph Bentonelli; cond. Wilfred Pelletier
25 January, 1937 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Lotte Lehmann, Paul Althouse, Ludwig Hofmann, Kerstin Thorborg, Hans Clemens; cond. Maurice de Abravanel
29 January, 1937 La Traviata as Germont with Eidé Norena, Nino Martini, Thelma Votipka, Wilfred Engelman, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Lucielle Browning; cond. Panizza
7 February, 1937 Ford Sunday Hour Radio Concert with orchestra conducted by Victor Kolar. Il Trovatore, Carmen arias + songs by Golde, Margetson and Damrosch
MET/NY
*13 February, 1937 Manon as Lescaut with Bidù Sayão (Manon)(DEBUT), Sydney Rayner (des Grieux), Chase Baromeo (Comte), Natalie Bodanya, Charlotte Symons, Irra Petina, Angelo Bada, George Cehanovsky; cond. Maurice de Abravanel.
6 March, 1937 Aida as Amonasro with Elisabeth Rethberg, Bruna Castagna, Arthur Carron, Ezio Pinza, Norman Cordon; cond. Gennaro Papi
*20 March, 1937 MAT Faust as Valentin with Helen Jepson, Richard Crooks, Ezio Pinza, Helen Olheim, Ina Bourskaya, Wilfred Engelman, cond. Wilfred Pelletier
24 March, 1937 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless with Giovanni Martinelli, Franca Somigli, Irra Petina, Angelo Bada, Wilfred Engelman, Norman Cordon; cond. Ettore Panizza
MET/CLEVELAND
14 April, 1937 Faust as Valentin with Helen Jepson, Richard Crooks, Ezio Pinza. Helen Olheim, Thelma Votipka; cond. Wilfred Pelletier
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GRANT PARK, CHICAGO (OPEN AIR) CONCERT
*1 September, 1937 Concert: arias from Barbiere, Ballo, Hérodiade & songs including “Danse Macabre” and “Tommy, Lad!”
SAN FRANCISCO
15 October, 1937 Aida as Amonasro with Gina Cigna, Bruna Castagna, Giovanni Martinelli, Emanuel List, Norman Cordon. Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gaetano Merola
26 October, 1937 ditto- exc Pinza for List
18 October, 1937 La Bohème as Marcello with Vina Bovy, Charles Kullman, Charlotte Boerner, Ezio Pinza, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi
20 October, 1937 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Gina Cigna, Giovanni Martinelli, Charlotte Boerner, Bruna Castagna, Emanuel List, Norman Cordon; cond. Gennaro Papi
30 October, 1937 La Traviata as Germont with Gina Cigna, Charles Kullman; Norman Cordon, Lodovico Oliviero, John Howell, George Cehanovsky; cond. Gaetano Merola
6 November, 1937 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Josephine Tumminia, Charles Kullman, Dorothy Cornish, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi
10 November, 1937 Manon as Lescaut with Vina Bovy, Rene Maison, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Pietro Cimini
LOS ANGELES, Shrine Auditorium
17 November, 1937 Aida as Amonasro with Gina Cigna, Giovanni Martinelli, Charlotte Boerner, Ezio Pinza; cond. G. Merola
Tosca as Scarpia with Maria Jeritza, Frank Forest
MET/HARTFORD
7 December, 1937 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Gina Cigna, Giovanni Martinelli, Anna Kaskas, Virgilio Lazzari, Thelma Votipka, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Gennaro Papi
MET/NY
*8 January, 1938 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Zinka Milanov, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Virgilio Lazzari, Thelma Votipka, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Gennaro Papi
22 January, 1938 (Cav Rust)/Pagliacci as Tonio with Hilda Burke, Arthur Carron, George Cehanovsky; cond. Gennaro Papi
28 January, 1938 Lucia as Enrico with Lily Pons, Frederick Jagel, Ezio Pinza, Angelo Bada; cond. Gennaro Papi
19 February, 1938 Faust as Valentin with Vina Bovy, Charles Kullman, Carlton Gauld (Méphistophèles), Helen Olheim, Thelma Votipka, Wilfred Engelman; cond. Wilfted Pelletier
27 February, 1938 CONCERT La Traviata: “Di Provenza;” Rigoletto: Act 3 with Josephine Antoine
MET/CLEVELAND
6 April, 1938 (Cav & The Bat [Ballet])/I Pagliacci as Tonio with Hilda Burke, Giovanni Martinelli, Donald Dickson, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Gennaro Papi
9 April, 1938 Aida as Amonasro with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Ezio Pinza, Norman Cordon, Angelo Bada, Thelma Votipka; cond. Ettore Panizza
MET/ROCHESTER
11 April, 1938 Aida as Amonasro with Dusolina Giannini, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Ezio Pinza, Norman Cordon, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Ettore Panizza
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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN with Philadelphia Orchestra
14 May, 1938 MAT Carmen (Concert version) as Escamillo with Bruna Castagna, Giovanni Martinelli, Hilda Burke (Micaëla/Frasquita), Chase Baromeo; cond. Earl V. Moore
PASADENA, Rose Bowl – “La Scala Opera Company”
25 June, 1938 Aida as Amonasro with Eva Turner, Jesus de Gaviria, Bruna Castagna, Tudor Williams, Yasha Davidoff; cond. Pietro Cimini
SAN DIEGO
? 1938 Aida as Amonasro with Eva Turner, Jesus de Gaviria
HOLLYWOOD BOWL
26 July, 1938 La Gioconda: (Dance of the Hours)/Cavalleria Rusticana as Alfio with Maria Jeritza, Mario Chamlee, Clemence Gifford; cond. Carlo Peroni
SAN FRANCISCO
*7 October, 1938 Andrea Chénier as Gerard with Elisabeth Rethberg, Beniamino Gigli, Louis D’Angelo, John Howell, George Cehanovsky, Norman Cordon, Doris Doe, Lodovico Oliviero, Arnold Gabor; cond. Gaetano Merola
17, 22 October, 1938 (Cav Rust)/Don Pasquale as Dr. Malatesta with Mafalda Favero, Dino Borgioli, Salvatore Baccaloni, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi
28 October, 1938 La Forza del Destino as Carlo with Elisabeth Rethberg, Doris Doe, Beniamino Gigli, Ezio Pinza, Salvatore Baccaloni, Louis D’Angelo, John Howell, Thelma Votipka, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi
28 November, 1938 Winnipeg, Canada, Civic Auditorium, Joint Recital with pianist Mischa Levitzki – Arias from Tannhäuser La Traviata and songs
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MET/PHILADELPHIA
27 December, 1938 Tosca as Scarpia with Marjorie Lawrence (Tosca), Galliano Masini (Cavaradossi), Norman Cordon (Angelotti), Louis d’Angelo (Sacristan), Wilfred Engelman (Sciarrone); cond. Gennaro Papi
MET/NY
31 December, 1938 Otello as Iago with Helen Jepson, Giovanni Martinelli, Nicola Moscona, Alessio De Paolis, Thelma Votipka, Wilfred Engelman, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Ettore Panizza
21 January, 1939 (Cav Rust)/Pagliacci as Tonio with Hilda Burke, Arthur Carron, Giordano Paltrinieri, Wilfred Engelman; cond. Gennaro Papi
15 February, 1939 Manon as Lescaut with Jan Kiepura, Bidù Sayão, Leon Rothier, Alessio De Paolis, George Cehanovsky, Irra Perina, Natalia Bodanya, Maxine Stellman, Max Altglass, Arnold Gabor; cond. Wilfred Pelletier
*4 March, 1939 MAT Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Zinka Milanov, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Gennaro Papi
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ANN ARBOR – New York World’s Fair Season
13 May, 1939 Otello as Iago with Helen Jepson, Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. Earl V. Moore
SAN FRANCISCO
*13 October, 1939 Manon as Lescaut with Bidù Sayão, Tito Schipa, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Ferrier (Guillot); cond. Gaetano Merola
21 October, 1939 I Pagliacci as Tonio with George Stinson, Charlotte Boerner, George Cehanovsky, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gaetano Merola + Cav
31 October, 1939 – ditto + Coppelia ballet
1 November, 1939 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Lily Pons, Nino Martini, Louis D’Angelo, Norman Cordon, Herta Glaz, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi
4 November, 1939 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Kathryn Meisle, Norman Cordon, Lodovico Oliviero, Thelma Votipka, Evaristo Alibertini; cond. Gennaro Papi
MET/NY
2 December, 1939 Aida as Amonasro with Zinka Milanov, Arthur Carron, Bruna Castagna, Norman Cordon; cond. Ettore Panizza
10 December, 1939 CONCERT Pagliacci: ACT I excpts as Tonio with Hilda Burke, Frederick Jagel, George Cehanovsky
13 December, 1939 Manon as Lescaut with Grace Moore, Richard Crooks, Norman Cordon; cond. Wilfred Pelletier
15 December, 1939 Lucia as Enrico with Lily Pons, Nino Martini, Norman Cordon, Thelma Votipka; cond. Gennaro Papi
21 December, 1939 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Lily Pons, Nino Martini, Norman Cordon, Irra Petina, Louis D’Angelo, Wilfred Engelman; cond. Gennaro Papi
27 December, 1939, 4 January, 1940 L’Amore dei Tre Re as Manfredo with Helen Jepson, Armand Tokatyan, Ezio Pinza, Alessio de Paolis; cond. Gennaro Papi
