[Met Performance] CID:98640



Le Proph?te
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, February 29, 1928




Le Proph?te (72)
Giacomo Meyerbeer | Eug?ne Scribe
Jean of Leyden
Giovanni Martinelli

Berthe
Leonora Corona

Fid?s
Karin Branzell

Zacharie
Ezio Pinza

Jonas
Alfio Tedesco

Mathisen
Gustav Sch?tzendorf

Count Oberthal
L?on Rothier

Peasant
Giordano Paltrinieri

Anabaptist
Paolo Ananian

Officer
Max Altglass

Citizen
Vincenzo Reschiglian

Captain
George Cehanovsky

Choirboy
Minnie Egener

Choirboy
Philine Falco

Choirboy
Mildred Parisette

Choirboy
Mary Bonetti

Choirboy
Dorothea Flexer

Choirboy
Charlotte Ryan

Dance
Rosina Galli

Dance
Giuseppe Bonfiglio


Conductor
Artur Bodanzky







Review 1:

Review in the New York Telegraph

'LE PROPHETE'

There is no doubt that when Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote "Le Prophete" he knew the opera stage had its possibilities and limitations. One hears the score and sees it in the lavish staging of the Metropolitan environment to realize ever again the superb showmanship of the Italianized German whom Wagner termed the weathercock of music.

In all the panorama of grand opera one wonders again if there is anything to surpass the Coronation Scene for grandeur and coloring while combining a piece of dramatic byplay in the mother-son situation, which is second to nothing in a the theatre for thrills.

Of course, she understands and shakes her head, "No." Last night Martinelli as John of Leyden, fighting against a cold, sang with dignity and power, and Karin Branzell, the Mother, was a fine figure opposite him, musically and dramatically.

For that beautiful lady, Leonora Corona, may it be said that the Metropolitan stage seems now to be a happy hunting ground for her; she is at home; her lovely presence graces each scene in which she participates, and her vocal powers are finding themselves in the huge auditorium. She is singly, pleasantly and satisfying.

Artur Bodanzky conducted with fervor and mastery. He brought the first scene to a close with a bang! The Anabaptist Chorus was immense.



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