[Met Performance] CID:164720



La Traviata
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, January 27, 1954




La Traviata (370)
Giuseppe Verdi | Francesco Maria Piave
Violetta
Jean Fenn

Alfredo
Jan Peerce

Germont
Giuseppe Valdengo [Last performance]

Flora
Margaret Roggero

Gastone
Alessio De Paolis

Baron Douphol
George Cehanovsky

Marquis D'Obigny
Algerd Brazis

Dr. Grenvil
Osie Hawkins

Annina
Maria Leone

Dance
Zebra Nevins

Dance
Marion Horosko

Dance
Roland Vazquez


Conductor
Fausto Cleva







Review 1:

Review signed A. B. in Musical America

Jean Fenn, who sang her first Metropolitan Violetta on this occasion, appeared at short notice after both Dorothy Kirsten and Licia Albanese had had to withdraw from the r?le. Noticeably nervous, the soprano managed to acquit herself very well under the circumstances. An attractive Violetta, she acted with considerable assurance, achieving an admirable balance between the extravagant gestures of grand opera and the economic style of latter-day acting. Her singing, too, was highly effective, on the whole. After the technical hurdles of the "Sempre libera" had been (passably) surmounted, Miss Fenn went on to achieve very gratifying results, particularly in her "Alfredo, Alfredo, di questo cuore" and "Se una pudica vergine." The otherwise familiar cast included Jan Peerce, Giuseppe Valdengo, Margaret Roggero, Maria Leone, Alessio De Paolis, George Cehanovsky, Algerd Brazis, and Osie Hawkins. Fausto Cleva conducted.



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