The seventh week of grand opera at the Hippodrome opens tonight with the second performance of Bellini’s “Norma.” Anna Leskaya, Bruna Castagna, Giuseppe Radaelli and Nino Ruisi will have the principal roles.
Pasquale Amato has engaged two new baritones, Claudio Frigerio, formerly of the Metropolitan, who makes his first appearance in “La Traviata” on Friday night, May 18, and Alfred Ghigi, who sings the role of Figaro in “The Barber of Seville” on Monday night. There will be a new Micaela, Ellen Miriam, in “Carmen” to be played Wednesday.
“Hansel and Gretel” will be given in English at the Saturday matinee, May 19, followed by an elaborate ballet divertissement by the Yakovleff Dancers featuring Monna Montez and Nicolas Daks.
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