| Description |
xvi, 569 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I: The Gatti years -- Convincing Gatti -- The money factor -- 1931-32: on the air -- 1932-33: money troubles -- 1933-34: deities, premieres, and farewells -- 1934-35: a mighty quartet and a norse goddess -- Coda: exit Gatti -- II: The Johnson era -- 1935-36: Wagner and a coloratura soprano -- 1936-37: Italian and French favorites; a spring bouquet -- 1936-40: the German wing -- 1937-40: the Italian wing -- 1939-40: new repertory -- Interlude: mortgage and marriage -- 1940-43: comic relief -- 1940-42: Italian lyricism and French tang -- 1940-41: Auf Wiedersehen -- 1941-44: Wagner while at war -- 1941-44: allies--France sustained by Britain -- 1941-50: Mozart renascence -- Intermission -- 1942-45: The Italian wing while at war -- Coda: Vale -- 1942-42: maestros and masterworks -- 1945-46: postwar stasis -- 1946-48: postwar premieres -- 1946-48: new artists -- 1948-49: an upward curve -- 1949-50: curtain for Johnson -- Coda: reckoning. |
| Subject |
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
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Opera -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
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Radio and music -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0931340489 |
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9780931340482 |
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