The Met: one hundred years of grand opera / Martin Mayer; picture editor Gerald Fitzgerald
1983, 1st Edition. London: Thames and Hudson. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #344659
ISBN: 0671470876
Physical description: 368 pages: ill(some col.), facsims,plans,ports. Contents: The audience, its theater and its opera -- Star seasons -- Milestones I: 25th anniversary -- Caruso and the Gatti machine -- Milestones II: the 50th anniversary -- Kirsten Flagstad and the American years -- Milestones III: the 75th anniversary season, Mr. Bing in charge -- Vale atque ave: the move to Lincoln Center -- New house, new era -- The 10th decade, the 2nd century. Subjects: Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Opera New York (State) New York. Opera United States New York. New York (City) Opera Companies Metropolitan Opera to 1982.
Price: €21.95