Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met: The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts 1931-1950
(Amadeus). In this first of three volumes, Paul Jackson begins a rich and detailed history of the early years of the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, bringing to life more than 200 recorded broadcasts.
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In this first of three volumes, Paul Jackson begins a rich and detailed history of the early years of the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, bringing to life more than 200 recorded broadcasts.
IllustrationsPrefacePt. IThe Gatti Years1Convincing Gatti32The Money Factor1131931-32: On the Air1941932-33: Money Troubles2951933-34: Deities, Premieres, and Farewells3961934-35: A Mighty Quartet and a Norse Goddess737Coda: Exit Gatti91Pt. IIThe Johnson Era8Prologue9791935-36: Wagner and a Coloratura Soprano103101936-37: Italian and French Favorites; A Spring Bouquet121111936-40: The German Wing145121937-40: The Italian Wing179131939-40: New Repertory20914Interlude: Mortgage and Marriage219151940-43: Comic Relief225161940-42: Italian Lyricism and French Tang235171940-41: Auf Wiedersehen257181941-44: Wagner While at War265191941-44: Allies - France Sustained by Britain279201941-50: Mozart Renascence29921Intermission323221942-45: The Italian Wing While at War33323Coda: Vale361241942-45: Maestros and Masterworks365251943-46: Postwar Stasis377261946-48: Postwar Premieres401271946-48: New Artists407281948-49: An Upward Curve435291949-50: Curtain for Johnson45730Coda: Reckoning487Notes491Operas and Casts of the Broadcasts507Historic Broadcast Recordings525Select Bibliography531Index535
