Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met: The Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, 1931-1950

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Preface xiii
• Part I - The Gatti Years 1
• Chapter One - Convincing Gatti 3
• Chapter Two - The Money Factor 11
• Chapter Three - 1931-32 on the Air 18
• Chapter Four - 1932-33 Money Troubles 28
• Chapter Five - 1933-34 Deities, Premieres, and Farewells 38
• Chapter Six - 1934-35 a Mighty Quartet and a Norse Goddess 72
• Chapter Seven - Coda: Exit Gatti 90
• Part II - The Johnson Era 95
• Chapter Eight - Prologue 96
• Chapter Nine - 1935-36 Wagner and a Coloratura Soprano 102
• Chapter Ten - 1936-37 Italian and French Favorites; a Spring Bouquet 120
• Chapter Eleven - 1936-40 the German Wing 144
• Chapter Twelve - 1937-40 the Italian Wing 178
• Chapter Thirteen - 1939-40 New Repertory 208
• Chapter Fourteen - Interlude Mortgage and Marriage 218
• Chapter Fifteen - 1940-43 Comic Relief 224
• Chapter Sixteen - 1940-42 Italian Lyricism and French Tang 234
• Chapter Seventeen - 1940-41 Auf Wiedersehen 256
• Chapter Eighteen - 1941-44 Wagner While at War 264
• Chapter Nineteen - 1941-44 Allies -- France Sustained by Britain 278
• Chapter Twenty - 1941-50 Mozart Renascence 298
• Chapter Twenty-One - Intermission 322
• Chapter Twenty-Two - 1942-45 the Italian Wing While at War 332
• Chapter Twenty Three - Coda: Vale 360
• Chapter Twenty-Four - 1942-45 Maestros and Masterworks 364
• Chapter Twenty-Five - 1945-46 Postwar Stasis 376
• Chapter Twenty-Six - 1946-48 Postwar Premieres 400
• Chapter Twenty-Seven - 1946-48 New Artists 406
• Chapter Twenty-Eight - 1948-49 an Upward Curve 434
• Chapter Twenty-Nine - 1949-50 Curtain for Johnson 456
• Notes 490
• Operas and Casts of the Broadcasts 1931-1950 506
• Metropolitan Opera Historic Broadcast Recordings 524
• Select Bibliography 530
• Index 534

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