SEE BELOW for MORE MAGAZINES' Exclusive, detailed, guaranteed content description!* Careful packaging, Fast shipping, and EVERYTHING is 100% GUARANTEED. TITLE: METROPOLITAN OPERA NEWS (with program) [RARE and interesting magazine and program issued by the Metropolitan Opera Guild.] ISSUE DATE: VOLUME XXIII: NUMBER 7: DECEMBER 15, 1958 CONDITION: Magazine size: Approx 7" X 10". COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD condition.(See photo) IN THIS ISSUE: [Use 'Control F' to search this page. MORE MAGAZINES' exclusive detailed content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date.] This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Issued weekly during the Opera Season and fortnightly in the Spring and Fall by THE METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD 654 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. THIS WEEK : the cover drawing by Rita Stewart introduces the second Otello issue of OPERA NEWS in nine months--fitting tribute to the increased popularity of Verdi's masterpiece in the U. S. Some of the differences between Verdi and Shakespeare are considered by Joan Peyser, lecturer for the New York City Opera Company's new teaching program. Ann M. Lingg, temporarily forsaking her popular "Meet ..." series, touches lightly on the lethal subject of operatic props. We salute the House of Ricordi, whose 150th anniversary was officially marked by last week's Otello benefit at the Metropolitan, and Giorgio Polacco, dean of Italian conductors. On page 30 Paul Jackson, House Manager for Colorado's Central City Festival, discusses certain perils of opera production in college workshops. Articles and full program listings, including photos from the production! Names. Dates. Faces. The Lover and the Hero, by Joan Peyser. Fatal Props, by Ann M. Lingg. A Taste for Music. Lion of Venice: Giorgio Polacco. Casa Ricordi, by Mary Jane Matz. Reports from New York, Missouri, Sofia, Tel-Aviv. Amsterdam. Opera of the Week: Otello. The Story. Settings and Costumes. How to Say It. What to Read. Opera on Records, by Karl F. Reuling. Book review: Orpheus at Eighty. Rossini on the West Side. Chips in the Workshop, by Paul Jackson. Scorekeeper: Harry G. Schumer. ______ Use 'Control F' to search this page. * NOTE: OUR content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Careful packaging, Fast shipping, and EVERYTHING is 100% GUARANTEED.