The Metropolitan has stood among the grandest of opera companies
since its birth in 1883. Tracing the offstage/onstage workings of
this famed New York institution, Charles Affron and Mirella Jona
Affron tell how the Met became and remains a powerful actor on the
global cultural scene. In this first new history of the company in
thirty years, each of the chronologically sequenced chapters
surveys a composer or a slice of the repertoire and brings to life
dominant personalities and memorable performances of the time. From
the opening night "Faust" to the recent controversial production of
Wagner's "Ring," "Grand Opera" is a remarkable account of
management and audience response to the push and pull of tradition
and reinvention. Spanning the decades between the Gilded Age and
the age of new media, this story of the Met concludes by tipping
its hat to the hugely successful "Live in HD" simulcasts and other
twenty-first-century innovations. "Grand Opera"'s appeal extends
far beyond the large circle of opera enthusiasts. Drawing on
unpublished documents from the Metropolitan Opera Archives,
reviews, recordings, and much more, this richly detailed book looks
at the Met in the broad context of national and international
issues and events.
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