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Boxholders -- Mahler and Tosscanini -- World War I and the 1920s -- Great Depression -- Edward Johnson, World War II, and the American opera singer; Rudol Bing arrives -- Rodolf Bing and Anthony Bliss; The birth of a new opera house -- New house -- Bing vs. Bliss redux -- Star power -- Bing era ends -- Young Jimmy -- Tragedy -- Dark tunnel -- Jimmy and John, and Joe -- Sybil and John -- Met gets organized -- Summer of 1980: Money and murder at the Met -- Last strike and the price of peace -- Defeat of John Dexter -- House soprano -- Whither the Met -- James Levine in ascendance -- Met's one hundredth birthday and the years of transition -- Bruce Crawford takes command -- Divas in distress -- James Levine, artistic director -- Imperial Met -- Phantom of the opera -- Three tenors -- More change -- Joseph Volpe takes over -- James Levine in his middle years -- Backstage with Plácido Domingo -- Is it a power struggle? -- Long career of Luciano Pavarotti -- New stars -- Curse of Carmen -- Principal guest conductor -- Evolution of James Levine -- Met at the millennium. |
