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 XXII: NUMBER 23: APRIL 7, 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 painting, by Rembrandt, fixes the climacticmoment in the story of Samson and Delilah and is reproduced by courtesy of the Berlin Museum of Art. Saint-Saens' opera on the subject has often been called an oratorio, for reasons discussed by Ronald Eyer, editor of Musical America. The composer himself sits for a 'biographical sketch by Gisa Schulz, while Herbert Graf analyzes modern trends in operatic staging on the basis of his recent studies in Europe and America on a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Philip L. Miller of the New York Public Library interviews Margarete Matzenauer; other interviews focus on opera-lover Gene Tunney, Metropolitan choreographer Zachary Solov and Mario Del Monaco, who 'broadcasts his first Samson. Dalila's vocal wiles are appraised by William Ashbrook, a veteran contributor. Articles and full program listings, including photos from the production! Names. Dates. Faces. Samson: Body or Soul? by Ronald Eyer. Quest of a Tenor: Mario Del Monaco. Siren Song, by William Ashbrook. Dalila from Memory, by Philip L. Miller. Samson Unshorn, an interview with Gene Tunney. Scherzo Vivant, by Gisa Schutz. Opera of the Week: Samson et Dalila. The Story. Settings and Costumes. The Balletmaster: Zachary Solov. What to Read. Opera on Records, by Max de Schauensee. High Fidelity, by Karl F. Reuling. Letter and Spirit in Staging, by Herbert Graf. Reports: Milan, Berlin, Amsterdam, Vienna, London. Strasbourg, Wiesbaden. Member's Corner 4th cover. ______ 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.