Acknowledgments -- Prologue / Eleanor R. Belmont -- Introduction -- The new yellow brewery -- A house of princes -- Deutsche Kunst -- Diamond horseshoe, golden voices -- Entr'acte : the familiar face -- Caruso and drama -- The gods -- Entr'acte : beaux arts -- Midstream and full sail -- The end of an era -- Entr'acte : the audience dresses up -- The world of tomorrow -- Opera as theater -- Epilogue / Anthony A. Bliss -- Encore : distinguished guests -- Appendices : General managers of the resident opera Company at the Metropolitan Opera House ; Operas performed by the resident Company, 1883-1966 ; Seating diagrams of the Metropolitan Opera House -- Index -- Picture credits.
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