Annals of the Metropolitan Opera

Guide to the chronology; inaugural season 1883-84; German interlude 1884-91; the golden age 1891-1903; the Conried company 1903-08; the reign of Gatti-Casazza 1908-35; the Johnson era 1935-50; the Bing years 1950-72; the Chapin period 1972-75; the bliss decade 1975-85; pictures sources for the chronology.