A matter of boxes, 1883-1884 : bel canto
Cultural capital, 1884-1903 : the German seasons and French opera
Opera wars, 1903-1908 : Parsifal, Salome, and the Manhattan Opera Company
Modernity, 1908-1929 : Puccini
Hard times, 1929-1940 : Wagner
Strains of war, 1940-1950 : the conductor's opera
Stage business, 1950-1966 : Verdi
In transit, 1966-1975 : American opera
Maestro Assoluto, 1975-1990 : twentieth-century European opera and the Baroque
Patronage and Perestroika, 1990-2006 : American opera (redux) and Slavic opera
In the age of new media, 2006-2013.
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Grand opera : the story of the Met by Charles Affron. ISBN 9780520250338. Published by University of California Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
