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: FEBRUARY 24, 1962; VOLUME 26/NUMBER 15 CONDITION: Magazine size: Approx 8OE" X 11". 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 ON THE COVER: a full-color photograph -- our first since 1947--by Louis Melanoon of the Metropolitan staff - shows the crucial moment in Act II, Scene 2 of Cecil Beaton's Turandot production when Unknown Prince confronts icy heroine to answer her three riddles or forfeit his life. 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. FEATURES: Articles and full program listings, including photos from the production! THIS WEEK: TURANDOT. WHAT'S WRONG WITH OPERA, a dialogue with Leopold Stokowski. A noted maestro cites problems of the art today. FIGURES OF LEGEND: the stars of Turandot discuss their roles. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, by Jane W. Stedman. The familiar monster freed from enchantment by a kiss. BEHIND THE SCENES: 1. The Framework, by Florence Stevenson. Back of the illusion of performance, many skills are at work. THE FINISHING TOUCH, by John W. Freeman. Alfano is now known as the man who completed Turandot. DEPARTMENTS. THIS WEEK. NAMES. HIGH FIDELITY. DATES AND PLACES. OPERA OF THE WEEK:. THE CAST. METROPOLITAN FORUM: Two Views of Ballo. OPERA ON RECORDS 33 REPORTS: Stockholm, Fort Worth, Louisville, Washington, NewYork. OPERA HAS LOST. METROPOLITAN CALENDAR. Puccini's Turandot Insert. ______ 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.