Music: The Opera Business

Grave Gatti Rules the Proud and Profitable Metropolitan Manhattan Bulk. The close of the opera season in Manhattan brought the usual many long articles of sum mary and commentary from the critics, and might have inspired the philosopher with a few reflections. Perhaps the most striking feature to be noted in a review of the 1922-23 Metropolitan season is the large number of performances and of operas performed. In 23 weeks Mr. Gatti gave 169 performances of 40 different operas. When you con sider the amount of preparation and rehearsal that even...

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