Like sea captains, opera impresarios have to rule with an iron hand. And no crew that ever sailed the seas could be more unruly than the average opera house's staff of strutting tenors and temperamental prima donnas. Last week, just as the Metropolitan Opera Company was launching a public drive for $1,000,000 to help buy and refit the aged opera house where it puts on its performances,* grey-haired, wiry General Manager Edward Johnson was faced with the first big mutiny of his career.
The trouble started last November with the death of hawk-faced Conductor...
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