TIME Goes to the Opera

1936: Edward Johnson
"Operagoers were amazed last year at the teamwork and smoothness of Manager Johnson's first season. Gossips were equally amazed at the support young matrons and businessmen were giving him. Hundreds, by asking attendants the way to the bar and washrooms, revealed that this was their first visit to the Opera House. For this new contingent, lively, white-haired Mrs. August Belmont was chiefly responsible.... When Johnson stepped into the managership she rallied behind him with a little knot of socialite backers, founded the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and was made its chairman."
From: Met's Metamorphosis, Dec. 21, 1936

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