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Contents 1 Candidate for 2 separate articles? 2 MTC Awards inclusion 3 Conductors 4 Why remove photo?? 5 First Recordings 6 History

[edit] Candidate for 2 separate articles?

Like the Royal Opera House and the Royal Opera, London, which distinguish between the "company" aspect and the "theatre" aspect, this article might well be divided into two. There's plenty more to be said about each of the houses.

Vivaverdi 18:33, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I have been thinking this for a while. Probably it should eventually be 3 articles, Company, Old House and New House. I think we can wait a while, the whole article is still pretty thin considering what we are talking about. I intend on working on it further, the Company history especially. I'd also like to do details on the production history (Directors/Designers). Do you think the list of "Notable Conductors" is just a little bit random?

Pmasck 02:49, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

It might not need THREE articles: Houses #1 and #2 might be combined - both are/were the "Metropolitan Opera House", but I agree with the principle.

I broke up the article to create "Old" and "New", but quite a bit of expansion is certainly in order.... Please add more info - we need it... THEN let's figure it out....

Vivaverdi 03:14, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MTC Awards inclusion

Surely, this is hardly worthwhile.

See my comment when editing: "MTV Music Awards barely relevant here (the MET is used for other things too), and certainly NOT in the "Company" section. We'll leave it for now to see if others will tolerate".

Vivaverdi 22:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

See my reversation of someone's changes back - and comments.

Vivaverdi 01:25, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Conductors

I thought this section made more sense if it was called "Principal Conductors." There were many "notable" conductors at the Met, but these were ones who had continuing responsibility for the repertoire and the orchestra. Markhh 07:32, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

It makes perfect sense to me. Viva-Verdi 18:08, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why remove photo??

I've put it back. Viva-Verdi 01:06, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] First Recordings

A record collector friend finally sent me CDs taken from the complete LP collection of the famous Mapleson cylinders. Lionel Mapleson made the first live recordings at the Met from 1900 to 1904, using an Edison cylinder machine with a very large horn. He was able to pick up an incredible amount of sound for the time. Unfortunately, many of the cylinders have been worn over the years and have excessive surface noise, including bumps, clicks, and scratches. There has yet to be a comprehensive CD collection of these recordings, using current digital technology to improve the sound. Nevertheless, some of the cylinders still give us a very good idea of what audiences heard at the Met in the early years of the twentieth century. Sallyrob (talk) 18:02, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

I think a new section entitled "The Met on Record" is warranted. This could document the Met's recorded history from the Mapleson cylinders through the complete opera recordings of the 1940's-50's and 1990's to today's DVD releases.Markhh (talk) 06:23, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] History

This section still needs a lot of expansion. Important topics needing to be added include: the financial crisis of the early 1930's that led to the creation of the Met Opera Assoc as new owners; Volpe's whole era; the appointment and untimely death of Goeran Gentele and others.Markhh (talk) 06:29, 13 March 2008 (UTC)