Edward Jimenez had flown in from Southern California to play his trumpet in midtown Manhattan, and I had just crossed the street from Central Park when our paths crossed.
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The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center held its first performance, Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra, on September 16, 1966. (Photo: Joseph Kellard)
Metropolitan Opera’s Tour Offers Peek at Backstage Productivity
Maria Callas and Mario del Monaco stared at me from a wall in a corridor. I locked eyes with the celebrated singers, their portraits on canvas were the first of various theatrical encounters when I toured the hidden halls of the famed Metropolitan Opera House earlier this year.
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