Opera

<p><span class="deck">New York received the great composer like a god; he responded <span class="typestyle"> con brio</span> to its shiny gadgets and beautiful women and produced an “American” opera.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> AN IMPRESARIO NAMED HAMMERSTEIN SET HIS SIGHTS ON TUMBLING AN INSTITUTION CALLED THE MET</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> No other impresario ever matched the record of the indomitable Max Maretzek in bringing new works and new stars to America</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Jenny Lind and P.T. Barnum</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> The story of the world’s longest-running radio program and the extraordinary American music it helped make popular</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> The great tenor came to America in 1903, and it was love at first sight—a love that survived an earthquake and some trouble with the police about a woman at the zoo</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The great Czech composer arrived on these shores a century ago and wrote some of his most enduring masterpieces here. Perhaps more important, he understood better than any American of the day where our musical destiny lay.</span></p>

<p>Lorenzo Da Ponte was a Jewish-born Catholic priest who wrote libretti for Mozart and eventually helped open the first opera house in New York.</p>