Talk:Metropolitan Opera

message: 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)
thread_title:  MTC Awards inclusion 

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

message: I've put it back. Viva-Verdi 01:06, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why remove photo?? 

message: 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)
thread_title: First Recordings

message: 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)
thread_title: History

message: Strange topic.--Parkwells (talk) 19:48, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It would seem churlish not to commemorate these unfortunate people i some way. Claverhouse (talk)  — Preceding undated comment added 11:02, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Deaths at the Met

message: The Met is obviously one good opera house with a good opera company. However, saying that it is the “best”, that “most leading opera artists consider an engagement at the Met as a key part of their career”, that “the Met's artistic standards are acknowledged to be among the highest in the world” and that “the orchestra is considered to be one of the finest anywhere”, even if such statements are sourced, don't follow the standards of objectivity that should be found in an encyclopedia article. Also, they lack sources. I question whether these edits have followed WP:NPOV. I have tagged them as lacking sources, but I suggest they should be removed. Cheers! --Karljoos (talk) 20:39, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have answered your similar suggestion at Talk:Royal Opera House. Sources for the statements would be nice, but these are facts, and users have a right to know them. --Catgut (talk) 10:59, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

text: It makes me feel like whoever set up this page has a large inferiority complex about the Met. Reading it as someone who doesn't know anything about the opera house, I got the impression that it's secondary in prestige to others, and that someone wants to make it appear otherwise. Really, if it's "the best," let it speak for itself and stop propping it up. 140.233.43.160 (talk) 04:38, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finest in the world? The best?  

message: How long is the stage??? I'm just looking for a doll stage I'm looking at making for my duaghters!!!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.35.109.83 (talk) 04:52, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Stage length

message: I noted that someone recently wikified the "20 principal conductors" of the Met.  But it is my understanding that the title of principal conductor was first bestowed only in 1972 on Rafael Kubelik (who as it turned out didn't conduct all that much at the Met).  If the list of conductors wants to be retained, perhaps someone can look at the Met Database and determine which conductors have the most extensive performance experience. - kosboot (talk) 11:53, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Principal conductors? 

message: The plethora of "citation needed" tags indicates that the article does not meet the class B  standard. Regraded to class C. Tim riley talk  21:02, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Class

message: I have updated the article to note that Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be taking over as Musical Director following the retirement of James Levine. SpiritedMichelle (talk) 01:16, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

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