The Metropolitan Opera. New York. recently celebrated its centenary All the greatest singers of the age have performed there: Caruso sang over 600 times in the original house and in our own day the 'new' Met has seen some of the greatest triumphs of Pavarotti. Sutherland, Nilsson and Domingo. The move from the old house to the new in 1966 was only one of several major upheavals in a colourful
100-year history of frequent triumphs and occasional disasters. The story of the Met is told in words and music by many of those who know it best
Presented and produced by Daniel Snowman