A man stands on a wharf in New York City. Crowd gathers to bid farewell to the passengers on the ocean liner SS Leviathan, of the United States Lines, as she departs from New York. People on board the ship wave. The ship departs amidst salutes from fireboats spraying water, Dirigibles, and airplanes, including one spraying streams of water.
Giulio Gatti Casazza, manager of Metropolitan Opera in New York City comes out of a room. A woman's photograph, documents and other articles lying on a table. Giulio Gatti Casazza takes out photographs of opera stars in various roles, including Enrico Caruso, in Pagliacci. He sits on a chair in his office. A telephone is kept on the table. He looks at photographs.
View from balcony, of singers filling the stage at Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, during performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida. View of smaller cast group from onstage. View from balcony.
Opera singer, Giovanni Martinelli, preparing for a role in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. He puts on makeup in front of a mirror. Articles lay on a table. He partially covers his head and puts on make-up. Conductor Ettore Panizza prepares for his debut performance. Pages of musical score lay in front of him. He selects baton from amongst several. Musicians, including three violinists and a trumpeter, enter the orchestra pit. Stage director seen in foot of stage, providing direction to actor/singers.
Giuseppe Verdi's Opera, Aida, performed in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City. Stage-level view of performance. View from balcony of stage and performance. Curtain closes and then opens again. Scene inside the Temple of Vulcan the priestesses dance and processional ceremonies take place. Additional scenes and views are see.
Musicians, with their musical instruments, file into the orchestra pit of Metropolitan Opera, in New York City. Opera star, Giovanni Martinelli, wearing a dressing gown, sings and laughs, as he prepars to makeup and dress for his performance, in role of Radames, in Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Aida. Opera star, Lawrence Tibbett, looks in a mirror, as he prepares to apply makeup for his role as, Amonasro, in the opera. Make-up articles lay in front of him. Giovanni Martinelli, applying his makeup. Conductor, Ettore Panizza directs the orchestra, in his debut with the Metropolitan Opera . Footlights and curtain on a stage of the Metropolitan. Giulio Gatti Casazza, manager of Metropolitan Opera, comes through stage door.