Views of Giulio Gatti-Casazza, manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Backstage during a performance. In his office, with large blackboard behind him. Flipping through book and photographs.
Conductor Ettore Panizza begins music of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, to accompany production of Verdi's Aida. View of formally dressed patrons seated in box seats. View of stage and set with a principal singer. Patrons entering box seat area. Woman closes door with label reading: "Giulio Gatti-Casazza", the name of the Metropolitan Opera's general manager.
Taxicabs coming and going in front of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Night-time with marquee illuminated. Doormen open the doors of the cars arriving. Patrons, in formal attire, men in top hats and ladies in long gowns and furs, step from cars and enter the building. Interior views of the staircases and halls of the Opera House. Waist-down views of patrons walking, showing the beautiful gowns and other clothing of the patrons. People climb the stairs. Audience seated in the boxes and loges. Curtains on the stage. The performance of Verdi's Aida begins with two singers on stage.
Lawrence Tibbett, New York Metropolitan Opera baritone seated in front of a mirror in his dressing room. Several articles lie in front of him. He uses cream or lotion in his hand to remove stage makeup from his face following a performance of Aida by Verdi. Mr. Tibbett wears a dressing robe and a wrist watch.
Conductor converses with concert master violinist onstage, before a performance. Musicians begin to play under the baton of the conductor. Musicians dressed formally. Instruments, music stands and music manuscripts clearly seen. Soloist Paul Wiggenstein plays the piano, with left hand only, on stage. Right sleeve of his jacket hangs limp at his side. Soloists play violins. Audience seated in concert hall. Wiggenstein and the conductor taking bows after the performance.
A map shows American states colored in black and white. Black States carried by Warren Harding and White States carried by James Cox in the U.S. Presidential election of 1920. President-elect and Mrs. Warren G. Harding read congratulatory messages lying in front of them. The losing opponent, James Middleton Cox, stands with women supporters and shakes hands with one. Women wear fashionable hats.
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