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Rudolf Bing, formerly general manager of the Glyndebourne Festival and artistic director of the Edinburgh Festival, launched the first of twenty-two seasons with the Metropolitan Opera. A British subject of Austrian birth, the new general manager announced a commitment to revamp the company’s repertory scenically and dramatically. In pursuit of this aim, he frequently employed designers and directors who had made their names in the legitimate theater.
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Fitzgerald, G., Tuggle, R. (1989). The Bing Years 1950–72. In: Fitzgerald, G., Tuggle, R. (eds) Annals of the Metropolitan Opera. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11976-9_14
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