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The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala poster
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How it feels

This film presents highlights from a marathon opera concert held in 1983 to mark the Metropolitan Opera's 100th anniversary. It features performances of excerpts from classic operas by leading singers of the era.

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What happens

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala was a televised concert, lasting more than eight hours, that New York City's Metropolitan Opera staged on 22 October 1983 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of its first performance. A 230-minute selection of excerpts from the concert was released on home media. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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