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Word: hubay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stars. All 1,611 of the curtain's tassels have been sold by the Met for $5 apiece. The house's eight ceramic water fountains ($500 each) have been snapped up, as have the 280 chairs ($15 each) in the boxes. Says House Manager Alfred Hubay: "Old subscribers have been complaining about those chairs for years-now they want to buy them!" Among other items sold: 15 pairs of Caruso's flesh-colored stockings (at $15 per pair), dressing-room doors ($10), brass spittoons ($25), wall sconces ($15 to $75), chandeliers ($500), columns, banisters, hat trees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opera: Last Days of the Old Lady | 4/1/1966 | See Source »

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