Word: nier
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although it came in the first week of the Met's 78th season, Meistersinger was not the opener. For that occasion the Met chose Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chénier, which is not a great opera-or even a very good one. Chénier, as General Manager Rudolf Bing candidly admitted, was the right length for an opener, and it had enough intermissions (three) to give first-nighters plenty of touring time in corridors, restaurant and lobbies. With Tenor Franco Corelli and Soprano Eileen Farrell in the lead roles, Chénier gave the audience...