Exhibitions

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial

April 13, 1984 – June 30, 1984

National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC

1st Floor, Pendulum Area

See on Map Floor Plan

This case features documents, stage props, and photographs, including memorabilia of Enrico Caruso and Rise Stevens, and the headdress worn by Leontyne Price as "Cleopatra." It commemorates the centennial of the founding of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.