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For listeners to the Saturday afternoon broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera, Boris Goldovsky's cheery "Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen!" has always heralded a quarter hour of pure enjoyment. Since 1946 Goldovsky has been treating the Met's radio audiences to his scholarly observations and personal reminiscences. Twenty six of his intermission scripts have been included in this book, including Aïda, Carmen, The Magic Flute, and Tosca.Boris Goldovsky is the author of 'Good Afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen!: Intermission Scripts from the Met Broadcasts', published 1984 under ISBN 9780253325884 and ISBN 0253325889.
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