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As the Metropolitan Opera observed the silver anniversary of its founding, thirty-nine-year-old Giulio Gatti-Casazza took office as general manager. Born in Udine, in the north of Italy, he previously had served for a decade as director of La Scala, Milan. His tenure at the Met would last a record twenty-seven seasons.
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Fitzgerald, G., Tuggle, R. (1989). The Reign of Gatti-Casazza 1908–35. In: Fitzgerald, G., Tuggle, R. (eds) Annals of the Metropolitan Opera. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11976-9_12
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