Talk:Manhattan Opera Company

A fact from Manhattan Opera Company appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 March 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in exchange for shutting down the Manhattan Opera Company and refraining from producing opera in the United States for ten years, Oscar Hammerstein I received over a million dollars from the Metropolitan Opera?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/March.

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First night performance[edit]

There seems to be some question as to whether the first night was Norma or I Puritani: pages for Alessandro Bonci and Regina Pinkert both name the Manhattan Opera's opening night performance as I Puritani. Igenlode (talk) 23:29, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

See also this article on the opera building: Dunlap, David W. (1997-01-22). "A Hammerstein Theater, No Phantom, Is Reborn". New York Times. Retrieved 2016-09-27. Igenlode (talk) 23:55, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

More info on MOC[edit]

See Oscar Hammerstein III. "Oscar Hammerstein (1847-1919)". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 2007-03-03.. — ERcheck (talk) 03:45, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That should fix it, thanks. --User:AlbertHerring ^{Io son l'orecchio e tu la bocca: parla!} 19:47, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. — ERcheck (talk) 22:39, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]