Backstage At Launch Of Metropolitan Opera's 59th Season

Opera goers arrive at the Metropolitan Opera / people look at sign, 'la nozze de Figaro' / large group of well-dressed women walk in the lobby / women with eccentric head dresses walk in lobby / violinist Fritz Kreisler is shown / big crowd at cocktail bar / champagne poured into glass for Mrs George Washington Kavanaugh, other woman sips her champagne / backstage opera singers, performers have makeup applied / two opera performers brush their hair / Elisabeth Rethberg styles her hair in a mirror / Enzio Pinza combs his hair / Risë Stevens applies powder makeup as she sings / Opera Director Edward Johnson smiles with his cast / performers walk in costume on stage during clips of show / curtain closes.