Scenes and behind scenes at the Metropolitan opera
Subject(s): Animal training, Animals in the performing arts, Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921, Conductors (Music), Gatti-Casazza, Giulio, 1869-1940, Hertz, Alfred, 1872-1942, Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), Operas, Operetta, Theater audiences
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Giulio Gatti-Casazza, with the trained animals for various operas, and a woman sit in the “celebrated ‘Horseshoe'” section of the opera house. The surrounding vignettes show Alfred Hertz as a young man and as the current conductor, Enrico Caruso, “Italy’s Standing Army,” which is a group of men dressed for the theater, possibly critics, actors with props, and a prima donna too large to “fit the chairs of the period.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1915-01-09
Creator(s)
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Scenes and behind scenes at the Metropolitan opera. [January 9, 1915]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287711. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Mayer, Henry, 1868-1954. Scenes and behind scenes at the Metropolitan opera. [9 Jan. 1915]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 22, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287711.
APA:
Mayer, Henry, 1868-1954., [1915, January 9]. Scenes and behind scenes at the Metropolitan opera.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287711.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 22, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
