Herbert Witherspoon
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Herbert Witherspoon was an American bass singer and opera manager.
Witherspoon circa 1915
Witherspoon in costume as Gurnemanz in Parsifal
Giulio Gatti-Casazza
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Giulio Gatti-Casazza was an Italian opera manager. He was general manager of La Scala in Milan, Italy, from 1898 to 1908 and later the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1908 to 1935.
Herbert Witherspoon
…and in 1931 took over as president of the Cincinnati Conservatory. On the strength of his work in these positions, Witherspoon was named to succeed Giulio Gatti-Casazza when the latter retired as General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in 1935. After the death of Florence Hinkle in 1933, he married Blanche Sternberg…
Gatti Casazza
Time cover, 5 November 1923