metropolitan be a real find for opera lover and with it absolutely glorious music and the heroic singing of opera star lawrence tibbett and one of opera very bright light in the 1930s . produce by darryl f. zanuck and metropolitan showcase tibbett in an absolutely ridiculous plot that feature actor alice brady and cesar romero and virginia bruce and walter brennan and others . brady and who later win an oscar a mrs. oleary in in old chicago be the stereotypical temperamental diva who form her own opera company and keep change the premier opera every five minute . first and it barber of seville so we can hear tibbett do largo al factotum and tibbett be the version i be raise on while then after an angry fit and she decide to do carmen thus and we hear tibbett do the toreador song . finally and after hear virginia bruce sing micaela aria and she decide to banish the company . the group get back on it foot before opening and decide to do cavalleria rusticana and pagliacci instead . those poor ticket holder . no idea what they be go to see and but we get to see tibbett rehearse those glorious number plus perform si puo at the end . one wonder what the vicious diva consider herself . in the beginning and she angry that the metropolitan opera do not cast her in la sonambula a patently coloratura role and then she assign herself barber and a coloratura role and and finally a mezzo role and carmen . hello . singing style have change over the last 70 year no more fast vibrato and no more white high note from soprano and and the declamatory type of sing in opera and do a little bit by tibbett in si puo be reserve for very old and dry out singer close to retirement . but nothing diminish the magnificence of tibbett gift . it so wonderful to have him on film to appreciate . tibbett be an excellent actor as well a singer and and on stage he must have appear quite attractive . but though his career overlap that of nelson eddy and they be separate only by four year in age and tibbett could not have achieve what eddy do in film . while not anywhere near as good an actor and eddy be considerably handsome and young in appearance and and his beautiful voice be more accessible to audience . but if you have any interest in opera at all and try to catch this on fox movie channel and listen to tibbett sing de glory road . you would not hear anything like that again .