Bidu Sayao and Salvatore Baccaloni warm up for 1941 opening night performance at New York City's Metropolitan Opera

Operatic soprano Bidu Sayao, costumed as character Susanna, sings and mugs with operatic bass Salvatore Baccaloni, in costume as character Bartolo, as they prepare for opening night at the Metropolitan Opera / stage curtain opens / audience in tiered seats in darkened opera house / scene from performance of opera "The Marriage of Figaro" / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series