Edward Johnson | |
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General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera | |
In office 1935–1950 | |
Preceded by | Herbert Witherspoon |
Succeeded by | Rudolf Bing |
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Born | Edward Patrick Johnson 22 August 1878 Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
Died | 20 April 1959 Guelph Memorial Gardens, Guelph, Ontario, Canada | (aged 80)
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Edward Patrick Johnson, CBE (22 August 1878 – 20 April 1959) was a Canadian operatic tenor who was billed outside North America as Edoardo Di Giovanni. He became general manager of the Metropolitan Opera in Manhattan, New York City from 1935 to 1950.