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Announcer: Welcome to the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Curtain time is still hours away. While it's quiet, Texaco, the company that has been broadcasting the opera for over 30 years, would like to take you on a tour of the house. Behind the scenes, the hundreds of details that go into each performance are carefully pulled together. Detailed set designs, costumes, lights, props, all to enhance the pleasure of you, the opera audience. (stately orchestral music) We hope having seen this will add to your listening pleasure during the next Texaco opera broadcast. (stately orchestral music)