Metropolitan Opera, in Tight Times, Receives Record Gift of $25 Million - New York Times

Metropolitan Opera, in Tight Times, Receives Record Gift of $25 Million - New York Times: "Metropolitan Opera, in Tight Times, Receives Record Gift of $25 Million

By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Published: January 5, 2006

The Metropolitan Opera has received the largest individual gift in its history, a $25 million donation from the socialite Mercedes Bass and her husband, Sid R. Bass, that comes at a time of increasing financial troubles for the house."