The first New York performance was on January 23, 1919 with Mary Garden.
He planned on this being his last season, and he called in Mary Garden to finish the company with style.
Mary Garden as "Directa" for one season cost $750,000 more than any single season of opera in Chicago at that time.
Mary Garden died in Inverurie, close to Aberdeen, where she spent the last 30 years of her life.
And where was the grand opera of the days of Mary Garden, which had thrilled one's youth?
A gramophone was playing over and over a scratched record the distorted voice of Mary Garden.
Sanderson was responsible for helping launch the career of another soprano made famous in the French repertoire, Mary Garden.
The opera helped launch the career of the soprano Mary Garden, who sang Louise in Act 3 at the eighth performance.
Massenet, however, had assigned it to one of his favorite artists, Mary Garden, and could not be moved to make a change.
It was commissioned by the Civic Opera's prime star and manager, Mary Garden.