Bing Remembers.

The article focuses on the remarkable characteristics of Rudolf Bing, the general manager of Metropolitan Opera. It mentions that Bing seldom utter evasive answers to the mass media, but during his last season with the opera he declared that he wrote his memoirs presented in his book "5,000 Nights at the Opera." It states that Bing did not note his failures and shortcomings in the book. It adds that in his book, Bing had forgiven the last-minute cancellations and anger of tenor Franco Corelli.