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Mad About Music Archive

April 2006

Mercedes T. Bass

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Mercedes Bass was recently front page news announcing a $25 million gift she and her husband Sid had just given to the Metropolitan Opera, the largest gift in the Met's 123-year history. As she reveals to host Gilbert Kaplan, "It took only a few minutes to decide."