 Throughout the 1930s membership continued to grow and they were able to underwrite the fund needed for larger projects like a new production of Wagner's Ring Cycle and then to provide one third of the cost paid by the Metropolitan Opera Association to the house owned by the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company.The Guild furthered educational access on the art and artists of opera to opera lovers from across the country, many of whom only knew the Met from their weekly radio broadcasts.They share their knowledge with adults seeking to learn more, and through school programs reaching the next generation of opera lovers.