Status
Released
Release
2017
Runtime
1h 48m
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In this documentary, award-winning filmmaker Susan Froemke explores the creation of the Metropolitan Opera’s storied home of the last five decades. Drawing on rarely seen archival footage, stills, and recent interviews, The Opera House looks at an important period of the Met’s history and delves into some of the untold stories of the artists, architects, and politicians who shaped the cultural life of New York City in the ’50s and ’60s. Among the notable figures in the film are famed soprano Leontyne Price, who opened the new Met in 1966 in Samuel Barber’s Antony and Cleopatra; Rudolf Bing, the Met’s imperious General Manager who engineered the move from the old house to the new one; Robert Moses, the unstoppable city planner who bulldozed an entire neighborhood to make room for Lincoln Center; and Wallace Harrison, whose quest for architectural glory was never fully realized.
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- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Oct 1, 2017
- Languages
- EnglishFrench
- Director
Top Cast
11 Cast Members
Leontyne Price
Self - Interviewee
Humphrey Burton
Self - BBC Arts Reporter
Justino Díaz
Self (archive footage)
Rudolf Bing
Self (archive footage)
Wallace Harrison
Self (archive footage)
Franco Zeffirelli
Self (archive footage)
Samuel Barber
Self (archive footage)
Robert Moses
Self (archive footage)
Hilary Ballon
Self (archive footage)
Rosalind Elias
Self (archive footage)
Kyna Leski
Self (archive footage)
