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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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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2017-10-01
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- timer Runtime: 108 Mins
- star Rating: 8.2 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt7659110
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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)
groups Crew
Engelbert Humperdinck
Music
Susan Froemke
Director
Muffie Meyer
Consulting Producer
Roger Phenix
Sound
Modeste Moussorgsky
Music
Aaron Copland
Music
Mia Bongiovanni
Executive Producer
Richard Strauss
Music
Richard Wagner
Music
Lindsey Schneider
Archival Footage Research
Susan Froemke
Producer
Jaclyn Lee
First Assistant Editor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music
Peter R. Livingston Jr.
Co-Director
Dana Schechter
Animation
Gaetano Donizetti
Music
Samuel Barber
Music
Giuseppe Verdi
Music
Prudence Arndt
Archival Footage Coordinator
Justine Pierce
Archival Footage Research
Jaclyn Lee
Associate Producer
Molly Schwartz
Animation
Jason Conradt
Animation
Victor Ilyukhin
Assistant Editor
Charles Gounod
Music
Peter R. Livingston Jr.
Editor
Peter Gelb
Producer
Alexandra Eastman
Executive Producer
Giacomo Puccini
Music
Vincenzo Bellini
Music
Georges Bizet
Music
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