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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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