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Summary:

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.

Table of Contents:

• The Opera House
• The Old Met and Rudolf Bing
• Becoming Leontyne
• Search for a New House
• Urban Renewal
• Wallace K. Harrison and John D. Rockefeller III
• Lincoln Square Transformation
• Groundbreaking
• Leontyne's Met Debut
• The Architects
• Construction Begins
• Old Met Farewell Gala
• New Met Takes Shape
• Explosive Geometry
• Acoustic Success
• Counting Down
• Chaos All Around
• Opening Night
• The Met Goes On
• End Credits

• Aida: O Patria Mia (January 3, 1985)
• Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod (Mild und lesie wie er lächelt) (October 8, 2016)

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Contributors:

Froemke, Susan , director

Price, Leontyne , performer, interviewee

Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981 , interviewee

Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997 , interviewee

Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-1981 , interviewee

Moses, Robert, 1888-1981 , interviewee

Zeffirelli, Franco , interviewee

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English
French
German
Spanish

Language Notes:

English dialogue; English, French, German or Spanish subtitles.

Subjects:

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) — History

Theaters — New York (State) — New York — History

Operas — Excerpts

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Theaters

New York (State) — New York

Genres:

Operas

Internet videos

Online media

History

Performers:

Starring Leontyne Price ; featuring Samuel Barber, Rudolf Bing, Wallace K. Harrison, Robert Moses, Franco Zeffirelli.

Production Credits:

Director, Susan Froemke.

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Recorded live 2017 The Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
Description based on: Vendor-supplied metadata.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 7 min., 50 sec.)) : sound, color

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: USY3P1803347
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Universal Product Code: 810004200036

OCLC Numbers:

1056624075