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The Opera House

8.2(4)20171h 48m1

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
Budget
—
Box office
$325.2K
Language
English
  • the metropolitan opera

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  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNRAnnual New York Film Festival1 Oct 2017
  • IsraelIL

    • PremiereJerusalem Film Festival27 Jul 2018
  • NetherlandsNL

    • PremiereArchitecture Film Festival Rotterdam11 Oct 2018

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The Opera House was released on 1 October 2017.

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