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.
Unfortunately the movie The Opera House is not yet available on HBO Max.
Sound | Engelbert Humperdinck | Music |
Directing | Susan Froemke | Director |
Production | Muffie Meyer | Consulting Producer |
Sound | Roger Phenix | Sound |
Sound | Modeste Moussorgsky | Music |
Sound | Aaron Copland | Music |
Production | Mia Bongiovanni | Executive Producer |
Sound | Richard Strauss | Music |
Sound | Richard Wagner | Music |
Editing | Lindsey Schneider | Archival Footage Research |
Production | Susan Froemke | Producer |
Editing | Jaclyn Lee | First Assistant Editor |
Sound | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Music |
Directing | Peter R. Livingston Jr. | Co-Director |
Visual Effects | Dana Schechter | Animation |
Sound | Gaetano Donizetti | Music |
Sound | Samuel Barber | Music |
Sound | Giuseppe Verdi | Music |
Editing | Prudence Arndt | Archival Footage Coordinator |
Editing | Justine Pierce | Archival Footage Research |
Production | Jaclyn Lee | Associate Producer |
Visual Effects | Molly Schwartz | Animation |
Visual Effects | Jason Conradt | Animation |
Editing | Victor Ilyukhin | Assistant Editor |
Sound | Charles Gounod | Music |
Editing | Peter R. Livingston Jr. | Editor |
Production | Peter Gelb | Producer |
Production | Alexandra Eastman | Executive Producer |
Sound | Giacomo Puccini | Music |
Sound | Vincenzo Bellini | Music |
Sound | Georges Bizet | Music |