The Opera House

The Opera House (2017)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2017-10-01
  • User Rating: 8.2/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 48min
  • Language: English
  • Director: Susan Froemke
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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.

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  • Leontyne Price

    as Self - interviewed
  • Justino Díaz

    as Self
  • Rudolf Bing

    as Self
  • Wallace Harrison

    as Self
  • Franco Zeffirelli

    as Self
  • Samuel Barber

    as Self
  • Robert Moses

    as Self
  • Hilary Ballon

    as Self
  • Rosalind Elias

    as Self
  • Kyna Leski

    as Self
Sound Engelbert Humperdinck Music
Directing Susan Froemke Director
Editing Peter R. Livingston Jr. Editor
Visual Effects Dana Schechter Animation
Production Muffie Meyer Consulting Producer
Production Mia Bongiovanni Executive Producer
Sound Roger Phenix Sound
Production Peter Gelb Producer
Visual Effects Jason Conradt Animation
Editing Lindsey Schneider Archival Footage Research
Editing Prudence Arndt Archival Footage Coordinator
Editing Justine Pierce Archival Footage Research
Directing Peter R. Livingston Jr. Co-Director
Production Alexandra Eastman Executive Producer
Production Susan Froemke Producer
Production Jaclyn Lee Associate Producer
Editing Jaclyn Lee First Assistant Editor
Editing Victor Ilyukhin Assistant Editor
Visual Effects Molly Schwartz Animation
Sound Gaetano Donizetti Music
Sound Charles Gounod Music
Sound Richard Wagner Music
Sound Modeste Moussorgsky Music
Sound Giuseppe Verdi Music
Sound Vincenzo Bellini Music
Sound Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Music
Sound Richard Strauss Music
Sound Samuel Barber Music
Sound Georges Bizet Music
Sound Giacomo Puccini Music
Sound Aaron Copland Music

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