The Opera House (2017)

ALL 10/01/2017 (en) Documentary 108 Min
  • Release
    10/01/2017
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    82%
  • Original title
    The Opera House
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 325,235.00
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Overview

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.

  1. Susan Froemke

    Director

  2. Story



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Casts

  1. Leontyne Price

    Self - Interviewee

  2. Humphrey Burton

    Self - BBC Arts Reporter

  3. Justino Díaz

    Self (archive footage)

  4. Rudolf Bing

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Wallace Harrison

    Self (archive footage)

  6. Franco Zeffirelli

    Self (archive footage)

  7. Samuel Barber

    Self (archive footage)

  8. Robert Moses

    Self (archive footage)

  9. Hilary Ballon

    Self (archive footage)

  10. Rosalind Elias

    Self (archive footage)

  11. Kyna Leski

    Self (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 11 , Crews : 31

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The Opera House (2017) 108 Min

ALL 10/01/2017 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 10/01/2017
  • Production
  • Original title The Opera House
  • en
  • Revenue325,235.00

Overview

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.

  1. Susan Froemke

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Peter R. Livingston Jr.

    Editor

  4. Peter Gelb, Susan Froemke

    Producer