The Opera House
2017 | 108m | English
Popularity: 1.0 (history)
| Director: | Peter R. Livingston Jr., Susan Froemke |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 01, 2017 |
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| Director: | Peter R. Livingston Jr., Susan Froemke |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | the metropolitan opera |
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Revenue: $325,235
Budget: $0 |
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Updated: Feb 03, 2025 (Update) Entered: May 06, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Leontyne Price | Self - Interviewee |
| Humphrey Burton | Self - BBC Arts Reporter |
| Justino Díaz | Self (archive footage) |
| Rudolf Bing | Self (archive footage) |
| Wallace Harrison | Self (archive footage) |
| Franco Zeffirelli | Self (archive footage) |
| Samuel Barber | Self (archive footage) |
| Robert Moses | Self (archive footage) |
| Hilary Ballon | Self (archive footage) |
| Rosalind Elias | Self (archive footage) |
| Kyna Leski | Self (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
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| Molly Schwartz | Animation |
| Roger Phenix | Sound |
| Dana Schechter | Animation |
| Peter R. Livingston Jr. | Co-Director, Editor |
| Justine Pierce | Archival Footage Research |
| Jason Conradt | Animation |
| Samuel Barber | Music |
| Susan Froemke | Director |
| Jaclyn Lee | First Assistant Editor |
| Lindsey Schneider | Archival Footage Research |
| Victor Ilyukhin | Assistant Editor |
| Prudence Arndt | Archival Footage Coordinator |
| Engelbert Humperdinck | Music |
| Muffie Meyer | Consulting Producer |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Music |
| Richard Wagner | Music |
| Giacomo Puccini | Music |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Music |
| Vincenzo Bellini | Music |
| Georges Bizet | Music |
| Gaetano Donizetti | Music |
| Richard Strauss | Music |
| Charles Gounod | Music |
| Modeste Moussorgsky | Music |
| Aaron Copland | Music |
| Name | Title |
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| Jaclyn Lee | Associate Producer |
| Alexandra Eastman | Executive Producer |
| Susan Froemke | Producer |
| Peter Gelb | Producer |
| Mia Bongiovanni | Executive Producer |
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