The New Met: Countdown to Curtain(1966)

Name: The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1966-11-20
Duration: 53 min
Cast: Leontyne Price, Franco Zeffirelli, Marc Chagall, Rudolf Bing, Samuel Barber

Inside the frenzy of preparing for opening night at the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center.

53m

November 20, 1966

Documentary

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Synopsis

Backstage with Franco Zeffirelli and Rudolph Bing as multiple mechanical difficulties snag rehearsals. Marc Chagall stops by only to see that his giant murals were not hung the way he intended in the lobby. Leontyne Price is engaging as she prepares for her commanding starring role in Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.”

Réalisateur: Robert Drew