The New Met: Countdown to Curtain

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The New Met: Countdown to Curtain

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

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.”

Release Date

1966-11-20

Year

1966

Duration

53m

Status

Released

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Production

Cast

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Leontyne Price

Franco Zeffirelli

Franco Zeffirelli

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall

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Rudolf Bing

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Samuel Barber

Lady Bird Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson