The New Met: Countdown to Curtain

N/A

1966

Documentary

53 minutes

Summary

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.”

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

Director

StatusReleased: 58 years ago
November 20, 1966

LanguageUnknown

Spoken LanguagesUnknown

Budget-

Revenue-