| Description |
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet |
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digital optical Dolby digital 5.1 |
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video file DVD video region 0 |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Starring Leontyne Price ; featuring Samuel Barber, Rudolf Bing, Wallace K. Harrison, Robert Moses, Franco Zeffirelli. |
| Credits |
Executive producers, Mia Bongiovanni, Alexandra Eastman ; producers, Susan Froemke, Peter Gelb ; editor and co-director, Peter R. Livingston Jr. |
| Note |
Program notes and full credits (18 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) inserted in container. |
| Summary |
A film by award-winning documentary filmmaker Susan Froemke which surveys a remarkable period of the Metropolitan Opera's rich history and a time of great change for New York. Featuring rarely seen archival footage, stills, recent interviews, and a soundtrack of extraordinary Met performances, it chronicles the creation of the Met's storied home of the last 50 years, against the backdrop of the artists, architects, and politicians who shaped the cultural life of New York in the '50s and '60s. |
| Note |
Bonus features: Leontyne Price sings "O patria mia" from her 1985 farewell performance of Aida ; Nina Stemme sings the Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde. |
| Language |
English dialogue; English, French, German or Spanish subtitles. |
| Subject |
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) |
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History. |
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Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Theaters. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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Operas -- Excerpts.
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Operas -- Excerpts. |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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History.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Excerpts.
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Excerpts.
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| Added Author |
Froemke, Susan, film director.
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Price, Leontyne, performer, interviewee.
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Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981, interviewee.
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Bing, Rudolf, 1902-1997, interviewee.
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Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-1981, interviewee.
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Moses, Robert, interviewee.
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Zeffirelli, Franco, interviewee.
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PBS DVD (Firm), publisher.
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| Added Title |
Making the new Met |
| Standard No. |
811357019764 |
| Music No. |
TOPH401 PBS |
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