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.
Pain and Glory
Drama
7.4
The Lion King
Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
7.1
Lion
Drama
8.1
Spirited Away
Animation, Family, Fantasy
8.5
Room
Drama, Thriller
8.0
The Darjeeling Limited
Adventure, Drama, Comedy
7.2
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Action, Crime, Thriller
7.9
The Space Between Us
Romance, Adventure, Science Fiction, Drama
7.1
Hell or High Water
Western, Crime, Drama
7.3
Passengers
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
6.9
Ford v Ferrari
Drama, Action, History
8.0
Hacksaw Ridge
Drama, History, War
8.2
Into the Wild
Adventure, Drama
7.8
Gravity
Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama
7.2
Shutter Island
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
8.2
Steve Jobs
Drama, History
6.8
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.6
Prisoners
Drama, Thriller, Crime
8.1
American Beauty
Drama
8.0
Léon: The Professional
Crime, Drama, Action
8.3
Finding of Color. Denis Bouriakov
Documentary
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
Music, Drama
7.0
Adams: Doctor Atomic
Music
0.0
Lucia di Lammermoor
Music, Drama
0.0
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Music, Drama
0.0
Prince Igor
Music
8.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera
Music
10.0
Don Pasquale
Music, Comedy
0.0
Gounod: Faust
Music
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
Music
0.0
Moonstruck
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.8
Massenet: Thaïs
Music
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Idomeneo
Music
4.0
Der Rosenkavalier
Music
0.0
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
Music, Drama
10.0
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Music
5.0
La Forza del Destino
Music, Drama
0.0
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Music, Drama
0.0
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Music, Romance
3.3
The Ghosts of Versailles
Music
0.0