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
Fight Club
Drama
8.4
The Godfather
Drama, Crime
8.7
Avatar: The Way of Water
Science Fiction, Adventure, Action
7.6
Avatar
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
7.6
Oppenheimer
Drama, History
8.1
The Abyss
Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
7.3
Catch Me If You Can
Drama, Crime
8.0
Deadpool & Wolverine
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
7.7
Inside Out
Animation, Family, Adventure, Drama, Comedy
7.9
Green Book
Drama, History
8.2
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.4
Avengers: Endgame
Adventure, Science Fiction, Action
8.2
Pulp Fiction
Thriller, Crime
8.5
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
7.5
Captain America: The First Avenger
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.0
The Green Mile
Fantasy, Drama, Crime
8.5
Alien
Horror, Science Fiction
8.2
Deadpool
Action, Adventure, Comedy
7.6
Star Trek
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
7.4
Finding of Color. Denis Bouriakov
Documentary
0.0
Massenet: Thaïs
Music
0.0
Prince Igor
Music
8.0
Don Pasquale
Music, Comedy
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Boris Godunov
Music
0.0
Gounod: Faust
Music
0.0
Adams: Doctor Atomic
Music
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
Music, Drama
7.0
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Music, Drama
0.0
Lucia di Lammermoor
Music, Drama
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera
Music
10.0
Moonstruck
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.8
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Music, Drama
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
Fantasy, Music
7.7
Tosca
Drama, Music
8.0
Rossini: Semiramide
Music
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Luisa Miller
Music
10.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
Music, Drama
0.0
Massenet: Manon
Music, Drama
10.0
Philip Glass: Akhnaten
Music, History
9.0