Documentary · United States of America · 1966 · 53m

The New Met: Countdown to Curtain

The New Met: Countdown to Curtain poster
Director
Robert Drew
Cast
Leontyne Price as Self Franco Zeffirelli as Self Marc Chagall as Self Rudolf Bing as Self Samuel Barber as Self Lady Bird Johnson as Self
Crew
Robert Drew — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.”

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