The New Met: Countdown to Curtain

Name: The New Met: Countdown to Curtain
Director: Robert Drew
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1966-11-20
Duration: 53 min
Cast: Leontyne Price, Franco Zeffirelli, Marc Chagall, Rudolf Bing, Samuel Barber

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

1966

53m

Documentary

Director: Robert Drew

Overview

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.”