Release Date
20 Nov, 1966
Runtime
00:53: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
Inside the frenzy of preparing for opening night at the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center.
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.”
Photos
Leontyne Price
Franco Zeffirelli
Marc Chagall
Lady Bird Johnson
Robert Drew