The New Met: Countdown to Curtain (1966)

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.”

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Leontyne Price

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Franco Zeffirelli

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Marc Chagall

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Rudolf Bing

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Samuel Barber

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Lady Bird Johnson

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