| Opera's New Home: Famed "Met" Moving To Cultural Center | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1747 |
| Catalog #: | 426214 | |
| Clip Number: | 426214-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-025-02 | |
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| Location: | New York, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Theater, Live BUILDINGS: Traditional / Cultural CONSTRUCTION: Buildings CONSTRUCTION: Labor, Manual ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Opera LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York | |
| Description: | New York's Metropolitan Opera has something to sing about --- a spanking new home in Lincoln Center, the city's new cultural hub. For 83 years the Met has been housed in a massive Victorian structure further south -- a forbidding pile that has echoed to the world's greatest voices. Now, just as singers have become streamlined so has the Opera House, now ready to carry on a great old tradition in new surroundings. Establishing shot - Exterior of Metropolitan Opera's brand new home in Lincoln Center in New York City. MS - Arched paned glass windows. water fountain. CU - Two Metropolitan Opera's curators looking over the interior of the new opera house. MS - Inside the theatre itself a look at the balconies. High Angle Shot - Workmen still plastering walls and installing steps inside the theatre. CUS - Sitting area with new seats Low Angle Shot - Austrian crystal chandlers. Wide Angle Shot - Overall shot of the balconies, and there are lots of them. | |
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