VIDEO: GREAT PERFORMANCES: THE OPERA HOUSE Reveals the Backstory of the Famous Chandeliers in this All New Clip
Great Performances: The Opera House, the new documentary by multiple Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Susan Froemke (Grey Gardens; Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton) surveys a remarkable period of the Metropolitan Opera's rich history and a time of great change for New York City. Drawing on rarely seen archival footage, stills and recent interviews, the film chronicles the creation of the Met's storied Lincoln Center home of the last 50 years, set against a backdrop of the artists, architects and politicians who shaped the cultural life of New York City in the 1950s and 60s. Among the notable figures featured in the film are famed soprano Leontyne Price, who opened the Met's present Opera House in 1966 with a starring role in Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra; Rudolf Bing, the Met's imperious general manager who engineered the move from the old house to the new one; Robert Moses, the unstoppable city planner who bulldozed an entire neighborhood to make room for Lincoln Center; and Wallace Harrison, whose quest for architectural glory was never fully realized.
GREAT PERFORMANCES: THE OPERA HOUSE to Premiere Friday, May 25 on PBS
Great Performances: The Opera House, the new documentary by multiple Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Susan Froemke (Grey Gardens; Lalee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton) surveys a remarkable period of the Metropolitan Opera's rich history and a time of great change for New York City. Drawing on rarely seen archival footage, stills and recent interviews, the film chronicles the creation of the Met's storied Lincoln Center home of the last 50 years, set against a backdrop of the artists, architects and politicians who shaped the cultural life of New York City in the 1950s and 60s. Among the notable figures featured in the film are famed soprano Leontyne Price, who opened the Met's present Opera House in 1966 with a starring role in Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra; Rudolf Bing, the Met's imperious general manager who engineered the move from the old house to the new one; Robert Moses, the unstoppable city planner who bulldozed an entire neighborhood to make room for Lincoln Center; and Wallace Harrison, whose quest for architectural glory was never fully realized.
League of American Orchestras Announces Gold Baton Recipient
Association of California Symphony Orchestras (ACSO) executive director Kris Sinclair will be presented with the League of American Orchestras' highest honor, the Gold Baton, at the League's National Conference in Baltimore, June 9-11. Sinclair, who is retiring this year after thirty-one years at ACSO's helm, will receive the award at the League's Annual Meeting, June 10, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront.
FCCF Giving Day Supports Ridgefield Playhouse's Backstage Improvements Today
Fairfield County Community Foundation has designated today, March 5, as the 2nd Annual Fairfield County Giving Day, and The Ridgefield Playhouse, a 501 (C) (3) not-for-profit performing arts center, is hoping that people who appreciate the enriching nature of the performing arts will help raise the $20,000 needed to improve the backstage experience for the hundreds of artists who perform there each year.
FCCF Giving Day to Support Ridgefield Playhouse's Backstage Improvements, 3/5
Fairfield County Community Foundation has designated Thursday, March 5, as the 2nd Annual Fairfield County Giving Day, and The Ridgefield Playhouse, a 501 (C) (3) not-for-profit performing arts center, is hoping that people who appreciate the enriching nature of the performing arts will help raise the $20,000 needed to improve the backstage experience for the hundreds of artists who perform there each year. The FCCF Day funds will help preserve and enhance the theater, originally designed in 1939.
Yale Rep's 'Happy Now?' Featuring Bacon, MacIntosh and More, Opens 10/20
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) presents the American premiere of HAPPY NOW? by Lucinda Coxon, directed by Liz Diamond, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street). Opening Night is October 30 with performances running through November 15th.