A Broken Stage for Opening Night
Clip: Season 45 Episode 25 | 2m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
The Challenges of Opening a New Opera House
What do you do when a giant turntable designed to move an army on stage for opening night doesn't work?
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
A Broken Stage for Opening Night
Clip: Season 45 Episode 25 | 2m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
What do you do when a giant turntable designed to move an army on stage for opening night doesn't work?
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The Chandeliers - How an Accident Became Art
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Clip: S45 Ep25 | 2m 46s | The surprising backstory behind how the chandeliers in The Opera House really came about. (2m 46s)
The Groundbreaking Ceremony of Lincoln Center
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Clip: S45 Ep25 | 1m 48s | President Eisenhower and Leonard Bernstein spoke at this momentous ceremony. (1m 48s)
Leontyne Price on Opening the Metropolitan Opera
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Clip: S45 Ep25 | 1m 47s | Leontyne Price recalls being chosen to open The Opera House. (1m 47s)
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Preview: S45 Ep25 | 30s | Explore the history of the Met Opera’s Lincoln Center home in 1950s-60s New York City. (30s)
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...