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OPERAS NEW HOME Famed Met Moving To Cultural Center

OPERAS NEW HOME Famed Met Moving To Cultural Center
Clip: 426214_1_1
Year Shot: 1966 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1747
Original Film: 039-025-02
HD: N/A
Location: New York, New York
Timecode: 00:02:09 - 00:03:17

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. New York, NY Exterior of Metropolitan Opera's brand new home in Lincoln Center in New York City. Arched paned glass windows. water fountain. Two Metropolitan Opera's curators looking over the interior of the new opera house. Inside the theatre itself a look at the balconies. High Angle Shot - Workmen still plastering walls and installing steps inside the theatre. 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.