Great Performances

The Opera House

Explore the rich history of the Met Opera’s Lincoln Center home and the cultural life of 1950s-60s New York City. Features famed soprano Leontyne Price, the Met’s general manager Rudolf Bing, city planner Robert Moses and architect Wallace Harrison.

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Explore the rich history of the Met Opera’s Lincoln Center home and the cultural life of 1950s-60s New York City. Features famed soprano Leontyne Price, the Met’s general manager Rudolf Bing, city planner Robert Moses and architect Wallace Harrison.

Previews + Extras

  • The Chandeliers - How an Accident Became Art: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Chandeliers - How an Accident Became Art

    S45 E25 - 2m 46s

    Architect Kyna Leski breaks down her father's story on how a wonderful accident while drawing the chandeliers became one of the most aesthetically pleasing additions to The Opera House.

  • The Groundbreaking Ceremony of Lincoln Center: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Groundbreaking Ceremony of Lincoln Center

    S45 E25 - 1m 48s

    With remarks by Leonard Bernstein and President Eisenhower, plus music by the New York Philharmonic, Juilliard Chorus, and the Metropolitan Opera, ground broke on Lincoln Center.

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