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RenowneddocumentarianSusanFroemketakesviewersthroughthehistoryoftheMetropolitanOperaviapricelessarchivalstills,footage,andinterviews(with,amongmanyothers,thegreatsopranoLeontynePrice).Thefilmfollowsthedevelopmentofthegloriousinstitutionfromitsbeginningsattheoldoperahouseon39thStreettothestoriedreignofRudolphBingtothelong-gestatingmovetoLincolnCenter,theconstructionofwhichtracesafascinatingbywaythroughtheeraofurbanrenewalandRobertMoses’stransformationofNewYork.Mostofall,though,thisisafilmabouttheloveforanddevotiontothepreservationofanartform,andtheupkeepofahomewhereitcanliveandthrive.