What is the Backstory on the Metropolitan Opera House? | Conversations with Jim Zirin скачать в хорошем качестве

What is the Backstory on the Metropolitan Opera House? | Conversations with Jim Zirin

In 1966, the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center opened with an iconic performance by diva Leontyne Price of Samuel Barber’s Antony & Cleopatra. Peter Gelb, the Met’s General Manager, tells Jim Zirin of his new documentary The Opera House, and says that the move from the old opera house wasn’t seamless, but the happy ending made it all worthwhile. (Taped: 03-20-2018) Conversations with Jim Zirin is a talk show designed to illuminate the news by taking the time required to understand and interpret national and world events. The series features high-profile guests from the worlds of politics, law, business, foreign relations, national security, counterterrorism, media, lifestyles, literature, the arts, and the military. The series is hosted by Jim Zirin, a leading litigator and contributor to major publications including Forbes, the Daily Beast, the Nation, The Times of London and the Los Angeles Times. He is the author of two books, The Mother Court -- Tales of Cases That Mattered in America's Greatest Trial Court, and Supremely Partisan—How Raw Politics Tips the Scales in the United States Supreme Court. Jim served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York in the Criminal Division under the legendary Robert M. Morgenthau. Watch more Conversations with Jim Zirin at http://tv.cuny.edu/show/conversations... Subscribe to the Series Playlist: https://bit.ly/2HdhJ3X Subscribe to the CUNY TV channel: https://bit.ly/2GmGb13 Follow CUNY TV: Facebook:   / cunytv   Twitter:   / cunytv   Instagram:  / cuny_tv   YouTube:   / cunytv75    LinkedIn:  / cunytv   Find more from CUNY TV at https://tv.cuny.edu CNJZ01005