Guardianship of an idea is perhaps a more accurate characterization. But when did it begin? Like one weather system morphing into another, the creative process continues and inspires one work after another. ![]() It separates itself out with identity, a path, force and consequence that serve to replenish, inseminate, or destroy. Moisture, barometric pressure, temperature, currents of air carrying pollen, dirt, crystals of salt off the sea gather and develop a direction and momentum that form fog, a front, a storm or tornado. It is hard to know exactly when a point in a process becomes the beginning of something. Rockefeller III, Philip Johnson, Leontyne Price-that it’s a wonder they could all fit on the Upper West Side.The Genesis of the Metropolitan Opera House Chandeliers: How Accident & Intention Come to Lightīeginnings are arbitrary, accidental and mysterious. It’s full of egos so big- divas, operatic and otherwise, like city planner Robert Moses, John D. But even for those who don’t give a fig for the endless debate over whether Maria Callas was the greatest Carmen, the history of the Met Opera house is a compelling story. It’s a documentary, by Susan Froemke-an editor of the legendary 1975 Grey Gardens-about the Met Opera as edifice, as cultural factory, as a force for social endorsement and upheaval. On May 25, PBS’s Great Performances television program, better known for filming and presenting what happens onstage at the Met, this time delves into the story of the building itself. You know you are in New York, you know you are at Lincoln Center, and you know something wondrous is about to happen. ![]() ![]() In the Metropolitan Opera auditorium, just before the performance begins, the many star-shaped crystal chandeliers, shimmering like constellations, soar up to the ceiling together.
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