Baroque and the Opera.

THEATERS; THEATER architecture; ARTS facilities; CENTERS for the performing arts; BAROQUE architecture; ART & opera

Focuses on the construction of an opera building to replace the old Metropolitan Opera House in the United States. Design features of the facility; Use of the Baroque architectural style in the construction of the opera house; Characteristics of Baroque architecture; Correlation between opera and the baroque epoch; Factors influencing the architecture of the U.S.; Artists involved in the project; Implication of the construction of the opera house on the country's architecture and performing arts.