1930s - Opera, USA: Aida Performance

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1930s - Opera, USA: Aida Performance LS High Angle / HA Egyptian set for opera Aida, stage w/ chorus & full cast as leading lady leaves to right; male lead singers fight or argue & others respond; declaring allegiance (?). Curtain drops. 14:16:14 HA singing; pan stage from normal height. MLS Singers. Elaborate entrance & exit of group carrying Egyptian statue, dancers, horse-drawn chariot. 14:18:37 MCU audience watching. 14:18:51 Ropes & electric panel backstage; Giulio Gatti-Casazza, Metropolitan Opera manager, enters frame, sits & reads, looks thru sliding window & sits back down & waits. 14:19:27 LA Fiulio Gatti-Casazza standing & sitting waiting in balcony (?) above stage; opens leather bound album & takes out photographs & looks. 14:21:11 MCU Conductor Ettore Panizza taps baton & begins conducting. 14:21:45 Audience in formal dress in balcony watching. 14:21:56 HA MLS singer on stage in front of huge stage set singing / gesturing. Slug. 14:22:18 People entering balcony, curtain pulled behind by woman attendant who shuts outer door. 14:22:42 HA MLS Taxis arriving & leaving; people entering New York Metropolitan Opera House (?). MS doorman helping people in formal dress / top hats out of limousines & checkered taxicabs as people on sidewalk watch. CU. 14:24:21 Int. CU feet, cane, floor length gowns & tuxedos at elevator. 14:24:54 Stairwell & usher waiting, people upstairs. 14:25:27 MS doorway to balcony or boxes, people entering, walking past. 14:25:52 Interior MLS across to people watching from filled boxes. 14:25:58 LS Curtain closed. Two singles out, sings, bows. 14:26:56 MCU man putting on makeup in front of mirrors, side view. Music; Singers; Performers; Back Stage; Wealth; Culture; Historical Performance; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. Some footage filmed fast to compensate for low light level when shooting. NOTE: If specific identifications are known we’d appreciate notification to: footagefarm.co.uk Please include time code and any further information. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk