Metropolitan Opera House

The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center is the home of the Metropolitan Opera and American Ballet Theatre.

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Latin Culture at the Metropolitan Opera House

April 2023

See the future as the 2023 Laffont Grand Finals Concert (National Council Auditions) presents finalists of the Met Opera’s talent competition, backed by the Met Orchestra at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, on Sunday, April 23, 2022 at 3pm. From $25. metopera.org

November 2022

World Ballet Day 2022 is a streaming behind-the scenes look at a day in the life of a ballet company including American Ballet Theater, Alvin Ailey American Dance Company, and many leading global ballet companies on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇨🇺🇫🇷🇮🇹🇲🇨🇵🇷🇿🇦🇪🇸

September 2022

The 2022-23 Metropolitan Opera Season opens with Cherubini’s Italian opera “Medea” starring Sondra Radvanovsky at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 6pm. American soprano Janai Brugger sings Glauce. From $32.50. 🇮🇹

June 2022

The American Ballet Theatre 2022 Summer Season is June 13 – July 16, 2022. 🇦🇷

May 2022

The Laffont Grand Finals opera competition are Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 3pm. From $25. metopera.org

September 2021

The Metropolitan Opera 2022 Season is September 27, 2021 – June 11, 2022.

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A West Side Story

The opera house opened officially on September 16, 1966 with a performance of Samuel Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.”

The two giant murals in the lobby are by Russian painter Marc Chagall: “The Triumph of Music” and “The Sources of Music.”

There is something about the enormity of the stage that is overpowering.

The best tickets may be expensive for some families, but you can get tickets in the Family Circle (the top balcony) for rather less. Many Opera lovers think the Family Circle has the best sound in the house.

The hit Broadway musical “West Side Story” was set in the neighborhood that was redeveloped into Lincoln Center.