Address
Metropolitan Opera House
30 Lincoln Center Plaza,
New York, NY 10023
United States
Customer Service
Phone: 212-362-6000 (tickets)
Phone: 212 501 3482 (shop queries)
Email: metropolitanopera@metopera.org (general)
Email: metoperashop@metopera.org (shop queries)
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About Metropolitan Opera House
One of the repositories of modern day culture in the United States of America is the Metropolitan Opera House. It attracts the best talent and the most creative performing artists from around the world. Inaugurated in 1966, the Metropolitan Opera House was designed by architects Wallace Harrison and Max Abramowitz in modern architectural style. It is located on Broadway in Upper West Manhattan, New York City. With a capacity to seat 3,800 people, it stages plays, orchestra recitals, musicals, dances and music shows of different genres. The Met hosts a number of productions directed by the best in theatre and opera attracting audience from the cultural cream of the world. There is a healthy mix of modern renditions along with classics to cater to audience with varied tastes. Live in HD is an initiative to increase viewer base where in performances at the Met are transmitted to movie theatres around the world.
The Met attracts the best names in performing arts and some of the world’s leading musicians, conductors, directors, choreographers, and singers have vied to perform here. Many of the world’s greatest artists have performed many times here and have a loyal audience. Some of the most important works of Wagner, Puccini, Toscanini and Seidl have premiered here at the Metropolitan Opera House. The beauty of the performance is enhanced with the finest technical acoustics and lighting at the opera house. Live broadcasts every Saturday afternoon take the grandeur of the Metropolitan performances to connoisseurs across The United States and Canada. In a bid to rope in a wider audience and take opera appreciation in to people’s homes, the Met has produced many series for television and has reached over four million viewers. They also have a radio broadcast series of classical music shows.
The Metropolitan Opera House stages over 200 opera performances every season with nearly 800,000 people directly attending the shows and many more million experiencing the shows over radio and television. Not only do music lovers visit the Met, it has also become a great tourist attraction and visitors to New York usually spend some time admiring the ambiance and architecture. Public can visit the Met free of charge and walk up the iconic staircase gaze at the famed crystal chandeliers and take photographs to cherish memories. The Metropolitan Opera House is accessible to persons with movement issues, listening and visual impairment and have need for breathing devices. There are also many dining options to choose from during intermission and before and after the show.
The Calendar section on the website shows all the ongoing and upcoming events at The Metropolitan Opera. Tickets can be purchased online using major credits. You also can get a Met membership to enjoy a range of benefits throughout the year. A Guild Supporting Member enjoy Met ticket priority by level, advance access to tickets, and Guild Contributing Member enjoy ticket priority by level, Hold Card privileges, among other privileges. Shopaholics can visit the Met Opera Shop to browse merchandise on the Met Opera eshop. Products you can purchase online include DVDs, apparel, optics, books, hats, bags and fashion accessories. Shopping on the estore can be made using major credit cards and gift cards. Shipping options are revealed during checkout. As for returns, Met Opera Shop accepts returns within 30 days. For more information or queries on tickets, timings, cancellation, refund, parking, career, or others, reach The Metropolitan Opera support.
