Metropolitan Opera House (39th Street)

Metropolitan Opera House
Metropolitan Opera House in 1905, looking uptown
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General information
Architectural styleRenaissance Revival architecture
LocationManhattan, New York City
Opened1883
Demolished1967
Design and construction
Architect(s)J. Cleaveland Cady
Recital at the old Met by pianist Josef Hofmann, November 28, 1937

The Metropolitan Opera House, also known as the Old Metropolitan Opera House[1] and Old Met,[2] was an opera house located at 1411 Broadway in Manhattan, New York City. Opened in 1883 and demolished in 1967, it was the first home of the Metropolitan Opera.

  1. ^ "'Old' Metropolitan Opera House". The New York Preservation Archive Project. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  2. ^ Byrnes, Mark (October 22, 2014). "The 'Old Met' In Its Final Days". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2022.