Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)

Metropolitan Opera House
"The Met"
Metropolitan Opera House seen from Lincoln Center Plaza
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Address30 Lincoln Center Plaza
LocationNew York City
Coordinates40°46′22″N 73°59′3″W / 40.77278°N 73.98417°W / 40.77278; -73.98417
Public transitSubway: "1" train at 66th Street–Lincoln Center
Bus: M5, M7, M11, M20, M66, M104
OwnerMetropolitan Opera Association
TypeOpera house
Genre(s)Modernist
Capacity3,850
Construction
Built1963–1966
OpenedSeptember 16, 1966 (1966-09-16)
ArchitectWallace Harrison, Harrison & Abramovitz Architects
Website
metopera.org

The Metropolitan Opera House (also known as The Met) is an opera house located on Broadway at Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Part of Lincoln Center, the theater was designed by Wallace K. Harrison. It opened in 1966, replacing the original 1883 Metropolitan Opera House at Broadway and 39th Street. With a seating capacity of approximately 3,850, the house is the largest repertory opera house in the world.[1] Home to the Metropolitan Opera Company, the facility also hosts the American Ballet Theatre in the summer months.

  1. ^ Newhouse 1989, pp. 231, 233.