Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center)

Metropolitan Opera House

"The Met"
Metropolitan Opera House seen from Lincoln Center Plaza
Address	30 Lincoln Center Plaza
Location	New York City
Coordinates	40°46′22″N 73°59′3″W / 40.77278°N 73.98417°W / 40.77278; -73.98417
Public transit	Subway: at 66th Street–Lincoln Center Bus: M5, M7, M11, M20, M66, M104
Owner	Metropolitan Opera Association
Type	Opera house
Genre(s)	Modernist
Capacity	3,850
Construction
Built	1963–1966
Opened	September 16, 1966 (1966-09-16)
Architect	Wallace 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.