A large screen gives visitors a live look at what’s happening on the Met stage, where rehearsals take place every morning. Tourists and locals alike are welcome to take photos and capture a souvenir New York shot. Visitors to the Met can walk up the famous grand staircase, admire the iconic crystal chandeliers, or visit the Gallery Met exhibitions. Open to the Publicĭuring the opera season, certain areas of the Metropolitan Opera House are open to the public for free on weekday mornings from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, and on Sundays from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM. The Metropolitan Opera is also home to the annual Spring season of American Ballet Theatre and regularly hosts touring opera and ballet companies. The performance season welcomes over 800,000 people in attendance to the opera house while millions more experience the Met through new media distribution initiatives and state-of-the-art technology. Each season, the Met stages more than 200 opera performances in Lincoln Center.
The exhibits on the following pages present performance clips and highlights from the Met's award-winning Live in HD series of global movie-theater transmissions, interviews with the directors of the 2015–16 season's new productions, and other behind-the-scenes content.The vibrant home of unparalleled theatre performances, The Metropolitan Opera prides itself on working with the most brilliant performers in the world. Under the leadership of General Manager Peter Gelb and Music Director James Levine, the Met engages the most imaginative directors working in theater and opera to create new productions.
Founded in 1883 by a group of wealthy businessmen, the Met launched with a performance of Gounod’s "Faust," and since that first night, the company has continually engaged the world’s greatest singers, including Enrico Caruso, Renata Tebaldi, Maria Callas, Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, and countless other extraordinary artists. One of the most technologically advanced stages in the world, the Metropolitan Opera House presents modern masterpieces alongside the classics of theater. For more than 130 years, the Metropolitan Opera has been a vibrant home for the most creative and talented artists working in opera, including singers, conductors, composers, orchestra musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers, and dancers.
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