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grand tier

American  

noun

  1. the first tier of boxes after the parquet circle in a large theater or opera house.


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The Metropolitan Opera took the name of one prominent benefactor, the investor Alberto W. Vilar, off its grand tier in 2003 after some promised pledges failed to materialize; he was later convicted of fraud.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2020

Fridays Under 40 tickets, by contrast, cost $60 to $100 for seats in the orchestra and grand tier that normally start at $80 and $90.

From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2015

He owned a box in the grand tier, the so-called Diamond Horseshoe, of the old Metropolitan Opera House, and he was chairman of the board from 1938 to 1946.

From Time Magazine Archive

The old hall was dressed up to look like an opera house, with garlands of flowers ringing the grand tier and an Egyptian-style proscenium jutting out to the apron of the stage.

From Time Magazine Archive

And bursts against the lips of a bank president In the grand tier.

From Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell

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